Description
The course develops a perspective on dismantling practices in architecture. Dismantling and disassembling is a growing phenomenon in manufacturing industries, responding to the enormous loss of materials, energy and resources associated with demolition, and the growing carbon footprint of new building. A fundamental obstacle for the disassembly of buildings is the site of the connection detail. The course is articulated around a series of exercises in dismantle-able joinery (accessible connections which are easy to dismantle) and logics of disassembly that accompany a buildings life cycle. Course will research accessible joinery (non-chemical, non-laminate and structural connections), dismantling standards and processes, and develop opportunities of deploying joinery as ornament, surfaces, or form. Students work in digital environments, physical modeling and representational studies, including a focus on existing dismantling practices in US, EU and Latin America, including management o