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The Path Creation Project (NSF
Number IIS-0208963) will study the way that Frank O. Gehry and his firm
of architects uses three dimensional computer modeling in the design of
buildings and the changes that it creates in his architectural practice
as well as in that of the participating network of contractors. The
objective is to determine whether or not his innovative designs serve
as path-creating events for his firm and companies working on his
projects. Path creating events are project phases that require a firm
to break from the standard routines established in its industry in
order to develop new work approaches. Our hypothesis is that the
designs by Gehry Partners requires innovation in work practices,
technology use, and organization structures by those associated with
his building projects. We are also hypothesizing that the path creating
behaviors developed for work on his projects is carried over by the
participating firms into subsequent projects, including those designed
by other architects. (more...)
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