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EVOLVE HOUSE: FLEXIBLE DWELLING FOR THE POSTMODERN CONSUMER CULTURE

VOTAVA, KATE
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148305353

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2006, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
There is a trend towards choice and control that has become central in our postmodern consumer market. Today's consumers demand a multiplicity of choices that can more accurately reflect their increasingly varied lifestyles. Product developers give consumers not only choice, but also provide for personalization and customization. Compared with today's products, the house is static and reflects modernist ideas of segmentation and generalization over individual needs and desires. Housing must situate itself in the time, using current ideas, thoughts and methods to bridge the widening chasm between what we think, buy and build. The flexible house reflects the postmodern era ideas of control and choice in order to adapt to a variety of specialized needs and desires without over-generalizing the increasingly diversified population. This dwelling does not become a product of a one-time decision or a particular mode of thought, but an evolving organism that can reflect the ongoing transformations in views and lifestyles.
Barry Stedman (Advisor)
93 p.
Architecture
flexible architecture; flexible housing; prefab; prefabricated housing; systems building; adaptable housing; adaptable architecture; flexible; housing

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  • VOTAVA, K. (2006). EVOLVE HOUSE: FLEXIBLE DWELLING FOR THE POSTMODERN CONSUMER CULTURE [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148305353

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • VOTAVA, KATE. EVOLVE HOUSE: FLEXIBLE DWELLING FOR THE POSTMODERN CONSUMER CULTURE. 2006. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148305353.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • VOTAVA, KATE. "EVOLVE HOUSE: FLEXIBLE DWELLING FOR THE POSTMODERN CONSUMER CULTURE." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148305353

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