[edit] FOREWORD

On 10 January 1978, Cedric Price (CP) met Norman Fellows (NF) at 38 Alfred Place to discuss anticipatory design and instances of it. [*]

(The list of 'borrowed' titles on the scrapbook page (left) provided a starting point for their discussion).

NF introduced an iteration of Cedric Price's research and development programme—"Son of Thinkbelt", namely:—

• 'Domestikit'
• (Norman Fellows, 1976) [*]

"I think the housing studies which came out of the Potteries Thinkbelt are still very significant indeed and, you know, there are infinite ways they could be developed but the basic principles there of short-life twenty-five year renewal cycle, services as far as possible above ground, leasehold rather than ownership – in other words, the house as a machine like a car which you can park and renew when it becomes defunct – that to me is still a very important statement which has yet to be developed properly because in this country, buildings are, to quote Bucky Fuller, “Fancy nozzles on servicing systems of land”, and they are not seen as homes at all – just as investment in a nozzle.”"

Steve Mullin (2016) in AA (2016) ‘Cedric Price Day Part 1‘

[edit] INTRODUCTION

The first thing is the main title: 'DOMESTIKIT'.

This name was coined by Norman Fellows in October 1972 to describe an alternative to the existing model of housing provision at that time.

• CP: "I think you’re right to start with housing improvement."
• (Meeting notes) [*] cf The Deepdale Study

• (Study notes) [*]

Thus this article assumes:—

• ... that "housing" and 'housing' (sic) are complementary classes.

• ... the basic unit of meaning is the categorical term.
• ... each categorical term designates a class of things.
• ... each categorical term cleaves the world into exactly two mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive parts: those things to which the term applies and those things to which it does not apply.
• ... for every class designated by a categorical term, there is another class, its complement, that includes everything excluded from the original class, and this complementary class can of course be designated by its own categorical term.

Categorical Syllogisms

The Structure of Syllogism Now, on to the next level, at which we combine more than one categorical proposition to fashion logical arguments. A categorical syllogism is an argument consisting of exactly three categorical propositions (two premises and a conclusion) in which there appear a total of exactly three categorical terms, each of which is used exactly twice.

One of those terms must be used as the subject term of the conclusion of the syllogism, and we call it the minor term of the syllogism as a whole. The major term of the syllogism is whatever is employed as the predicate term of its conclusion. The third term in the syllogism doesn't occur in the conclusion at all, but must be employed in somewhere in each of its premises; hence, we call it the middle term.

Since one of the premises of the syllogism must be a categorical proposition that affirms some relation between its middle and major terms, we call that the major premise of the syllogism. The other premise, which links the middle and minor terms, we call the minor premise.

• Major Term: The predicate of the conclusion.
• Minor Term: The subject of the conclusion.
• Middle Term: Appears in both premises but not in the conclusion. It connects the major and minor terms.

1. One of those terms must be used as the subject term of the conclusion of the syllogism, and we call it the minor term of the syllogism as a whole.
2. The major term of the syllogism is whatever is employed as the predicate term of its conclusion.
3. The third term in the syllogism doesn't occur in the conclusion at all, but must be employed in somewhere in each of its premises; hence, we call it the middle term.

[edit] INTRODUCTION

The first thing is the title: 'DOMESTIKIT: UK'

The main title was coined by Norman Fellows in October 1972 as an architectural response to a known situation, namely:—

• the shortage of home containers. [????????]

The subtitle indicates the national scope of the response — cf

• 'DOMESTIKIT: World-Wide Dwelling Service' [*]

In contrast to the global scope of Buckmister Fuller's proposal discussed in the latter, the subject of this article is related to the subject of Cedric Price's research and development programme, namely:—

• "Son of Thinkbelt". [*]

• CP: "I think you're right to start with housing."
• (Meeting notes) [*]

• (Study notes) [ib.]

Thus this article assumes:—

• ... that "long-life housing" and "short-life housing" are complementary classes.