Print Email Facebook Twitter Housing Pathology Title Housing Pathology Author Thomsen, A.F. Faculty OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment Date 2012-06-18 Abstract Housing pathology can be defined as a holistic approach to understand the nature and life cycle of residential buildings and their environment, in order to identify, investigate, and diagnose deficiencies, specify preventive measures and remedial interventions, and evaluate their effects. Though buildings can physically exist long after being abandoned, the relevant lifespan of dwellings is the real service life: the period a dwelling actually meets demand. Housing pathology concerns this phase. Pathological studies are directed at the physical as well as the functional and economical performance of dwellings and to what extent they satisfy their stakeholders – residents as well as proprietors – demands. The chapter defines and explores the field of housing pathology, overlooks the available knowledge and concludes that, regarding the paradigm shift from new construction to maintenance and improvement of the existing stock, housing pathology should acknowledged and further elaborated as an essential interdisciplinary knowledge domain. Subject housing pathologyhousing qualityhousing managementlife cyclediagnostics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0236769b-44f1-4ecd-b5fc-4ee28e301d2e Publisher Elsevier Access restriction Campus only ISBN 9780080471631 Source Susan J. Smith, Marja Elsinga, Lorna Fox O’Mahony, Ong Seow Eng, Susan Wachter, Heather Lovell, editors. International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Vol 3. Oxford: Elsevier; 2012. pp. 550–558 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights (c) 2012 ElsevierThomsen, A.F. Files PDF HOUS_E-offprint_005241.pdf 760.86 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0236769b-44f1-4ecd-b5fc-4ee28e301d2e/datastream/OBJ/view