This session kicks off Conference, as Marie-France Stendahl from White Arkitekter explores the Swedish-based practice’s approach to sustainable design, including the three pillars of health, climate, and circular economy. Through the presentation of twin cities in northern regions of Canada and Scandinavia, she will look at considerations for permafrost as well as the concept of architecture as medicine.

Stendahl will also examine ways to achieve a carbon-neutral society by defining what “carbon neutral” means and sharing the White Arkitekter definition developed in 2017. She will also explain the Swedish certification system for climate-neutral buildings (NollCO2) and present the Malmö local roadmap (LFM30), developing projects to be climate-neutral by 2030 and climate-positive by 2035.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explore the Swedish-based practice’s approach to sustainable design, including the three pillars of health, climate, and circular economy.
   
2. Compare and contrast twin cities in northern regions of Canada and Scandinavia
3. Understand important considerations for permafrost and discuss the concept of architecture as medicine.
   
4. Gain insight into the Swedish certification system for climate-neutral buildings (NollCO2) and the Malmö local roadmap (LFM30), developing projects to be climate-neutral by 2030 and climate-positive by 2035.

Speaker:

Marie-France Stendahl
White Architekter 

Marie-France Stendahl is an architect of Canadian nationality with more than 19 years of international experience since her graduation from the prestigious Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is currently head of business development for the Canada market and partner at White architects (50%) and is an industrial PhD student (50%) based at the Lund University (LTH) in Sweden. The research project is jointly funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and White architects. It’s conducted in collaboration with “École de Technologie Supérieure” (ETS) in Montréal, Canada, as the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. The goal of the project is to analyze the current work flow of architectural practices relating to the use of BIM-BEM in big projects. Marie-France is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at several renowned conferences (Green Buildings, Living Future Institute, Wood Rise, etc.) and in addition regularly teaches at the School of Architecture at Lund University in Sweden.

Moderator:

Andy Thomson
Thomson Architecture