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Adhocism

Scope note

Term coined by the architectural historian Charles Jencks to describe design which comes about, not by formulating new solutions to problems, but by combining pre-existing elements to achieve a new result. THDAT

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300056511

Created

13yrs ago

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