The time of the process. Time versus quality in the building cycle

Abstract

This paper critically retraces the disciplinary references of management for architecture and the building process. It aims at recovering – and innovating – the traces of the operational heritage of a strand characterising the technological research originally capable of making a great contribution of cultural transfer to promote the qualification of planning and implementation processes of public interventions. Although significant intellectual resources of architectural technology have been dedicated to these issues, following the outcome of the succession of building crises, these claims stemmed from priorities, such as research demand and educational offerings, in the area. The most recent regulatory developments and the introduction of new technologies allow us to reconsider the evolution process of systems and of client structures.