Overview

A fundemental model/diagram to the project is provided as well as an explanation of the research and analysis to be completed.

The success of the Ford Motor Company in the first few decades of the twentieth century owes a lot of credit to Kahn's architectural designs and genius. Analyzed in terms of economy, equity, and ecology, the built environment laid a critical foundation for the key component of the company's success: a system of production that encompassed not only the manufacturing of the Model T, but also new labor disciplines, production methods, and attitutes towards society and the environment.

Just a short distance away from Syracuse University, this factory is an architectural gem, being one of Kahn's first buildings utilizing his innovations with reinforced conrete. Like in the structures that constituted the plants of the Ford Motor Company, the concepts of economy, equity, and ecology are inherently embedded within the physical manifestations of the building and its surroundings.