Lamont believes that what we really need is something to change the entire world at once, and suggests the use of mobile phones and QR codes to achieve this.
These would include: adding thermal insulation, upgrading windows or exchanging gas boilers for electric heaters and air source heat pumps..There are multiple benefits to promoting a national-scale retrofit of existing buildings.
The advantages of adaptive reuse architecture include:.the reduction of embodied carbon from the reuse of existing buildings.reducing the embodied carbon emissions associated with new builds.
reduced operational carbon emissions.reduced energy bills for occupants, and.
the economic benefits of keeping the construction industry active.. Retrofitting also has notable health and wellbeing benefits derived from better thermal and acoustic comfort and air quality (including the reduction of dampness and risk of fungi / mould).
Cutting energy bills is beneficial in addressing fuel poverty, especially in the context of a global energy crisis, where electricity is more expensive than gas.As a result of my experience, I have on two occasions since graduating been asked to help out at crits as part of the panel.
I really enjoy the experience and am very grateful to be given the opportunity to attend.Even though I am there to help the students, I don't think it is only about them benefiting from the experience.
I believe it is hugely important for architects to stay involved in architectural education, not only in order to help tutor the next generation of architects, but also to take inspiration, ideas and thought processes from student work back into real world practice.At University we are encouraged to create provoking, abstract, sensitive, conceptual and sometimes impossible design briefs and projects, testing the limits of the designer and the possibilities of architecture; skills that should never be forgotten.. BW: What and who does a crit typically involve?.