Contemporary architecture and climate emergency: sustainable pathways between public and private

Renata Gilio - KAAN Architecten

The climate emergency imposes new paradigms on architecture, which must reconcile sustainability, innovation, and social impact. The panel "Contemporary Architecture and Climate Emergency" is based on the premise that public and private sectors intertwine in environmental responsibility. KAAN Architecten's work seeks to create buildings that positively impact people and nature, integrating sustainable materials, climate adaptation, and cultural appreciation. We reuse existing structures, promote urban densification with active pavements, and build spaces valued by the community. During the session, Renata Gilio, Vincent Panhujsen, and Marco Peixe will present concrete examples organized into five themes: low carbon, community integration, structural reuse, urban densification, and reflection on regulatory changes. The examples presented will be: Lagoa do Sino Library of UFSCar in Buri/SP, Strijp S – Matchbox in Eindhoven (Netherlands), Court of Nancy (France), Utopia – Library and Academy of Arts in Aalst (Belgium), Court of Amsterdam (Netherlands), Ecomuseum of Parque Orla Piratininga in Niterói/RJ, NBB National Bank (Belgium), FAMA – Fábrica de Arte Marcos Amaro in Itu/SP and Lumière in Rotterdam (Netherlands).

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

Free

Registration

Registrations must be made using the form that will be made available soon.

Selection will be made in order of registration.

Registration will be open until the start of the activity, on site, as long as there are spaces available.

And opening our Debate Forum, tomorrow (19/09) we will have:

1:30 pm – debate between China and Brazil at China architecture exhibition day

6:00 pm – opening conference with Kongjian Yu (China), creator of the concept of Sponge cities

And there's much more! Workshops, activities, lectures, exhibitions. Join! It's all free!

(The schedule and projects are still in the process of being included on the website; it will be complete soon)