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The Value In Intentional Impermanence, Dominique Tsironis

Masters Theses

Impermanence and maintenance are two words often associated with the discourse of temporal architecture; durability, sustainability, efficiency, are all keywords to measure the value of a structure. The architect strives for an everlasting building: a monument of the superiority and knowledge of the designer. However, in order to retain its enduring status, it must succumb to the act of maintenance. Typically seen as a solution or a key player in the game of the architectural resistance of time, maintenance is rarely seen as the question in which to design around.

What happens when architecture is created around the act of …