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Often considered utilitarian and unsightly, power plants and other industrial buildings seldom involve architects in their design processes, despite the significant benefits architectural engagement could bring. Based on a three-year investigation of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facilities undertaken at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Architecture and Waste: A (Re)Planned Obsolescence proposes that designers, owners, and the public reconsider the role of architecture in industrial design. As population densities increase, growing numbers of WtE plants will be needed to cope with mounting volumes of waste, particularly in urban areas. By juxtaposing the extensive WtE industry in Sweden with less-established activities in the northeastern United States, this design-led examination demonstrates that architects’ contributions can be crucial to integrating WtE plants within their context and counteracting negative public perceptions of such facilities. As architects develop hybrid WtE building typologies that unite energy production with new public and institutional programs, remarkable opportunities arise for these facilities to reconnect to, communicate with, and greatly enrich the communal realm.

Architecture, Industrial. --- Architecture, Modern --- Refuse and refuse disposal. --- Architecture --- Industrial buildings --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- Refuse as fuel. --- Waste products as fuel. --- Waste disposal sites --- Salvage (Waste, etc.) --- Engineering. --- Interdisciplinary research. --- Group work in architecture. --- Architecture industrielle --- Constructions industrielles --- Recyclage (Déchets, etc.) --- Déchets (Combustible) --- Déchets --- Récupération (Déchets, etc.) --- Ingénierie --- Recherche interdisciplinaire --- Environmental aspects. --- Themes, motives. --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Élimination --- Sites --- Thèmes, motifs --- Travail en équipe --- Bâtiment industriel --- Reconversion de bâtiment --- Reconversion de site --- Pollution --- Recyclage --- Rôle de l'architecte --- Politique énergétique --- Consommation --- Développement durable --- Energie grise --- Energie verte --- Energie renouvelable --- Recyclage (déchets, etc.) --- Récupération (déchets, etc.) --- Aspect environnemental --- Installations --- Aspect environnemental. --- Déchets --- Recyclage (déchets, etc.) --- Récupération (déchets, etc.) --- Élimination --- Architecture, Industrial --- Refuse as fuel --- Waste products as fuel --- Engineering --- Interdisciplinary research --- Group work in architecture --- Environmental aspects --- Themes, motives