2021 International Conference: 27th World Congress of Architects

Building's skin in the urgency of climate change

International Proceedings

Author(s): Céline Poix, Daniel Pardo, Guillaume Hazet & Sylvain Guy

Considering the evolution of tropical architecture – its past mistakes and new successes – this paper proposes a reflexion on the nature of building’s skin in tropical settings and how its basic principles can be apply to most architectural designs given the well-known impacts of climate change.

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978-1-944214-31-9