Abstract
Architecture and the built environment are undergoing fundamental rethinking as a consequence of our climate crisis. We are aware that the way we design and produce our physical spaces holds a large share in the current overconsumption of resources and carbon pollution. In order to build in a more just and environmentally sustainable manner it is necessary to rethink not only our building systems, but also the design logics that feed into them as well as the material practices that underpin them. This tri-part challenge to the status quo calls upon a radical rethinking of the way we understand architecture, its production and its objective. It brings forth a reconceptualisation of the fundamental value proposition of architecture; its ownership and its permanenc
Translated title of the contribution | Conceiving a bio based architecture |
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Original language | French |
Title of host publication | L'architecte et i'existant : Contruire avec ce qui est déja là |
Editors | Jana Revedin |
Place of Publication | Paris |
Publisher | Editions/Gallimard |
Publication date | 2022 |
Pages | 136-144 |
Article number | 2 |
Chapter | 3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-2-07-297498-4 |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- bio-based materials
- planetary boundaries
- Biopolymer
- 3D printing
Artistic research
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