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Lecture Series: Carmen Trudell

Lumber yard with stacks of wood and other materials in the foreground and a cutting machine in the background.

Monday, October 7, 2024
6pm - 7pm
Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenburg Art Center,
Tulane's Uptown Campus

This lecture is open to the public.

This lecture "The Craft of Care" is presented by Carmen Trudell, RA, Professor - Architecture Department at California Polytechnic State University . The lecture is supported by the Walter Wisznia Memorial Lectureship.

Carmen’s recent research is in biobased materials and the circular economy. The circular economy is a holistic approach to sustainability with the potential to contain resource use within planetary boundaries while simultaneously increasing economic benefits. This presentation will share two visualization tools that Carmen, along with undergraduate student research assistants Alejo Favero, Ameya Dalal, and Zoe Klement, have developed to reframe the way that we see architectural materials. This team has also researched over 25 case study projects that illustrate the values of the circular economy. A select number of inspiring case studies will be presented. As Carmen is primarily a teacher, she will also share recent pedagogy related to circularity and embodied carbon in design studios and technical courses.

Headshot of Carmen Trudell.

Carmen Trudell, RA, is a tenured Professor in the Architecture Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Carmen has held leadership positions as the Associate Department Head and two terms as President of the Building Technology Educators’ Society. Carmen coordinates the Cal Poly Architectural Technology Fundamentals curriculum in addition to teaching design studios and research seminars. Carmen has participated in the process of peer-reviewed scholarship, both as a reviewer and author/presenter, with organizations including the Associated Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Building Technology Educators’ Society (BTES), Façade Tectonics, and the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). Carmen has been successful in obtaining grant funding for her research and teaching, usually in collaboration with her Cal Poly colleagues. Most recently, with Sandy Stannard, the Nuckolls Milham Grant for Lighting Education provided funding for five-years of ongoing improvement in lighting education. Carmen holds a patent for the System and Method of Air Filtration via Cyclone Separators Enclosed within Exterior Walls (13/998,597). Carmen holds degrees from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo’s Bachelor of Architecture; Columbia University Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design; and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Master of Science in Built Ecologies program.

Questions? Please reach out to Kristen Jones, Director of Student Affairs, at kjones41@tulane.edu.

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