Sustainable?
Sustainable? is an international colloquium bringing together individuals from various disciplines to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Initiated by architect and scholar Iñaki Àbalos, the colloquium and roundtable discussion historically situates architectural engagement with sustainability, and constructs a program for future engagement(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
16 June 2007 to 17 June 2007
Sustainable?
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Sustainable? is an international colloquium bringing together individuals from various disciplines to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Initiated by architect and scholar Iñaki Àbalos, the colloquium and roundtable discussion historically situates architectural engagement with sustainability, and constructs a program for future engagement(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
articles
The planet is the client
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 November 2007
Michael Reynolds: The Earthship Sustainable Housing Concept
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
drawings
AP196.S2.015
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Original name : FCEC 1.35
2007-2011
Sustainability diagrams for Ford Calumet Environmental Center, Chicago
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AP196.S2.015
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Original name : FCEC 1.35
drawings
2007-2011
Project
AP149.S1.2004.PR02
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The project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's project of a student exchange with universities in Mexico and in the United States to expose the urgent need in urban and sustainable housing in North America. The research project was undertaken in collaboration with the Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning. The material in this project series was produced between 2004 and 2007 and includes textual records related to the planning of the project, including grant applications, correspondence and project applications.
2004-2007
North American Sustainability, Housing and Community Consortium Student Exchange
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AP149.S1.2004.PR02
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The project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's project of a student exchange with universities in Mexico and in the United States to expose the urgent need in urban and sustainable housing in North America. The research project was undertaken in collaboration with the Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning. The material in this project series was produced between 2004 and 2007 and includes textual records related to the planning of the project, including grant applications, correspondence and project applications.
Project
2004-2007
textual records
AP149.S1.2004.PR02.002
2004
Application for the North American Sustainability, Housing and Community Consortium Student Exchange project
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AP149.S1.2004.PR02.002
textual records
2004
textual records
AP075.S1.2009.PR01.007
2007-2011
Collected documentation on sustainability in built environment, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia
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AP075.S1.2009.PR01.007
textual records
2007-2011
ARCH401533
28 February 1972
textual records
AP149.S1.2004.PR02.003
2004
Grant application for the North American Sustainability, Housing and Community Consortium Student Exchange project
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AP149.S1.2004.PR02.003
textual records
2004
textual records
AP149.S1.2004.PR02.001
2005-2007
Agreement and financing for the North American Sustainability, Housing and Community Consortium Student Exchange project
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AP149.S1.2004.PR02.001
textual records
2005-2007