The world is changing around us. There is no more denying it. We are running out of resources. We are polluting our air and water. Sea levels are rising, and with it, natural disasters. Hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, drought. We are killing each other. Economies are collapsing and countries are dissolving. The world is changing. Stories of apocalypse have been prevalent in our society for decades, but they may not be a thing of science fiction anymore. When the world does change, what are architects going to do about it? An architecture must be designed to enable the survival of people when existing infrastructure fails
It is 2100 and anthropogenic climate change is well underway. Human civilisation has collapsed and t...
As we move further into the Anthropocene — an epoch of geologic time where human activity has caused...
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.Cataloged from...
This thesis contends that the narrative nature of architecture gives it the potential to act as a je...
Scientists observe changes in the registers of our earth, rising Co² levels, changes in methane conc...
This project examines the architectural implications of the sociological phenomenon of the “disaster...
This architectural thesis began as a means of exploring the role of ruination and decay in the sha...
32 pagesThe role of the architect is multi-fold and ambiguous - with a desire to have knowledge in e...
From case studies of highly capitalized, architect-designed buildings confronted by natural and manm...
After every catastrophe, the importance of the building context and its effects in any environmental...
The demographic explosion and the unstoppable expansion of the megalopolis, taking place on a global...
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.Cataloged from...
The opening phrases in Pedro Gadanho’s Climax Change! are, in his words, a “shock proposal” (p....
When the built environment experiences a catastrophic event, architects are offered a unique opportu...
People are drawn to places of safety, familiarity and stability – places they call home. The built e...
It is 2100 and anthropogenic climate change is well underway. Human civilisation has collapsed and t...
As we move further into the Anthropocene — an epoch of geologic time where human activity has caused...
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.Cataloged from...
This thesis contends that the narrative nature of architecture gives it the potential to act as a je...
Scientists observe changes in the registers of our earth, rising Co² levels, changes in methane conc...
This project examines the architectural implications of the sociological phenomenon of the “disaster...
This architectural thesis began as a means of exploring the role of ruination and decay in the sha...
32 pagesThe role of the architect is multi-fold and ambiguous - with a desire to have knowledge in e...
From case studies of highly capitalized, architect-designed buildings confronted by natural and manm...
After every catastrophe, the importance of the building context and its effects in any environmental...
The demographic explosion and the unstoppable expansion of the megalopolis, taking place on a global...
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.Cataloged from...
The opening phrases in Pedro Gadanho’s Climax Change! are, in his words, a “shock proposal” (p....
When the built environment experiences a catastrophic event, architects are offered a unique opportu...
People are drawn to places of safety, familiarity and stability – places they call home. The built e...
It is 2100 and anthropogenic climate change is well underway. Human civilisation has collapsed and t...
As we move further into the Anthropocene — an epoch of geologic time where human activity has caused...
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.Cataloged from...