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"Just as natural adaptation comes from evolutionary processes that lead to 'fit' of an organism to its\r\nenvironment, adaptive buildings come from design processes that lead to the 'fit' of a building to its\r\nenvironment. A building which 'fits' its environment is considered to be sustainable. The environment is\r\ndefined to encompass economic, social and ecological context. Buildings are artifacts chosen by a designer\r\nfrom among possible designs based on human value judgements about internal and external constraints. It is\r\nhypothesized that a project design process will result in more adaptive buildings when: first, the project team\r\nhas sufficient relevant information related to the environment; second, the project team is sufficiently\r\nmotivated to 'fit' the project to its environment; and third, the project team develops specific targets for\r\nresource consumption. Design process occurs at both the team level (project design process) and the\r\nindividual level (design process). A model of design as a complex adaptive system is developed. The model\r\nshows creativity as a phenomenon arising from the interplay of two forces: pattern and constraint. In design,\r\na designer transforms the 'chaos' of new and unintegrated input (change agents) into emergent pattern by\r\nintegrating the input so as to be consistent with existing patterns and responsive to constraints (conservation\r\nagents). This integration results in the 'click' which designers experience during design activity. The 'click'\r\nsignals boundary-breaking between the designer's internal and external (content and context) constraints and\r\npatterns. Dynamic equilibrium arises from balancing between change and conservation of input and between\r\nintegration and differentiation of that input. Total equilibrium arises from combined conservation and\r\ndifferentiation. Further it is suggested that oscillation between integration and differentiation will result in\r\ncreative breakthroughs. The model is researched in a case study of a built project, tested in a design exercise\r\nin a seminar setting with students and professionals, and discussed in an interview with a noted designer.\r\nIndicators for sustainable buildings are developed. The model provides a new description of design process\r\nand the findings indicate that its use is likely to result in more adaptive buildings as measured by indicators\r\nfor sustainability."@en
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