Museum of Modern Art

Architecture and Sufficiency:
A Case Study in Applied History

The history of architecture and sufficiency suggests a porosity in the rigid distinctions that have characterized the field’s erstwhile attentions, which so often focus upon heroic figures engaged in the development of progressive design techniques. It turns instead to a chronologically heterogeneous array of climate and solar design strategies—regionally specific and culturally conditioned—that have emerged over a much longer period, and with less attention to formalist pedigrees, to consider design methods for life after fossil fuels.

Type:
Features
Source:
Fall 2023
Credit:
Text / Daniel A. Barber