Rhino User Webinar: The future generation of NET ZERO buildings from Zaha Hadid Architects

This webinar will focus on the new experimental design workflow developed by the ZHA Environmental & Sustainability Team, to create efficient envelope designs able to target the Operational Net Zero status. At ZHA we make use of computational design tools, and different types of environmental analysis workflows to meet Sustainability goals and energy demand requirements and inform envelope design decisions.  Will speak about the ways we apply Multi-objective optimization algorithms to influence the form-finding process and achieve high-performance buildings that can meet Operational Net Zero status.

Carlos Bausá Martínez
Senior Associate and Head of Sustainability at Zaha Hadid Architects

Carlos joined Zaha Hadid Architects in 2019 as the Sustainability Team Lead, following almost five years at Foster + Partners, where he worked in the Specialist Modelling Group as an Environmental Design Analyst. His speciality in Computational Design and Environmental Simulation, combined with his expertise in Sustainable Architecture, allowed him to propose and found the ZHA In-house Sustainability Team to inform design decisions from the early stages in all ZHA 'Design Clusters. After four years at ZHA he became “Senior Associate and Head of Sustainability”, and together with his team, they coordinate sustainability assessment tasks with external consultancy firms to ensure all projects are delivered targeting reductions in environmental impact. The contribution of the Sustainability Team led by Carlos is helping ZHA target carbon reductions from Building Codes around the world and goals of International Sustainability Certifications like LEED,  BREEAM and the Chinese Three Star Rating System. His work with the ZHA Sustainability Team has been publicly shown in exhibitions in China and London, in different venues. Carlos has a background in Architecture and Computational Design. He received his Bachelor's in architecture at the University of Alicante, Spain, and his Master's in Advanced Architecture at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC). Among his professional qualifications that certify and validate his expertise in Sustainability in construction, he has earned the following credentials: LEED AP® Building Design + Construction, LEED® Green Associate™, Qualified UK Non-Domestic Energy Assessor, and Construction Life Cycle Specialist. Carlos has been also actively collaborating and mentoring students in some well-known institutions like Bartlett School of Architecture, Westminster University, IAAC Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, and the IED European Institute of Design at Barcelona.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:15 - ZHA Sustainability Team
04:35 - Presentation Contents
05:30 - Environmental Analysis ZHA workflow summary
29:57 - Geometry Optimization for Operational Carbon Reductions
50:10 - Whole Life Carbon and Offsets Calculations
1:01:15 - Q&A