A CONFERENCE OF CIB W104 OPEN BUILDING IMPLEMENTATION
OBT 2000: Open Building Tokyo 2000
Continuous Customization in Housing

Tokyo 16 - 18 October 2000
at the Architectural Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

HOSTED BY
 OBT 2000 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE　
Co-hosted by
Building Center of Japan (BCJ)
Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ)

Call for papers & Call for case illustrations

SCOPE AND PURPOSE

TOPICS OF PAPER PRESENTATION & CASE ILLUSTRATIO

CALL FOR PAPERS & CASE ILLUSTRATION

IMPORTANT DATES

CONTACT PERSON

Organizers

General announcement

Preliminary Registration Form

SCOPE AND PURPOSE

Growing concern and enthusiastic debate in the last decade has resulted in a consensus that continuous customization is the most significant parameter for ecological and social sustainability of housing. However, there are only a limited number of carefully documented good practices of continuous customization in housing where user satisfaction is given a high priority. In order to generate a holistic approach toward socially, economically and ecologically sustainable housing in the new millennium, there is a great need to share knowledge and lessons among practitioners and researchers. This conference of the CIB W104 (formerly TG26) Open Building Implementation aims to provide the opportunity for such an exchange of viewpoints and experiences. The key question that should be discussed in the conference is;

How could we customize housing continuously during the life cycle respecting both changing users'needs and urban context?

The conference aims to generate a renewed understanding and fusion between practitioners and researchers by providing two kinds of sessions; paper presentation sessions and workshop sessions. The paper presentation sessions will be organized in a way similar to other CIB symposia: formal papers delivered in a lecture setting. In contrast, the workshops are a new attempt to stimulate fruitful dialogue. In the workshops, case studies will be presented, as a way to focus the attention of both practitioners and researchers on both detailed and broad issues of best practices of continuous customization.

The conference also aims to generate geographical fusion between the East and the West. Demographic pressures in Asia provide enormous potential to introduce open building as a useful approach to solving the massive problems of constructing millions of housing units in the coming decade. In the West, both new construction and renovation of sustainable, adaptable housing pose serious challenges. It is expected the exchange of views and experiences among delegates from the East and the West would create global visions of the benefits of and impediments to open building implementation.

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　TOPICS OF PAPER PRESENTATION

1 Theory and methodology of continuous customization

• The use of Levels (Urban tissue - Support - Infill , Base building - Fit-out, Two stage etc.)
• Flexibility in housing process and product
• The use of Levels (Urban tissue - Support - Infill , Base building - Fit-out, Two stage etc.)
• Flexibility in housing process and product
• Socio-cultural factors in housing renovation processes
• Technological and industrial change for continuous customization

2 Management of continuous customization in housing

• Changing roles of suppliers and users in housing process, the process of communication between suppliers and ‘customers’
• Economic feasibility of continuous customization
• Organization and process design for continuous customization
• Value management in continuous customization

3 Design of adaptable buildings for continuous customization

• Skeleton with higher capacity to change
• Component based building methods
• Exchangeability and 'dismantle-ability' of infil
• Innovative infill products
• Introduction of DIY approach

4 Modernization of existing housing estates

• Rehabilitation of mass housing estates
• Conversion of existing buildings into housing
• Technological innovation in renovation
• User participation as a driving force for sustainable communities
• Improvement of urban tissues

5 Open building implementation in Asia

• Potential of open building implementation in response to enormous housing demand
• Community based housing with self help methods

6 Socio-economical and legal frameworks for continuous customization

• Tenure systems to support continuous customization
• Finance for continuous customization
• Legal and administrational problems of implementingopen building and models for open building related building codes

7 Contribution of continuous customization to sustainability

• Environmental assessment of open building
• Assessment of the life cycle based costs ofproviding for future customization
• Impact of open building implementation on socio- economical sustainability

