“How buildings learn” is a book every software engineer should read. The thesis of the book is that we predominantly take an aesthetic judgement of buildings as

“How buildings learn” is a book every software engineer should read. The thesis of the book is that we predominantly take an aesthetic judgement of buildings as static spaces and this pushes us into processes that are big design up front. HBL makes the argument that all buildings will intrinsically change in need and purpose over time and “great” buildings are those who have adaptability built in. He points to Building 20 at MIT as an example of a building that was accidentally built to be adaptable and generally ignored within architecture circles but beloved by the building inhabitants.