This event discusses if architects can we keep building in concrete? It is unique by bringing together a number of unique perspectives on concrete as a material. The central question of the event asks: Is embodied carbon caught up with our concrete addiction and what does that mean for the concrete follies like the M-Pavilion, let alone all those architecture school projects. The session investigates concrete's material histories (Jason Crow), as a geology of the Anthropocene (Virginia Mannering) and even as a symptom of chromophobia (Charity Edwards) Bringing these issues together the session investigates the concrete construction of Tadao Ando's 2024 M-Pavilion? The structure's embodied Carbon is estimated by using the latest embodied carbon tools (EPIC). We assert how much embodied carbon might be in Ando's M-Pavilion—and ask is it not enough too matter? Or is concrete now in palliative care and will it be missed by architects?
NTRO Output Type
- Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival
NTRO Output Category
- Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival : Exhibition/event
Place
Melbourne, AustraliaVenue
OnlineNTRO Publisher
ACAN AustraliaStart Date
2024-03-26End Date
2024-03-26Medium
Online Presentations and Panel DiscussionResearch Statement
This event discusses whether we can keep building in concrete. It is unique in that it brings together several unique perspectives on concrete as a material. Is embodied carbon caught up with the concrete addiction of architects.
This event discusses if we can we keep building in concrete? It is unique by bringing together several unique perspectives on concrete as a material. The central question of the event asks: Is embodied carbon caught up with our concrete addiction and what does that mean for the concrete follies like the M-Pavilion, let alone all those architecture school projects.
This event contests is significant by countering existing narratives of concrete as a material of architectural form-making. Three unique theoretical and historical narratives of concrete are discussed: These narratives recognise with concrete's role as a driver of anthropogenic climate change. These contributions point to the ways that architects must now theorise and consider concrete as a socio-technical material that is contributing to global warming. During the event, the following was discussed: The 2024 MPavilion and carbon emissions. How concrete's chromophobia sits awkwardly amongst recent discussions of decolonising architecture. How technological changes have impacted on concrete's material artisanal epistemology. And how concrete can now be considered humanmade strata in the Anthropocene.Size or Duration of Work
1 hour and 23 minutesAffiliation
Peter Raisbeck, University of Melbourne
