P+ Studio was recently invited to teach a two week workshop at Southeast University in Nanjing, China in May, 2016. In this experimental course we will work within the context of Buckminster Fuller’s ideas on architecture and technology.
In discussing implications of these ideas, we will speculate the potentials of integrating smart technology in the built environment, and take into consideration the challenges of modern city planning and contemporary architecture within the context of experimental, low energy and zero energy constructs. In an ever-increasing age of technological and social complexity, architects and planners must foresee the possibilities of providing alternative solutions for the expansion of cities without degenerating life within them, as well as create more environmentally responsible and responsive designs when dealing with current global trends of energy and material consumption.