Special Mention – 2007 Housing Competition
Project by: Joseph Choma
Architecture Redefined
All throughout history people have attempted to redefine the basic meaning of life. How do you design for the future? What is the future of housing? When looking back on history, pre-fabrication became a popular process of mass production of similar units that could be easily assembled. This process was invented during the industrial revolution when it became crucial for guns to have inter-changeable parts. Now, in an era of mass customization what does being pre-fabricated really mean?
In the past, machine like processing has always had a direct correlation to human musculature, and making things easier and quicker to build. Could a machine be based on conscience instead of muscle… like a computer science program? Read the rest of this entry »