ABSTRACT
Today the industrialisation of building means the application of modern systematised methods of design, production planning and control as well as mechanised and automated manufacturing processes.
The required openness refers to the capability to assemble products from alternative suppliers into the building and to exchange information between partners of the building process and inside the consortia and business networks. The application and exchange of products, services and information nationally and internationally as well as the adaptation of the products and services into varying local needs and cultures is essential. For this purpose an effective international co-operation is needed in order to develop proposals for definitions, rules and models for this kind of regional and local open building, utilising global technologies and methods into local applications.
