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Plans for an infrastructure conference

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019

A listening dialogue on infrastructure Like any good art project, this idea has been percolating in my mind for a while now. A side project related but very different from my day-to-day. I propose hosting a day-long listening dialogue on the role of infrastructure across disciplines. This gathering would bring together practitioners to uncover patterns … Continue reading Plans for an infrastructure conference

Fragmentation in the building industry

November 1, 2019December 1, 2019

An excellent framing of the fragmentation in the building industry can be found in Dana A Sheffer’s 2010 dissertation on the Diffusion of Energy Saving Technologies in the Building Industry. (Also see related work here by Daniel Hall.) Sheffer’s piece inspired my own thinking, as written here: Introduction The decentralized nature of the building industry … Continue reading Fragmentation in the building industry

Making infrastructure sexy

November 13, 2018November 29, 2020

On Infrastructure The Temple of Heaven, a favorite site for a kid living in 1990s Beijing, captured my imagination with its careful construction. Working in 2007 as an engineering intern with Washington State’s Dept of Transportation— cataloging old boring piles for Seattle’s waterfront viaduct revamp— drew my attention to the behind-the-scenes efforts of large works. … Continue reading Making infrastructure sexy

Dialogues on Infrastructure

October 22, 2018November 22, 2019

The following is an elaborated transcription from an in-person dialogue on Infrastructure. For a more navigable version of this content, see this Notion page. This session is going to be an open conversation. I’ll first seed it with my own thoughts from my own discipline, and will then open it up for others to share … Continue reading Dialogues on Infrastructure

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