evidence-based design

Adaptive Environmental Design in Mediterranean Urban Contexts: Strategies for Well-Being and Sustainability

Adaptive Environmental Design in Mediterranean Urban Contexts: Strategies for Well-Being and Sustainability

This research stay seeks to deepen and expand an interdisciplinary investigation into adaptive environmental design in Mediterranean urban contexts, addressing the urgent challenges posed by climate change, increasing urban density, and the demand for resilient, human-centred built environments. The project will explore how three interrelated parameters (variability, dynamism, and controllability) can be integrated into analytical tools, design guidelines, and teaching resources to enhance comfort, well-being, and sustainability at both building and urban scales.

Designing urban green blue infrastructure for mental health and elderly wellbeing

The main objective of this essay is to illustrate the state-of-the-art on ‘mental health-sensitive’ open space design in the built environment. Urban Green Blue Infrastructure can contribute to urbanites’ mental health and wellbeing as well as healthy aging, while providing co-benefits balancing the negative impacts of climate change, through the provision of integrated ecosystem services.

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