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Architectural form: flexibility, subdivision and diversity in Manhattan loft buildings

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dc.contributor.authorKayatekin, Cem
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T13:15:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T13:15:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractHow do the design and spatial configuration of buildings impact the economic life of their neighbourhood? A mixed-methods study of industrial loft buildings in the Midtown Garment District of Manhattan in New York City investigates both occupants and built forms over a long period (1930–80). A large-scale statistical analysis of flexibility shows how the tenants’ space requirements in those buildings changed and how the buildings were able to respond through flexibility in the subdivision and arrangement of rooms or suites occupied by different tenants. The research is anchored around the physical and economic analysis of two sets of buildings (n = 37) divided according to whether buildings supported consistently high or consistently low diversities of tenants of varying economic specialisations over time. These loft buildings were found to support an economic diversity of businesses (i.e. many collaborating specialisms in the garment industry) that expand or contract according to business conditions. From the analysis of these buildings,an array of six physical parameters is derived that influence the capabilities of buildings to consistently support high levels of diversity of tenants over extended periods of time. PRACTICE RELEVANCE This research shows that the physical characteristics (design and layout) of buildings affect their capabilities to accommodate a variety of different tenants,allowing for a rapid expansion or contraction of individual tenancies. This flexibility provides economic robustness for the building because it can respond to changing tenant needs and economic conditions. The design decisions involving cores,corridors,facades,light and air have economic impacts that were not previously recognised. They emerge here as critical elements in the fine-grained relationship between the physical and economic dynamics of the city. © 2021 The Author(s).
dc.description.keywordarchitecture
dc.description.keywordbuildings
dc.description.keyworddesign
dc.description.keywordeconomic diversity
dc.description.keywordloft buildings
dc.description.keywordmorphology
dc.description.keywordNew York City
dc.description.keywordreal estate
dc.description.keywordspatial analysis
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dc.identifier.citationKayatekin, C. S. (2021). Architectural form: flexibility, subdivision and diversity in Manhattan loft buildings. Buildings & Cities, 2(1).
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5334/bc.140
dc.identifier.issn26326655
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3187
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleBuildings and Cities
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final906
dc.page.initial888
dc.publisherWeb Portal Ubiquity Press
dc.relation.departmentArchitecture & Design
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE School of Architecture & Design
dc.rightsAttribution 4,0 International
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectarchitecture; buildings; design; economic diversity; loft buildings; morphology; New York City; real estate; spatial analysis
dc.subject.keywordarchitecture
dc.subject.keywordbuildings
dc.subject.keyworddesign
dc.subject.keywordeconomic diversity
dc.subject.keywordloft buildings
dc.subject.keywordmorphology
dc.subject.keywordNew York City
dc.subject.keywordreal estate
dc.subject.keywordspatial analysis
dc.titleArchitectural form: flexibility, subdivision and diversity in Manhattan loft buildings
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