Disruptive technologies

The global crisis, including climate change and the consequent social pressure, suggests that the transformation of the human habitat is happening faster than expected. Conventional approaches might not therefore, be, sufficient to meet the needs of the future generation, thus, a more radical and explorative approach in design teaching might be relevant. It depends on the capabilities of the architecture teachers to provide the students with a vision of the needs of the future society rather than simply transferring professional skills at a more pragmatic level. During the last ten academic years, the authors of this unique publication have developed and carried out several programmes oriented to reinforce such a radical approach. They belong to world leading institutions, such as the Munich Polytechnic, The Universities of Auckland, and Portsmouth, the MIT, the Bartlett which represent the avant-garde in this field. Those have included lectures the introduction of “disruptive” case studies and advanced digital tools for climate responsiveness. “Disruptiveness” does not necessarily means advanced and cutting edge technology, but, rather, unconventional use of technology. Accordingly, given the approach aimed at innovation, the disruptive technologies have been presented to students as the emerging innovation in the field. This e-book intends to examine the aforementioned experiences recorded by world class practitioners such as Thomas Auer/ Transsolar (probably the most influential climate engineering firm), Carlo Ratti (MIT), Marco Poletto/ EcologicStudio, Alessandro Melis (UoP), and Michael Davis (UoA) among others, involved in architecture education as well. The different chapters will focus on integration between design and technology in architecture studios, on teaching methodologies and on the use of case studies within the technology courses that constitute an impressive compendium of future technologies in architecture.      «

The global crisis, including climate change and the consequent social pressure, suggests that the transformation of the human habitat is happening faster than expected. Conventional approaches might not therefore, be, sufficient to meet the needs of the future generation, thus, a more radical and explorative approach in design teaching might be relevant. It depends on the capabilities of the architecture teachers to provide the students with a vision of the needs of the future society rather tha...     »