(A)RCHITECTURE AT THE HARDWARE STORE

Smith, C

(A)RCHITECTURE AT THE HARDWARE STORE

Smith, C

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Issue Date:: 2007-10-05T02:12:08Z

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Smith, C
dc.date.accessioned	2007-10-05T02:12:08Z
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-15T02:35:18Z
dc.date.available	2007-10-05T02:12:08Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-15T02:35:18Z
dc.date.issued	2007-10-05T02:12:08Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19711
dc.description.abstract	Although DIY products and systems were developed to help non-professionals, they can also enable professionals to experiment with different methods of creating buildings and spaces. DIY approaches allow people to change spaces while they occupy them, because do not require specialized construction tools, knowledge and insurance. This has practical implications for design and its practice. I show how DIY approaches create evolving, germinant spaces by looking at examples of site-specific installations and experimental residential projects. The blurring of designing, making and occupation in these projects reveals how everyday materials can act upon and transform design practice.	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/2100/495
dc.subject	experimental making	en
dc.subject	germinant practice	en
dc.subject	site-specific installation art	en
dc.subject	DIY	en
dc.title	(A)RCHITECTURE AT THE HARDWARE STORE	en
dc.type	Article	en
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

Although DIY products and systems were developed to help non-professionals, they can also enable professionals to experiment with different methods of creating buildings and spaces. DIY approaches allow people to change spaces while they occupy them, because do not require specialized construction tools, knowledge and insurance. This has practical implications for design and its practice. I show how DIY approaches create evolving, germinant spaces by looking at examples of site-specific installations and experimental residential projects. The blurring of designing, making and occupation in these projects reveals how everyday materials can act upon and transform design practice.

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