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Re-constituting Precarity for the BIM-Architect
As architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) practices become broadly mediated by computational methods, this article considers the modes of precarity implied for the architect adopting BIM as a medium of modelling and design.
Alex Blanchard
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Soft Knitted Tensile Membrane Tensegrity Helix-Tower
This paper explores project-based research approach for using knitted textiles as a participating element in a tensegrity structural system. The design of the tensegrity Helix-Tower takes advantage of the emergent elastic properties of knit material and
Viginia Melnyk
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Temporary forms of performative space: Impact of temporary architecture on audience diversification [PDF]
The term temporary forms of performative space was coined out of the need to define the group of objects under study that use temporality and the architectural input into a non-theatrical space, and serve as boundaries for performative content.
Ing. arch. Kristína Boháčová +1 more
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This paper examines experiments to increase the durability of architecture as a means to manage the risk of catastrophic loss through tangible systems of artificial material and intangible systems of insurance.
Kyle Stover
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Distrito hídrico Tacubaya, Ciudad de México, 2022. Un modelo urbano de escala media para el manejo sostenible de agua en la Ciudad de México. [PDF]
Ante la crisis hídrica en Ciudad de México, Distrito Hídrico Tacubaya propone un sistema de gestión de agua sostenible y descentralizado, que integra infraestructura verde y gris para poner en valor las aguas urbanas -lluvias, grises y negras- como un ...
Adriana Chávez +4 more
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Precarity, the future of architectural research in a time of much uncertainty
Editoral framing of the special issue of ENQ on PRECARITY: PhD conference on architectural research at the limits of technology, project-making, and history/theory held on APRIL 22-23, 2022 and organized and sponsored by the PhD Program in Architecture ...
Franca Trubiano
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Cautín Island Urban Park, Temuco, Chile, 2023. Hydro-ecological infrastructure for urban resilience [PDF]
Located between two water courses, the Isla Cautín urban park serves as hydroecological infrastructure and public space. A sequence of floodable meadows, canals, ponds, and wetlands retains and infiltrates urban runoff, reducing the risk of flooding in a
Osvaldo Moreno
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Housing Experimentation and Design Guides: Affordable Housing in Guangzhou since 2006
This paper examines the recent growth of government-led affordable housing in Guangzhou, addressing a paucity of global housing studies that explore experimental and contextual policy approaches in China.
Lu Wang, Sam Jacoby
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Many studies acknowledge the significance of assessment frameworks for urban heritage sites in preserving their identities. Due to the pandemic and its impact on heritage sites and visitors, the spatial features and identities of many heritage sites have
Shiran Geng +3 more
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This work presents the first detailed study of the construction and materials of the Stockholm Public Library. As the building undergoes a rare period of maintenance and renovation, the floors and walls of the library are examined from three ...
Patrick Fleming +3 more
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