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Extreme Climate

Design responses to extreme climate conditions and environmental change across polar and alpine regions.

Extreme climate presents designers with urgent challenges around inhabitation, infrastructure, and adaptation. This topic examines how design can address rapid environmental shifts, from glacial transformation to Arctic settlement, through both analytical and speculative approaches.

The community explores modular habitats engineered for Arctic survival, deployable structures that respond to shifting terrain, and documentation of climate impacts on landscapes. Work ranges from climate analysis and visualization to architectural systems designed for some of Earth's most hostile environments.

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publishedBlog5 months ago
Biosphere: Modular Dome Settlement Designed for Arctic Survival on Ellesmere Island
publishedStory5 months ago
Life Line: A Self-Sustaining Arctic City Built on Euler Circles
publishedStory5 months ago
Hoberman Dome: A Deployable Arctic Settlement That Grows From 1,000 to 1,000,000
publishedStory5 months ago
Arctic Seconds: Hexagonal Modular Habitat for Ellesmere Island's Shifting Climate