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     Adaptive Actions

    Published in AI & SOCIETY,

    Spinger Journal, December 2!

    "irs# published in Adap#i$e Ac#ions % ',

    AA publica#ion, 2(

    Jean)"ran*ois Pros#

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    Archi#ec#s o+#en pre+er pho#ographingsho-ing

     buildings a# #he heigh# o+ #heir glor./ -hen #he

     presence o+ #ime is impercep#ible and user)#race

    absen#0 Some archi#ec#ural agencies e$en con#rol

    represen#a#ion, allo-ing circula#ion and pos#ing o+

    appro$ed images onl.0 1 Now'   is #he modus operandi

     % priori#. goes #o #he image o+ #he building in #he presen# and $er. li##le concern #o i#s progression, #o

    #he +u#ure0 uch emphasis is gi$en #o -ha# mus# be

     pho#ographed, honoured, recorded and published in

    maga3ines ra#her #han #o users1 adap#a#ion o+ space

    and appropria#ion in $arious +orms0 4er. li##leimpor#ance is gi$en #o pos#)produc#ion, #o a

     building1s pos#)cons#ruc#ion li+e c.cle, s#ruc#ure or

    landscape0

    Adap#i$e ac#ions opera#e on a shi+# in +ocus +rom

    represen#a#ion and aes#he#ics #o programming and

     buil# en$ironmen#s1 possible uses0 5. obser$ing,re$ealing and sharing ci#i3en adap#i$e ac#ions, #his

     pro6ec# aims #o encourage o#hers #o ac# and #o

    engage -i#h #heir en$ironmen#, as -ell as #o in+orm

    designers o+ possible programme e7#ensions0

    Can percep#ions be al#ered and change pioneered

    #hrough simple ac#ions, images and ideas8 Can #he

    iden#i+ica#ion and represen#a#ion o+ reali#ies, -hich

    ha$e #o da#e been percei$ed as improbable or

    absurd, lead #o ne- urban concep#s and cons#ruc#ion

     processes8 The ongoing Adap#i$e Ac#ions 9ini#ia#ed

    in 2: in ;ondoni

    < #hro-s ligh# on #hese =ues#ions0I# e7plores al#era#ions in #he -or>place, #he home

    and public spaces in general0 The pro6ec# lends

    crea#i$e $oice #o marginal causes and al#erna#i$e

    urban li+es#.les -hose up)gro-#h is o#her-ise

     precarious0 Imagina#ion and personal crea#i$i#.?s

     po#en#ial +or impac# on dail. li+e is emphasi3ed,

     par#icularl. -i#hin public spaces0

    Thus, i# inde7es and repor#s e7is#ing ac#ions in #he

    ci#. and encourages rene-ed ac#i$i#., such as

    adap#a#ion o+ archi#ec#ure, landscape and ob6ec#s

    un+olding in se$eral s#ages0

    Singularities

    In order #o documen# and crea#e an in$en#or. o+

    e7is#ing urban al#era#ions, an ongoing sur$e., an

    open call +or collabora#ion is conduc#ed #hrough #he@eb and prin#ed documen#s0 I# should be no#ed,

    ho-e$er, #ha# #hese under#a>ings occur on a small

    scale and are o+#en onl. >no-n #o a limi#ed number

    o+ locals0 The re=ues# +or pos#ings accelera#es #he

    "ig0! Snow Shovelling , submi##ed b. AA, crea#ed b.

    annah Jic>ling and 4alerie Sale3, 4iger S=uare,

    on#real/ h##p/adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ion!!2

    "ig02 Temporary Shelter , submi##ed b. "ran*ois, iami

    5each/ h##p/adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ionB

     process0 Collabora#ors regis#er and log in as ac#ors

    on #he -ebsi#e and submi# ac#ions direc#l. and

    ins#an#l. online, adding images, #e7# and commen#s

    i+ desired0 5. o++ering a space in -hich #o sharee7periences, ideas, #.pes o+ ac#ions and speci+ic

    accomplishmen#s, Adap#i$e Ac#ions crea#es an

    in$en#or. o+ al#era#ions rarel. a$ailable #o #he

    general public0

    The -ebsi#e1s ob6ec#i$e is #o colla#e a $arie#. o+

    ac#ions o+ a popular, #heore#ical or scien#i+ic na#ure

    e7pressing a series o+ possibili#ies % +rom con+lic# #o

    coopera#ion, opposi#ion #o composi#ion0 The

     presen#a#ion o+ pro6ec#s -ill crea#e a $ocabular.

