She works in the research programme Urban Technology – team Climate Resilient Cities that closely works together with professionals from the field. The aim of this team and her work is to support young professionals and urban professionals at local and national governments turning localized climate adaptation into practice.

The seminar aims to explore the theme of urban open space design related to the environmental and climate change issues. The analysis is focused on the identification and the detailed study of the most urgent challenges for urban design in the field of open space development.

Speakers:

\\ Lisette Klok, Amsterdam University of Applied Science
On Climate Proof Cities

\\ Andrea Arcidiacono, Viviana di Martino, Politecnico di Milano
Open spaces quality and urban well-being

\\ Eugenio Morello, Politecnico di Milano
Human comfort, urban environmental quality and energy transition in open spaces

\\ Antonella Bruzzese, Politecnico di Milano
Public spaces. Design tools for urban quality and people involvement

Discussant: Nilva Karenina Aramburu Guevara, Lorenzo De Vidovich

Keywords: urban environmental quality, climate change, adaptation and mitigation, climate design, urban heat island, energy transition, urban scale