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vr.tr.architecture · thing-q12271

Let an agent handle architecture as a discipline, profession and body of works, with styles, practitioners, regulation and heritage.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Style and type What kind of architecture.

Style

Period and movement.

Style

The style.

  1. Which style or movement does this work belong to? definition
  2. Which features show it? definition

Typology

Building type.

Typology

The building type.

  1. What building type is it? definition
  2. Is it a vernacular type? definition
Practice Architects and design.

Architect

Designer and firm.

Credit

Who designed it.

  1. Who designed it, and when? provenance
  2. Is the architect registered? provenance

Design process

Brief to completion.

Process

Stages of design.

  1. What were the brief and design stages? definition
  2. Which approvals were needed? boundary
Performance How well it works.

Function

Use and accessibility.

Function

How it serves users.

  1. How well does it serve its users, including disabled people? measurement
  2. What post-occupancy evaluation exists? provenance

Sustainability

Energy and materials.

Sustainability

Environmental performance.

  1. What are its energy and carbon performance? measurement
  2. Which certifications does it have? provenance
Heritage Protection of works.

Status

Listing.

Heritage status

Protection status.

  1. Is this work protected, at which level? provenance
  2. What changes need consent? boundary

Conservation

Repair and change.

Conservation

Conservation approach.

  1. How should it be repaired? action
  2. Which charters guide conservation? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
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Activities and processes
Entry kind
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Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
lavatorium, minka, Kabuto-zukuri, Tamugimata multilayered house, gyoka, gasshō-zukuri, building services engineering, Building Services Technology, anti-rollback device, Residential frame engineering, rock-cut architecture, rock-cut architecture in India

What it is Filled

The art and practice of designing buildings and other structures, and the built results considered as works of design, including vernacular traditions and styles.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle architecture as a discipline, profession and body of works, with styles, practitioners, regulation and heritage.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • A discipline and profession as well as its products
  • Protected title in many countries
  • Includes vernacular building without architects
  • Building services engineering is a related discipline

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present a design as compliant with safety or accessibility rules without a qualified check.
  • Recommend demolishing or altering heritage buildings without heritage authority consent.
  • Present another architect's design as one's own.

Only with a human decision

  • Approving a design for construction.

May

  • Describe buildings, styles and architects from reliable sources.
  • Check designs against accessibility and building rules the user names.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Architecture shapes how people live, and inaccessible design excludes disabled people.
  • Heritage carries community identity and memory.

Who is affected

  • Building users
  • Communities
  • Architects

Owners Filled

Steward

Licensed architects answer for their designs; building authorities approve them.

Master systems

  • Registers of licensed architects
  • Heritage registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q82604 - registry parent class

related

  • building - buildings as works
  • architect - profession
  • building and planning law - rules
  • software architecture - a metaphorical use

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.architecture
  • Wikidata: Q12271 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Style features such as roof forms, proportions and ornament
  • Vernacular types such as minka or gassho-zukuri farmhouses
  • Architects credits on drawings and plaques
  • Buildings and spaces; drawings, models and plans; styles visible in form, materials and ornament.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • design buildings and spaces
  • practise it, as a registered architect where required
  • study and teach it
  • protect it, as heritage

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Unsafe designs
  • Loss of heritage
  • Inaccessible design

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Architects registration law, such as the EU Professional Qualifications Directive
  • Building codes and planning law
  • UNESCO World Heritage Convention

Context of use required Filled

  • Shaping built environments for use, safety, meaning and beauty.
  • by style: classical, gothic, modernist and many more
  • vernacular architecture
  • landscape and interior architecture
  • sustainable and passive design

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q12271: architecture - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Architecture - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should styles be separate entries?
  • How should vernacular types be linked to regions?
  • How should architects and works be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12271/spec.json