    #hrough -hich #he collec#i$e imagina#ion ma.

    e7press i#sel+ #hrough #he use o+ e7is#ing s#ruc#ures

    and -ill encourage #he gro-#h o+ similar ac#ions0

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    "ig0B Little Fisherman Fountain, submi##ed and crea#ed b. ar#in Du+rasne, Sain# "licien, ;ac Sain#)Jean,

    uebec/ h##p/adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ion!B!

     AA: Through this action, a fountain-sculpture popular

    with the village ecomes a soft monument: living and

    moile, participatory, an element of desire, sociailityand negotiation!

    Assemblage and Cooperation

    A programme o+ e$en#s, -or>shops and round

    #ables in $arious locali#ies on speci+ic #opics crea#es

    lin>s, associa#ions be#-een ac#ors and ac#ions0 The

    aim, as auri3io ;a33ara#o -ould sa., is no# #o

    neu#ralise di++erences bu#, con$ersel., #o enrich #he

    concep# o+ commonali#. #hrough #hese di++erencesii0

    As he argues, #he challenge is #o +ind -a.s #o re#ain

    #his mul#iplici#., #o embrace he#erogenei#. -hile

    main#aining dispari#.0

    Some proposed ac#ions are concep#ualised andcarried ou# collec#i$el.0 Our shared >no-ledge and

    e7per#ise is applied #o-ards accomplishing a

    crea#i$e pro6ec# -hose aim is #o modi+. #he in#ended

    use o+ archi#ec#ural and urban elemen#siii0   This

    communal pro6ec# could, +or ins#ance, emphasise

    one e7is#ing and documen#ed ac#ion #o gi$e i# more

    resonance, a s#ronger impac#0 Some ac#ors migh#

    -ish #o pursue, rein#erpre#, e7#end or carr. ou#

    $aria#ions #o e7is#ing adap#i$e ac#ionsi$0

    "ig0F&G "ots versus "emolition ", submi##ed b. "HJ"P,

    crea#e b. T.ree u.#on, De#roi#/

    h##p/adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ionG

    Relational Shift

    Adap#i$e Ac#ions ini#ia#es a rela#ional shi+#0

    Kesiden# collabora#ion is an essen#ial par# o+ #he

     process, -hich in$ol$es #he h.bridisa#ion o+

    con$en#ional and unusual urban reali#ies,

    dissemina#ing such no$el no#ions as deghe##oisa#ion,

    as -ell as #he use and asser#ion o+ public spaces

    #hrough si#e)speci+ic in#er$en#ions0 This rela#ionship

    -i#h residen#s in i#sel+ cons#i#u#es #he +irs# elemen#

    o+ #his ac#ion)research pro6ec# and is cri#ical #o i#s

    success0 @hile #he ins#iga#or s#ill in#er$enes in

     public spaces, he ra#her ac# as ca#al.s#s0Kela#ionall., #he +ocus is on #he concep#s brough#

    +or#h b. #he ins#iga#or ra#her #han on s#ric#l. on #he

    end resul#0 I# is no longer a =ues#ion o+ in+il#ra#ing public space, bu# o+ pene#ra#ing #he collec#i$e

    imagina#ion0 Conse=uen#l., #he ac#ors #hemsel$es

     become encompassed -i#hin #he in+il#ra#ion and ac#

    as agen#s o+ i#0 "or #he rela#ional shi+# #o occur, i#

    mus# be an e7pression o+ #he people as an in#egral

     par# o+ #he con#e7#0

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    "ig0 # L A: #ulic Loitering Area, submi##ed b. Acron.mia,

    ;i$erpool/ h##p/adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ion!B!

