ACPCL Transition towards a climate resilient and healthy city
Channel: Dipartimento Architettura, Università di Bologna
Date: 2022-01-20

Innovative construction systems as well as climate responsive strategies are to be explored to address design activities towards a sustainable transition within the built environment. 
We are asked to develop a critical thinking and a resilient oriented design approach based on both the assessment of performances effect deriving from technological choices in the building life cycle and of a user centred perspective. 
We need to be conscious of the closed interaction which links technological choices, the building energy behaviour and the key impacts related to a changing climate.

Contemporary challenges do not simply require that architectural design effectively embeds sustainable principles and energy efficient solutions but also generates an adequate response capacity to cope with climate change effects and impacts. This means to look at design practice within a broader perspective, able to consider varying and evolving boundary conditions in the different contexts. That’s why we really aim to improve some specific competences regarding: 
- building envelope performances including adaptive solutions,   
- innovative materials and systems, 
- strategies for environmental control, 
- mitigation and adaptation actions for the built environment. 
Addressing cities towards a more resilient condition also requires a wider understanding of the possible impacts of circular systems and of impact assessment against the planned measures and the expected outcomes. 

Today, cities and city inhabitants are facing increasing challenges as a result of climate change and uncontrolled urbanisation, among others. 
Understanding social and economic vulnerabilities is crucial to formulate actions for resilience adapted to local needs.
Citizens can play a key role in identifying or actively intervening in urban challenges, often providing new perspectives and solutions.
There is a need to set up and manage participatory planning methods of interventions, extending the application to a wider audience of subjects involved in the implementation and future use, even adopting public and private partnership formulas.