Article ID: CBB001180998

Sustainable architecture in context: STS and design thinking (2008)

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Karvonen, Andrew (Author)
Moore, Steven A. (Author)


Science Studies
Volume: 21, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 29-46

Description There has been little emphasis in STS scholarship to date on the design of the built environment. This paper attempts to address this oversight by examining alternative design practices in the growing field of sustainable architecture. We propose a geohistorical framework that includes three design dispositionscontext-bound, context-free, and context-richand illustrate each with a prominent sustainable building practice. The principal argument of the paper is that each of these dispositions embodies distinct assumptions and attitudes about how to improve social and material conditions of the built environment, and as such, offers unique opportunities for STS scholars to shape the sociotechnical aspects of cities through intervention in design activities. (Abstract from: http://www.mendeley.com/research/sustainable-architecture-context-sts-design-thinking/)


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Authors & Contributors
Barber, Daniel A.
Fleming, Lee
James Zarsadiaz
Akos Kokai
Angeliki Pollali
Victor Margolin
Concepts
Design
Architecture
History of technology, as a discipline
Sustainability
Technology
Building construction
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Modern
Places
United States
Flint, Michigan
Rhode Island (U.S.)
Los Angeles (California)
Michigan (U.S.)
Massachusetts (U.S.)
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