A Study on Understanding the Required Conditions in Architectural Projects (Impact of Temporal Changes in the Client's Industry Domain Characteristics on Office Building Planning)

This paper aims to present a fundamental approach for understanding the requirements and specifications essential to a particular architectural project within the creative process. Specifically, it provides concrete insights by focusing on office buildings, which represent a typical form of architectural development.

The primary activities conducted within the office buildings targeted in this study are business-related operations. To understand the nature of these activities, this paper employs the concept of modularization to interpret industrial characteristics and proposes a new perspective on spatial creation for business activities.

Through the investigation of various business activities, this study identified distinctive characteristics of each operational field and established a clear direction. In particular, by interpreting the characteristics of each sector from the perspective of modularization potential, the required design directions became more apparent.

This paper highlights an aspect of the architectural creation process that creators should understand in order to respond quickly and accurately in environments where external factors change rapidly.

The findings of this study reveal a conceptual framework for architectural specifications that does not yet exist in current discourse. In response to various external environmental changes, including pandemics, this research clarifies part of the foundational thinking necessary for architectural design. However, as this study focuses solely on office buildings, further discussions will be necessary to address other building typologies.