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The nature of making: rapid prototyping in architecture

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dc.creator Bacon, Mark
dc.date 2006-05-18T18:25:00Z
dc.date 2006-05-18T18:25:00Z
dc.date 2006-05-18T18:25:00Z
dc.date 2006
dc.date May
dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-10T10:06:50Z
dc.date.available 2023-04-10T10:06:50Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2097/165
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/285314
dc.description Master of Architecture
dc.description Department of Architecture
dc.description Matthew Knox
dc.description The purpose of this study is to examine how the industrial process of rapid prototyping might reshape practice and making in architecture. Rapid prototyping is defined as an accelerated, adaptive evolution of a system or its components in some form using computer-aided drafting and manufacturing. Historically, all architecture was the intelligence of a single maker—the master builder. Specialization has caused architecture to fragment with architects serving only as designers. This report explores the ability of computer-aided drafting and manufacturing technologies to streamline the design procedure, which potentially increases the architect’s input into the process of building. Effectually, the architect narrows the distance between the design and the built—returning the architect to the role of master builder. An actual design exercise will examine the connection of architectural practice to making. To apply this research a habitable space was constructed through the incorporation of rapid prototyping.
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dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Kansas State University
dc.subject Rapid prototyping
dc.subject Master builder
dc.subject Computer numerically controlled
dc.subject Versioning
dc.subject Architecture (0729)
dc.title The nature of making: rapid prototyping in architecture
dc.type Thesis


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