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A Classification of Built Forms

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  • Philip Steadman
  • Harry R Bruhns
  • Senino Holtier
  • Bratislav Gakovic
  • Peter A Rickaby

    (Rickaby Thompson Associates Ltd, Witan Court, 296 Witan Gate West, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1EJ, England)

  • Frank E Brown

    (The Manchester School of Architecture, University of Manchester, Manchester, England)

Abstract

A classification of built forms is presented. It is based on a study of buildings surveyed at 3350 addresses in four English towns and has been designed for use in the national Non-Domestic Building Stock (NDBS) database developed for the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions. As the prime use of the database is in energy analysis, the classification focuses on the external envelopes of buildings. (Materials of construction, servicing systems, and activities are classified separately.) Built forms are distinguished according to two main criteria: the broad “texture†of their internal subdivision; and whether they are daylit or artificially lit.

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  • Philip Steadman & Harry R Bruhns & Senino Holtier & Bratislav Gakovic & Peter A Rickaby & Frank E Brown, 2000. "A Classification of Built Forms," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 27(1), pages 73-91, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:27:y:2000:i:1:p:73-91
    DOI: 10.1068/bst7
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    1. Michele Morganti & Anna Pages-Ramon & Helena Coch & Antonio Isalgue, 2019. "Buildingmass and Energy Demand in Conventional Housing Typologies of the Mediterranean City," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-18, June.
    2. Hardi K. Abdullah & Halil Z. Alibaba, 2020. "Window Design of Naturally Ventilated Offices in the Mediterranean Climate in Terms of CO 2 and Thermal Comfort Performance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-33, January.

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