Concrete Eulogies

This event discusses if architects can we keep building in concrete? It is unique by bringing together a number of unique perspectives on concrete as a material. The central question of the event asks: Is embodied carbon caught up with our concrete addiction and what does that mean for the concrete follies like the M-Pavilion, let alone all those architecture school projects. The session investigates concrete's material histories (Jason Crow), as a geology of the Anthropocene (Virginia Mannering) and even as a symptom of chromophobia (Charity Edwards) Bringing these issues together the session investigates the concrete construction of Tadao Ando's 2024 M-Pavilion? The structure's embodied Carbon is estimated by using the latest embodied carbon tools (EPIC). We assert how much embodied carbon might be in Ando's M-Pavilion—and ask is it not enough too matter? Or is concrete now in palliative care and will it be missed by architects?