2024 Volume 89 Issue 819 Pages 796-807
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate, through chronological analyses, how architects have been responding to the urban environment in the design of rental office buildings. Based on the review of design briefs of rental office buildings, urban-environment elements and architects’ design intentions are identified, tabulated, and analyzed chronologically in three ways: Firstly, urban-environment elements are classified into several types and their transitions are analyzed ; secondly, architects’ design intentions in response to the urban environment are classified into several groups and their transitions are analyzed; and thirdly, the relationship between the environmental elements and design intentions are analyzed.
