The architecture of persistence : designing for future use / D. Fannon, M. Laboy, and P. Wiederspahn.

Main entry:

Fannon, D. (David J.), author.

Title & Author:

The architecture of persistence : designing for future use / D. Fannon, M. Laboy, and P. Wiederspahn.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
©2022

Description:

viii, 303 pages : illustrations, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Material ecologies -- Changing uses -- Alternate futures.

Summary:

"The Architecture of Persistence argues that continued human use is the ultimate measure of sustainability in architecture, and that expanding the discourse about adaptability to include continuity as well as change offers the architectural manifestation of resilience. Why do some buildings last for generations as beloved and useful places, while others do not? How can designers today create buildings that remain useful into the future? While architects and theorists have offered a wide range of ideas about building for change, this book focuses on persistent architecture: the material, spatial, and cultural processes that give rise to long-lived buildings. Organized in three parts, this book examines material longevity in the face of constant physical and cultural change, connects the dimensions of human use and contemporary program, and discusses how time informs the design process. Featuring dozens of interviews with people who design and use buildings, and the close analysis of over a hundred historic and contemporary projects, the principles of persistent architecture introduced here address urgent challenges for contemporary practice while pointing towards a more sustainable built environment in the future. The Architecture of Persistence: Designing for Future Use offers practitioners, students, and scholars a set of principles and illustrative precedents exploring architecture's unique ability to connect an instructive past, a useful present, and an unknown future"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780367486389 hardcover
0367486385 hardcover
9780367486372 paperback
0367486377 paperback
electronic book
9781003042013
electronic publication
9781000410471
electronic book
9781000410464

Subject:

Architecture Human factors.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Facteurs humains.

Added entries:

Laboy, M., author.
Wiederspahn, P., author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315386
Call No.: 315386
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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