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Alpha: From the International Style to the International Space Station
Author(s) -
Adams Constance,
Jones Rod
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1835
Subject(s) - architecture , international space station , transparency (behavior) , flexibility (engineering) , modular design , space (punctuation) , modularity (biology) , politics , style (visual arts) , architectural engineering , face (sociological concept) , computer science , telecommunications , sociology , engineering , political science , computer security , law , aerospace engineering , management , history , economics , social science , archaeology , genetics , biology , operating system
How has a Modernist predilection for the modular contributed to the design of Space Architecture? Leading space architects Constance Adams and Rod Jones highlight how by embracing a diligent modularity in the early 1980s, NASA initiated a design approach that has enabled replicability, flexibility and technological transparency, and has proved the International Space Station resilient in the face of multiple logistical, financial and political challenges.