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Graduate School
2009
Architecture of materialism: A study of craft in
design culture, process, and product
Logan Mahaffey
University of South Florida
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Fig. 1. Penland School of Craft
Fig. 2. NW Boatbuilding
Fig. 3. Seattle CWB
Fig. 4. Rocking Chair
Fig. 5. Sam Maloof
Fig. 6. Band Saw Box
Fig. 7. Art Carpenter
Fig. 8. Bench
Fig. 9. George Nakashima
Fig. 10. Leg Splints
Fig. 11. Chair Prototypes
Fig. 12. Steel Applications
Fig. 13. Williams/Tsien Perspective
Fig. 14. Learning Curve Diagram
Fig. 15. Compound Miter Saw
Fig. 16. Joint Cut
Fig. 17. Cutting Half Lap
Fig. 18. Joints
Fig. 19. Joints
Fig. 20. Joints
Fig. 21. Louvers
Fig. 22. Louvers
Fig. 23. Louvers
Fig. 24. Dado Jig
Fig. 25. Cutting With Dado
Fig. 26. Using Dado Jig
Fig. 27. Scull Dimensions
Fig. 28. Floor Plan Process
Fig. 29. Chipboard Drawing 1
Fig. 30. Chipboard Drawing 2
Fig. 31. Chipboard Drawing 3
Fig. 32. Chipboard Drawing 4
Fig. 33. Preliminary Model 1
Fig. 34. Preliminary 2
Fig. 35. Rollins Boat House
Fig. 36. View from Kraft Azeala Park
Fig. 37. Alabama Drive
Fig. 38. Sculling on Lake Maitland
Fig. 39. Winter Park Area
Fig. 40. Aerial View of Kraft Azalea Park
Fig. 41. Wall Assembly 1
Fig. 42. Wall Assembly 1
Fig. 43. Wall Assembly 1
Fig. 44. Wall Assembly 1
Fig. 45. Blade
Fig. 46. Blade Shape
Fig. 47. MDF strips with mounted autocad prints
Fig. 48. Blades ready for assembly
Fig. 49. Blade Cut with Jig
Fig. 50. Texture left from blade
Fig. 51. Jig designed to cut multiple radius curves
Fig. 52. Table Saw Jig
Fig. 53. Wall Assembly 2
Fig. 54. Wall Assembly 2
Fig. 55. Wall Assembly 2
Fig. 56. Construction of Wall Assembly
Fig. 57. Louvers sitting on compound curved columns
Fig. 58. Table Saw Jig
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Fig. 59. Cutting compound curve with jig
Fig. 60. SHOP website qoute
Fig. 61. SHOP website qoute
Fig. 62. SHOP website qoute
Fig. 63. SHOP website qoute
Fig. 64. Cad Drawings
Fig. 65. Wall Assembly 3
Fig. 66. Wall Assembly 3
Fig. 67. Wall Assembly 3
Fig. 68. Wall Assembly 3
Fig. 69. Wall Assembly 3
Fig. 70. Table Saw Jig
Fig. 71. Screw Test
Fig. 72. Alignment Mock Up 1
Fig. 73. Alignment Mock Up 2
Fig. 74. Assembly Jig
Fig. 75. Assembly Jig
Fig. 76. First assembly jigs after removal
Fig. 77. Wall Assembly with jigs attached
Fig. 78. Wall Assembly near completion
Fig. 79. Wall Assembly
Fig. 80. Wall Section Model with assembly jig attached
Fig. 81. Wall Section Model with assembly jig attached
Fig. 82. Plan
Fig. 83. Elevation
Fig. 84. Interior Perspective
Fig. 85. Exterior Perspective
Fig. 86. Exterior Perspective
Fig. 87. Exploded Perspective
Fig. 88. Corner
Fig. 89. Detail Section
Fig. 90. Template 1
Fig. 91. Template 2
Fig. 92. Assembly Jigs
Fig. 93. Blade Order
Fig. 94. Column 1
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Fig. 95. Column 2
Fig. 96. Column 3
Fig. 97. Column 4
Fig. 98. Column 5
Fig. 99. Column 6
Fig. 100. Wall Assembly 4
Fig. 101. Wall Assembly 4
Fig. 102. Wall Assembly 4
Fig. 103. Wall Assembly 4
Fig. 104. Wall Assembly 4
Fig. 105. One Off Jig 1
Fig. 106. One Off Jig 2
Fig. 107. One Off Jig 3
Fig. 108. Jig setting up
Fig. 109. Underside of Jig
Fig. 110. Jig clamped to table saw
Fig. 111. Trammel arm sliding on jig
Fig. 112. Glu Lam ready to be cut
Fig. 113. Wall Section Mock Up
Fig. 114. Wall Section Mock Up
Fig. 115. Wall Section Mock Up
Fig. 116. Wall Section Mock Up
Fig. 117. Wall Section Mock Up
Fig. 118. Wall Section Mock Up
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Architecture of Materialism: A Study of Craft in Design
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Fig. 1. Penland School of Craft
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Fig. 2. NW Boatbuilding
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Fig. 3. Seattle CWB
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Fig. 4. Rocking Chair
Fig. 5. Sam Maloof
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Fig. 6. Band Saw Box
Fig. 7. Art Carpenter
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Fig. 8. Bench
Fig. 9. George Nakashima
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Fig. 10. Leg Splints
Fig. 11. Chair Prototypes
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Fig. 12. Steel Applications
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Fig. 13. Williams/Tsien Perspective
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Fig. 14. Learning Curve Diagram
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Fig. 15. Compound Miter Saw
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Fig. 16. Joint Cut
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Fig. 17. Cutting Half Lap
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Fig. 18. Joints
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Fig. 19. Joints
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Fig. 20. Joints
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Fig. 21. Louvers
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Fig. 22. Louvers
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Fig. 23. Louvers
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Fig. 24. Dado Jig
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Fig. 25. Cutting With Dado
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Fig. 26. Using Dado Jig
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Fig. 27. Scull Dimensions
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Fig. 28. Floor Plan Process
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Fig. 29. Chipboard Drawing 1
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Fig. 30. Chipboard Drawing 2
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Fig. 31. Chipboard Drawing 3
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Fig. 32. Chipboard Drawing 4
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Fig. 33. Preliminary Model 1
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Fig. 34. Preliminary 2
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Fig. 35. Rollins Boat House
Fig. 36. View from Kraft Azeala Park
Fig. 37. Alabama Drive
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Fig. 38. Sculling on Lake Maitland
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Fig. 39. Winter Park Area
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Fig. 40. Aerial View of Kraft Azalea Park
