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An investigation of the possibilities within the limitations of prefabrication in housing today

This thesis is the development of a design program.

Current housing systems, while offering a shelter, provide very little more in terms of differentiation and variation of units, or any selection on the part of the resident. This is termed the minimum solution and can, result in monotonous housing developments, discontent among inhabitants, and in general, dislike for "prefabricated houses.”

But, through re-evaluation of design priorities, and developing the maximum solution, which does contain many variations and a wide selection for the owner, an industrialized system of building can offer each person a unique unit and in turn, make "prefabricated houses" desirable to live in. / M. A.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/109247
Date January 1970
CreatorsMcBride, John David
ContributorsEnvironmental Systems
PublisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Source SetsVirginia Tech Theses and Dissertation
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis, Text
Formatv, 38 pages, 1 unnumbered leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf
RightsIn Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
RelationOCLC# 20365051

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