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Creating Flexibility for Better Use of Space in Dwellings in Multi-storey Buildings
L.G.W. Verhoef, N. Hendriks, H. van Nunen, R. Laurs
51 - 58
Research in Architectural Engineering Series
Volume 4: COST C16 Improving the Quality of Existing Urban Building Envelopes
Abstract

The paper focuses on some possibilities for enlarging openings in the existing bearing walls in concrete or brick buildings. In the examples shown, enlarging of openings did not always lead to flexibility. Possibly the opening may have still been too small to reach a flexible solution for future tenants or owners. In the case of the example of a pilot project, an entire bearing wall was removed and replaced by a rigid steel frame. The question that arises is in such a case is whether too much support has been taken away. An alternative to this pilot project is described.

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