Architectural Design Materials Integration (Meeting. Citizen Services Section)

Author: Japan Institute of Architecture
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Features: As described in the Brief History of Architectural Design Data Collection, the Japan Institute of Architecture's data collection has undergone a long history. After completing the last major revision, it has taken another step toward a comprehensive revision in the present era at the turn of the century, which is both an accident and an inevitable opportunity. In June 2000, five architecture-related organizations led by the Japan Institute of Architecture formulated the "Charter for Earth Environment and Architecture." As mentioned in the charter, for the sake of 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 limited to the new architecture that arises from this, but must also necessarily involve 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 data required in design, to possess temporal stability and necessity, it is necessary to accumulate new data generated in research, technology, and practice over the long term. Until now, the revisions have focused on comprehensively updating and expanding the data that includes the results of "design and technological development research." For such a large-scale work containing such vast data, a complete and comprehensive revision has been carried out. The last revision and publication took five years, with preliminary preparations also lasting no less than five years. This time, the past revision process was reexamined, and the editing method of structuring each volume around different themes was reassessed. First, a comprehensive volume that can be placed on the desk was set up, compressing a large amount of information into stable, long-term-use basic data. At the same time, supplementary content that could not be included due to the page limit of the comprehensive volume was compiled into an extended volume, used to collect architectural environmental quality cases highly praised around the world, as well as to expand and update information accumulated in annual development practices. These two points are the framework of this revision. Additionally, the extended volume also adopts new publishing media methods that have developed significantly in recent years. Currently, it is planned to publish 13 volumes, but as shown by the meaning of the extended volume, new supplements can be added as needed. In summary, through these two steps, in the published architectural design data collection, most of the information collected is new information, transforming related architectural information into necessary knowledge while preventing past information and cases from becoming outdated. Therefore, our goal is that the comprehensive volume is fundamental, serving as a desk tool that provides inspirational knowledge and information, while the extended volume provides specialized and practical information based on the purpose of use, with the nature of a design manual. This collection began publication in 1986, and at the same time, a [Pocket Edition] was published for the convenience of architectural beginners and laypeople, with a note indicating the intention to continue revisions.