What is the main purpose of a building? Over the last century, the gap between engineering and architecture has grown so wide that we have lost sight of one of the fundamental purposes of buildings—to provide the necessary climate comfort.
In an era when glass and concrete structures can be built in the desert, relying on mechanical equipment and the ingenuity of engineers to ensure climate comfort. Architects and society need to regain an understanding of the consequences of such ignorance and what the alternatives might be.
For centuries, people around the world have developed traditional building practices to withstand climatic threats. Today, many of these strategies serve as inspiration for architects and climate engineers, who are creating passive solutions as opposed to complex mechanical systems.
Professor Thomas Auer is the head of the Chair of Building Technology and Climate Responsive Design at Munich Technical university.
His research primarily explores energy efficiency and its impact on the built environment, examining both the building scale—such as form, materials, and technology—and the district or urban scale, including urban form and infrastructure. He employs simulation tools to analyze and optimize the complex interactions between buildings and their technical systems.
22 Aug 2025
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Pieejas kā radīt pārmaiņas pilsētvidē ir pa visam dažādas. Dažreiz telpas spēj sakārtot un atgriezt dzīvību - ne tikai dārgas rekonstrukcijas, bet arī drosmīgas iniciatīvas.
Bijušais paraugtipogrāfijas nams Kārļa Mīlenbaha ielā 12 ir jaunākais no biedrības Free Riga projektiem, kas jau vairāk nekā 13 gadus rada alternatīvus veidus, kā risināt tukšo ēku problēmu.
Mūsu “dzīvajā ierakstā” ielūkojies pagaidu izmantošanas pirmajos soļos un iepazīsties ar procesu, kas padarīs bijušo industriālo kompleksu par rosīgu vietu radošumam un brīvības garam, atstājot paliekošu nospiedumu pilsētvidē.
1 Aug 2025
Landscape-explained
What is landscape — really?
In this episode, we speak with architect and researcher Gaia Piccarolo about the complex, often misunderstood meaning of landscape. Once seen as a hostile barrier, even the Alps were not always considered part of it. But landscape is not just nature or green zones in cities. It's cultural. It's perceptual. It's memory, sensation, history — and the way we position ourselves in space.
Together, we explore how the concept of landscape has evolved across time and disciplines, and what it reveals about our relationship to place.
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