A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
10.1002/ad.195.abs
Ian Abley challenges the current architectural veneration of everything small and tailormade. Could a correlation between the small scale and the sustainable be entirely misplaced? Could our very predilection for ‘sensitive’ diminuitive design be causing us to completely overlook the potential of the megastructure? Shouldn't we be striving to deliver reusable spaces with recyclable parts to the greatest number of people?
10.1002/ad.195.abs
Ian Abley challenges the current architectural veneration of everything small and tailormade. Could a correlation between the small scale and the sustainable be entirely misplaced? Could our very predilection for ‘sensitive’ diminuitive design be causing us to completely overlook the potential of the megastructure? Shouldn't we be striving to deliver reusable spaces with recyclable parts to the greatest number of people?
Things Will Endure Less Than Us
Abley, Ian (author)
Architectural Design ; 76 ; 6-9
2006-01-01
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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