Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2009 Propelling design evolution: using a scientifically driven design process to incrementally advance architecture Robert Thaddeus Gassman Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Architecture Commons Recommended Citation Gassman, Robert Thaddeus, "Propelling design evolution: using a scientifically driven design process to incrementally advance architecture" (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 10778. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/10778 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Propelling design evolution: using a scientifically driven design process to incrementally advance architecture By Robert Thaddeus Gassman A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE Major: Architecture Program of Study Committee: Mikesch Muecke, Major Professor Jason Alread Ingrid Lilligren Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2009 Copyright © Robert Thaddeus Gassman, 2009. All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii ABSTRACT iv CHAPTER 1: DESIGN EVOLUTION PROPELS POSITIVE PROGRESS