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-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.

Author: Hanif Kara
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Actar
Published: 09/15/2017
Pages: 400
Weight: 2.9lbs
Size: 10.30h x 7.50w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781945150050
English Edition