​Design Quarterly Issue 23 | Technology update

Technology Update

Action required

Technology surrounds us. It’s so interwoven in our lives that our phones update their systems automatically while we sleep. But most of the world doesn’t update automatically. It requires thoughtful action for us to accommodate change. In this issue, we’re looking at the ways we can design, engineer, and plan for technological change.

We’re asking these questions: How can we recapture a critical element? How do we plan for a low-emissions campus or build low-carbon data centers? We also discuss how to accommodate new electrical infrastructure and how to use AI productively in design. 

In this issue:

• Health data portability
• Decarbonizing higher education
• Mass timber and low-emissions concrete in data centers
• America’s newest underground substation
• Deploying AI for interior design
• Helium-recovery systems