Prototypes in collaboration: Practice-based research andresearch-based practice

• Autores: Michelle Laboy, Jerome F. Hajjar, Mark D. Webster, Paul Kassabian
• Localización: Structures and Architecture. Volume 3: REstructure REmaterialize REthink REuse / Mario Rinke (ed. lit.), Marie Frier Hvejsel (ed. lit.), Aníbal Maury Ramírez (ed. lit.), Zena Ndiaye (ed. lit.), Ilse Lindenbergh (ed. lit.), Elise Enthoven (ed. lit.), 2025, ISBN 9781040447239, págs. 204-212
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Building decarbonization is a fertile space for collaboration between architects and engineers from academia and practice. Reflecting on the process of prototyping deconstructable steel-timber hybrids for net zero carbon, from components to whole buildings, shows research questions emerging from experimental projects in practice, and how design research explores feasible paths towards more broad application. This collaboration in prototyping is not about an idiosyncratic project nor a prescriptive solution. Instead, digital prototyping of whole- building scenarios defines the widest range of performance requirements in different contexts, explores alternative paths to regulatory compliance, informs physical testing prototypes at smaller scales, and measures Life Cycle impacts, to anticipate challenges and opportunities faster than real buildings. This paper examines the shared motivations of academics and practitioners to engage in collaborative research and explains how the process can result in more useful outputs that reduce uncertainty in the design and construction industry to accelerate its transformation