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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Kit of Parts"”.
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Re-imagining the Maison Tropicale : a 21st century prefabricated building system inspired by Jean Prouvé
… for prefabrication, applied to the context of tropical housing. Given the failure of contemporary prefabricated systems to provide creative solutions that can be mass-produced, this thesis refers to Jean Prouvé's Maison Tropicale as a post-WWII precedent for innovation and a lens through …
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Dynamic building enclosures : the design of an innovative constructive system which permits mechanically-driven, computer-controlled shape transformations to the building envelope
Dynamic Building Enclosures is a system of prefabricated, lightweight, kit-of-parts wall and/or roof elements. This system has the unique capability of dynamically altering, or mutating its shape in reaction to changing user requirements or site climate conditions through the manipulation of a …
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DESIGN [fabrication] BUILD
… and fabricator/assembler through the use of parametric software in order to create a truly customizable prefabricated home. This customization is possible through the combination of the software with CNC machinery and a material yet to be fully explored by architects, honeycomb composite …
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CONTAINER CIRCUIT HOUSING FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
The project was set up to address the issue of transient worker housing that are done on site. Job site housing has an advantage over dormitories where the project site is far from the dormitories, inaccessible, or has different working hours over the entire job. Also for onsite housing, when the …
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Growing a building particularity as a strategy for upliftment of agriculture towns in South Africa
… are suffering economically since the number of jobs available in the agriculture sector has been decreasing rapidly. This is attributed to a deepening in capital in the agriculture sector (Hall & Cousins, 2015). Consequently, unemployment is the reality of many farming towns and often results …
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UDesign : toward a user-centered architecture
… encourage users to participate in the design of personalized products through online configuration tools, a new kind of user-centered business model emerges. One of the outcomes of this transformation, is the restructuring of a company's products - from a one-size-fits-all to a kit-of-parts - …
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New structural systems in small-diameter round timber
… up to five times stronger than the largest piece of dimensioned lumber they could yield. Additionally, these whole-timbers have a lower effective embodied carbon than any other structural material. When combined into efficient structural configurations and joined using specially-engineered …
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Universalism and Its Discontents: Konrad Wachsmann's 20th Century Architecture
… a trained cabinetmaker, the chief architect of one of the largest prefabricated construction companies in Europe, and a private practitioner, Wachsmann brought a particular line of prefabricated timber construction knowledge to the U.S., which he utilized in the development of military …
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ARkits : architectural robotics kits
… and unresponsive. Our cities are in urgent need of new architectural solutions that maximize space efficiency and respond to the complexities of life. What if the traditionally passive spatial elements, that give shape to our architectural spaces, could become dynamic and connected?What if …
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Stadium
… capacity football stadium located on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. This stadium is a vehicle for exploring and expressing my ideas about the role of structure in architecture, and about an architect's realm of control in a building project. The typology of a …
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U.S. Bamboo house of the future : standardizing ecological living
… focuses on ecological living through the use of bamboo. It explores how the material can be used for methods of prefabricated housing design within the United States. It also uses a "ht of parts" and describes two examples that exemplify good use of bamboo. While bamboo is increasingly being …
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Materials lead time reduction in a semiconductor equipment manufacturing plant : warehouse design and layout
The warehouse layout and operations of a semiconductor tool manufacturer were studied with the objective of reducing the lead time for parts ordered from the warehouse to 8 hours. Current order fulfillment operations were studied and interviews with involved personnel were conducted. Additionally, …
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Comparative Landscape Infrastructure in Kolda, Senegal and Washington, D.C.
This comparative study of two urban areas—Kolda, Senegal and the Historic Anacostia Neighborhood in Washington, D.C.—explores how landscape infrastructure can decrease the scalar disconnect between the global water crisis and local water use practices. By looking at one city in the Global North and …
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Designing is Cooking: A Museum of Gastronomy
… eat share a relationship with design. The Museum of Gastronomy, a museum located at the Washington D.C. National Mall, would dedicate a space to a full-sense experience pursuing a relationship between food, culture, and design. The National Mall is a symbolic setting dedicated to U.S. heritage via …
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School construction in Sierra Leone
After years of British rule and a decade of civil unrest, rural communities in Sierra Leone were left with the residues of a colonial mentality and the psychological, physical and economic ravages of war. As a result, people are trapped in a mindset that discards vernacular architecture as obsolete …
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The Space of Construction: Elemental Prefabrication
… be a product? This thesis sets out to form a set of basic elements for a minimum house in light of this question that is both functional and aesthetic. The goal is to develop an efficient prefabricated system of construction analogous to a chart of chemical elements. The modular system is then …
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From Liquid to Stone: Reimagining the design of concrete structures for reuse
Every year, 360 million metric tons of concrete construction waste are sent to landfill in the United States, in large part originating from the demolition of economically obsolete buildings. Meanwhile, global demand for new concrete is accelerating – in 2021, the production of new concrete was …
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Method to design and fabricate an octahedral-tetrahedral spaceframe from repurposed scaffolding
… as flat trusses, but few examples take advantage of the rich variety of configurations that a multi-layered octahedral- tetrahedral (octet) spaceframe can accommodate. The octet geometry is considered because of its inherent versatility, rigidity and economy. This lattice has received renewed …
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Digital timber for affordable housing: An exploration into flexible spaces
Engineered timber is the most ecological of the major construction materials acting as a carbon sink in our urban centres. After the pandemic, flexibility of interior spaces has become crucial with social, economic, and environmental benefits. With mass customization, the growth of digital …
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