Description
Recent estimates hold the construction and building industries responsible for nearly 38% of the global energy-related emissions currently fueling catastrophic changes to our climate. In light of this fact, the global impact of what we design and how we build has become the center of Architectural discussion.
This seminar will explore this topic by investigating the potential of design, technology, and new materiality in Architecture as a means of aiding the global fight against environmental warming and accelerating climate change. This course will evaluate design at the confluence of sustainable materials (ceramics and algae) and robotics with an emphasis on emerging fabrication techniques, synthetic ecology, and net zero Architecture.
This course will investigate methods of 3d clay printing a ceramic façade using the robot in the robot tent and incorporating an imbedded algae system. Many dense urban environments across the US face a range of environmental issues, in particular