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Final Project - Architecture and Ecology

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Zhao_cornell_0058O_10942.pdf (52.33 MB)
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https://doi.org/10.7298/n9c3-bh87
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/70272
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Author
Zhao, Zeran
Abstract

To me, ecology implies a dynamic system controlling all living species and their physical environments. And architecture should be a component of a more heterarchical system that regulating the balance between human and non-human species. Architecture design is not seen as a process that stresses human power but as a set of intellectual and social practices towards a more symbiotic and sustainable future. The three-semester post-professional program (M.S.AAD) has introduced multiple perspectives linking architecture and ecology. The studios and elective courses have built up a framework between ecology and architecture in five dimensions: waste, material, data visualization, structure, and Climaticism. At the same time, I think architecture should be designed not only scientifically but also aesthetically. So I was also trying to achieve a sense of beauty and interactive experiences from the ideas of waste reusing, material discourse, data visualization and projection, structural optimization, and climatic design.

Description
38 pages
Date Issued
2020-05
Committee Chair
Ochshorn, Jonathan
Committee Member
Miller, Martin
Degree Discipline
Architecture
Degree Name
M.S., Architecture
Degree Level
Master of Science
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/13254339

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