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From: david sucher <dsucher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 15:40:48 PST
>This book, "How Buildings Learn", is a real pleasure to read. Several
>serious critiques of the Architectural profession are offered in it,
>including the inability of architects to learn from how a building
>adapts to the uses of its occupancy (for instance, how post-occupancy
>evaluation is the next-to-last thing surveyed architects want to improve).
Another related example of this phenomenon, I believe.
Have you ever heard of an Environmental Impact Statement that had been
'tested' after the fact to see if its predictions were anywhere near
accurate? Environmental review documents are terrifically important from a
legal point of view but there is no systematic (or even causal) attempt to
check their accuracy AFTER a building has been built. We base many
decisions on the impacts PROJECTED in these EISs but who knows if they are
any good. We do know follow up to see if their predictions are accurate.
David Sucher
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David Sucher... Seattle, Washington
author...CITY COMFORTS: How to Build an Urban Village
ISBN # 0-9642680-0-0
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'City comforts' are the small and seemingly minor details that makes city
life pleasant