- Author
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Smith, R. W., Jr.
- Title
- Modular Coordination: A Basis for Industrialization of the Building Process.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS BSS 001
January 1970
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. Performance of Buildings - Concept and Measurement. Proceedings of the 1st Conference in a Series of Conferences on Man and His Shelter. September 23-25, 1968,
Gaithersburg, MD,
Walton, W. W.; Cadoff, B. C., Editors,
37-41 p.,
1970
- Keywords
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building design
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housing
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planning
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architecture
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specifications
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standards
- Abstract
- I am sure you are all familiar with the story of Cinderella, her beauty and talent, how she was ignored and confined to a chimney corner, and how a Godmother appeared and performed an act of magic - removed the dirt and grime, allowing Cinderella to appear as she really was, and to claim her place as princess of the land. The building industry also has its Cinderella. This Cinderella is my subject today, modular coordination. Since 1938, its value and utility have been recognized. But it too has been ignored and confined to a chimney corner by a lack of building industry concern. The story of the building industry's Cinderella - of modular coordination - is only half finished, however. Modular coordination is still in its chimney corner, but I am confident that its Godmother has appeared, and that there is in process an act of magic which will soon release modular coordination so that it can become a princess of the building industry. The Godmother of the building industry's Cinderella is the current need to double our output of housing and substantially increase the production of other buildings, all within the next decade. The magic ingredient that will make modular coordination a princess of the building industry is the recognition by all concerned that the job probably cannot be achieved without it.