Future Tidal Architectures – Watch the latest video episode with Carola Hein and Alessandra Libardo
In the new episode of Bauhaus of the Seas Sails video series Drop, Ripple, Wave, we discuss the Future Tidal Architectures, a project which engages young architects/urban/spatial designers in imagining future scenarios for coastal areas, deltas and wetlands, taking into account the challenges of sea-level rise and changing rainwater patterns.
Developed and transformed over millennia, these landscapes are home to large population groups and host complex social structures, from infrastructure (such as large ports), to heritage buildings and monuments uniquely related to their territory. They are also particularly affected by climate change. The Tidal Architectures drop addresses the design of interconnected urban and social plans for coastal and port cities, as well as their neighbouring rural areas and wetlands, while aiming to reconcile opposing interests and population groups based on co-design processes with citizens.
Listen to Carola Hein, full professor and chair of History of Architecture and Urban Planning at Delft University of Technology and Alessandra Libardo, transport engineer at the Venice Port Authority’s Strategic Planning and Development Department discuss the transversal drop.
Future Tidal Architectures is the seventh episode of a bigger series split in two seasons, with episodes dropping every month from April to November in 2024 and 2025 – here and on Canal 180’s Youtube channel. Season 1, titled Drop, Ripple, Wave, is composed of conversations where consortium members and external experts discuss each of the eight pilot project typologies – drops. Learn more about the video series here.