House loops: Upcycling the single-family house

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dc.contributor.advisorKrumwiede, Keith
dc.creatorVan Yarick, Todd Roy
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T06:42:47Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T06:42:47Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractThe thesis takes the position that the single-family house will soon move into a consumer cycle of disposability similar to that of products like single-use cameras. This analogy suggests a new house type that uses such material and acquisition cycles to its advantage, creating a service loop within it's very production and distribution. The result is an intelligent object that has the ability to recreate itself many times over by cycling its own material components. While following existing HUD guidelines governing their delivery, construction, and removal, these house units would also be mapped with a second (a third, a fourth...) life cycle for each component material. In addition, the building would be tethered to the original manufacturer and destined for resale, to be de-manufactured and upcycled into new house units or new material products at the end of each life.
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.
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dc.format.extent55 pp
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2001 VAN VARICK
dc.identifier.citationVan Yarick, Todd Roy. "House loops: Upcycling the single-family house." (2001) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17476">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17476</a>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2727
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17476
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.titleHouse loops: Upcycling the single-family house
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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