{"id":9273,"date":"2016-10-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/charles-waldheim-heliomorphism\/"},"modified":"2017-10-24T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T22:12:13","slug":"charles-waldheim-heliomorphism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/charles-waldheim-heliomorphism\/","title":{"rendered":"Heliomorphism Revived: A Reexamination of Design Determined by the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in September, Harvard University\u2019s Graduate School of Design hosted the inaugural conference organized by its new research think tank, the Office for Urbanization. Facilitated by the GSD\u2019s professor of Landscape Architecture and director of the Office for Urbanization, Charles Waldheim, the conference was centered around the discussion of \u2018heliomorphism,\u2019 an architectural and urban design approach that bases a project\u2019s form and function around solar orientation.<\/p>\n

Hosting a range of speakers, including Jeanne Gang and Thom Mayne as keynotes of the conference, the event attempted to \u201crevise and extend the ecological urbanism agenda,\u201d which the program insists has been primarily concerned with more terrestrial and hydrological issues, \u201cby returning to solar performance.\u201d UrbanNext editor Ricardo Devesa caught up with Waldheim during the conference to hear his thoughts on the importance of this design concept.<\/p>\n