Building Evaluation

1. Advances in Evaluation Methods

   1. Simulation Techniques in Design Research

      • Robert B. Bechtel

      Pages 281-287

2. Advances in Applications

   1. Advances in Post-Occupancy Evaluation Applications: An Overview

      • Jay Farbstein

      Pages 289-297

   2. Making POE Work in an Organization

      • Duncan Joiner, Peter Ellis

      Pages 299-306

   3. Post-Occupancy Evaluation at the Urban Scale in Brazil

      • Geraldo G. Serra

      Pages 307-315

   4. Building-in-use Assessment: Analysis of Office Buildings

      • Jacqueline C. Vischer

      Pages 317-325

   5. Post-Occupancy Evaluation and Organizational Development: The Experience of the United States Postal Service

      • Jay Farbstein, Brian Schermer, Min Kantrowitz, John Hughes-Caley

      Pages 327-338

3. Epilogue: Issues and Future Directions

   1. Epilogue: Issues and Future Directions

      • Jacqueline C. Vischer

      Pages 339-344

4. Back Matter

   Pages 345-354

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This book is about building evaluation in the broadest sense and it transcends the meaning and conventional boundaries of the evolving field of "post-occupancy evalu­ ation" by focusing on evaluation throughout the building delivery process. This process is seen not just as being linear with a product in mind, i. e. , the completed and occupied building, but rather, it is seen as a cyclic evolution which has as its goal the continuous improvement of the quality of buildings. This goal can only be accomplished if evaluation occurs throughout the building delivery process, and if: 1. the evaluation that does occur is systematic and rigorous, 2. the data that is obtained can be fed into data bases and clearinghouses for use in future generations of buildings, and; 3. there is continuity in information flow. The idea for this book originated with a symposium that was part of a conference held at the Technical University in Delft, Netherlands, in July of 1988, i. e. , lAPS 10, the tenth biannual conference of the "International Association for the Study of People and their Physical Surroundings. " Authors presented papers based on their book chapters, and discussions ensued about the expanded boundaries of the field, about theoretical, methodological, and practical issues, as well as applications in building evaluation. Other relevant topics were identified and several additional authors were invited to participate in order to round out the contents of this book.

• building
• delivery
• flow
• future
• information
• quality

• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

  Wolfgang F. E. Preiser

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