Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 4.406 (Spring 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Ecologies of Construction 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Architecture 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. John Fernandez 
• Course Introduction:
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  4.406 Ecologies of Construction
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  4.406 Ecologies of Construction
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  

  Container City at India Wharf, London, UK. (Image by Prof. John Fernandez.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  Ecologies of Construction examines the resource requirements for the making and maintenance of the contemporary built environment. This course introduces the field of industrial ecology as a primary source of concepts and methods in the mapping of material and energy expenditures dedicated to construction activities.