Flessibilità

Flexibility, despite its popularity, it is still far from being characterized. In this paper, I review the concept of flexibility as discussed in a number of academic disciplines that have grappled with this concept, and highlight the major themes and challenges. The common ground on which all disciplines agree is that flexibility is needed in order to cope with uncertainty and change, and that it implies an ease of modification and an absence of irreversible or rigid constraints. Another fundamental aspect is the relationship between flexibility and innovation, through which can be ensure the survival over time of the system. Finally, the flexibility is seen as a fundamental property for designing a generally complex system, and particularly in architectural design, through the implementation of two basic requirements: technological and spatial flexibility.