The panel "Contemporary Architecture and Climate Emergency: Sustainable Paths between the Public and Private Sectors" proposes a debate on how architects, urban planners, and other stakeholders have responded to the climate crisis through sustainable practices in different contexts. Drawing on experiences that intersect the public and private spheres, the panel will discuss strategies such as the use of low-impact materials, energy efficiency, nature-based solutions, and public policies for resilient buildings. The proposal seeks to integrate diverse scales—from public facilities to housing, including community and institutional projects—and open space for interdisciplinary, academic, and experimental practices. The goal is to share visions and methodologies that point to an architecture committed to environmental regeneration, climate justice, and collective responsibility for the territory. By bringing together different trajectories, the panel aims to build a common repertoire of best practices and strengthen architecture's role in socio-environmental transformation.
Presentations:
Building with stabilized earth: the importance of the global south for land use in construction
Rodrigo Amaral
Solar neighborhoods and climate architecture: integrated urban strategies for a warming world
Ricardo Calabrese
What can a museum be at the edge of?
Maria Eugenia Cordero
Climate Change and the ESG Agenda: Public Policies as Drivers of Resilience and Vulnerability Reduction?
Marcio Valerio Effgen
Between thunder and earth: architecture for climate justice in Pedra de Xangô Park – Salvador, Bahia
Fernanda Viegas Reichardt, Sandra Akemi Shimada Kishi, Bruno Amaral de Andrade, Celso Almeida da Silva Cunha and Maria Alice Pereira da Silva