The New Factory, the New City, and an Expanded Idea of Urban Ecology

Apr 06, 2015

This paper puts a transformed building type, the contemporary factory, into a theoretical framework that is guiding a larger research program concerning the city as a locus for value-added production. These ideas are being tested with research in London, including historic investigations of the geography and architecture of furniture and manufacture, and in Portland, looking at the establishment of small manufacturing firms, with products such as bicycles, outdoor clothing, and food. Using mapping, historic directories, interviews, and architectural analysis, the work is leading to representations that combine physical and economic pictures of urban districts and building characterized by small manufacturing firms.

keywords: Urban Production, Urban Ecology, London, Portland, Factories

Author: 
Howard Davis (University of Oregon)
Presented at: 
ARCC 2015 Conference – The FUTURE of Architectural Research (Chicago, IL)
Published & professionally reviewed by: 
Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)
Perkins+Will
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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