The Architecture of Waste: Design for a Circular Economy

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Caroline ODonnell is an Irish architect educator and writer. She is principal of CODA winner of the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program with Party Wall which was built at PS1 in 2013. CODAs work focuses on responsive dynamic architectures the misuse of materials and the manipulation of perceptions. O'Donnell is Associate Professor Edgar A. Tafel Professor of Architecture and director of the M.Arch program at Cornell University and has previously taught at The Cooper Union and Harvard GSD. She has a B.Arch. from Manchester University England (2000) with a specialization in Bioclimatics and an M.Arch. from Princeton University (2004). She was editor-in-chief of the Cornell Journal of Architecture from 2009-2017 and co-founder of Pidgin magazine. Her book Niche Tactics: Generative Relationships between Architecture and Site was published with Routledge in 2016. This book describes a design agenda that looks toward natural and local resources to produce meaningful architecture.Dillon Pranger is a licensed architect fabricator and academic. His current research involves unconventional building materials and construction techniques. These explorations have been realized through his involvement with various pavilion installations including the 2017 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program installation Lumen by Jenny Sabin Studio the 2018 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program installation Hide and Seek by Dream the Combine and Primitive Hut by OMG! His personal works have been featured in Cornell Universitys John Hartell Gallery Association vol. 8 PLAT Journal Residential Design vol. 2 and Architect Magazine among others. Pranger has taught at institutions including Harvard GSD Cornell University and Syracuse University. He holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati (2012) and an M.Arch. from Cornell University (2015).