Processing in Progress: A Benchmark Analysis of Photogrammetry Applications for Digital Architectural Documentation

9. In some climates, the efficiency of the envelope and energy-recovery ventilation enables active heating and cooling systems to be eliminated entirely, as was the case in the 1990 Passivhaus demonstration project in Darmstadt, Germany. If the efficient, electrified future represents one scenario, another possible future may be found in the work of 2021 Pritzker Prize laureates Anne Lacaton and JeanPhillipe Vassal. Their buildings often include auxiliary, unconditioned spaces that provide flexibility of use at low cost, in terms of budget, materials, and energy. For example, their Nantes School of Architecture (2009) incorporates unprogrammed, unconditioned double-height spaces with operable, transparent facades. These indoor/outdoor rooms serve a variety of functions in the life of the school, in all types of weather. Whichever scenario architects choose, Barber’s narratives—the “dropped threads” of modern architectural history—can help today’s practitioners imagine new possibilities for an architecture that is less dependent on fossil fuels.