USC Architecture XpoInstructor: Kate Chiu
In a world that is perceptually becoming more immaterial, societies paradoxically rely on more material resources to facilitate the mirage of endless consumer goods. The fleeting nature of our experiences, objects, and buildings has left us disillusioned and dependent on economically driven building practices that perpetuate negative material habits. As building waste reaches a critical […]
Architecture, and the making of architecture, can be accounted for in endless ways. Buckminster Fuller once asked Norman Foster, “How much does your building weigh?”—a simple question at once easy or impossible to answer, containing values, critique, and a challenge. Taking stock involves rigor and attention to detail—a rehearsal of simultaneously broad and narrow perspectives […]