Architecture and Waste

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Architecture and Waste

A (Re)planned Obsolescence

DAM AWARD 2017

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-to-energy facilities. 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.

Hanif Kara is Professor in Practice of Architectural Technology at GSD and Principal at AKTII. Leire Asensio is Lecturer in Architecture and Senior Research Associate at GSD.

Co-published with Eds.

Size Format ISBN Printed · EN Price Harvard GSD Hanif Kara, Leire Asensio-Villoria, Andreas Georgoulias 8.2 x 11.6 in. / 21 x 29,7 cm Hardcover · 400 pages 978-1-94515-005-0 $44.95 / €42 / £34

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