[en] Can technology ignore the physical limits of growth, or can it only provide us with more and better products, but also with more and better waste? This is a text that reflects on the entropic nature of construction materials and their economic process, based on the work of the Romanian economist Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen. The discussion helps us to critically reflect if architecture can, given its material quality, extend the life or death of the world, or whether it is simply an activity that contributes for us to having "a short but extravagant existence".
Research center :
Master in Architecture
Precision for document type :
Critical notes/Edition
Disciplines :
Architecture
Author, co-author :
Reyes Nájera, César ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO)
Popova, Simona Bozhidarova ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Another end of the world is possible : Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, from bioeconomy to architecture
Alternative titles :
[es] Otro fin del mundo es posible : Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, de la bioeconomía a la arquitectura
Publication date :
August 2022
Journal title :
ARQ
ISSN :
0716-0852
eISSN :
0717-6996
Publisher :
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
