Material Frameworks: Structure as Environmental Mediator - World Congress of Architects. Barcelona

Material Frameworks: Structure as Environmental Mediator

Becoming Embodied
Material Gestures
Selected contributions

Language: English
Simultaneous Translation: No

Tuesday, June 30,
10:45h 11:40h
Location:
CCIB -
 Stage 8

Environmental forces are translated here into constructive systems. Prefabricated thatch cassettes regulate heat and fire risk; timber trusses and linen membranes collect and filter rain; bamboo–concrete hybrids organise ventilation and communal life. Rather than treating climate as background constraint, these projects embed atmospheric performance within structure itself. Architecture operates as environmental mediator, where material assembly, geometry, and local resources generate spatial comfort through tectonic precision.

Selected Contributions Projects

Selected Contributions List

Compluvium Pavilion
Authors: P + S Estudio de Arquitectura. Francisco Parada + Laura R. Salvador.
Speaker: Francisco Parada.

Regenerative Biogenic Façades for extreme climates
Author: CINARK – Center for Industrialised Architecture.
Speaker: Anne Beim.

Rupgaon: A Paradigm for Climate Resilient Symbiotic Community Development
Author: Fatiha Polin, PERCEIVE.
Speaker: Fatiha Polin.

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