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Student: Alex Hollander
Advisor: Scott Shall
Content Experts: Karl Daubman , Eric Ward
Historically and currently, buildings are demolished with little to no consideration of life cycles and the waste they produce. Consequently, housing shortage problems are rising and creating unavoidable issues like the demand in resources and built environments. Many architects and engineers have used prefabrication and modular systems in architectural projects as solutions and to demonstrate best practices. However, there is still an absence of architects failing to design for the life cycle, and deconstruction of buildings. This thesis investigation explores how one can design adaptive structures to revert from a linear economy approach, to a circular economy approach within architecture?
To answer this question, this thesis will investigate the use of prefabrication, modular construction, and adaptive housing designs, to address the increasing demands for multi-use, and re-usable structures, and ultimately achieve a circular economy within architecture. The investigation utilizes Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), to prove whether architectural components can achieve a circular economy. The prototype aims to illustrate adaptation over time and increased life span, by reusing and down cycling material, as well as building upon existing conditions. Ultimately, a circular economy within architecture is accomplished by avoiding demolition and construction waste, and contributing less to CO2 emissions.
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