Epistemologies of Making
A theory of craftsmanship for architecture
E. Crevels (TU Delft - Situated Architecture, TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / AE+T)
K. Havik – Promotor (TU Delft - Situated Architecture)
J.A. Mejia Hernandez – Copromotor (TU Delft - Situated Architecture)
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Abstract
This research addresses how different ways of making entail different ways of knowing,
exploring how material production and knowledge intersect and inform one another. Specifically,
it investigates the knowledge within crafts — examining how skill is developed in the way
craftspeople work – and hypothesises that the material and social conditions surrounding craft
practice produce a specific rationality: a process-oriented way of knowing. These considerations
are brought together in a theory of knowledge in the material productions – an epistemology of
making – whose tenets are subsequentially tested within the field of architecture. Through this
set of conceptual and theoretical tools, the research thus analyses the dynamics of knowing
and making in architecture. Ultimately, this study reflects on the implications of approaching
architecture from the vantage point of its production, offering valuable insights into the dialectics
of design and construction.
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