Smart Disassembly: Or, How I Learned to Take Things Apart' (2012)
article⁄Smart Disassembly: Or, How I Learned to Take Things Apart' (2012)
abstract⁄Taking things apart is easy. How something works, or even what it is, is irrelevant to its dismantling. If assembly can be perceived as a rational act, then disassembly is certainly its counterpart an intuitive, foolproof, and mindless errand of the seemingly curious subject. It is in this unflattering description, however, that disassembly warrants an analysis of its smart potential Smart Disassemblies locates the exploded view drawing, a representation that conveys the instructions for assembly, within its architectural legacy, from its origins in the Renaissance to its more contemporary appropriation by Thom Mayne and Daniel Libeskind. The categorical rules, and the parttowhole relationships they imply, gleaned from these precedents are then subverted toward the end of disassembling an object. The proposed rule sets Point of Explosion, Point of View, and Explosion Sequence and their variants are tested through their application to a complex assembly of objects, a jazz quintet.
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| Year |
2012 |
| Authors |
Kelley, Thomas; Blankenbaker, Sarah. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 12: Synthetic Digital Ecologies |
| Pages |
277-283 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
smart-disassembly |
