How to Design Climate-Resilient Buildings

EHST will view and discuss a video Ted Talk presented by Alyssa-Amor Gibbons.  Ms. Gibbons is from Barbados and designs environmentally conscious architecture that combines a reverence for nature with a sense of human interconnectedness.

Architecture can’t ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform under extreme conditions, designer Alyssa-Amor Gibbons says we should look to traditional buildings. Taking us to her home of Barbados, where the hurricane season is unforgiving and freak storms are becoming more frequent, Gibbons points to the brilliance of endemic
designs that are built to work with nature — rather than against it.

Ms. Gibbons has a master’s degree in structural engineering and architecture and has worked on projects throughout the Caribbean and the UK. She is a champion of net-zero building practices and virtual architectural modeling, which allows designers to drill down to the tiniest details before laying a single brick. “My passion is for delivering architecture that tells a story of consideration, environmental consciousness, energy efficiency and resilience,” she says.

This program will be presented via a Zoom session. You do not need a Zoom account to “attend” this virtual meeting.  If you would like to be a participant in the meeting, please email us at info@ehstnc.org and provide your first and last name in your request.