The Development and Use of Low Embodied Energy Materials in a Carbon Conscious Construction Sector

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Week 07 Reflection

This

week

after

the

It was mentioned also not to forget the spacial

development and use of low embodied energy

implications of each of the materials and to

materials

let the resulting design reflect the materials

in

focusing

Ireland

I

was

directly

able

on

to

garner

an idea of the steps behind this processes

from

and the potential materials which might be

point I had struggled with in week seven as

best suited to implement this into Ireland's

I was unhappy with the fact that my material

construction industry.

section

which

more

it

is

made.

closely

This

resembled

had

been

a

conventional

construction methods rather than reflecting the Our tutorials at the end of the week were in

the

form

of

group

pin

up

presentations

and the continuation of this each Friday for the coming weeks acted as welcome practice sessions

for

the

final

reviews.

It

was

also

very interesting and inspiring to listen to the reviews of the others in the group and get a sense of where everyone was at.

During my review it was suggested that I look more closely at the qualities and aesthetics of the materials and how they would work together in a more architectural sense, rather than solely focusing on the technical abilities of the materials. This was something I had noted as important during the week and so I hoped to have a piece of work which looked more closely at these qualities ready for final reviews.

76.

innovative materials from which it was built.


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