Building and construction are responsible for 39% of global carbon emissions, with 28% coming from operational emissions—energy used to heat, cool, and light buildings. The remaining 11% stems from embodied carbon emissions, or "upfront" carbon associated with materials and construction processes throughout a building's lifecycle. The Carbon House Project aims to introduce a groundbreaking building technology tailored for second-world markets, where the demand for housing is urgent.

Working alongside Prof. Mark Goulthorpe from MIT Architecture, I developed innovative material-processing logic for his Automated Composite Housing project. This initiative, funded by ExxonMobil through the MIT Energy Initiative, explored the potential of redirecting hydrocarbons from their primary use as fuels to their macro use in building materials. The project focuses on creating lightweight, thin-skin, energy-efficient housing solutions.

To reduce lead times and make the manufacturing process more cost-effective, I devised fabrication logic that processes all joinery details using a multi-head CNC milling machine. This logic can later be algorithmically optimized to streamline large-scale manufacturing with minimal manual labor. Given its excellent stress resistance and lightweight properties, we proposed using prefabricated glass fiber-polymer composite sandwich panels to rebuild housing, schools, customs houses, beach restaurants, and even luxury villas on the hurricane-damaged islands of the British Virgin Islands.