    The role o+ #he ins#iga#or in #his par#icular si#ua#ionis #o encourage a di++eren# a##i#ude, ini#ia#e a ne-

     prac#ice, e7change ideas, share >no-ledge ands>ills0 This pro6ec# e7plores, promo#es and

    encourages dail. ac#ions, -a.s #o s#imula#e ac#i$e

    and commi##ed par#icipa#ion and #o challenge

    organi3ed space as -ell as imposed mo$emen# pa##erns, b. crea#ing posi#i$e #ensions, measuring

    and #es#ing #he limi#s o+ #olera#ed appropria#ion0 A

    mul#iplici#. o+ ac#ions % such as displacing and

    lea$ing a chair in an un+oreseen place$  % can ha$e

    an impac# on our urban li$es0

    Interstitial Experiments

    In ;i$erpool, one is s#ruc> b. #he =uan#i#. o+ urban

     plo#s 3oned as pulic land  bu# designed #o remain in

    disuse, +enced o++0 A pro6ec# -i#h benches

    under#a>en #here, en#i#led  #ulic Loitering Areavi,

    and aimed a# adding an addi#ional elemen# #o #he

    +enced)o++ proper#. is a good e7ample o+ a one)o++

    sporadic space)ac#i$a#ing micro)ac#ion0 The pro6ec#

    o++ered local residen#s #he oppor#uni#. #o par#icipa#e

     b. placing a bench on si#e or b. proposing an

    al#erna#e loca#ion0 A+#er launching #his urban ac#ion

    -i#h se$eral benches, o#hers 6oined in and ins#alled

    man. o#her benches on .e# more si#es, an ini#ia#i$e

    #ha# con#inued +or se$eral mon#hs$ii

    0

    This pro6ec# and o#her adap#i$e ac#ions are mos#

    commonl. micro)ac#ions and cons#i#u#e one +orm o+

    residen# par#icipa#ion complemen#ar. #o

    con$en#ional or non)con$en#ional -a.s o+ building

    or #o $arious)scale in#er$en#ions0 icro, in#ers#i#ial

    ac#ions comple#e and ac#i$a#e large s#ruc#ures

    incapable o+, and no# concei$ed +or, adap#a#ion #o

    cons#an#l. changing local and global reali#ies0 The.

    gi$e +le7ibili#. #o large s#ruc#ures sub6ec# #o

    increasingl. complica#ed regula#ions, legal

    obliga#ions, e#c0

    Places and Non-places

    In on#real, Canada, in #he la#e 1s, a Por#uguese

    Pla3a -as designed #o commemora#e and mirror #he

    charac#er o+ a local neighbourhood0 Toda., $ir#uall.

    all Por#uguese residen#s ha$e reloca#ed and #his $er.

    speci+ic cul#ural space is le+# as a s#range relic #ha#

    in no -a. ans-ers #he con#e7#ual uses o+ curren#

    residen#s0

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    "ig0: $esidual spaces, submi##ed b. Surplus/

    h##p/---0adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ion

    Con#rar. #o #he mo$emen# and circula#ion o+ people

    #ha# charac#erise #hese inner)ci#. neighbourhoods

    -here iden#i#. and speci+ici#. are in con#inual

    change, #he archi#ec#ure o+ #he Por#uguese Pla3a in

    on#real is permanen#0 In #he ?s, #his pos#)

    modern re#urn #o con#e7# -as -elcomed and brough# a much)needed deba#e +ollo-ing decades o+

    taula rasa, al#hough residen#, user, and con#e7#speci+ici#ies -ere e7pressed in a #radi#ional -a. and

    #hrough permanen# archi#ec#ural elemen#s and

    con$en#ional means0 This Pla3a brings up #he

    =ues#ion/ should good archi#ec#ure or ci#. design o+

    #oda. s#ill e7press local cul#ural speci+ici#.8 Could

    i# no# be e7plored #hrough o#her +orms o+ ac#ions,

    addi#ions and e$en#s, be #hem #emporar.8

    In #his case and man. o#hers, ci#i3en appropria#ion

    or ac#ions represen# an in#eres#ing al#erna#i$e #oadap#ing buildings #o #he +lo- o+ changes and

    enable ac#i$a#ion and meaning #o man. di++eren#

     public spaces0 Increased mobili#. and popula#ion

    mo$emen#s, as -ell as accelera#ion phenomena,

    displace people in places -hich ha$e no personal

    memories or personal connec#ions #o desires000

    Curren# and +re=uen# displacemen#s en#ail #he need

    +or personal appropria#ion in order #o bringcharac#er and singulari#. #o spaces -hich ma. be

