scholarly journals While Waiting for the Third Industrial Revolution: Attempts at Commoning Production

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Industrial Revolution

Internalising Continuous Variation

2018 ◽  
pp. 68-87
Author(s):  
Kas Oosterhuis
Keyword(s):  
Mass Production ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Continuous Variation ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Mass Customisation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Interactive Architecture ◽  
Design Production ◽  
Third Industrial Revolution

The chapter engages with the idea that nonhuman creativity is fostering a new architecture based on continuous variation both in its theoretical and in its technical and material dimension. The chapter depicts the trajectory of ONL, the author’s practice, and how with this mission it has moved to the third industrial revolution that has altogether revolutionised architecture as a whole. In this chapter Kas Oosterhuis redefines the fundamentals in three phases; phase A: mass production, phase B: mass customisation - in which phase ONL’s built projects are positioned - and moving into the upbeat of phase C: distributed robotic design, production, assembly and operation, in which phase the achievements of Hyperbody’s interactive architecture are positioned. He concludes by challenging the traditional role of the architect that has shifted, nowadays, to that of an expert.

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