Strategy description: Design the building and its system for extra capacity, exceeding the project requirements, so that future demands can be met.
Example: Oversizing dimensions of spaces, vertically or horizontally, and providing technical systems with a capacity that exceeds the building demand.
Advantages: Having a surplus capacity facilitates meeting the growing demands of users in the long term and accommodating other functions that require more technical performance
Disadvantages/challenges: This strategy can be impossible in existing buildings because of the original design, or impractical when future additions are not possible. Furthermore, this strategy increases expenditures during the redevelopment phase of an existing building.
