Design 2c/2D

Brief: 

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The effects of climate change (such as rising global temperatures, change in wind strength and pattern, less rainfall in summer followed by sudden increase during the winter) are accompanied by an increasing unpredictability of weather's patterns which make existing buildings obsolete machines incapable to perform under the new climate challenges.

These new weather conditions are also experienced in London. How can we design buildings to make them more resilient to the new climatic conditions?

 

First students will analyse locations characterised by extreme climatic conditions. Through this exercise students will explore the relationship between climate, lifestyle and architecture. Based on the knowledge accumulated in the previous exercise, students will analyse climate predictions for London to understand how they will evolve between now and 2050 (worst case scenario). These studies have been carried out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] and will form the basis of our analysis.

 

How do we design buildings that can respond to the climatic challenges that London is about to face? Students will design a Climate Change Community Centre as a testing ground. Community Centres are defined as ‘public locations where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes.’ The Climate Change Community centre will work for the community year-round as well as an emergency shelter in case of weather emergency such as flooding, heat waves, extreme cold conditions, etc.