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Volume 1.0

Why is it crucial for architects to consider adaptation or mitigation measures in building design?

To address climate change impact on urban populations

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What can be inferred from the text about the annual energy consumption of office buildings?

It can be larger than the annual energy consumption of commuters going to and from the building

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What does the text suggest about client involvement in addressing environmental matters in building design?

Client involvement is key in discussing various conditions in pre-design stages

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What role do buildings play in relation to population growth and urbanization?

Buildings act as a response to population growth and urbanization

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What is one technique to generate added value for a site?

Matching or adding facility program elements to difficult site conditions

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What may support more effective design solutions from other perspectives, including financing and insurance costs?

Understanding the potential of a site from a sustainability perspective

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What does sustainable and regenerative design present opportunities for?

Innovation and collaborative solutions in both design processes and outcomes

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What is a foundational aspect of architectural design success in the years to come?

The design response to driving factors in both micro and macro environments

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What do existing building projects often extend beyond?

Simple renovations

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What do existing buildings in this context include?

All existing buildings, even those considered heritage (over 40 years old) but not designated as such

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What does revitalizing existing buildings present a challenge of?

Making function follow form

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What may an architect need to understand in order to make existing buildings more energy efficient and sustainable?

The existing building’s technologies, past uses, and performance

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In addition to structural, mechanical, and electrical disciplines, what other specialists may an architect need for revitalizing existing buildings?

Cultural experts, heritage professionals, and building historians

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What are architects often engaged to complete in urban design?

Master planning studies and intensification studies

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What does an architect's involvement in urban design lend credibility to?

The physical suitability and practical feasibility of new built fabric

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What can architects provide specific advice and expertise pertaining to in urban design?

The renewal potential of existing buildings and structures within a larger urban framework

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What has prompted the search for new forms of project delivery?

The requirement for a higher level of building energy performance

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How do project delivery methods like design-build and public-private partnerships (P3s) change the architect's professional relationship?

The architect's engagement shifts to a builder or a financial entity

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What role can architects play in integrated design processes?

Addressing the various needs and objectives of multiple stakeholders

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What has become widespread to assist architects in the analysis of lighting or thermal resistance and in the preparation of accurate cost estimates?

Building information modeling (BIM)

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What is a significant requirement that has led to an increase in both client's expectations and firms' access to new technologies?

Government demand for projects delivered using BIM

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How has BIM affected the architectural practice with regard to technology and business processes?

It requires changes in a firm’s technology as well as business, operational, and project processes

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What has prompted the need for architects to rethink contractual relationships and organizational culture?

Integration of design processes across the supply chain

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How do new technologies like BIM impact the architect's historical role?

They transform the role to gather, process and synthesize information, and use presentation techniques to communicate a solution

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What do varied project delivery methods present for the practice of architecture?

Challenges due to potential increased risk and liability as well as new roles such as integrators or compliance architects

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What is one of the impacts of BIM as a communication tool for coordination with consultants, constructors, and component fabricators?

It increases coordination efforts across different stakeholders

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What do integrated project delivery methods change regarding relationships between architects and other project stakeholders?

They lead to changed relationships between architects and other stakeholders such as owners, builders, and design teams

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New forms of project delivery may result in alternate forms of financing and more efficient building design and construction methods.

True

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In the face of global warming, a much lower level of building energy performance is required.

False

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Design-build and public-private partnerships result in the architect being engaged directly by the owner or users of the building.

False

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Integrated project delivery can demand lower cost efficiency and longer timeframes for document production.

False

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New technologies like BIM are not transforming architectural practice according to the text.

False

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Modeling and simulation software programs for architects are not accessible to anyone now, reducing the client’s requirements and expectations.

False

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Some firms who do not have access to new technologies are not outsourcing parts of their work.

False

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The integration of design processes across the design-construction-operation supply chain does not require rethinking contractual relationships, organizational culture, and a redistribution of effort within a firm.

False

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