Manufacturing Can Generative Design Propel Sustainability in the Manufacturing Industry? by Sarah Wesseler Consumers demand greener products and vote for them with their wallets. Could using generative design for products encourage sustainability in the manufacturing industry?
Architecture Location, Location, Relocation: Swedish Town in the Arctic Is Moving—Literally by Friederike Voigt Sweden's northernmost city, Kiruna, is sinking; mining has compromised the earth below. A massive Kiruna relocation project aims to save the Artic hamlet.
Construction This Smart Building Is a Living Lab for a Greener Future in Construction by Mark de Wolf Kingspan’s global innovation center, IKON, uses IoT, BIM, and AI to illustrates ways a smart building can inform construction’s greener future.
Construction Prefab Construction’s Benefits Grow With Design for Manufacture and Assembly by Markkus Rovito Design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) allows parts of construction projects to take place off-site, which can reduce project length, cost, material use, pollution, and worker injuries.
Sustainability The History of Zero Net Carbon (Surprise: It’s Not Exactly a New Concept) by Redshift Video Zero net carbon is a “modern” design concept that’s been in use for 200 years. See how designers, engineers, and builders have been working toward net zero through the years.
Architecture Will City Planning Become More Socially Equitable Post-Coronavirus? by Zach Mortice Bias is built into how cities allocate public space—but can coronavirus and protests help transform city planning in the United States? One Chicago landscape architect thinks so.
Inside My Design Mind Can Plastic Be Sustainable? Manabu Tago’s Strategic Design Management Says Yes by Yumi Kobayashi Manabu Tago of MTDO practices strategic design management, which places product design at the core of a business—think companies like Apple. Here’s why it works.
Infrastructure Auckland Public Transport Project Lays Digital Tracks to the Future by Rina Diane Caballar The future transit landscape is unknown, but in New Zealand, Auckland public transport moves forward with an ambitious rail project to support a growing city through all contingencies.
Construction Social Distancing and PPE Help Modular Construction Company Stay Essential by Redshift Video Watch how Factory_OS, a modular-construction company deemed essential because of its focus on affordable housing, keeps its workforce safe while implementing social distancing and PPE.
