Amazon Day was celebrated on the 5th of this month. Established in 2007, the date aims to raise awareness about the importance of this biome, which is essential to the planet's environmental and climate balance. Constantly under threat and shaping a contested territory, Earth's largest natural biome is a frequent site of human intervention. How have architecture and urbanism engaged with this context?
The forest is in flames; the occurrence of wildfires continues to increase under the Brazilian administration, which has also constantly threatened the Indigenous population, drawing condemnation from the UN. Losing the forest means losing the ecological balance that governs not only the Amazon territory but also influences global climate patterns. Furthermore, the ancestral wisdom of the Indigenous peoples who live there could also go up in smoke.
