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

Buntrock 9704033 该奖项支持日本科学促进会（JSPS）为日本东京大学合作研究中心的Dana Buntrock博士提供为期12个月的博士后研究金。 Buntrock教授将与东京大学合作研究中心和工业科学研究所教授Terunobu Fujimori博士合作开展一项名为“研究后福特主义制造及其建筑师的开发”的研究项目。" 后福特主义（Post-Fordism）-通过增加制造过程中的灵活性，适应性和效率来识别，允许对生产输出进行可变控制-已经在北美以外的地区发展，因此其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。 由于日本的灵活生产系统比北美早得多，因此可以通过研究日本的建筑师、承包商和制造商协同工作的方式，为北美的建筑师提供利用后福特技术的机会。 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，并将这种相互作用的相对有效性与美国目前的情况进行比较。 这项研究的目标是深入了解后福特主义的制造过程，这将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. ***