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Created for students and professionals to inspire changes in how new buildings are designed and constructed, the Self-Sufficient competition challenged participants to design a self-sufficient and ecologically oriented dwelling. In the early 20th century, the concept of "dwelling" was defined as a "machine for living", a reference to a new way of understanding the construction of inhabitable spaces that characterized the Machine Age. Today, a century later, we face the challenge of constructing a sustainable or self-sufficient dwelling, a living organism that interacts with its environment, exchanging resources, and which functions as an entirely independent entity. The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) has collected a selection of entries presented during its 1st Advanced Architecture Self-Sufficient Housing.
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Self-Sufficient Housing, Vicente Guallart, IAAC, Lucas Cappelli, Willy Müller
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- Released
- 2006
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Self-Sufficient Housing
- Subtitle
- 1st Advanced Architecture Contest
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Vicente Guallart, IAAC, Lucas Cappelli, Willy Müller
- Publisher
- Actar
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 849654043X
- ISBN13
- 9788496540439
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Art, Architecture, Architecture & Urbanism, Design, Spain, Western Europe, Housing
- Rating
- 3.15 out of 5
- Description
- Created for students and professionals to inspire changes in how new buildings are designed and constructed, the Self-Sufficient competition challenged participants to design a self-sufficient and ecologically oriented dwelling. In the early 20th century, the concept of "dwelling" was defined as a "machine for living", a reference to a new way of understanding the construction of inhabitable spaces that characterized the Machine Age. Today, a century later, we face the challenge of constructing a sustainable or self-sufficient dwelling, a living organism that interacts with its environment, exchanging resources, and which functions as an entirely independent entity. The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) has collected a selection of entries presented during its 1st Advanced Architecture Self-Sufficient Housing.