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The story of the house I lite system : "Less calories, more taste, your site, your vision... "

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Raber, Christianna, 1976-
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Dwelling is one of architecture's oldest questions. We know it well without realizing it. While there are new technical challenges, dwelling continues to remain a constant need over time. Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, in her book Achtung Architektur!!, teaches a key lesson that proceeds from the following: Transformation of the image into a functioning and tactile thing emphasizes the Architectural...since works of architecture are not supposed to move. We are a conservative nation, and even more so as we reflect our values onto the facades of our houses. Mobility and Architecture with a capital A have rarely gone together in history. One desires stability in one's house. HOUSE I lite proposes to design a product you can order, build, and then rebuild, as you like: a variety of living choices that arise from a small array of generic parts. Panels plug into matrices. Systems weave smartly into a compact and evolving footprint. There are never two HOUSE I lite dwellings exactly alike. And if they are ever the same, they too will change.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2004.
 
MIT Institute Archives copy bound: leaf 20 inserted between leaves 1 and 2.
 
"lite 1 'smart' I cheap (high quality) 2. open-ended 3 'eco-effective,' lightweight"--footer of every leaf.
 
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-67).
 
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2004
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27028
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Architecture.

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