Architecture and Waste - A (Re)Planned Obsolescence

Architecture and design currently play a minor role in the design and construction of industrial building types, especially waste-to-energy facilities. Through comparing the well-established waste-to-energy industries in Sweden with less established engagements in the northeast of the United States, opportunities and lessons are revealed.

This book presents a refreshed, design-led approach to waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, reflecting work done at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). Architecture and design currently play a minor role in the design and construction of industrial building types, especially waste-toenergy facilities. As densities increase and consumption patterns change, the need for more waste-to-energy facilities is only going to increase. Architects have a role to play in integrating waste-to-energy plants physically and programmatically within their urban or suburban contexts, as well as potentially lessening the generally negative perception of energy recovery plants.

Product details

• Authors: Leire Asensio-Villoria, Andreas Georgoulias, Hanif Kara
• Assisted by: Leire Asensio Villoria (Editor), Leire Asensio-Villoria (Editor), Georgoulia (Editor), Andreas Georgoulias (Editor), Hanif Kara (Editor)
• Publisher: Actar
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781945150050
• ISBN: 978-1-945150-05-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 195 mm x 268 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 1350 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architekturtheorie, Architektur: Öffentliche Einrichtungen, Verwaltungsgebäude, Bau / Baukunst, Architektur - Baukunst, Entwurf / Architektur, Bau / Ökologie, Ökologie / Bauen, Wohnen, Haushalt, Architektur / Bauökologie, Nachhaltigkeit, Grüne Architektur, design; industrial buildings; waste-to-energy