BASIC CONCEPTS OF FLEXIBILITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

The ability to change or adapt to change in a short period of time with little cost and effort is one of the main definitions of flexibility. This concept, which appears in fields such as medicine, psychology, zoology, botany, sports, dance, educational sciences, and economy, is basically associated with the capacity to change and adapt to change. Flexibility in architecture is the level of meeting the desire of the users of the space to adapt the living space to itself in order to meet the current and future needs of the users. The fact that the desired changes cannot be made in the place due to the high cost of the transaction or the inconvenience of the planning creates negative effects in the financial context as well as in the quality of life. Within the framework of this defined problem, it is imperative that flexibility is questioned in the design process of architectural products. For this purpose, flexibility in working; The concepts of change, transformation, adaptability, mobility, modularity and inclusiveness are discussed and the place of these concepts in architecture is summarized.