Climate & Context
Design and architecture projects that respond to climate conditions, environmental change, and local context.
Form Follows Climate: Sanctuary, a Daycare Shaped Entirely by Climatic Logic
A timber-framed daycare facility in a dense urban plot uses sawtooth roofs, clay plaster, and wool insulation to achieve near self-sufficiency.
The Expandables: A Childcare Center That Breathes with the Climate
Expandable panels, wind-driven ventilation, and age-zoned planning let this arid-climate kindergarten shift between open and closed configurations.
Form Follows Climate: Passive Design Principles Shape a Children's Learning Space in Mainz
Three stepped volumes, rammed earth cores, and thermal buffer zones create a climate-responsive kindergarten along the Rhine.
Climate Membrane: Timber Ribs and Circular Geometry Shield Children from Urban Pollution
A shortlisted Form Follows Climate entry proposes a wood-framed community dome that filters air, buffers seasons, and centers child safety.
Form Follows: Function, Flexibility, Climate: A School as Urban Refuge
Julien Picard's bioclimatic school for children aged 0 to 7 transforms a constrained urban plot into a sheltered learning landscape.
Climate Seesaw: Architecture as a Tipping Point Between Equilibrium and Collapse
A kinetic installation in four phases charts the irreversible arc from ecological balance to climate catastrophe across an Italian landscape.
Designing for Resilience: Architectural Responses to Climate Change
Explore resilient architecture: sustainable designs that protect against climate change, enhance durability, and adapt to extreme weather events.
Climate Adaptive Architecture in Greenland: A Closer Look at Nuukullak 10 by BIOSIS
This article examines Nuukullak 10 by BIOSIS, showcasing how climate adaptive architecture in Greenland enhances urban living through sustainable design.
Climate seesaw
A seesaw-like architecture influenced by human interaction.
The Paradigms of Climate Change
An essay on possible steps the architecture profession can take to help address the climate issue.
