A Review Study on Flexible Housing

In the broad definition proposed in this paper, flexible architecture can be understood as any building or building component designed for adaptation to change in its surroundings. In the examples investigated here, responsiveness focuses on either changing usage patterns (the activities of the building’s inhabitants) or changes in the (exterior or interior) environment. The rate at which these changes take place provides another means of describing and categorizing types of flexible architecture. The concept of interactive surfaces as an expressive element of the building has been explored in numerous installations, mostly temporary, which have explored the architectural implications of materials capable of change in response to their immediate surroundings. The flexibility in architectural design can solve the area problems and multi-use plan. It could provide many possibilities to change the shape and size of internal space in addition to the economic and social impacts on the housing system.