Construction

[close] A group for the intra-office library at DLR Group's Chicago office, a well-read bunch of integrated design professionals.

[close] This is a group dedicated to exploring the interface between Architecture and Environmental Sustainability. Individual topics will vary from those solely addressing architecture, to those solely expanding the topic of sustaining life on earth as we know it; but the emphasis is on how the profession of architecture and building as a system addresses the problem of efficiently utilizing finite resources to create culturally significant artifacts without diminishing the natural resources that future generations will depend on. Building Information Modeling, Integrated Project Delivery, CAD/CAM direct fabrication and the shifting of systemic roles within the building design and production process will all be central themes to our discourse.

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[close] Perhaps one of the most important, but easily ignored elements to a story. Worldbuilding can influence events in your story and characters themselves, and help the readers be there in your universe themselves.