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Fig. 41. Wall Assembly 1
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Fig. 42. Wall Assembly 1
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Fig. 43. Wall Assembly 1
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Fig. 44. Wall Assembly 1
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Fig. 45. Blade
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Fig. 46. Blade Shape
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Fig. 47. MDF strips with mounted autocad prints
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Fig. 48. Blades ready for assembly
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Fig. 49. Blade Cut with Jig
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Fig. 50. Texture left from blade
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Fig. 51. Jig designed to cut multiple radius curves
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Fig. 52. Table Saw Jig
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Fig. 53. Wall Assembly 2
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Fig. 54. Wall Assembly 2
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Fig. 55. Wall Assembly 2
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Fig. 56. Construction of Wall Assembly
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Fig. 57. Louvers sitting on compound curved columns
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Fig. 58. Table Saw Jig
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Fig. 59. Cutting compound curve with jig
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Fig. 60. SHOP website qoute
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Fig. 61. SHOP website qoute
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Fig. 62. SHOP website qoute
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Fig. 63. SHOP website qoute
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Fig. 64. Cad Drawings
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Fig. 65. Wall Assembly 3
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Fig. 66. Wall Assembly 3
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Fig. 67. Wall Assembly 3
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Fig. 68. Wall Assembly 3
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Fig. 69. Wall Assembly 3
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Fig. 70. Table Saw Jig
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Fig. 71. Screw Test
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Fig. 72. Alignment Mock Up 1
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Fig. 73. Alignment Mock Up 2
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Fig. 74. Assembly Jig
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Fig. 75. Assembly Jig
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Fig. 76. First assembly jigs after removal
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Fig. 77. Wall Assembly with jigs attached
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Fig. 78. Wall Assembly near completion
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Fig. 79. Wall Assembly
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Fig. 80. Wall Section Model with assembly jig attached
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Fig. 81. Wall Section Model with assembly jig attached
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Fig. 82. Plan
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Fig. 83. Elevation
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Fig. 84. Interior Perspective
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Fig. 85. Exterior Perspective
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Fig. 86. Exterior Perspective
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Fig. 87. Exploded Perspective
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Fig. 88. Corner
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Fig. 89. Detail Section
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Fig. 90. Template 1
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Fig. 91. Template 2
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Fig. 92. Assembly Jigs
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Fig. 93. Blade Order
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Fig. 94. Column 1
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Fig. 95. Column 2
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Fig. 96. Column 3
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Fig. 97. Column 4
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Fig. 98. Column 5
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Fig. 99. Column 6
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Fig. 100. Wall Assembly 4
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Fig. 101. Wall Assembly 4
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Fig. 102. Wall Assembly 4
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Fig. 103. Wall Assembly 4
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Fig. 104. Wall Assembly 4
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Fig. 105. One Off Jig 1
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Fig. 106. One Off Jig 2
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Fig. 107. One Off Jig 3
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Fig. 108. Jig setting up
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Fig. 109. Underside of Jig
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Fig. 110. Jig clamped to table saw
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Fig. 111. Trammel arm sliding on jig
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Fig. 112. Glu Lam ready to be cut
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Fig. 113. Glu Lam
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Fig. 114. Wall Section Mock Up
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Fig. 115. Wall Section Mock Up
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Fig. 116. Wall Section Mock Up
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Fig. 117. Wall Section Mock Up
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Fig. 118. Wall Section Mock Up
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Fig. 119. Wall Section Mock Up
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