David Fannon Assistant Professor of Architecture and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering d.fannon@neu.edu 617.373.2641 Expertise environmental building systems, integrated building design, sustainable building design and research David Fannon in the Press New buildings are huge carbon hogs. Here’s how to design them to last for centuries “Buildings are an enormous investment of energy, material, human capital, and money,” says David Fannon, a professor of architecture at Northeastern University and coauthor of The Architecture of Persistence: Designing for Future Use. “We pour all these resources into making them. It seems like it would be good if those things served their purpose for as […] The secret to Beijing’s Olympic venues? More than half the buildings were used before Reuse of venues is beginning to become almost an expectation, according to David Fannon, architecture and engineering professor at Northeastern University, who has studied the afterlives of Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro and other former host cities. Archinect ‘Future-use architecture’, a project by faculty members at Northeastern, wins $100k Latrobe Prize Awarded every other year by the AIA College of Fellows, the Latrobe Prize is a major award—$100,000—granted to a two-year project that leads “to significant advances in the architectural profession.” This year, the award, which is named after architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, was given to a team of three faculty members of Northeastern University’s School […] David Fannon for Northeastern Global News These Northeastern researchers want to change architecture so new buildings last longer These Northeastern researchers want to change architecture so new buildings last longer Peter Wiederspahn, Michelle Laboy, and David Fannon, faculty in Northeastern’s School of Architecture, have focused their recent research on “future-use architecture,” the practice of designing buildings that can house any number of uses beyond their original intent. If these walls could talk: The architectural history of the White House If these walls could talk: The architectural history of the White House The White House, synonymous with American government, is almost as old as the country itself. So how does one ensure it “gracefully accepts changes that the people who built it never even thought of?” asks architecture professor David Fannon. Co-op in the classroom: David Fannon Co-op in the classroom: David Fannon Co-op is a popular topic of discussion in Fannon’s courses for architecture and engineering students. He frequently asks them to apply what they learned on co-op to solve design problems in class, saying that “It’s great when students make connections themselves.” 3Qs: How ‘nomadic architecture’ will shape Rio’s Olympic legacy 3Qs: How ‘nomadic architecture’ will shape Rio’s Olympic legacy Two venues at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro—the 12,000-seat Future Arena and the 15,000-seat Aquatic Stadium—will be dismantled and rebuilt into entirely new buildings following the games. We asked assistant professor David Fannon, an architect and building scientist, to explain how Rio’s reliance on “nomadic architecture” might benefit Brazil in the decades to come. To battle natural hazards, interdisciplinary research team turns to resilient, sustainable buildings To battle natural hazards, interdisciplinary research team turns to resilient, sustainable buildings A team of Northeastern researchers has received a National Science Foundation grant to develop a decision framework for designing buildings that are both resilient and sustainable in the face of multiple environmental hazards like earthquakes, flooding, and heavy winds.
New buildings are huge carbon hogs. Here’s how to design them to last for centuries “Buildings are an enormous investment of energy, material, human capital, and money,” says David Fannon, a professor of architecture at Northeastern University and coauthor of The Architecture of Persistence: Designing for Future Use. “We pour all these resources into making them. It seems like it would be good if those things served their purpose for as […]
The secret to Beijing’s Olympic venues? More than half the buildings were used before Reuse of venues is beginning to become almost an expectation, according to David Fannon, architecture and engineering professor at Northeastern University, who has studied the afterlives of Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro and other former host cities.
Archinect ‘Future-use architecture’, a project by faculty members at Northeastern, wins $100k Latrobe Prize Awarded every other year by the AIA College of Fellows, the Latrobe Prize is a major award—$100,000—granted to a two-year project that leads “to significant advances in the architectural profession.” This year, the award, which is named after architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, was given to a team of three faculty members of Northeastern University’s School […]