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Through the scorching heat of the Arabian Desert to the unforgiving chill of the Finnish tundra, BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann explores how design solutions are shaped by cultural and climatic contexts to unlock the immense possibilities of adaptive architecture. With a central challenge of mitigating climatic extremes to be hospitable to human life, solutions can be both economically and environmentally profitable. This session explores the search for a pragmatic utopia, shaped as the kind of world we wish to inhabit.
- 2018 Festival
- Environment
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