The most critical tool for sustainable design is not a new material but rather the deeply integrated dialogue between architect and engineer. Led by a collaborative architect-engineer team, this session will reveal how this partnership serves as a catalyst for design innovation and radical carbon reduction.
Join us to deconstruct this process and see how early, integrated discussions can transform challenges in material selection, structural expression, and site resilience into defining architectural features. Through compelling case studies, presenters will demonstrate that fusing technical expertise with creative vision results not in compromise but in more resilient, sustainable, and impactful architecture.
Learning Objectives
- Explore how to apply a collaborative framework to set measurable sustainability targets that guide the architect-engineer dialogue from a project's inception.
- Leverage new technologies, including carbon calculators like Feather, to integrate real-time embodied carbon data into early design decisions.
- Analyze how structural optimization for carbon reduction and material efficiency can be translated into a project's defining architectural expression.
- Develop a clear business case for clients by using life cycle assessment data to link low-carbon design with increased project value.