Metamorph - adaptable timber transformation

Abstract

This research addresses the pressing need for adaptable architecture in rapidly urbanizing societies, focusing on the transformation of underutilized urban industrial buildings into adaptable student housing. Recognizing the challenges of modern urbanization, such as increasing single-person households and the resultant demand for individualized dwellings, the study explores adaptive reuse as a sustainable solution. It emphasizes preserving the historical and cultural significance of existing structures while infusing them with new life to meet contemporary and future demands. The methodological approach integrates a thorough literature review on adaptability in architecture, and timber construction, translating constraints into mathematical parameters suitable for informing a parametric model. The study concludes by establishing a comprehensive framework for designers using adaptable architecture principles and timber construction constraints to inform the development of a parametric model. It involves a strategic assessment of design possibilities within these constraints, aiming to balance aesthetic innovation with practical limitations