Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of illustrations -- About the editors -- About the contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Introduction -- Introduction -- PART II Concepts and processes for future flexibility -- Preamble -- 1. Challenges of large-scale housing in the developing world: the Habitat for Humanity Global Village project in Ethiopia -- 2. Predesign planning for flexibility -- 3. Multi-performance spaces: assessing the impacts of an innovative LEEDTM platinum educational complex on the triple bottom line -- 4. Mixed-use development using air rights above the JR train station at Nagoya, Japan -- 5. Prospects for adaptive, inclusive design: lessons learned from children's museums -- Reflections on Part II -- PART III Rooms/settings scale -- Preamble -- 6. The measurement and efficiency of adaptive design strategies -- 7. Finding the balance: a model of assessment for commercial floor-plate performance -- 8. Beyond the cellular office: adaptable offices for medium-sized companies -- 9. Adaptive architecture of the London Science Museum: a needs assessment -- 10. Post-occupancy evaluation of a multi-tasking environment: the University of Kentucky Medical Center's emergency department -- 11. A construct of generosity in Navajo culture: the Hogan -- Reflections on Part III -- PART IV Building scale -- Preamble -- 12. Keren Or Center for Blind Children with Multiple Disabilities in Israel -- 13. Omgivning: transforming historic icons through adaptive reuse -- 14. Strategies for planning, designing, and operating adaptable facilities -- 15. Native meets high-tech: the Sobeloff Center, Sealaska Heritage Corporation -- 16. Building with boxes: the New Jerusalem Children's Home -- Reflections on Part IV -- PART V Urban scale -- Preamble -- 17. Reappropriation of city infrastructure: alleyways