    #oo generic or, con$ersel., #oo speci+ic #o +os#er a

    sense o+ belonging0

    @h. do some people lo$e $acan# lo#s or abandoned

     buildings so much8 Perhaps because #heir

    unde#ermined and non)con#rolled na#ure o++ers a

    sense o+ +reedomL #hese spaces are less res#ric#i$e

    -hen i# comes #o e7pressing di++eren# +eelings o+

    anger, ecs#as. or despair0 nde+ined places o++er

    real or imaginar. space +or adap#i$e +orms o+ uses

    and personal e7pression0 Speci+ici#. is cons#ruc#ed,

    nego#ia#ed and brough# +or#h b. users and uses0

    "ig0 "irt %i&ing , submi##ed b. AA, on #he peripher. o+

    #he ;ondon 2!2 Ol.mpic Si#e

    In +ac#, some people migh# +eel less a# ease on #he

    s#ree#s o+ beau#i+ul and his#orical "lorence $ersus a

    generic shopping mall0 Parado7icall. -e could sa.#ha# #oda., o$erl. pro#ec#ed and si#e)speci+ic places

    are in +ac# non)places$iii  % and #ha# h.per)+unc#ional

    non)places, al-a.s undergoing repairs or cons#an#l.

    mu#a#ing are ac#ual places0 Pho#o documen#s, ar#is#-or>, and #es#imonies sho-, con#rar. #o general

     belie+, #ha#  non)places,  generic spaces such as

    airpor#s or malls, crea#e rela#ional and his#orical

    cons#ruc#ionsi70 In Hor#h America, seniors ob6ec# #o

    #he demoli#ion o+ local malls % perhaps #he onl.,

    and #heir mos# impor#an#, public space +or

    ga#hering70  These unplanned and #emporar. group

    or indi$idual uses, #hese singular +orms o+appropria#ions are o+#en in$isible bu# #he. lea$e

    signs and #races re$ealed #hrough -ha# "ran>

     Hober# calls narra#i$e brea>s7i0 Pascal Hicolas);e)

    S#ra# e7plains i# more #horoughl. in his recen# #e7#

    +or #he Adap#i$e Ac#ions publica#ion0

    (nli&e uildings or spaces, use often eludes the

    wor& of mapping) so it ecomes vital to chronicle,

    to tell the tale of these uses * to construct a story

     from them, with them, without these storiesecoming ound up within a single interpretative

     frame! (se ta&es form imperfectly) it cannot ereduced to a single way of eing used! The

    constitution+ of a use is inseparale from the

    multiplicity of accounts that it gives room to of

     sociologists, photographers,   fictions,

    conversations, it is indivisile from this insistent

    murmuring that ears witness to the presence of

    use7ii!+ 

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    "ig0( (se Traces, -al>ing as a++irma#ion and spa#ialin+le7ions, submi##ed b. "HJ"P, crea#ed b. De#roi#

    residen#0

    Open Process and Architectural Appropriations

    Integrated to Future uilding!

    The submi##ed ac#ion  Atwater 7iii   % bird +eeders

    ins#alled on #he balcon. o+ a large repe#i#i$e

    concre#e #o-er % re$eals an in#eres#ing addi#ion, a

    9possibl.< missing elemen# in #he concep#ion o+ #his

    impor#an# #-en#.)+i$e)+loor, !G)me#re)long

    residen#ial pro6ec#0 En$ironmen#al s#udies ha$e

     pro$en #ha# similar #o-ers in urban cen#res ha$e a

    nega#i$e impac# on bird li+e/ #he. crea#e barriers,

    disrup# +ligh# pa##erns and reduce sources o+ +ood0This re$ealed ac#ion, #he ini#ia#or o+ -hich is

