Research Development
I
continued
field
of
If we are to build these new structures, as we
reading
of
have been for generations, using conventional
numerous journal articles and reports and I
methods we will be hugely contributing to global
began to develop a clearer picture of what
climate change through the embodied carbon
processes different materials go through before
of materials. We must start implementing new
they get to site- as well as after their useful
and
life, which are harmful to the environment.
hold little to no embodied energy and rethink
embodied
my
research
energy
into
through
the
the
our
innovative
standards
forms
of
A particular idea which stood out to me during
order
my research was that of David Benjamin in his
inevitable
introduction to 'Embodied Energy and Design'.
urban populations.
He
highlights
populations
the
as
immanent
hopefully results
of
zero'
mitigate the
which
construction these
in
currently
exponential
rise
in
urban In an updated piece to accompany that which
and rural lifestyles for a number of different
reflected my thesis idea in week one I made
reasons
a collage to illustrate the influx of migrants
conflict.
This
undoubtedly
as rise
put
abandon
in
'net
construction
agricultural
such
people
rise
to
of
economy, in
urban
increasing
climate
and
populations pressure
on
will
to the world's urban centres.
the
world's urban infrastructure causing a need
Adding
for
allowed me to hone in on more specific areas
rapid
construction
of
cater for these people.
new
structures
to
this
second
layer
to
my
research
of embodied energy which related to this idea of the growth of urban centres and the over/ misuse of materials and it provided me with a vehicle to test these parameters.
'The 'convenient' mislocation of embodied energy allows us to sidestep responsibility for the most energy-intensive consequences of our decisions' (Benjamin, 2017)
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