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    Designing for Uncertain Times with Architects from Assemble and BC Architects & Studies

    May 1, 2020,
    Paris, London, and Brussels

    This conversation with architects from Assemble and BC highlights the structural and economic challenges involved in the design and construction of the built environment. Each explores new perspectives and advocates for practices that place greater emphasis on environmental responsibility, local resources, community, and the sharing of knowledge in a more decentralized and less competitive world.

    In this context of uncertainty, architects can take on the role of activists, challenging established values and seeking to make a social impact.

    References

    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....

    https://www.domusweb.it/en/opinion/20...

    https://medium.com/fivestone-stories/designing-for-uncertainty-d5c2b411385f

    https://rotordb.org/en/projects/behin...

    Bibliography

    Aicher, F. (Ed.). (2018). Gion A. Caminada. On the Path to Building. Berlin, Basel: Birkhäuser, 159 pp.

    Beigel, F., & Christou, P. (1996). “Brikettfabrik Witznitz: Specific Indeterminacy—Designing for Uncertainty.” Architectural Research Quarterly, 2(2), 18–39.

    Brand, S. (1994). How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built. Viking, 243 pp.

    Merlini, F., & Snozzi, L. (2016). L’architecture inefficiente : Dialogue entre l’architecte suisse Luigi Snozzi et le philosophe Fabio Merlini. Marseille: Éditions Cosa Mentale, 96 pp.

    Rotor, Lionel Devliegher (Eds.). (2014). Behind the Green Door: A Critical Look at Sustainable Architecture Through 600 Objects. Oslo Architecture Triennale, 364 pp.

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