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Islands of Light: Microgrids and Fracturing a Public Good
(2018-04-14)
Climate-linked extreme weather events, aging infrastructure, and structural
underinvestment contribute to increased vulnerability of urban populations to crises
from interrupted electricity service. Microgrids – small-scale ...
Practitioner Perspectives, Equity, and Tradeoffs: A Critical Look at Urban Resiliency
(2018-04-14)
Urban resilience is becoming increasingly relevant for urban planners due to the rising
impacts of extreme weather events and climate change. Planners’ and practitioners’
conceptions of urban resilience have powerful ...
Design of Robotically Fabricated Timber Frame Structures
(2018-10)
This paper presents methods for designing nonstandard timber frame structures, which are enabled by cooperative multi-robotic fabrication at building scale. In comparison to the current use of automated systems in the ...