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
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Structures & Architecture: A viable urban perspective? : Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022) |
Editors | Marie Frier Hvejsel, Paulo J.S. Cruz |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publisher | CRC Press/Balkema |
Publication date | 6 Jul 2022 |
Pages | 363-370 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780367902810 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003023555 |
Publication status | Published - 6 Jul 2022 |
Event | ICSA2022: 5th International Conference on Structures and Architecture - CREATE, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 6 Jul 2022 → 8 Jul 2022 Conference number: 5 https://www.icsa2022.create.aau.dk/ |
Conference
Conference | ICSA2022 |
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Number | 5 |
Location | CREATE, Aalborg University |
Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | Aalborg |
Period | 06/07/2022 → 08/07/2022 |
Internet address |
Series | Structure and Architecture |
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Number | 2 |
ISSN | 2643-6698 |
Keywords
- Tectonics
- Sinks
- Material flows
- Housing
- Circularity
Artistic research
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