An outline of Herbert Simon’s 1962 essay, “The Architecture of Complexity“ INTRODUCTION Useful concepts from Cybernetics: Feedback, Homeostasis, Analyzing “adaptiveness”…
Climate change: a problem of organized complexity
Problems of organized complexity The case for a simple pattern Concluding her famous ode to cities in 1961, Jane Jacobs…
HVAC systems… what are they?
A short explainer on HVAC. HVAC stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. When we say “HVAC” we most often…
What can a Building Technologist do about Public Health? [Pre-Print]
Pre-Print? This is still a work in progress; I will continue to update this post over the coming weeks This…
What can a building technologist do about climate change? Part 3
WELCOME BACK If you’ve stuck with me this long, thank you! You must be just as much of a buildings…
What can a building technologist do about climate change? Part 2
Core & Shell In an earlier post, I wondered: How does one determine what to spend one’s time on, in…
Herb Simon on maintenance
Stewart Brand asks a great question: Did Herbert Simon explore the maintenance of systems? I haven’t found Simon discuss maintenance…
Plans for an infrastructure conference
A listening dialogue on infrastructure Like any good art project, this idea has been percolating in my mind for a…
A short description of maintenance
My understanding of maintenance: More: capable to continue to evolve Less: contain at status quo / steady state Related to…
What can a Building Technologist do about Climate Change?
Title inspired by Bret Victor’s piece “What can a Technologist do about Climate Change?“ Something that has been swirling in…