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Architecture

the idea that a building is made of layers, from site and structure to services and contents, that change at different rates.

In architecture, shearing layers refers to the idea that a building is made of layers, from site and structure to services and contents, that change at different rates. This meaning comes from Brand (1994) in How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built.[1]

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Brand, S. (1994). How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built. Orion Publishing Group, Limited. ISBN 9780613920094

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