Usus/Usures Etat des Lieux - How Things Stand

Rotor & Ariane d'Hoop

This book focuses on the research and critical writing of Rotor, a Belgium architecture design collective that explores the use and flux of materials in industry and construction, the application and wear-and-tear of materials, the material resources, the waste, and the reuse strategies that inform strategic and sustainable design propositions. This analysis, research and critical writing on the notion of wear as a material phenomenon and as an agent that can influence behavior, informed the Belgium Pavilion at the International Architectural Biennale in Venice.