As stated by Brand (1997) buildings have layers that experience different time scales in there
evolution and change. A building is an
element of the environment and is inclusive within an eco-system. Compare a forest
to a site, a building to a tree, a piece of furniture to a bird. These all have
different rates of growth, evolution and decay.
This also applies to scale within a context. Region, city, precinct,
site, building, space, furniture and human occupants.
Consider the reason for a design we look at
context which changes over time and the usage may evolve also as will the
society that uses it and social system that influence it. However the original
construct the fundamental principal was to connect the building to its
surrounding landscape and social system. Shelter from the elements of earth. Reference:
Brand, S. 1997. Shearing Layers, in How Buildings learn: what happens after they're built, London: Phoenix Illustrated. pp12-23
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