environmentally sustainable design - rethinking lifeCycleRobert Stuart-Smith led a post-professional Masters research into: qualitative affects of building lifeCycle at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. The studio; titled "behavioural matter" ran in the AA.DRL Ma.Architecture + Urbanism program from 2010-2012.
The research developed innovative strategies for passive and active environmental design by rethinking aspects of building life-cycle as a design opportunity.
Computational design processes were developed to strategise and simulate various processes of: material organisation and transformation, fabrication, transport, assembly, and demolition in addition to temporal aspects of buildings such as erosion, rainwater collection and distribution.
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These investigations proposed new efficiencies for aspects of building design and production whilst asserting gained design qualities that were intrinsic to the process of making the proposals. In this sense, the research considered all aspects of production and project delivery as potentially creative opportunities, and allowed for strong relationships to be formed with various industries as part of the conceptual design process.
More information on the research can be found on the following websites:
kokkugia's website: Behavioural Matter 2013
kokkugia's website: Behavioural Matter 2012
kokkugia's website: Behavioural Matter 2011
AA School of Architecture AADRL website
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Inventiveness in design and production processes can enable the way things are conceived and made to qualitatively inform final design outcomes
More information on the research can be found on the following websites:
kokkugia's website: Behavioural Matter 2013
kokkugia's website: Behavioural Matter 2012
kokkugia's website: Behavioural Matter 2011
AA School of Architecture AADRL website
