Integrating Transitions in Climate-Adaptive Design
A Nature-Based Approach Towards Next Resilient Amphibious Urban Environments Along Med Coasts
Climate change and sea-level rise are reshaping the conditions of Mediterranean coastal cities, demanding spatial strategies that simultaneously address climate neutrality, resilience, and ecological regeneration. This chapter investigates how climate-adaptive design can integrate the green, energy, and just transitions through nature-based solutions. Using a three-phase methodology—research for design, research of design, and research-driven design—the study analyses two exemplary amphibious neighbourhoods, Oceanix Busan and Schoonschip Amsterdam. Through a qualitative-comparative framework, it extracts design principles related to multi-scalarity, multi-temporality, multifunctionality, replicability, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. The findings show how floating and adaptive urban typologies can operationalise energy efficiency, circular resource management, and ecological enhancement, offering regenerative pathways for future Mediterranean coastal environments.
A. Sayigh et al. (eds.), Getting to Zero - Beyond Energy Transition Towards Carbon-Neutral Mediterranean Cities, Innovative Renewable Energy
