An investigation of the possibilities within the limitations of prefabrication in housing today

This thesis is the development of a design program. Current housing systems, while offering a shelter, provide very little more in terms of differentiation and variation of units, or any selection on the part of the resident. This is termed the minimum solution and can, result in monotonous housing developments, discontent among inhabitants, and in general, dislike for "prefabricated houses.” But, through re-evaluation of design priorities, and developing the maximum solution, which does contain many variations and a wide selection for the owner, an industrialized system of building can offer each person a unique unit and in turn, make "prefabricated houses" desirable to live in.

Name thesis:degree_name

M. A.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Environmental Systems

Department dc:contributor.department

Environmental Systems

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1970

Author dc:creator

• McBride, John David

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/109247

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/109247