Leisure. Accommodation - Architectural Design Data Integration

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Publication Date: 2006-04-01
Features: As described in the Brief History of Architectural Design Data Collection, the Architectural Institute of Japan's data collection has undergone a long history. After concluding the last major revision, it has taken another step toward a comprehensive revision today, spanning over 17 years until the turn of the century. This cannot be said to be accidental but also a necessary opportunity. In June 2000, five architecture-related organizations led by the Architectural Institute of Japan formulated the "Charter on Earth Environment and Architecture." As mentioned in the charter, due to considerations for the earth's environment, in order to achieve a society of sustainable circular development, it is required to transform thinking in all aspects of architectural and urban planning, construction, use, and inheritance. Exaggeratedly speaking, to this day, we still face the challenge of overcoming the design methods of modernist architecture. The transformation is not merely limited to the new buildings that arise from it but also inevitably involves the evaluation of existing resources and the recognition of resource regeneration. According to this perspective, the revision of the architectural design data collection can be likened to the renewal of a building. For the materials essential to design, to possess temporal stability and necessity, it is necessary to accumulate new materials generated in research, technology, and practice over the long term. Until now, the revisions have focused on comprehensively updating and expanding materials that include the results of "design and technological development research." For such a large-scale work containing such vast materials, a complete and comprehensive revision is required. The last revision and publication took five years, with preparatory work also lasting no less than five years. This time, the past revision process was reexamined, and the editing method of structuring the entire volume around different themes was reassessed. First, a comprehensive volume designed to be placed on a desk was established, compressing a large amount of information into stable, long-term-use basic materials. Meanwhile, supplementary content that could not be included due to the page limit of the comprehensive volume was compiled into an extended volume, featuring highly acclaimed architectural environmental quality cases from around the world, as well as the expansion and updating of information accumulated in annual development practices. These two points form the framework of this revision. Additionally, the extended volume also adopts new publishing media methods that have developed significantly in recent years. Currently, 13 volumes are planned for publication, but as indicated by the meaning of the extended volume, new supplements can be added as needed. In summary, through these two steps, the published architectural design data collection mostly collects new information, transforming related information into necessary knowledge while preventing past information and examples from becoming outdated. Therefore, our goal is that the comprehensive volume serves as a foundational, inspirational reference tool for knowledge and information, while the extended volume provides specialized, practical information based on the purpose of use, with the nature of a design manual. This collection began publication in 1986, and a compact version [Pocket Edition] was also published as needed for architecture beginners and laypersons, with the intention of continuing revisions expressed in the preface.