Compare works, bureaus, or a mixed set

• Peter Zumthor

• Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Bureaus

• Atelier Peter Zumthor

Notable works

• Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
• Patriarca Square

• chapel
• religious building

• museum
• adaptive reuse
• cultural building
• public space
• urban intervention
• civic infrastructure

• rammed concrete
• timber

• brick
• steel
• glass
• concrete

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

• Concrete

Concrete, Steel, and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

• Concrete
• Steel
• Brick

• Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
• Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.

• Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
• Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
• Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
• Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.

• Thinking Architecture

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