Alpha: From the International Style to the International Space Station. (November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adams, Constance; Jones, Rod
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 84:Number 6(2014:Nov./Dec.)
• Page Start: 70
• Page End: 77
• Publication Date: 2014-11
• Subjects: 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.1835
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>How has a Modernist predilection for the modular contributed to the design of Space Architecture? Leading space architects <bold>Constance</bold><bold>Adams and Rod Jones</bold> 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.</p> </abstract>