An Urban Sink: Case Study of an (Im)material Metabolism of Buildings

Kemo Usto, Marie Frier Hvejsel, Camilla Brunsgaard

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Abstract

Reducing material consumption necessitates a radical conception of the urban environ-ment as a “sink” for building materials, following the notion of “safe sink” from chemical engineering. In architecture, this means being able to describe the tectonic correspondence between material consequences (how architecture moves material between society and na-ture) and immaterial consequences (how architecture moves human experience and be-havior). As part of an ongoing doctoral study, this paper studies this correspondence in a case study exploring 5 constructs (sub-unit). Hence, the case study explores the tectonic correspondence between the immaterial capacities (experiential, phenomenological) of ar-chitecture and how they affect material flows (waste generation through renovation, dem-olition etc.) in three selected Danish low-dense housing developments. In conclusion, the paper discusses whether/how these immaterial capacities can become active design strate-gies for slowing material flows towards a conception of buildings as parts of a safe Urban Sink
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelStructures & Architecture: A viable urban perspective? : Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022)
RedaktørerMarie Frier Hvejsel, Paulo J.S. Cruz
Antal sider8
ForlagCRC Press/Balkema
Publikationsdato6 jul. 2022
Sider363-370
ISBN (Trykt) 9780367902810
ISBN (Elektronisk)9781003023555
StatusUdgivet - 6 jul. 2022
BegivenhedICSA2022: 5th International Conference on Structures and Architecture - CREATE, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Danmark
Varighed: 6 jul. 20228 jul. 2022
Konferencens nummer: 5
https://www.icsa2022.create.aau.dk/

Konference

KonferenceICSA2022
Nummer5
LokationCREATE, Aalborg University
Land/OmrådeDanmark
ByAalborg
Periode06/07/202208/07/2022
Internetadresse
NavnStructure and Architecture
Nummer2
ISSN2643-6698

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