We are on display at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum
From June 13 to October 5, Feldballe School and Unboxing Carbon will be displayed at the “Architecture and Energy – Building in the Age of Climate Change” exhibition, at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Martha Lewis
Head of Materials, Architect
The exhibition at the DAM aims to unpack the complex relationship between architecture, energy and material impact across the lifecycle of the built environment. Architecture and Energy presents 23 international projects, including Feldballe School and Unboxing Carbon as examples of functional and alternative approaches to architecture.
It’s an honor to have our work featured in the prestigious DAM exhibition. Unboxing Carbon is an invitation to get hands-on; touch, smell, and explore. We encourage visitors to discover the carbon impact of each material on display and leave inspired to rethink what buildings are made of.
Martha Lewis
Head of Materials, Architect
Unboxing Carbon represents the first step in the design process. As a course and a collection of open-source catalogs for exterior and interior materials; clients, collaborators, and members of the design community are provided the tools to evaluate their choice of building materials. At the exhibition, material samples featured in our Unboxing Carbon box will be on display, inviting visitors to interact with the materials and take part in a hands-on game, challenging players to identify components which carry the highest embodied carbon.
Feldballe School puts the carbon data from Unboxing Carbon into practice. Our design for the extension of the school was guided by five principles— incorporate renewable, carbon sequestering, bio-based materials; source materials locally; ensure a clean production and processing procedure to guarantee materials are toxic-free; lower operational energy consumption by introducing daylight and passive ventilation systems, creating a healthy indoor climate; design for disassembly, enabling reuse of building components. We turned to wood, straw, clay, and seagrass as alternatives to conventional materials. The combination of these materials offers efficient insulation and a noticeably improved indoor climate, according to students and teachers. With circularity and waste management in mind, the structure offers flexibility, ease of repair, and making it possible to reinstall or recycle its parts in the future.
The exhibition is open from June 13 to October 5, at DAM, in Frankfurt, Germany. Martha Lewis, Head of Materials, will be hosting an Unboxing Carbon lecture and workshop on September 23 at 19:00.
The hero image of the exhibition was taken by Norbert Miguletz, 2025.
