COTE Design Excellence Lecture Series: Design for Change – Climate and Resilient Design

LECTURE 1: DESIGN FOR CHANGE – CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENT DESIGN

October 13, 2021 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | 1.5 HSW

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Lecture 1: Design for Change – Climate Change and Resilient Design

In order for architects to have the greatest impact on climate change, how we design for energy performance and what we specify for building materials will be critical for lowering operational and embodied carbon. Equally important will be how our buildings are designed to be resilient to withstand the increasing threats of extreme weather and survivability during severe weather events.  This session will focus on the design process to create sustainable buildings that are not only energy efficient but also resilient and adaptable over time.

Speakers

Mara Baum, AIA (Dialog) and Gavin Smith (UNC, NCSU), Siassia Likibi

Learning objectives

• Participants will explore the challenges of climate change and how the design process must adapt to address the increasing events of extreme weather and sea level rise.
• Participants will discover the key design issues such as flexibility, passive survivability, and resilient design to address the many current and future challenges.
• Participants will assess the interconnected relationship between sustainable design and resilient design and the importance of both in building design.
• Participants will evaluate case studies that give the participants an understanding of various sustainable and resilient design solutions to address the need to design for change.