How much does your building (model) weigh? On heightening awareness of embodied carbon through physical models

This paper describes an academic exercise of our own design, conducted in our graduate-level architectural design studio in a professional architecture degree program. We designed the exercise to highlight the importance of embodied carbon in architectural decision-making processes as taught in the studio context. We report on the background and our pedagogical approach, placing the work in a context of relevant literature. We describe the academic exercise and suggest questions for the next phases of our research work.