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Redesigning the Road to Net Zero: How CO Adaptive Architecture is Breaking New Ground

Eric Baldwin — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:30:00 +0000

The climate crisis has reshaped contemporary architecture. Sustainability has become a central guiding force in design, and in turn, architects are rethinking how to build today. For CO Adaptive Architecture, addressing the climate crisis begins with a process oriented practice. Together, Ruth Mandl and Bobby Johnston have created a firm that embodies how a values-based approach can tackle the most pressing issues of our time. The result is elegant and impactful architecture brought to life with poise and finesse.

World’s Cities Day 2021: Resilience, Climate Crisis and Sustainable Urbanization

Christele Harrouk — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000

As cities grow in scale, dimensions, and amplitude, taking in 60% of the world population, the United Nations has designated the 31st of October as “World Cities Day”, an opportunity to talk furthermore about global urbanization, addressing challenges, encouraging opportunities across borders and highlighting responses. Focusing this edition on the theme of “Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience”, this day, part of Urban October, seeks to raise awareness about the climate crisis and its repercussions on the built environment.

How to Achieve a Resilient City? First, Let it Shape Itself

Cem Kayatekin — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 07:30:00 +0000

Resilience seems to be the topic of much discussion within circles of urbanism today. Though, there is a slight problem. We can’t quite agree on what the term means.

KAAN Architecten Seeks to Transform Amsterdam into a Resilient City with a Series of Architectural Projects

Christele Harrouk — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 06:30:00 +0000

KAAN Architecten has been investigating methods to ensure that cities continue to flourish. Working closely and experimenting primarily with the city of Amsterdam, the firm’s projects have been focusing on developing a healthy design and finding alternative possibilities to high-density architecture.

Call for Submissions // Disc*2020 Is Going Remote!

Rene Submissions — Thu, 07 May 2020 11:56:00 +0000

Disc*2020 (Design & Innovation for Sustainable Cities) is a five week summer program for currently enrolled college students that explores an interdisciplinary and multi-scalar approach to design and analysis in the urban environment.

Now, more than ever, there is a need for Resilient Design and Planning in our cities in response to the unprecedented challenges of the global pandemic, climate change, and social inequities. Disc* brings together interdisciplinary students and expert practitioners from around the world to reframe these challenges as opportunities for design innovation.

As we move to remote learning this summer, we will utilize immersive technology including virtual

White Arkitekter + ReGen Villages Create First Circular, Self-Sufficient Communities for Sweden

Christele Harrouk — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 05:30:00 +0000

White Arkitekter, in collaboration with Silicon Valley-based ReGen Villages, have joined forces to create fully circular, self-sufficient and resilient communities in Sweden. Inspired by computer games, the project puts in place organic food production, locally produced and stored energy, comprehensive recycling, and climate positive buildings.

KPF Unveils High Performance and Resilient Tower in Boston

Christele Harrouk — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:30:00 +0000

KPF and the Chiofaro Company have released images of their latest project The Pinnacle at Central Wharf, a high performance and resilient mixed-use development on the Boston Harbor waterfront. Aiming to reconnect Downtown Boston to the waterfront, the project also puts in place a new public space.

Sasaki Envisions a Sustainable, Equitable, and Resilient Kabul City

Christele Harrouk — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 05:30:00 +0000

Imagined by Sasaki, the Kabul Urban Design Framework creates a vision of what the city can become. The project generates a set of guidelines that can transform the Afghan capital into a model of sustainable, equitable, and resilient development.

Kjellander Sjöberg Wins Competition to Climate Proof the Coastal Town of Faaborg in Denmark

Christele Harrouk — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:30:00 +0000

Kjellander Sjöberg, one of the leading architectural practices in Scandinavia, in collaboration with GHB Landskabsarkitekter, Mogens A. Morgen, Realise and Tyréns, was selected to design a strategic development plan for Faaborg. The coastal town in southern Denmark is facing many challenges like a high risk of flooding and an important decrease in its population.

