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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 194515005X
• ISBN13: 9781945150050
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Actar
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.5" x 10.3"