As we address climate change through the treatment of our built environment, recognition of the wisdom and ingenuity of traditional techniques provides a valuable perspective and a broader set of inspirational strategies for sympathetic embodied and operational carbon mitigation.
This presentation introduces viewers to the embodied wisdom of “inherently sustainable features”. It breaks down the thought process from climate to concepts of human comfort and building longevity to strategies to achieve them. It presents a global survey of multiple examples to illustrate each concept and shares resources to explore these concepts further, across four general climate categories. It suggests ways in which these strategies may contribute to meeting carbon targets and may provide resilience in the face of climate threats and shifts in our local climate.
Cory Rouillard, AIA, APT RP, LEED AP is a New York-based Preservation Architect at Henson Architecture and an active advocate for Climate Leadership through Preservation. Her award-winning work has included the restoration of significant historic buildings, new construction in historic contexts, and work in unusual circumstances, including full building relocation and reassembly from previously disassembled components.
In the office and in her professional outreach, she promotes technical guidance for the appropriate care of existing buildings to both protect our cultural heritage and meet our carbon mitigation targets. She is a frequent speaker on topics including tools for sustainable preservation, the wisdom of vernacular design, and the urgent need for the continued use of our built heritage.
Cory is a Co-Chair of the Association for Preservation Technology’s Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation. Since 2011 she has led the development of the Online Sustainable Conservation Assistance Resource (OSCAR).
Henson Architecture: https://www.hensonarchitect.com/
The Association for Preservation Technology (APT): https://www.apti.org/
APT Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation (TCSP): https://www.apti.org/sustainable-preservation
OSCAR: https://oscar-apti.org/
This past event is now available on our Youtube channel via this link.