The architecture of waste : design for a circular economy / edited by Caroline O'Donnell and Dillon Pranger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Donnell, Caroline, editor.

Pranger, Dillon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable architecture.

Waste products as building materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"Global material crises are imminent. In the very near future, recycling will no longer be a choice made by those concerned about the environment, but a necessity for all. This means a paradigm shift in domestic behavior, manufacturing, construction, and design is inevitable. The Architecture of Waste provides a hopeful outlook through examining current recycling practices, rethinking initial manufacturing techniques, and proposing design solutions for second lives of material objects. The book touches on a variety of inescapable issues beyond our global waste crisis including cultural psyches, politics, economics, manufacturing, marketing, and material science. A series of crucial perspectives from experts cover these topics and frame the research by providing a past, present, and future look at how we got here and where we go next: the historical, the material, and the design. Twelve design proposals look beyond the simple application of recycled and waste materials in architecture-an admirable endeavor but one that does not engage the urgent reality of a circular economy-by aiming to transform familiar, yet flawed, material objects into closed-loop resources. Complete with 300 color images and written for both professionals and students, The Architecture of Waste is a necessary reference for rethinking the traditional role of the architect and challenging the discipline to address urgent material issues within the larger design process"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Global Circularity

Waste of Space

Case Studies

New Deconstruction: The Rebirth of a Circular Architecture

Economics for a Circular Environment

A World of Waste

Afterword

Appendix

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-19182-6

0-367-24747-X

1-000-19180-X

9780367247478

OCLC:

1154088043