The design for a circular economy O'Donnell, Caroline creator O'Donnell, Caroline Pranger, Dillon text nyu 2021 monographic eng

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xxxvii, 267 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm "Global material crises are imminent. In the very near future, recycling will no longer be a choice made by those concerned about the environment, but a necessity for all. This means a paradigm shift in domestic behavior, manufacturing, construction, and design is inevitable. The Architecture of Waste provides a hopeful outlook through examining current recycling practices, rethinking initial manufacturing techniques, and proposing design solutions for second lives of material objects. The book touches on a variety of inescapable issues beyond our global waste crisis including cultural psyches, politics, economics, manufacturing, marketing, and material science. A series of crucial perspectives from experts cover these topics and frame the research by providing a past, present, and future look at how we got here and where we go next: the historical, the material, and the design. Twelve design proposals look beyond the simple application of recycled and waste materials in architecture-an admirable endeavor but one that does not engage the urgent reality of a circular economy-by aiming to transform familiar, yet flawed, material objects into closed-loop resources. Complete with 300 color images and written for both professionals and students, The Architecture of Waste is a necessary reference for rethinking the traditional role of the architect and challenging the discipline to address urgent material issues within the larger design process"-- Introduction -- Global Circularity -- Waste of Space, Caroline O'Donnell + Dillon Pranger -- Case Studies -- New Deconstruction: The Rebirth of a Circular Architecture, Felix Heisel, caroline O'Donnell + Dillon Pranger -- Economics for a Circular Environment, Felix Heisel -- World of Waste, Mariana Mogilevich -- Afterword, Dirk Hebel -- edited by Caroline O'Donnell and Dillon Pranger. Includes index. Sustainable architecture Waste products as building materials NA2542.36 A694 2021 720/.475 9780367247478 pucpr 200401 20210707163313.0 eng