Main entry:

Shapiro, Nicholas Edward speaker.

Title & Author:

Nicholas Shapiro : when shelter becomes exposure.

Publication:

[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (30 min., 13 sec.)) : sound, color

Notes:
Supplied title.
Produced as part of the lecture series that accompanied the exhibition 'It's all happening so fast' ; organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, November 16, 2016-April 9, 2017.
Lecture.
Recorded and produced by the Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speaker: Nicholas Shapiro.
Presentation in English.

Summary:

The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk, Nicholas Shapiro tracks formaldehyde from the shale pores from which its precursor is siphoned, to high-end green homes that have sacrificed indoor air quality in pursuit for increased energy efficiency. This talk explores what the good life looks like in an engineered world that subsidizes our standard of living while ever so slowly smothering us.

Subject:

Formaldehyde.
Gums and resins.
Buildings Health aspects.
Materials Toxicology.
Formaldéhyde.
Matériaux Toxicologie.
formaldehyde.

Form/genre:

Lectures.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Streaming video.

Added entries:

Centre canadien d'architecture, issuing body, organizer, host institution.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.
Centre canadien d'architecture. CCAchannel.

When shelter becomes exposure
French title on CCA website : Quand notre abri nous expose

Holdings:

Location: Library internet resource 303940
Call No.: 303940
Status: Available