Università Roma Tre

The studio project is set up as an experimental laboratory. During an initial research for design phase we will learn about passive architectural strategies that can respond to extreme heat. For that, we will look into vernacular architecture in hot climates; we will try to extract scalable design principles that could be applied today. This also includes the studying of certain materials used, and how they are linked to typological aspects of climate-responsive architecture.
We will look into what is happening in other affected cities in southern Europe; through the studying of reference projects of contemporary architecture we will understand how architecture can respond to seasonal temperature extremes.
What would work for Rome? We will move on to design experimentation, and we need radical solutions.

Thematic lectures and inspections of the areas covered are planned