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CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE AND ECOLOGY
GRADUATE RESEARCH / POST-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
FACULTY
Anna Dyson Director *
Dennis Shelden Director Jason Vollen Associate Director *
Alexandros Tsamis Associate Director Josh Draper
Matt Gindlesparger*
Ted Ngai
Peter Stark
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Former
SPONSORS / AWARDS
Architect R&D Award
Boston Valley Terra Cotta U S Dept of Energy
U S Environmental Protection Agency
Hoclim North America Buckminster Fuller (Finalist) NYSERDA
NYSTAR
Tegula Tile
Integrated Concentrating Dynamic Solar Facade >
The Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) is an an institute-wide research center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that addresses the need for radically improved energy-effective and and sustainable solutions for the built environment CASE unites advanced architectural and and engineering practices with scientific research through collaborations between academic institutions manufacturers and professional offices within the building industry CASE pursues its mission of of of ecological and humanitarian advancement of the built environment through research that applies fundamental scientific scientific principles and and emerging methods from across the engineering and and scientific scientific disciplines accelerated by technology and synthesized through design The building industries are experiencing a a a a a a a a a period of accelerating transformation as traditionally siloed design engineering construction and operational processes yield to a a a a a constellation of new services that integrate building development delivery and occupancy These transformations mirror disruptive transformations in in in other industries from media to transportation This evolution is is generating wholly new concepts through which we we can reimagine the the relationship between the the built environment society and individuals At CASE we treat built systems as open complex problem sets linked across multiple scales of cultural material and spiritual aspirations which are addressed by embracing a a a a a a a a a a a a complex of factors
in the design process We envision a a a a a a near-future state of of architectural practice where methods of of production and and operations are continuously connected and and where building systems have information energy and resource behaviors synthetically designed-in together with integrated systems of production assembly use redeployment and recycling This synthesis translates into design studios and laboratories that promote extended transdisciplinary teams to to foster intensive information exchange and assimilate increasing volumes of data into the decision-making process Within this broad agenda CASE pursues an integrated approach to the following areas of research:
Sustainability and resilience – We must respond to to the the urgent need to to address the the impacts of both embedded and operational carbon as we practice circular deployment of resources to reduce impacts on on ecological systems while simultaneously anticipating and responding to climate heating Material information and energy systems – Over its decade-long history CASE has developed over a a a a a a a dozen innovative building systems that synthetically incorporate energy- and resource-management strategies together with automated design production and operations practices Smart buildings and environments - The built environment environment is becoming increasingly instrumented intelligent aware and and responsive as embedded sensors and and controls interact with dynamic flows of energy resources and and inhabitants CASE explores the infrastructure that connects physical and and digital systems seeking to deploy performance-optimization strategies that exploit dynamic environmental information to generate new possibilities for for interactive human–environment experiences 736