Customisable architectural systems - emerging types of integrated product deliveries in the building industry

• Published in: Mass Customisation and Personalisation in Architecture and Construction pp. 93 - 104
• Main Author: Vibæk, Kasper Sánchez
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2013
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Integrated Product Deliveries; Facade Renovation; Turnkey Solutions; Turnkey Contractor; Robust Process Design; BIM; Industrialised Construction; Regula Tions; IAC; Multi-criteria Decision Support System; Bathroom Pod; Considerable Design; Lighting Control Systems; FEMA; Sekisui House; FEMA Trailer; Herlev Hospital; Business Process; Architectural Solution Space; Taiwan's Housing Industry; Mass Customisation; Delayed Product Differentiation; Full Scale Physical Models; Product Service Systems

Currently two main strategies can be said to dominate the building sector: 'building by pieces' and 'turnkey solutions'. Both strategies share some of the same problems architecturally as well as business-wise. Through the notion of system structures this chapter draws attention...