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7.2
The Removal Chain & Sentient Life Cycles
As our cities are growing, managing waste is becoming increasingly challenging. Global plastic waste is set to...
The Removal Chain & Sentient Life Cycles
7.1
Ecologies of Tectonics
We see increased attention to how buildings are built and expected to live over time, including the entire life...
Ecologies of Tectonics
7.1
Geomorphic Tectonics
Intractable Divisions? Current approaches to the architectural object and the concepts of tectonics exhibit significant...
Geomorphic Tectonics
7.1
Tectonics by Any Other Name
What is the relationship between the historical events in Figure 1? The timeline contains a prophecy and a...
Tectonics by Any Other Name
7.1
The Long Wait for the Inevitable: Metanarratives of Construction
What is the relationship between the historical events in Figure 1? The timeline contains a prophecy and a...
The Long Wait for the Inevitable: Metanarratives of Construction
6.2
Pivoting to Infrastructure: The Fusion of Architecture and Engineering
Founded in London, WilkinsonEyre is an architectural practice closely associated with the parallel engineering...
Pivoting to Infrastructure: The Fusion of Architecture and Engineering
6.2
Autonomous Futures: Implications for Smart Cities
As researchers studying how to design human interaction with automation, we are frequently asked to prognosticate...
Autonomous Futures: Implications for Smart Cities
6.2
Prolegomena to Computational Design
In 1989, I left Scotland for the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture to help revamp the graduate program in...
Prolegomena to Computational Design
6.1
Digital Techniques in Historic Preservation
The field of historic preservation constantly seeks new ways to document, assess, and interpret existing landmark...
Digital Techniques in Historic Preservation
6.1
Digital Technology and Architecture: Towards a Symmetrical Approach
Should we take technology as an external factor impacting design literally from the outside? For the past 50 years,...
Digital Technology and Architecture: Towards a Symmetrical Approach