Embassy 2050

The Global Futures Laboratory Projects for Embassy 2050: Innovations in Security, Resilience, and Sustainable Operations is an initiative to identify and assess emerging technologies, novel materials, and a best practices framework in response to short and long-term drivers of change for the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO). This essay presents an analysis of near- and long-term trends within the five global drivers (climate, resources, population, urbanization, and technology) in the context of OBO operations. That is followed by the introduction of the Risk, Reduction, and Resilience (R3) Assessment Framework, which will be used to help inform decision-making for future OBO projects across the entire lifecycle of a building – from urban planning and real-estate acquisition, to design and construction, operations and maintenance, and even asset disposal. The essay concludes with a series of recommendations for both organizational change of OBO as well as next steps. The work was carried out by an interdisciplinary research team from ASU, students and faculty within a graduate-level architecture studio, local professional practice Studio MA, and the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AIA.Inter.22.25

Volume Editors
Gail Napell & Stephen Mueller

ISBN
978-1-944214-42-13