The Secret Room

Building materials have strength to support themselves and others; to resist the natural forces of wind and water; and must enable the human activities that occur within the spaces they create.

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Photo: Mic L. Angelo

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We cannot see these forces acting inside the building materials, but we have an abstract language for analyzing them using numbers instead of words.

Similarly, we can measure the real environmental impacts, such as global warming potential, using abstract numbers. Like a code, the structural and environmental calculations in this room have a form and beauty of their own.

Photo: Mic L. Angelo

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Durable curator, Michelle Laboy, discusses the thoughts behind her calculations.

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The Making Of Durable

Making Of: Carbon Cubes

Behind the scenes footage of making the 1 kg carbon cubes.

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