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SUMMARY:Function and Form: a history of the multiple criteria for construc
 tion details
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DESCRIPTION:Tom Peters is Lehigh University Emeritus Professor of Architec
 ture and History. His writing ranges from the theory of technological thin
 king in civil engineering and architectural design\, cultural theory in st
 ructural engineering\, and pedagogical studies on teaching construction an
 d materials\, to treatises on construction history\, a field he helped dev
 elop from the mid-1970s. He is the author of many influential books\, repo
 rts and articles and is known for his expertise in antiquarian books that 
 deal with civil engineering and construction.\n \nBorn in Berkeley\, Cali
 fornia\, Peters was educated in Rochester NY\, Mumbai\, and Zurich\, befor
 e training as an architect at the ETH Zurich with a focus in construction 
 and materials. He subsequently worked as an architect in Denmark\, England
 \, and Switzerland before turning to teaching construction and research. H
 e holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in Architecture from the ETH Z
 urich and a Habilitation in the history of technology from the TH Darmstad
 t. From 1982-2007 he taught architectural technology and history at the Un
 iversity of California at Berkeley\, Cornell University and Lehigh Univers
 ity\, and served as Director of the Building and Technology Institute ther
 e from 1989-2007\, and as Chair Professor and Chairman of Architecture at 
 the Chinese University of Hong Kong 1998-2000. He lectures in Europe\, Chi
 na\, and North and South America and has worked with schools or profession
 al groups worldwide\, serving as advisor to several undergraduate and grad
 uate architecture programs.\nMonday\, January 23rd\, 4pm\nHalle Bleue\, sm
 art living lab\, EPFL Fribourg.\nPassage du Cardinal 13b\,\nCH-1700 Fribou
 rg\n(a 5-minutes' walk from the train station)\n \nTraditional temporary 
 structures were always demountable - they were meant to be moved\, and the
 y were usually\, but not always made of temporary materials. When iron bec
 ame a construction material the situation changed. Instead of constructing
  a structure from basic materials on site\, buildings were assembled from 
 prefabricated parts. At the same time\, the verb to connect became the nou
 n connection\, and a connector became a component of a system. This change
 d the nature of construction details and introduced many new criteria that
  connections had to fulfill. From then on most demountable structures were
  only inadvertently so the goal was always to design as a good a connectio
 n as possible.
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