1st Edition

Flexibility and Design Learning from the School Construction Systems Development (SCSD) Project

By Joshua D. Lee Copyright 2019
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book questions flexibility as a design approach by providing a longitudinal analysis of an innovative architectural experiment called the School Construction Systems Development (SCSD) project. The SCSD pioneered the use of performance specifications to create an open, prefabricated, and integrated system of building components that provided four modes of flexibility. Educational facilities... Read more
1. The Problem of Change.  2. Flexible Schools and the SCSD.  3. The SCSD Revisited.  4.  Post-SCSD Flexible Learning Environments.  5. From Flexible Hybrids to Protean Systems.  Index.

Biography

Joshua D. Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture. His research interests include sustainable design, adaptable architecture, systems-based architecture, public interest design, post-occupancy evaluation, educational facilities, and qualitative and computational analysis of architectural language. He completed his Ph.D. in Architecture, Master of Architecture, and Master of Sustainable Design at the University of Texas at Austin. He also served as a Lecturer and Assistant Director of the Restoration Institute at Clemson University and as a licensed architect has worked at SOM-NY, SHW Group/Stantec-Austin, and Davis Wince designing educational facilities and a wide array of other project types. He currently also heads the Protean Design Collaborative, a non-profit design consultancy currently focused on sustainable, self-sufficient housing. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Bridget, and his two children, Tivon and Kaia Pax.