自淫系列

Earlier this year, the , including more than 60 volunteers and six Toronto-based architectural practices 鈥� B+H, Dialog, KPMB, MJMA, studioDeep, and SvN 鈥� in collaboration with 自淫系列 Building Science graduate students and assistant professor Dorothy Johns (opens in new window) , designed, tested and built a series of wall assemblies using only bio-based materials. These mock-ups assess the viability of these materials for a range of building types, while also identifying their inherent challenges and barriers to wider adoption.

While this exhibition is a culmination of those efforts, it is also a beginning. Current building codes limit the use of many of these materials, but the Toronto Biobuild Collective believe that they hold transformative potential.

鈥淏uilding with Bio-Based Materials鈥�  is one step towards change 鈥� a source of inspiration and an invitation to rethink how we build.  It is an expression of optimism towards a world in which we build differently 鈥� one where we think further into the future and better consider all life around us. A world that is within reach, even if it sometimes feels far away.

The closing event will be taking place on September 9, from 6:00PM - 9:00PM at the Paul H. Cocker Gallery. Titled Low Carbon Materials in Practice, and hosted by the and the , this event will bring together participating architecture firms, material suppliers, collaborators, students, and industry guests to reflect on the mock-up project and the role of low-carbon, bio-based, and circular material systems in the built environment.

Students attend for free. Register for a student discount code. 

6:00 - 6:30pm Exhibition viewing starting

6:30 - 8:00pm Panel presentation and discussion in the Pit

Introductions by:

Dorothy John, DAS 自淫系列

Aboubak Diarra, Toronto BioBuild Collective

Amy Brander, Carbon Leadership Forum

Speakers:

Safora Khoylou & Michael Mousa, DIALOG

Kael Opie, KPMB

Aman Singhvi & Jamie Miller, B+H

Bahia Marks  & Connor Stevens, MJMA

Kregg Fordyce, StudioDEEP

Sam Dufaux & Isha Dinesh Sharma, WW+P / SvN

Q+A moderated by: Alex Lukachko