Urban Planning and Microclimate Regimes: The Urban Microclimate Regime: How Elementary Forces Shape Urban Climate Adaptation Policies (C05)

• Subject Area: Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 290045248

The subproject’s objective is to investigate the spatial logics and dynamics inherent in urban microclimate regimes. Research questions focus on how elementary forces (wind, water, and solar radiation) are currently being mobilized in urban planning methodologies and climate adaptation technologies, and how they are integrated into urban infrastructures. The research explores how "elementary solutions" contribute to the refiguration of urban spaces (on both conceptual and material levels) by challenging and transforming existing spatial figurations.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1265: Re-Figuration of Spaces
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Berlin
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Ignacio Farías