    un>no-n, could ser$e as an indica#or, a sign o+ an

    un+ul+illed need, and be in#egra#ed in#o a ne-

    archi#ec#ural pro6ec# and programme0

    Through similar documen#ed ac#ions, Adap#i$e

    Ac#ions e7plores and gi$es $alue #o non)linear,

    con#inuous cons#ruc#ion processes -i#h phases

    9concep#ion, produc#ion, pos#)produc#ion,

    "ig0! Atwater , submi##ed b. a7pro, on#real/

    h##p/adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ionG

    "ig0!! #essac, France 9;e Corbusier<

    dra-ing submi##ed b. 5obb./

    h##p/adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ion:G

    managemen#M< -here dis#inc#ions are a##enua#ed

    and #ransi#ions less bru#al or e$en non)e7is#en#0 As

    S#ephen @righ# s#a#es abou# ar# in a broad sense, i#?s

    abou# #hin>ing Nin #erms o+ i#s speci+ic means 9i#s

    #ools< ra#her #han i#s speci+ic ends 9ar#-or>s, accelera#ed c.cles, changed

    a##i#udes and roles0 5uildings, li>e ci#ies, are li$ing

    en#i#ies, change cons#an#l. in unpredic#able -a.sand need #o be cons#an#l. re#hough# #hrough all

    #hese c.cles ra#her #han simpl. buil# and

    demolished7$0 All buildings are ini#iall. biased and

    adhere #o a programme0 5uildings -ould #hus becons#an#l. obser$ed, moni#ored, re#hough# and

    re-or>ed0 Kesiden#s, #hrough in#ui#ion and

    obser$a#ion, ma. sugges# ac#ions #ha#, -i#h more

    means and +ur#her discussion, could progressi$el.ma#erialise0

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    "ig0!2 $esilient .ity, submi##ed b. "HJ"P, De#roi#/

    h##p/adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ionB

    "ransformable and Automated Architecture

    To +acili#a#e appropria#ions and allo- adap#a#ions,

    man. +le7ible and mobile a##ribu#es are presen#l.

     being e7plored and in#egra#ed in#o s#ruc#ures0 The

    concep#ualisa#ion o+ such de$ices raises man.

    issues and challenges0 To -ha# e7#en# should or can

    ob6ec#s or de$ices be con#e7#ualised #o changing

    si#ua#ions, users and ne- parame#ers8 oreo$er, #o

    -ha# e7#en# can #he. ans-er #he dis#inc#i$e needs o+

    users, o+ a programme or speci+ic e$en#8 To #ha#

    e++ec#, $arious s#ra#egies +or con#e7#)adap#a#ion o+

    de$ices can be in#roduced/ posi#ioning and se##ing

    modes, designs -i#h componen#)modi+ica#ion or

    collapsible +unc#ions, dimensional $aria#ions000

    o-e$er, man. #rans+ormable de$ices or

    cons#ruc#ion elemen#s ha$e ne$er been #es#ed orins#iga#ed b. users and man. mu#a#i$e possibili#ies

    are $as#l. deemed s.mbolic0 an. di++icul#ies arisein using uni#s concei$ed -i#h #rans+ormable and

    ad6us#able de$ices0 Changing elemen#s are o+#en no#

    ins#iga#ed +or $arious reasons/ o$erl. complica#ed

    or non)+unc#ional, #oo #ime)consuming or

    unnecessar., or simpl. no# corresponding #o #he real

    need +or change0 os# mu#a#i$e a##ribu#es are

    u#opian and o++er li##le indi$idual inno$a#ion

    coe++icien#0

    There are e++ec#i$e ris>s rela#ed #o #rans+orma#ion)

     based aes#he#ics, #o de$ice concep#s -i#h no real po#en#ial +or useL +or ins#ance, pillar)shaped

     billboards 9orris< are unusable due #o #he

    impossibili#. o+ modi+ica#ion, inoperable mobili#.

    and grea# comple7i#., rendering permanen# #ha#

    -hich -as supposed #o be #emporar.0

    In #he research pro6ec# Adaptive /ouse7$i, adap#a#ion

    is, con$ersel., e++or#less0 undreds o+ sensors

    sur$e. mo$emen# and beha$iour, and a cen#ral

    compu#er hub anal.ses and s#ores #he da#a and #hen

    crea#es pa##erns o+ uses0 Programming is done and

    ad6us#ed b. compu#ers0 Tempera#ures are adap#ed #o bod. ac#i$i#./ higher #empera#ures i+ inac#i$e, lo-eri+ $er. ac#i$eM To coun#er curren# building

    ine++iciencies, archi#ec#s are presen#l. in$en#ing and

    e7ploring a ne- sel+)re+eren#ial and sel+)mu#a#ing

    digi#al and au#oma#ed archi#ec#ure #ha# could

    main#ain cons#an# dialogue -i#h i#s en$ironmen# and

    #he human bod.L i# -ould necessi#a#e li##le human

     par#icipa#ion, inpu# or ac#i$a#ion0 These buildings

     pre)programmed +or change, -hich cons#an#l.

