Intro / Outro: “The Deconstruction,” by Eels

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Discussed:

• Permission granted to examine house by its architect, Allied8.
• The research focused on four vectors: 
• Atomic Consciousness that dates back to the Big Bang and the earliest supernovas
• Production Consciousness that involves a vast array of ingredients that are combined to make architectural products
• Labor Consciousness that spans a wide spectrum of temporal and economic conditions 
• Source Consciousness that is multilayered and global in its reach. 

• “Consciousness” as opposed to “research” or “history”
• Deliberate obfuscation of sources of environmentally damaging materials
• Normalization of the “chemicalization” of supply chains in the building industry
• The entire industrial complex is based on exploitation of the planet – which we need to fundamentally rethink
• Design for deconstruction – labeling all materials, using machine learning in some cases, in order to consider how a building can be taken apart and reassembled into a project in the future
• Interview took place on the day a space exploration rocket mission was launched, sent in search of metallic bodies
• Attempting to quantify the inputs and normalize them for comparison proved next to impossible – and beside the point, somewhat, which is simply to establish awareness of the complexity.
• The objective is to create a generation of future designers who have the “rearview mirrors” that prior generations didn’t, when it came to understanding material sourcing.