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.Category Archives: lifecycle topics
Re-use: hierarchies of recycling in theory and practice
Re-use is useful as both an applied and a conceptual topic, so you can make a design brief or an essay topic out of re-use. Conceptually we often see scales like the one below prepared for Terra20. As students start to think about the higher levels in the chart above, it quickly becomes apparent that… Continue Reading
great resource on using reclaimed materials in architecture
I’ve been reading a recent publication from Public Architecture Design for Reuse Primer: 15 Successful Reuse Projects within Different Sectors, Explored In-depth, downloadable through the link. The cases, as well as the general findings in the introduction would work well in teaching a sustainable design course in architecture. The cases include civic buildings, housing, religious… Continue Reading
review: lifecycle tools
This article, from August 2009, describes a range of now “classic” LCA tools along with more recent offerings, including attempts to “open source” some aspects of LCA. Lifecycle Assessment is an approach to design that tries to take a product or building’s entire lifecycle into account at the time of conceptual design to try to… Continue Reading
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