Sustainable Design for Uncertain Futures
This course explores various types and scales of change, compares the ways that architects deal with change, and analyzes the effectiveness of various precedents.
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We explore various types and scales of change throughout the semester. Each week, we review various concepts, such as mass customization, computationally responsive environments and facades, open building, adaptive reuse, metabolism, persistence, preservation, circular economy, design for disassembly & adaptability (DfD&A), repair, design for inclusion, resilience, bio design and smart materials. Students engage with the content through written reading responses, group discussions and precedent studies, and apply these strategies to a project of their own choosing.