La resistenza architettonica al cambiamento climatico nel contesto mediterraneo: dispositivi progettuali e azioni fondative.

• Main Author: Scozzari, Martina
• Format: Book Part
• Language: Italian
• Published: Istituto per l’Ambiente e l’Educazione Scholé Futuro Onlus 2024
• Subjects: Resistance Architecture; Climate Change; Action; Device; Settore ICAR/14 - Composizione Architettonica E Urbana; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10447/631673; https://www.sociologiambiente.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/XIV-Convegno-di-Sociologia-dellAmbiente-BOOK-OF-ABSTRACTS.pdf

To formalize and compose the study of climate in architecture, particularly from a perspective of resilience, starting from the project's unique ability to respond to climatic variations is the aim of this intervention. Specifically, this intervention is oriented towards discovering - from a compositional standpoint - which design devices withstand climatic variations in the Mediterranean regions and therefore, in relation to the foundational actions of the discipline, which devices to prioritize and adopt to resist the climate. Starting from the Enlightenment, it can be observed how the waves of the Mediterranean have exerted a significant influence on the development of modern architecture, often determining changes in architectural boundaries through conscious initiatives aimed at redefining and reorienting predominant styles, discourses, and practices. Following the ideas of Fernand Braudel, distinct periods of Mediterranean modernity can be identified throughout the 20th century, ranging from Modernism practices in the post-war period to the spread of vernacular architecture and the advent of CIAM. The in-depth study of this architectural season has provided a different perspective for understanding contemporary architectural design. Indeed, unlike the 20th century, where the climate was not characterized by sudden and profound dynamism of terrestrial atmospheric conditions, today we primarily talk about climate change, to highlight the dynamic and evolving aspect of atmospheric variations on Earth. The main reason for using the term climate change in this intervention lies in the awareness that human activity is causing a significant increase in global temperatures and a series of negative consequences, such as sea-level rise, ocean acidification, extreme weather events, and loss of biodiversity. These changes result from greenhouse gas emissions generated by human activities, such as fossil fuel use, industry, intensive agriculture, and deforestation. The use of the term climate change underscores the ...