Meet Our Team

DEDICATED TO ADVANCING HIGH-PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE

Buildings have significant impacts on human health, natural resource use, environmental quality and climate change. It is impossible to reduce our environmental impact including mitigating climate change, without implementing significant changes in the production of the building sector. Even though this can be done using current technologies, it requires a new set of skills and tools—and ultimately a transformation in how we think about buildings, how we design buildings, and how we produce them.

HMC ArchLab is an in-house building science studio dedicated to the research and development of advancing high-performance architecture—architecture that is based in scientific knowledge focused on optimizing building performance. We work directly with our design teams and participate in projects from the initial phases of design through construction and post occupancy evaluation.

Buildings should be designed as an integral part of the environment, understanding all of the inter environment intra-scale flows of energy and materials. To ensure that we achieve these goals, HMC ArchLab is committed to using the necessary tools and methods to measure design performance. We employ in-house metrics in the areas of building operation, construction, waste, and water consumption. HMC ArchLab’s goal is to move beyond today’s accepted sustainability guidelines and standards to advance environmentally positive design.

In addition to digital analysis and modeling tools, we believe in the power of human communication and collaboration at all phases and between all stakeholders and participants in the design process. Eco-charrettes are an important part of our design process. In these eco-charrettes, all team members participate in the establishment of the sustainability goals and the development of the strategies to achieve them.

Ultimately, buildings should have a positive environmental impact, promote human health, quality of life, and benefit society. HMC ArchLab works at all levels of the environment—from building components to master plans—to provide better environments for all.