Paper

How much does your building (model) weigh? On heightening awareness of embodied carbon in the design studio

Authors: Mike Christenson (University of Minnesota) , Malini Srivastava (University of Minnesota)

Abstract

This paper describes an academic exercise of our own design, conducted in our graduate-level architectural design studio in a professional architecture degree program. We designed the exercise to highlight the importance of embodied carbon in architectural decision-making processes as taught in the studio context. We report on the background and our pedagogical approach, placing the work in a context of relevant literature. We describe the academic exercise and suggest questions for the next phases of our research work.

Keywords: embodied carbon, physical models, net-positive

How to Cite: Christenson, M. & Srivastava, M. (2023) “How much does your building (model) weigh? On heightening awareness of embodied carbon in the design studio”, Building Technology Educators’ Society. 2023(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/btes.1955