44 Ways #07: Create an Efficient Structural Design, Collaboratively

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of collaborative structural design in creating an efficient and sustainable home.

Hello! This is Episode 407. This is Way #7 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series, and we are continuing through Section Two: Sustainable Design Strategies. The ways in Section Two are about the bigger-picture decisions that shape a project from a strategic level, before we get into the detail of specific systems, materials, or construction. Way #7 is Creating an Efficient Structural Design, Collaboratively. [For all resources mentioned in this podcast and a free, downloadable PDF transcript, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/407 ] In the last episode, we covered the importance of choosing an aligned team.  This episode is about something that your aligned team needs to do together: create a structural design that is genuinely efficient.  This Way #7 tends to surprise homeowners, because structural design often feels like something that happens in the background of a project and rarely gets discussed with the client directly. But the decisions made around your home’s structural design have direct consequences for cost, material use, durability and longevity, and consequently, the sustainability of your finished home. Whether those decisions are…

People in this episode

Host: Amelia Lee

Topics covered

• sustainable design
• structural design
• collaboration
• efficiency
• home building

Keywords

• sustainable home
• structural efficiency
• design strategies
• aligned team
• construction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Undercover Architect

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