Residential Architecture as Infrastructure: Open Building in Practice

Stephen H. Kendall is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Ball State University. He earned a professional degree from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Urban Design from Washington University in St. Louis, and a PhD in Design Theory and Methods from MIT under the direction of Professors John Habraken and Donald Schön. Prior to his 35-year academic career, which included teaching in the U.S., Japan, China, South Africa, Indonesia, and Italy, he designed hospitals, schools and residential buildings as a registered architect, and built small residential buildings as a design/builder. His research and writing focus on the Open Building approach to a resilient building stock. He has written more than 45 papers and book chapters; co-authored Residential Open Building (2000); and has authored numerous technical reports and funded research projects. His edited book Healthcare Architecture as Infrastructure: Open Building in Practice (Routledge), was published in 2018. He co-founded the Council on Open Building (http: //councilonopenbuilding.com) in 2017. Its mission is to expand sustainability and resilience practices to include planning and designing neighborhoods and buildings for incremental upgrading and for diverse and evolving uses.