<p>Intro / Outro: “The Deconstruction,” by Eels</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><ul><li>Permission granted to examine house by its architect,&nbsp;<a href="https://allied8.com/">Allied8</a>.</li><li>The research focused on four vectors:&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Atomic Consciousness</strong> that dates back to the Big Bang and the earliest supernovas</li><li><strong>Production Consciousness</strong> that involves a vast array of ingredients that are combined to make architectural products</li><li><strong>Labor Consciousness</strong> that spans a wide spectrum of temporal and economic conditions&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Source Consciousness</strong> that is multilayered and global in its reach.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Consciousness” as opposed to “research” or “history”</li><li>Deliberate obfuscation of sources of environmentally damaging materials</li><li>Normalization of the “chemicalization” of supply chains in the building industry</li><li>The entire industrial complex is based on exploitation of the planet – which we need to fundamentally rethink</li><li>Design for deconstruction – labeling all materials, using machine learning in some cases, in order to consider how a building can be taken apart and reassembled into a project in the future</li><li>Interview took place on the day a space exploration rocket mission was launched, sent in search of metallic bodies</li><li>Attempting to quantify the inputs and normalize them for comparison proved next to impossible – and beside the point, somewhat, which is simply to establish awareness of the complexity.</li><li>The objective is to create a generation of future designers who have the “rearview mirrors” that prior generations didn’t, when it came to understanding material sourcing.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p>