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how buildings learn

Change at different timescales

June 9, 2019

On recommendation from @mtnygard and others, I have acquired a copy of How Buildings Learn (Stewart Brand, 1994). Highlights so far: Buildings are designed not to adapt, but they adapt anyway, because the usages are changing constantly. “The idea is crystalline, the fact fluid.” They’re designed not to adapt because “‘Form ever follows function’ … …

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