ABSTRACT
The workshop attempts to explore the potentials and limitations of building systems. Building systems offer a historic chance for a retarded industry, if they are used as part of systemic approaches. Building systems as technical solutions have to be integrated into the structure of this system. Building systems can indeed match user needs as many application examples from the field of education facilities suggest. Building Systems can be described as a set of rules which apply to the relationships between kits of parts, developed or selected to function as a whole. Systems building, augmented by building systems may even see the return of the user as force in shaping his environment. The Building Block System with its 64 elements, and assembly rules, not only represents a quantum jump for the Modular Facilities Program of the Air Force but for the general Building System Developments as well.
