Main entry:

Kara, Hanif, author.

Title & Author:

Architecture and waste : a (re)planned obsolescence / Hanif Kara, Leire Asensio Villoria, Andreas Georgoulias.

Publication:

New York, NY : Actar ; [Cambridge, Massachusetts] : Harvard University Graduate School of Design, [2017]
©2017

Description:

375 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Iñaki Ábalos -- [I.] Introduction : Architects, waste, and design research / Hanif Kara -- Industrial buildings don't have to be ugly / Hanif Kara -- Causes of obsoloscence and building futures / Peter Rowe -- Another perspective / Ulrika Francke -- Methods of research / Hanif Kara and Andreas Georgoulias -- [II.] Waste-to-energy primer : History and reality of waste / Laura Smead -- Best practices and missed opportunities: waste-to-energy in Sweden and the United States / Andreas Georgoulias and Leire Asensio Villoria -- Anatomy of a waste-to-energy facility / Leire Asensio Villoria -- [III.] The architect and waste-to-energy design : The role of the architect / Andreas Georgoulias -- Precedent analysis / Laura Smead and Leire Asensio Villoria -- Case study: the Northeast Coastal Park waste and recycling plant -- Interview with Iñaki Ábalos / Leire Asensio Villoria -- Case study: Giubiasco incinerator -- Case study: Kara/Noveren Thermal Power Plant -- Case study: Veolia Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility -- Having factories is not a defect / Jean Robert Mazaud -- Case study: Amager Bakke Resource Center -- Interview with Bjarke Ingels / Leire Asensio Villoria -- [IV.] Design : Design opportunities / Hanif Kara, Leire Asensio Villoria, and Laura Smead -- Design speculations / Hanif Kara and Leire Asension Villoria -- More or less: concluding remarks / Hanif Kara and Leire Asension Villoria.

Summary:

Often considered utilitarian and unsightly, power plants and other industrial buildings seldom involve architects in their design processes, despite the significant benefits architectural engagement could bring. Based on a three-year investigation of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facilities undertaken at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, Architecture and Waste proposes that designers, owners, and the public reconsider the role of architecture in industrial design.

ISBN:

194515005X (hardcover)
9781945150050 (hardcover)

Subject:

Architecture, Industrial.
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Engineering.
Interdisciplinary research.
Group work in architecture.
Architecture industrielle.
Déchets Élimination.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Ingénierie.
Recherche interdisciplinaire.
Architecture Travail en équipe.
waste disposal.
refuse disposal.
engineering.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Asensio Villoria, Leire, author.
Georgoulias, Andreas, author.
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design.

(Re)planned obsolescence
Replanned obsolescence

Holdings:

Location: Library main 297106
Call No.: BIB 243414
Status: Available