The Use of Facade Mockups in LCA Based Architectural Design

Life Cycle Assessment is increasingly becoming important in façade architectural design. The presented research aims to describe an LCA architectural design approach based on the use of a Façade Mockup. The approach is applied and tested for the design Telecom Sustainable Campus' façade, in Rome. It is studied how a mockup could facilitate a more thorough LCA-based design processes, and how it could be the medium between design domains and the various stakeholders.