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An Open-Source Model of Collaboration and Customization in Architecture

In: Managing Complexity

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  • Carlo Carbone

    (UQAM, Ecole de Design)

  • Basem Eid Mohamed

    (Department of Architecture, Abu Dhabi University)

Abstract

Modernity in architecture was substantiated by a revolution in manufacturing. Factory-produced systems for buildings and their components induced an appeal for mass production in architecture. The sometimes confluent and often divergent dream of a factory-produced architecture has had the issue of customization at its core. Prefabrication of architecture is still promoted as an efficient and lean process; however, the repetitive model of continuous production often connotes a lack of variability. This repetitive model of industrialized building is being challenged by new technology and an increased need to respond to social heterogeneity. Today’s theoretical experiments of custom prefabrication address a range of issues from conceptual, to design, to fabrication and construction. These models for flexibility and variability are yet to permeate a generalized lack of innovation within the industry. This paper presents an evolving methodology for developing a collaborative platform toward assembling a customizable architecture from manufactured systems for architecture.

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  • Carlo Carbone & Basem Eid Mohamed, 2017. "An Open-Source Model of Collaboration and Customization in Architecture," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Jocelyn Bellemare & Serge Carrier & Kjeld Nielsen & Frank T. Piller (ed.), Managing Complexity, chapter 0, pages 41-57, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-319-29058-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29058-4_4
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