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Architects Steve Kieran and James Timberlake use technology transfer to rewrite the laws of conventional wisdom in design and construction.

Questions:

LU: 1

1. Which of these attributes is shared by cars and buildings?
a. building department approvals
b. travels safely at 60 mph
c. integrated mechanical and electrical systems
d. produced in quantities of 25,000 units to be profitable

2. Savvy architectural clients expect which of their buildings?
a. they will take 3 to 5 years to produce
b. cost times time equals quality
c. faster delivery without additional costs
d. complex, well-constructed buildings take longer to build

3. Unitized construction is a direct transfer from which industry?
a. aerospace
b. automobile
c. shipbuilding
d. all of the above

4. Unitized construction of a curtain wall versus stick-built would result
in which?
a. more field joints
b. fewer field joints
c. looser joints
d. higher operational energy use

5. The economic value of unitized construction is recognized in which?
a. lower initial costs
b. lower retooling costs
c. lower life-span costs
d. lower maintenance costs

6. In the Levine Hall glazed pavilion, which is not true of the curtain-
wall construction?
a. the curtain wall is made of components
b. the concrete pours and attachments drive the coordination
c. the curtain wall drives the coordination
d. fabrication is precise

7. Which is an example of technology transfer?
a. when aerospace technology is published in scientific journals
b. universities paying royalties for automotive research
c. licensing of medical devices for use in hospitals
d. passing information from one specialized industry to another for use by a larger commercial base

8. The goal of Kieran and Timberlake was which?
a. to segregate the four disciplines of architecture, construction, materials science, and product engineering
b. to have the four disciplines achieve a collective intelligence
c. to develop innovation within each discipline separately
d. to develop research only in the discipline of architecture

9. In order to produce cars faster and cheaper, the automobile industry did
which?
a. sped up the assembly line
b. hired more workers
c. used a modular system of production
d. changed suppliers

10. Fabrics developed for space suits offer which for building use?
a. high strength with light weight
b. increased energy consumption
c. increased lighting needs
d. heaver weight than steel