ABSTRACT Current debates about building performance evaluation often emphasize the ‘performance gap’ between how buildings perform in practice and how performance was envisaged during the design stage. While such debates continue to be dominated by energy considerations, increasing attention is directed towards the subjective experiences of building users in terms of thermal comfort and wellbeing. The latter trends are undoubtedly to be welcomed, but buildings continue to be conceptualized as fixed physical objects rather than entities that are enacted in practice. With the aim of challenging current assumptions, research is described which sought to reclaim the concept of building appraisal as practised by the pioneering architectural practice DEGW. The concept of building appraisal differs from current notions of building performance evaluation in that the point of departure is not the supposedly fixed entity of the building, but the essential fluidity of the occupying organization and their aspirations in terms of space. Empirical data are derived from archival sources and through extensive interaction with the DEGW diaspora, many of whom remain active at the leading edge of international practice. It is concluded that the continued fixation with the ‘performance gap’ reinforces long-since discredited assumptions of environmental determinism.

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超越绩效差距：通过档案研究回收建筑评估

摘要 当前关于建筑性能评估的争论经常强调建筑在实践中如何表现与在设计阶段如何设想性能之间的“性能差距”。虽然此类辩论继续以能源考虑为主，但越来越多的注意力转向建筑用户在热舒适性和幸福感方面的主观体验。后一种趋势无疑是受欢迎的，但建筑物继续被概念化为固定的物理对象，而不是在实践中制定的实体。为了挑战当前的假设，本文描述了一项研究，旨在恢复建筑评估的概念，正如开创性的建筑实践 DEGW 所实践的那样。建筑评估的概念不同于当前建筑性能评估的概念，因为出发点不是建筑的固定实体，而是占用组织的基本流动性及其在空间方面的愿望。实证数据来自档案来源，并通过与 DEGW 侨民的广泛互动获得，其中许多人仍然活跃在国际实践的前沿。结论是，对“绩效差距”的持续关注强化了环境决定论的长期不可信假设。实证数据来自档案来源，并通过与 DEGW 侨民的广泛互动获得，其中许多人仍然活跃在国际实践的前沿。结论是，对“绩效差距”的持续关注强化了环境决定论的长期不可信假设。实证数据来自档案来源，并通过与 DEGW 侨民的广泛互动获得，其中许多人仍然活跃在国际实践的前沿。结论是，对“绩效差距”的持续关注强化了环境决定论的长期不可信假设。