The Construction Material Pyramid: 'Upfront impacts' as a methodical change in architectural design

Pelle Munch-Petersen; Anne Beim

doi:10.1201/9781003023555-45

The Construction Material Pyramid: 'Upfront impacts' as a methodical change in architectural design

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Abstract

This article aims to discuss the methodological change in architectural design processes when using a new tool as the Construction Material Pyramid, which offers basic environmental data visualized in a web-based version as dynamic hierarchies. When using the Construction Material Pyramid in the early design phases, the architectural design decisions tend to move beyond the level of material awareness and scrutiny. Eventually it pushes towards a holistic design approach and fundamental tectonic thinking including ideas as Design for Disassembly to prolonging material
longevity, The article will look deeper into how a simple tool as the Construction Material Pyramid can act as a productive means to engage in complex ethical discussions on building technology as a whole, and can help to enhance the central role of tectonic thinking in architectural design processes when pushing the construction industry into reaching more green solutions.

Translated title of the contribution	Byggeriets Materialepyramide: 'Upfront impacts' som en metodisk ændring i arkitektonisk design
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Structures & Architecture: A viable urban perspective? : Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022)
Editors	Marie Frier Hvejsel, Paulo J. S. Cruz
Number of pages	8
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	CRC Press/Balkema
Publication date	6 Jul 2022
Pages	371-378
ISBN (Print)	9780367902810
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003023555
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003023555-45
Publication status	Published - 6 Jul 2022
Event	ICSA2022: 5th International Conference on Structures and Architecture - CREATE, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 6 Jul 2022 → 8 Jul 2022 Conference number: 5 https://www.icsa2022.create.aau.dk/

Conference

Conference	ICSA2022
Number	5
Location	CREATE, Aalborg University
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	06/07/2022 → 08/07/2022
Internet address	https://www.icsa2022.create.aau.dk/

Series	Structure and Architecture
Number	2
ISSN	2643-6698

Keywords

Construction material pyramid
Tectonics in Architecture
material awareness
ecology
Circular Economy
LCA
Tectonics

Artistic research

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Munch-Petersen, P., & Beim, A. (2022). The Construction Material Pyramid: 'Upfront impacts' as a methodical change in architectural design. In M. F. Hvejsel, & P. J. S. Cruz (Eds.), Structures & Architecture: A viable urban perspective?: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022) (pp. 371-378). CRC Press/Balkema. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003023555-45

Munch-Petersen, Pelle ; Beim, Anne. / The Construction Material Pyramid : 'Upfront impacts' as a methodical change in architectural design. Structures & Architecture: A viable urban perspective?: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022). editor / Marie Frier Hvejsel ; Paulo J. S. Cruz. London : CRC Press/Balkema, 2022. pp. 371-378 (Structure and Architecture; No. 2).

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Munch-Petersen, P & Beim, A 2022, The Construction Material Pyramid: 'Upfront impacts' as a methodical change in architectural design. in MF Hvejsel & PJS Cruz (eds), Structures & Architecture: A viable urban perspective?: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022). CRC Press/Balkema, London, Structure and Architecture, no. 2, pp. 371-378, ICSA2022, Aalborg, Denmark, 06/07/2022. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003023555-45

The Construction Material Pyramid: 'Upfront impacts' as a methodical change in architectural design. / Munch-Petersen, Pelle ; Beim, Anne.
Structures & Architecture: A viable urban perspective?: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022). ed. / Marie Frier Hvejsel; Paulo J. S. Cruz. London: CRC Press/Balkema, 2022. p. 371-378 (Structure and Architecture; No. 2).

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Munch-Petersen P , Beim A. The Construction Material Pyramid: 'Upfront impacts' as a methodical change in architectural design. In Hvejsel MF, Cruz PJS, editors, Structures & Architecture: A viable urban perspective?: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022). London: CRC Press/Balkema. 2022. p. 371-378. (Structure and Architecture; No. 2). doi: 10.1201/9781003023555-45

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