Where Is The Place?: Week 2: Flexible, Mobile, Distributed & Virtual

Flexible

Different building has different program. However, a flexible building can be apprehended as a building that combines different function together. For example, firstly, a stadium, it can be a sport centre, a musical concert or a gallery/exhibition centre. Secondly, a park, such as the Botanic Garden, it is an open space for public with multi-function. People not on;y can relax there with variety activities, but also do picnic and wedding.

TheParliament House is not only a meeting facility of the Parliament of Australia, but it is also an exhibition place for the Parliament history as the Parliament House contains 4,700 rooms and many areas are open to the public. If people mention to the benefit building in Australia, the Opera House might be the symbol in Sydney, and the Parliament House will be the icon in Canberra.

Mobile

Mobile building is transportable structure, which is not always fixed in the same area. It can go to anywhere for the building needed. The mobile embassy of Australia is a good example for the mobile building, which is the Australia Embassy that builds on the ship, and goes to South Africa to bring with the convenience to Aussie during 2010 FIFA World Cup. Moreover, the difference from flexible buildings, the mobile structure is fixed in a site, but transportable.

The benefits building in Australia is definitely the Australia Mobile Embassy. It is content many facilities for

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citizen’s safety and convenience even outside of home town.

Distributed

Distributed building can be regarding as two expound. Firstly, distributed can interpret as a building with it organisational structure.

Secondly, the distributed structure can elucidate as a mass production such as a building group. Some structures are built in different place, but in the same area. It can be treated as the same building group, for instance, the RMIT campus in Melbourne city. Many faculty buildings are scattering in the city, however, they are the same campus.

Virtual

Virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and differing denotations. Furthermore, the term has been defined in philosophy as that which is not real, but might display the salient qualities of the real.