Carbon Copies
Central Saint Martins & Material Cultures
Carbon Copies is collaborative investigation into the embodied carbon impact of residential typologies, exploring the relationship between the materials we build with and the impact they have on the environment. The built environment contributes over 40% to global carbon emissions and a radical change is going to be necessary if we are going to halt climate and ecological collapse. This means not only addressing the renewable energy sources but transforming the materials from which we make things, the supply chains that produce them and re-imagining construction's relationship to ecology.
These two 1.1 models feature different thermal and embodied carbon values of various materials, namely straw and cork.
Analysis & Construction
The analysis takes the self-build system designed by Walter Segal and adapts the design to accommodate thick layers of natural insulation, and adjust to the available regional supply of bio-based materials like straw and hemp.
The Carbon Copies explore how biobased construction materials such as cork, hemp, timber and straw can offer a viable alternative to cement and plastics, meeting contemporary building regulations.
Project Collaborators: Ceri Hedderwick Turner, Callum Campbell, Eloise Coleman, Flynn Williams, Will Hayter.
