# Adaptability of Buildings: A Critical Review on the Concept Evolution
## Content Analysis
### Dimensions and Overlapping Concepts
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**Terminologies** & **Description** & **Linkage to Adapability** & **Type of Adapability** & **Contect** & **Sources** \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Open Plan} & Free of structural, mechanical and other obstructions. & Open plan layouts grant facilitated adaptation of interior poses with minimized impact on the existing structure and systems & Space plan adaptability to fit changing functional needs & More common in commercial buildings and warehouses & [2, 43] \\  & Components in the space plan layer can be of interior poses with minimized impact on the existing structure and systems & Space plan adaptability to fit changing functional needs & More common in commercial buildings and warehouses & [2, 43] \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Transformability} & The ability of a part of a complex adaptive system to assume a new function & Adapability manifests in short-term behavior & \multirow{3}{*}{Functional adaptability} & \multirow{3}{*}{Resilient building systems} & \multirow{3}{*}{[44, 45]} \\  & The ability of a part of a complex adaptive system to assume a new function & transformation into a new state refers to a larger period as it results from multiple adaptations & Functional adaptability & Resilient building systems & [44, 45] \\  & & & larger period as it results from multiple adaptations & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Changeability} & Changeability has four aspects. adaptability, flexibility, robustness, and agility & Allows products changeability across phonography actions & Adapability as a subset of products changeability implies internal changes to systems & Compales’ product families or platforms & [25] \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Generality} & The ability of a building to meet changing functional purposes without changing its core properties (passive support for change) & A concept/dimension of adaptability & Multifunctional use & Office buildings & [8, 4, 46] \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Freshability} & The ability of a building to meet changing functional work or onwards by changing its core penalty [2, 12] & A concept/dimension of adaptability & Rearrangement of elements and systems & \multirow{3}{*}{Office buildings} & \multirow{3}{*}{[8, 30, 47]} \\  & The ability of a building to be extended, shrunk, or partitioned as required & A concept/dimension of adaptability & Dividing space into different functional units, & \multirow{3}{*}{Office buildings} & \multirow{3}{*}{[8, 43]} \\  & The ability of a building to be extended, shrunk, or partitioned as required & A concept/dimension of adaptability & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Simplicity} & Designing simple structural systems, (e.g., repeating layouts and grids, layer but fewer components). The absence of complex systems vital role the contained operation of the building & Crustes easily understood load paths, reducing therefore the uncertainty for designer working on adaptable solutions & Physical modification, reconfiguration, repurpose, and/or expansion & \multirow{3}{*}{General} & \multirow{3}{*}{[2, 3]} \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Communality} & Using the same component sizes and construction details throughout a building & Repetition of the same components and details facilitates replacement, adaptation, and systematic reuse & Physical modification, decorons, ratio/instrument, reconfiguration, repurpose, and/or & & \multirow{3}{*}{[2]} \\  & The standardization of components sizes and interfaces & Facilitates reconfiguration of spaces, reuse and replacement of components & Changeable components & Common in office vehicles, production of modular rooms & [2] \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Convertability} & Determines the ability of buildings to shift between different uses/functions & Adaptable use of space & Change of use/purpose/function & General & [1, 3, 30, 36, 48] \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Versatility} & Regressions the physical change of space & Versatility is a branch of flexibility that is a strategy of adaptability & Change of space and layout & General & [00, 36] \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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