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Working with tolerance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Stephen Bates
Affiliation:
Sergison Bates Architects44 Newman StreetLondon W1P 3PAUK
Jonathan Sergison
Affiliation:
Sergison Bates Architects44 Newman StreetLondon W1P 3PAUK

Abstract

This paper defines an architectural position in which the concept of tolerance provides a strategy for making work. It also represents a moment in time within a continuing assessment and re-assessment of the ideas of the practice we established three years ago. Ideas are explored through built and speculative projects and tested through critical discussion with collaborators. The source of these ideas within a historical context is acknowledged and their application in a number of our recent projects and buildings is illustrated.

Type
Design
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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