I did not find an article that matched my topic of sustainable architecture very well. However, I did find an article about architecture in The Art Bulletin.  The article is titled “El Lissitzky’s Other Wollkenbugel: Reconstructing an Abandoned Architectural Project” by Samuel Johnson. The article talks about El Lissitzky’s creation of the horizontal skyscraper. The skyscraper is called “Wolkenbugel”. The Wolkenbugel sparked a lot of debate regarding land use, restoration, integration of transit systems, while contemplating the relative priority of form and utility in architecture. Later on in the article Lissitzky proposes a second “Wolkenbugel” design.  A drawing in the article regarding Lissitzky’s second proposed design, explains the reconstruction and new design of the second “Wolkenbugel”. The drawing also helps to explain the attitudes, Constructivism and working process towards the second “Wolkenbugel”. I think the question in this article would be “How can the second “Wolkenbugel” structure fix the problems of transit, land-use and safety… etc. that the first “Wolkenbugel” brought forth?” For this question you would use expert knowledge (particularly someone good in restoration or an architectural engineer). You would need to gather architectural data from a number of people, regarding how to make the new project better. You would then analyze the data and come up with a plan on how to safely and effectively create the new building. This research of this article brings up interesting points regarding restoration and reconstruction in architecture. I think that my classmates the entire reconstruction process to be interesting, specifically how much thought, time and money goes into recreating and bettering architecture.

Johnson, S. (2017). El Lissitzky’s other wolkenbügel: Reconstructing an abandoned architectural project. Art Bulletin, 99(3), 147-169.