| dc.contributor.advisor | William Porter, Andrew Scott. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Randall Alan, 1968- | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-08-18T23:51:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-08-18T23:51:52Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 1998 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10040 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1998. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173). | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Randall Alan Johnson. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 175 p. | en_US |
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| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Architecture | en_US |
| dc.title | A new sorting facility for Federal Express : strategically integrating the social and technical systems | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M.Arch. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 39102709 | en_US |
| dc.audience.educationlevel | This thesis examines the role of the industrial facility as a workplace and its contribution to the built environment. The usual solution of the "big box" is unfortunate, for it typically creates dreadful working conditions absent of natural light and natural ventilation. Its overall form is without any expression of the processes contained within or around its boundaries. The thesis also questions the role of architecture and its inability to effectively offer alternative solutions. Yes, these types of corporate projects are generally very predetermined, with so many guidelines that little or no architectural invention is possible - so they say. But here is where architects and design are needed most, not the museum projects where "anything goes" - what's the challenge? Federal Express has plans to build 50 of these facilities over the next three years and will probably stamp out box after box . .. because it's easier and cheaper. So I'm jumping into the game head first. A flat site with no trees. A corporate client with a solution already in hand. A program about distributing cardboard boxes through a maze of machinery. Is there architecture in that? | en_US |
