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This book brings to light a diverse range of innovative architectural design studio methodologies formulated to educate future graduates to combat the climate crisis through carbon-neutral design.
List of contents
Part 1 Community Empowerment 1. The Net-Zero Vertical Design Studio: A Framework for Design Excellence 2. The Building as a Teaching Tool for Science, Technology, Engineering, Architecture and Math 3. Integrated and Interdisciplinary Design Education for Net-Zero Energy Buildings 4. Expanding Equity and Empowering Communities: Lessons from the Field 5. Building Decarbonization: Theory to Practice
Part 2 Bioclimatic Response 6. Integrating Climate-Based Passive Design Strategies into Studio Pedagogy Towards Sustainable Net-Zero Carbon Buildings 7. The Bioclimatic Design Studio 8. A Physical Ambiences Approach to the Assessment and Representation of Carbon Neutral Architecture 9. Environmental Building Design Research Studio: Design Innovation for the Climate Emergency
Part 3 Performance Analytics 10. A Radically Transformative Student-Centered Approach to the Design of Net-Zero Buildings 11. Introduction to Conceptual Design Performance Analysis for Carbon Neutrality 12. ReUse Studio: Approaching a Carbon Neutral Future through Extending the Life of Existing Buildings 13. The Ha/f Research Studio & Seminar 14. Boxes and Doxa: Learning from the Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
Part 4 Design Build 15. Building on Research: A Hands-On Approach to Architectural Education 16. Leveraging the Solar Decathlon Competition as a Framework for a Comprehensive, Community Engaged, Carbon Neutral Architecture Studio 17. Timber Tectonics in the Digital Age
Part 5 Urban Scale 18. An Industrial-Urban Synthesis: Planning Education for a Carbon Neutral Future 19. Computational Urban Design: A Simulation and Data-driven Approach to Designing a Sustainable Built Environment 20. Decarbonizing Curriculum through Environmental Stewardship and Experiential Learning
About the author
Robin Z. Puttock, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP is an assistant professor at Kennesaw State University and a practicing architect with 20 years of professional, national award-winning, sustainable design experience. Robin's research focuses on the pedagogy related to the built environment's role in both carbon neutrality and human well-being, with an emphasis on the connection between academia and the allied professions. She is the project architect of many LEED certified buildings and the first US Department of Education Green Ribbon School recognized by President Barack Obama and the US Department of Education. Robin serves as the 2025 chair of the National AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Leadership Group.
Summary
This book brings to light a diverse range of innovative architectural design studio methodologies formulated to educate future graduates to combat the climate crisis through carbon-neutral design.
