Master of Architecture Thesis Rice University 
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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.

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Activating the objects through different uses and scales after they were designed was an integral step in understanding the potential objects may or may not have when they are designed without scale.
The exploration of different design strategies did not include scale as a limiting factor. The aspect of scale was constantly present and forefronted on the mind, however was intentionally not used as a design parameter. The simple reason being that specific scales imply specific uses. It was provocative to model and sketch without a scale, and apply a range of scales onto the same object afterward. This gradation of scale allowed the project to exit the mode of furniture. As the interest started at the human scale, it was a challenge to not consider the design objects as strictly furniture. The typical thought process of a design being multifunctional is that the same object serves different needs in its existing state. Treating scale as a gradient brought a new dimension to the discussion of multifunction. Not only could it be various things in one state, but it could also continue being some of those things while becoming other things as the object got bigger or smaller.

Feyza Mutlu
Master of Architecture Thesis
Rice University School of Architecture linkedin.com/in/feyza-mutlu
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