TY - BOOK ID - 119344979 TI - A house deconstructed : Office of (Un)Certainty Research AU - Jarzombek, Mark AU - Prakash, Vikramaditya AU - Office of (Un)Certainty Research PY - 2023 SN - 9781638400523 PB - New York, N.Y. Actar Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Duurzame woningbouw ; 21ste eeuw KW - Kwaliteitszorg; Bouwproces KW - Duurzame architectuur ; materialen KW - Bouwmaterialen ; bouwtechnieken ; geschiedenis en toekomst KW - Architectuurdetails ; materialen KW - Architectuur en ecologie ; lokale materialen KW - 691(03) KW - Bouwmaterialen KW - Private houses KW - architecture [discipline] KW - architectural theory KW - sustainable architecture KW - 69 KW - 691 KW - 691.1 KW - 574 KW - Bouwwezen KW - Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) KW - Bouwmaterialen van organische oorsprong KW - Ecologie & bioverscheidenheid UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:119344979 AB - We would like to think that we ‘know’ what goes into making a modern building. But the truth is that no one, not even architects, knows. The OUR [Office for Uncertainty Research] spent three years studying a single, relatively modest modern house located in Seattle, WA. The research focused on four vectors: Atomic Consciousness that dates back to the Big Bang and the earliest Super Novas: 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; and Source Consciousness that is multilayered and global in its reach. Though much was learned, it became clear that a huge proportion of what we ‘know’ about the house was unknowable, not because our epistemological instruments aren’t strong enough or calibrated precisely enough, but because things themselves are indeterminate, uncertain. This begs the question about agency. If we are to critique our profession and even improve some of its claims about Sustainability, then we must develop a more robust understanding of the building industry and the sourcing and making of materials. We must even develop a stronger awareness of the history of atoms and how architecture brings that history into a remarkable focus. ER -