Building Futures: Technology, Ecology, and Architectural Practice

An Approach to Building Information Modeling Addressing Social Issues, Environmental Concerns and Architectural Practice Building Futures: Technology, Ecology, and Architectural Practice explores how architects, and the buildings and environments we create, can engage future realities, both abstract and readily understood. These range from climate change and public health to advanced ideas about manufacture and construction. The text demonstrates multiple and hybrid paths in which building information modeling (BIM) and outgrowth technological processes including environmental simulation and human-robot interaction can be utilized in today's contemporary context, expanding the architect's agency by focusing on a more conceptual, and ecological, basis for our work. Organized into three sections revolving around technology, environment, and architectural practice, the book includes diverse project examples and case studies highlighting concepts and exploring th