This landmark exhibition at the Building Centre will explore the potential of stone to revolutionise architecture and construction in light of the current climate crisis. It may seem like an ancient building material but stone has serious sustainability credentials; with the ability to reduce a project’s embodied carbon by an incredible 90 per cent compared to typical steel or concrete frames. The New Stone Age will celebrate the sustainability, practicality and inherent beauty of the world’s oldest natural material.
The exhibition is accompanied by an experimental installation in the Store Street Crescent, in the form of a giant raised stone floor slab that will provide a public shelter and seating area outside the Building Centre. The prototype stone slab has been cut straight from the quarry and demonstrate that it is a viable alternative to typical building materials with a fraction of the carbon footprint. The exhibition and Crescent installation is accompanied by a series of public events exploring different aspects of stone, including free talks around the Crescent structure to activate it during the day.
