Michelle Addington: The Architecture of the Unfamiliar

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Introduction

05 min 56 sec

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Sustainability Symposium

05 min 02 sec

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The Idea of the Parcel

07 min 52 sec

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Focus on the Artifact

05 min 24 sec

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Intelligent Environment

01 min 52 sec

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Hegemony of Information

06 min 41 sec

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Urban Heat Island

02 min 18 sec

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Collaboration of Artists and Architects

04 min 11 sec

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Light Interacting with Surfaces

03 min 59 sec

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In Situ Experiment

05 min 24 sec

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Light Contrast in Persian Gulf

04 min 31 sec

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Q1: Testing for Concepts Instead of Data

02 min 29 sec

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Q2: Experimentation in Colleges

01 min 12 sec

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Q3: Interdisciplinary Conversations

03 min 23 sec

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Q4: Phenomena or Material

02 min 45 sec

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Q5: DARPA Research

02 min 07 sec

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• Michelle Addington on System Design

  03 min 55 sec

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  Architecture Professor Michelle Addington explains how the context of the environment and old assumptions impact the understanding of how systems function.
  
  For example, the design of LED lights is hindered by old lighting infrastructure and how they are made to conform to old fixtures rather than exploited for their unique qualities.

• Michelle Addington on Interdisciplinary Work

  04 min 09 sec

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  Architecture professor Michelle Addington looks at a case where an architect collaborated with a physicist and neurobiologist to study how different wavelengths of light reflect off of certain surfaces.

• Michelle Addington on Glass Skyscrapers

  02 min 26 sec

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  Architecture professor Michelle Addington explains how the design of glass skyscrapers in the Persian Gulf reduces the ability of the eye to see because of the contrast of bright sunlight outside and low light levels inside.

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