NEO-HUT VERNACULAR

Sustainability will be apart of our legacy in this generation of architects. We have spoken about it quite a bit, and it repeatedly has come up in conversation about our designs and the importance of considering that in the efficiency of buildings. 

I recently took a class with Ufuk Ersoy, that solely talked about the history, technology, and potential of glass as it is a material in architecture. Our final assignment was to experiment with the information on glass further and propagate ideas and narratives about what it could be going forward. I chose to speak on glass becoming a composite with bio-materials. Without going too much further into it, I basically deviated off of this idea of organic-ism in architecture, taught by William Katavolos, and how I imagined a future with glass/material composites like, glass + bio-plastic or glass+wood, to create structures that were not only structural sound and within the realm of architecture, but also living in itself. 

Abalos speaks on this a bit too. She mentions how architecture has, "[abandoned the] 'techtonic' model of traditional knowledge...replacing [it] with a new 'biotechnical' conception/teaching, that can provide the architect with instruments that allow him/her to think of his/her buildings as live organisms, entities permanently exchanging energy with their environment."

What is so cool about this quote is that whether or not some like it or are prepared for this, it is sort of a Neo-hut vernacular coming to fruition. We are using the ideas of modernity towards an architecture that incorporates technically efficient and sustainable systems, by also applying original ideas of shelter into the mix. It's becoming much less about things like ornamentation and tectonics, and much more about the necessity of living space. Just like people recreate classics and categorize them as neo-classical buildings with big columns and traditional pediments, we are going to do the same. We will provide shelters of space that are designed to by a living and breathing organism.