TOPICS OF CASE ILLUSTRATIONS

The case illustration sessions aim to identify best practices in continuous customization in housing by means of case studies of realized projects from around the world. Each presentation will be structured to address a number of key questions and practices. These cases will be used to stimulate debate and discussion among both practitioners and researchers, facilitated by experienced moderators. Case Studies can include projects in the following categories:

• Experimental and/or pilot projects for better continuous customization
• Modernization of mass housing estates using open building ideas
• Open building implementation in Asian countries
  

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CALL FOR PAPERS & CASE ILLUSTRATIONS

Delegates who wish to make a presentation at a paper presentation and/or a case illustration session are requested to submit their abstract to the academic secretariat of the symposium by 10 March.

Abstract of papers

Abstracts of papers should NOT exceed 400 words and should be printed on one page (A4). They should include

• The title of the paper
• The name and affiliation of the author(s)
• Contact postal address of the author(s) with telephone,fax number and the e-mail address (if any)

Abstract of case illustrations

Abstracts of case illustrations should be no longer than  two pages (A4) and should include the following information :

• The name, location and completed data of the project
• Key person(s), design team, contractors for basebuilding and for infill
• Building use
• The scale of building (total floor area , number offloors of main building, number of dwelling units)
• Drawings or photograph(s) (if any)
• Key characteristics to be emphasized in the case illustration ; this should include good practices thatthe project exemplifies.

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　IMPORTANT DATES

• Deadline for submission of abstracts: 10 March 2000
• Notice of Acceptance : 20 April 2000
• Deadline for receipt of final papers : 15 July 2000
  

Electronic submission of abstracts (ASCII TEXT File or MS-WORD ver.6.) is preferable.

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CONTACT PERSON

Please send abstracts to the academic secretariat with preliminary registration form

Dr. Tomonari Yashiro
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo;
4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo,153-8505, Japan;
e-mail : CIB-TOKYO@ken-mgt.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

General information is available from

Prof. Seiichi FUKAO, Local facilitator OBT-2000
Dept. of Architecture, Tokyo Metropolitan University
e-mail:sfukao@ecomp.metro-u.ac.jp

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GENERAL INFORMATION

1 TECHNICAL TOUR & EXHIBITION

A number of quite varied open building projects have been implemented in Japan in the past decade. Technical tours & exhibitions are being planned. Further information will be available at the conference Web site and in further announcements.

2 LANGUAGE

The official language of the conference is English

　3 CONFERENCE FEE

The conference registration fee is 30,000YEN. The method of payment and the reduction of earlier registration will be announced shortly

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ORGANIZERS

International Organizing Advisors

Prof. John Habraken, The Netherlands
Nils Larsson, Canada
Prof. Stephen Kendall, USA
Prof. Age van Randen, The Netherlands
Seiji Sawada, Japan
Prof. Kazuo Tatsumi, Japan
Prof. Ulpu Tiuri, Finland
Prof. Yoshitika Utida, Japan
Prof. Ming H. Wang, Taiwan

Local Organizing Committee

Dr. Shin Okamoto, Chair, Former vice president CIB
Masami Amino, Urban Development Corporation
Shin-ichi Chikazumi, Architect
Seiichi Fukao, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.
Katsuhiro Ishiduka, Sekisui House Ltd.
Shigeaki Iwashita, Atias Corporation
Kazuo Kamata, Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.
Hideki Kobayashi, Building Research Institute
Shuichi Matsumura, Univ. of Tokyo
Kimihiro Miyasaka, Architect
Mitsuo Takada, Univ. of Kyoto
Yasunori Yamanaka, Building Center of Japan
Tomonari Yashiro, Univ. of Tokyo

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　PRELIMINARY RESISTRATION FORM
OBT 2000: Open Building Tokyo in 2000 16 - 18 October 2000, Tokyo

Please Email or Fax to OBT 2000 Academic Secretariat
Email CIB-TOKYO@ken-mgt.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Fax +81-3-5452-6402

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