This is The Merge, a podcast where experts from diverse fields come together to tackle real-world challenges. Hosted by Alan Shihadeh, Dean of the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut, each episode dives into pressing issues and innovative solutions that bridge disciplines and inspire change.
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This is The Merge, a podcast where experts from diverse fields come together to tackle real-world challenges. Hosted by Alan Shihadeh, Dean of the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut, each episode dives into pressing issues and innovative solutions that bridge disciplines and inspire change.
Episode 6 | Majd Hilal | Buildings need to be reused: Architecture and the Urban Carbon Footprint
The Merge
52 minutes
1 week ago
Episode 6 | Majd Hilal | Buildings need to be reused: Architecture and the Urban Carbon Footprint
Dean Shihadeh speaks with Dr. Majd Hilal on The Merge about architecture's massive carbon footprint, like Dubai's vanity towers. Hilal argues we must adaptively reuse buildings and shift to sufficiency-based design to cut emissions.
The Merge
This is The Merge, a podcast where experts from diverse fields come together to tackle real-world challenges. Hosted by Alan Shihadeh, Dean of the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut, each episode dives into pressing issues and innovative solutions that bridge disciplines and inspire change.
