Dezeen partnered with flooring brand Tarkett to host a live discussion with Perkins and Will about how architects and suppliers can support the circular economy and help create carbon-neutral buildings.
Titled The circular economy: a journey towards carbon-neutral buildings, the talk explored why the industry should be moving towards a circular model.
A circular economy is a model that minimises consumption, overuse of finite resources and the destruction of ecosystems, by instead continually reusing materials.
Marcus Fairs, founder and editor-in-chief of Dezeen, spoke to Tarkett's EMEA sustainability and public affairs director Myriam Tryjefaczka and Adam Strudwick, principal of corporate interiors at Perkins and Will, about how their businesses are implementing more sustainable practices. Myriam Tryjefaczka, EMEA sustainability and public affairs director at Tarkett
The speakers discussed the importance of technological innovation in architecture and design to tackle the climate emergency, as well as how designing more adaptable spaces will minimise carbon emissions.
Tryjefaczka and Strudwick explained how designers can maintain standards of beauty in their work while working more sustainably. They will also talk about how collaboration and knowledge sharing is required for the architecture and design industries to significantly reduce their impact on climate change.
Both Tarkett and Perkins and Will have recently launched initiatives intended to mitigate the impact of t...