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Decarbonization at Scale at Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

The Decarbonization at Scale course at Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction allows graduates to gain experience from real-life architectural projects while expanding their knowledge of sustainability.


School: Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
Course: Decarbonization at Scale
Location: New York City, USA
Course dates: 5 to 16 August 2024
Application deadline: 30 April 2024

The Holcim Foundation Fellowship aims to create unique moments for master's students and practices to learn together from recently built projects and to challenge existing modes of practice. This in-person intensive two-week course offers site visits and discussions of real projects with collaborating firms and focused lectures and talks on relevant themes.

Students will explore real projects with collaborating firms through site visits and discussions, and attend focused lectures led by a distinguished professor in NYC. Moreover, they will get to showcase their research to industry experts and peers at the concluding panel event.

The successful candidate will join a select group of 15 students in a unique program alongside top design firms in New York City (Arup, Henning Larsen, and SOM) and become part of the global network of Holcim Foundation Fellows recognized for their dedication to shaping the future of sustainable construction.

The course is open to final-year master's students and recent graduates of universities in the United States and Canada and it is free to apply. Housing and travel assistance are provided with full tuition for the course.

Applications to this course have now closed.

Top image: Hy-Fi by David Benjamin, The Living, Holcim Awards Winner 2014-2015. Bottom image: Holcim Foundation Next Generation Awards Lab 2014 in New York City, USA.

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