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    "ig0!B Sea 0ats vs /umans, submi##ed b. "ran*ois,

    iami 5each/ h##p/---0adap#i$eac#ions0ne#ac#ion:

    sur$e. and anal.se users and con#e7# 9in rela#ion #o#he bod. ra#her #han #he in#ellec#e shape0 5. lea$ing unde#ermined and un)

     programmed spaces in buildings, archi#ec#s could

    con#ribu#e #o #heir de$elopmen#0 "unds could be

    alloca#ed #o +u#ure programming o+ e$en#s and

     possible #rans+orma#ions #ha# could be coordina#ed

     b. a group o+ ci#i3ens0 o-e$er, #he possibili#. o+ buildings changing progressi$el., more organicall.,

    -i#hou# resor#ing #o #radi#ional grand schemes and

    ges#ures, necessi#a#es an ideological shi+#0 As long

    as represen#a#ional space con#inues #o domina#e

    inno$a#ion and e7plora#ion, li##le change can occur0

    The predominan# emphasis on aes#he#ics, +orms and

    signs o$er e7perience, ideas or uses is cer#ainl. one

    o+ #he bigges# obs#acles #o crea#ing a ne- and

    al#erna#i$e archi#ec#ure0 This archi#ec#ure is less

    orien#ed on #he +inal produc# and more on #he Nuse

    $alueN7$ii and -ha# Anne uerrien calls #he building

    Nenuncia#ionN7$iii0 The in#eres# and desire are #here,

     bu# academic, pro+essional and media pressure limi#

    and con#rol e7plora#ions, and s#i+le inspira#ion and

    crea#i$e possibili#ies0 o- can -e ge# be.ond mere

    curiosi#. and amusemen# and ac#uall. begin #o

    implemen# #hese changes8 Adap#i$e ac#ions are

    o+#en seen as indi$idualis#ic, personal, +ragmen#ar.and spon#aneous0 Since #hese ac#ions are unplanned,

    rarel. #hough# #hrough globall. % i0e0, in rela#ion #o

    #he building as a -hole and #he ci#. % #he. are o+#en

    considered undesirable, o+ li##le $alue and

    uncons#ruc#i$e0

    ncoordina#ed residen# adap#i$e ac#ions can

    nega#i$el. al#er #he o$erall $isual +orce o+

    e7pression o+ a building b. crea#ing unplanned

    addi#ions0 o-e$er, man. user adap#a#ions are

     posi#i$e, a normal e$olu#ion #o cons#ruc#ion as a

    nuance or cri#i=ue o+ a building, and should#here+ore in man. cases be encouraged and

    re$ie-ed be+ore #he. are remo$ed7i70 O+ course,

    inpu# +rom a media#or or coordina#or can balance

    #he needs and re=uiremen#s o+ all par#ies,

    recogni3ing #he $alue o+ aes#he#ics, ma#erials, urban

    and building design, as -ell as #a>ing in#o accoun# a

    crucial elemen# o+ all such aspec#s/ usage, -hich is

    undoub#edl. more e++icien# upon considera#ion o+

    #he users1 perspec#i$e0 4er. li##le #hough# and #ime

    are gi$en, and budge#s alloca#ed, #o pos#)produc#ion,

    in order #o pursue, impro$e, implemen# and adap#

    cons#ruc#ions +or $arious and changing users0Kesiden# adap#i$e ac#ions prolong #he li+e o+

     buildings b. progressi$el. adap#ing #heir

    en$ironmen#s in a number o+ small, sus#ainable

    s#ages, #hus a$oiding accelera#ed or prema#ure

    dilapida#ion as -ell as #he need #o resor# #o large)scale urban)rene-al pro6ec#s0

    Jean)"ran*ois Pros#, 2(

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