BIG + Field Operations Design Master Plan for River Street Waterfront

Christele Harrouk — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 05:30:00 +0000

Two Trees Management Company, a New York-based real estate development firm, has presented a master plan for the Northern Brooklyn waterfront, a new approach to urban resiliency. Designed by BIG and Field Operations, the project puts in place a mixed-use development and a resilient park.

Are Architects and Developers Finally Addressing the Same Global Concerns?

Christele Harrouk — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Architects and developers have always been on opposite ends of the construction world. While the first wanted to create dreamy spaces, the latter just wanted to cater to the basic needs. In these past few years, the world has witnessed significant changes, with the aggravation of climate-related issues, the evolution of technological solutions, and the newly acquired awareness and growth of the population.

Sasaki to Design Ho Chi Minh City Innovation District in Vietnam

Christele Harrouk — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Sasaki has been selected by the government of Ho Chi Minh City to conceive the innovation district in the eastern part of the city, in collaboration with enCity, an international planning practice based in Singapore and Vietnam.

The Temperature Rise of 520 Cities by 2050 (is Grim)

Fabian Dejtiar — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 07:00:00 +0000

The climate in Madrid in 2050 will look more like the climate in Marrakesh, Morocco today. Stockholm will feel more like Budapest, London like Barcelona, Moscow like Sofia, Seattle like San Francisco, and Tokyo like Changsa in China.

The Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo: from Historic Islamic Monument to War Battlefield

Dima Stouhi — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Islam, other than describing a religious belief, is a word that identifies a unique type of architecture that dates back thousands of years. It has been formed by a civilization that transformed the qualities of this belief into visible and tangible material, building structures with a striking focus on details and experiences within enclosed spaces.

10 Solutions for Adaptive Walls for More Resilient Architecture

Eduardo Souza — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0000

The term "resilience" has been employed in a wide range of subjects. The scientific definition is the ability of a substance or object to recover its form after suffering some trauma. In other words, it is quite different from resistance, as it concerns the capability of adapting and recovering. In ecology, resilience is about the ability of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance, resisting damage and recovering quickly. In architecture, however, designing something while having resilience in mind can lead to a variety of approaches. Resilient designs are always site-specific. Predicting the potential scenarios for typical building use, and even any disasters that could challenge the integrity of the project and its occupants is an important starting point. Furthermore, it is possible to address adaptive structures and materials that can ''learn'' from their environment and continuously reinvent themselves. Since there are software and robots with algorithms that learn from their contexts, why can't we use the same approach in construction?

What Can Nature Teach Architects about Resilience

Victor Delaqua — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 07:30:00 +0000

In order to further explore how we think about the future of cities, ArchDaily's topic of the month for July is resilience. To prepare for disasters or disruptions in the system, we spoke with biologist Alessandra Araújo, founder of bio-inspirations and professor of Biomimicry at the Architectural Association Amazon Visiting School and the Master Ecological Design Thinking at Schumacher College, who discussed her thoughts on resilience in the field of architecture and urbanism through a different point of view: nature.

GVL Gossamer Merge Resilience and Urbanism in Xi'an, China

Niall Patrick Walsh — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:30:00 +0000

GVL Gossamer has released images of their design for a 19 kilometer stretch of waterfront along the Jing River in Xi’an, China. The proposal, a finalist in an international design competition, celebrates the site’s history at the origin of the Silk Road through strategies that tap into ancient and enduring histories of traditional architecture, merchant trade, and agricultural innovation. These enduring histories are woven with contemporary influences such as responses to major climatic and environmental challenges.

ArchDaily Topics - July: Resilience in Architecture

Nicolás Valencia — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 01:30:00 +0000

Resilience has become increasingly common in our vocabulary when we talk about people, buildings, cities or even whole societies overcoming all kind of problems. In fact, Google searches related to resilience have continued to grow since 2004 in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.