Architecture must adapt to protect people from the threat of climate change. About half of the world’s population lives in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change as hazards continue to intensify, with global disasters projected to reach 560 events per year by 2030, or 1.5 events every day.
The accelerating frequency and intensity of disasters underscores the urgency to prepare for severe events to protect people, communities, and essential systems but also to protect the environment which provides shelter, livelihoods, cultural heritage, and public functions. This book provides a comprehensive reference of climate adaptation design tactics and a toolkit for adaptation to shocks and stresses, outlining the process for architects and designers to:
- Understand the risks posed by climate change to the built environment.
- Reduce the risks to people and the built environment from natural hazards.
- Reduce human vulnerability to shocks and stresses by strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity.
- Design the built environment to adapt to changes over its lifetime.
- Design buildings and cities to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
- Preserve biodiversity and support natural resources.
Climate Adaptation for Architects presents 45 adaptation tactics responding to the most consequential effects of climate change: heat, water, wind, and resource scarcity. Each chapter includes images, definition, background information, key design issues, potential impacts, and resources for further information. This is a valuable resource for all architects, landscape architects, urban planners, developers, and policy makers.
Architecture must adapt to protect people from the threat of climate change. Each chapter includes images, definition, background information, key design issues, potential impacts, and resources for further information. This is a valuable resource for all architects, landscape architects, urban planners, developers, and policy makers.
INTRODUCTION Part
1. HEAT
1. HEAT RESPONSE NETWORKS
2. POLICY OF SHADE
3. URBAN COOLING WITH WATER
4. COOL CORRIDORS
5. REFLECTIVE + ABSORPTIVE
SITES
6. WILDFIRE PROTECTION
7. AIR QUALITY
8. PASSIVE DESIGN, PASSIVE
SURVIVABILITY
9. SOLAR CONTROL
10. COOL ENVELOPE
11. BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION
12. UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER Part
2. WATER
13. TOPOGRAPHY + RISK
14. RETREAT +
REALIGNMENT
15. NEARSHORE BREAKWATERS
16. MODULAR REVETMENTS
17. SEAWALLS,
FLOODWALLS, LEVEES + BERMS
18. INFILTRATION ZONES, RIPARIAN BUFFERS + LIVING
SHORELINES
19. ELEVATED ROADWAYS
20. RECONNECTING WATER
21. THE ELEVATED
COMMONS
22. FLOOD BARRIERS + GATES
23. CORNICHE
24. ELEVATION
25. WET + DRY
FLOODPROOFING
26. FLOATING STRUCTURES Part
3. WIND
27. WIND ANALYSIS
28.
SPATIAL TEXTURE
29. TEMPORARY HOUSING
30. DEFENSIBLE LANDSCAPE
31. CONTINUOUS
LOAD PATH
32. ENVELOPE + BREACH
33. COLLATERAL DAMAGE
34. SAFE ROOMS
35.
EARTH SHELTER
36. EMERGENCY CACHE Part
4. SCARCITY
37. BIODIVERSITY +
ADAPTATION
38. EDIBLE CITIES
39. BOUNDARIES TO GROWTH
40. COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION AFTER DISASTER
41. SOCIAL CAPITAL + SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
42.
NET-ZERO WATER
43. CIRCULARITY
44. ADAPTABLE + ADAPTIVE
45. ANTIFRAGILE
Allison H. Anderson, FAIA, is the founding principal of unabridged Architecture, a firm recognized for incorporating sustainability, climate change adaptation, and resilience across a wide variety of project scales. Allison was the first LEEDAccredited Professional in Mississippi, focused on sustainability. After Hurricane Katrina devastated her community, unabridged Architecture began exploring resilience and climate adaptation. Her research is included in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science, the AIA Resilient Project Process Guide, AIA Climate Action Playbook, and the AIA Framework for Design Excellence. Allison has taught architecture at the University of Texas, Tulane University, and Louisiana State University. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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