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Concrete Poetry: Tectonics, Ecology and Architecture

Michael Stacey is chair in Architecture and Director of Architecture at the University of Nottingham, where he leads the Zero Carbon Architecture Research Studio [ZCARS]; which focuses on the design of zero carbon homes in Nottingham, which this year includes an entry to Madrid: Solar Decathlon 2010. He is also Research Professor at University of Waterloo, Ont. His research is centred on extending the boundaries of the possible, whilst combining quality and affordability and thus informing the built environment. Themes within his research include: digital fabrication, form finding in components and architecture, offsite manufacture, façade design and procurement, emergent materials and sustainability. Current research programmes include is the study of zero carbon architecture, the development of technology for the built environment over the past 100 years, digital fabrication and architecture, a green guide for aluminium and a studio design guide for the use of concrete.