Fix Those Pipes! Water Infrastructure Is Key to a Fast-Flowing Industrial Economy by Patrick Sisson America’s manufacturing economy depends on the increasingly leaky pipes undergirding the US water system—it’s time to start funding water-infrastructure upgrades.
Manufacturing Thanks to Big Data in Agriculture, BIM Makes Its Way to the (Coffee) Farm by Carlos Tomasini
Infrastructure Indonesia Has a Bold Infrastructure Plan—and Is Using 5D BIM to Drive It by Rina Diane Caballar
Architecture Location, Location, Relocation: Swedish Town in the Arctic Is Moving—Literally by Friederike Voigt
Manufacturing Can Food Science and Technology Make Nutrition Insecurity a Thing of the Past? by Irene Kuan-Chung COVID-19 exposed many cracks in global food systems—but food science and technology start-ups are on the case. Could rethinking old methods finally bring agriculture into the 21st century?
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.
