Japan JSPS Program: Post-Fordist Manufacturing and its Exploitation by Architects

本奖项为日本东京大学合作研究中心的Dana Buntrock博士提供为期12个月的日本科学促进会（JSPS）博士后奖学金。Buntrock教授将与东京大学工业科学研究所合作研究中心教授Terunobu Fujimori博士合作，开展一项名为“研究后福特制造及其建筑师利用”的研究项目。后福特主义——在制造过程中增加了灵活性、适应性和效率，允许对生产产出进行可变控制——已经在北美以外的地区发展起来，因此它对建筑实践的影响目前还没有被北美建筑专业人士所理解。由于灵活生产系统在日本的发展要比北美早得多，因此通过研究日本建筑师、承包商和制造商协同工作的方式，北美建筑师有可能利用后福特主义技术。这项研究将探讨日本建筑师、承包商和制造商之间的创新过程，并将这种互动的相对有效性与目前在美国发生的互动进行比较。这项研究的目的是深入了解后福特主义制造过程，为美国提供直接和有用的优势。＊＊＊

Buntrock 9704033 This award supports a 12-month Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. Dana Buntrock at the Center for Collaborative Research of the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Professor Buntrock will work with Dr. Terunobu Fujimori, Professor of the Center for Collaborative Research and of the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo, on a research project entitled, "Studying Post-Fordist Manufacturing and its Exploitation by Architects." Post-Fordism - identified by increased flexibility, adaptability, and efficiency in the manufacturing process that allows for variable control in production output - has evolved by and large outside North America, and as such its implications for architectural practice are not presently understood by North American architectural professionals. As systems of flexible production developed in Japan much earlier than they did in North America, it is possible to project opportunities for North American architects to exploit Post-Fordist techniques by studying the manner in which architects, contractors, and manufacturers work in tandem in Japan. The proposed research will explore the process of innovation in Japan that occurs between architects, contractors, and manufacturers and will compare the relative effectiveness of this interaction with that which is now occurring in the United States. The goal of the research is to obtain insights into the Post-Fordist manufacturing process that will provide immediate and useful advantages to the United States. ***