Floating Architecture for Climate Adaptation: Performance Frameworks and Technological Strategies for Adaptive Urban Design

By: Calcagni, Livia

Floating Architecture for Climate Adaptation explores how architecture on water can contribute to a broader shift from resisting environmental change to designing with it. Against the growing pressures of sea level rise, flooding, land scarcity, and vulnerable waterfront settlements, the book traces the evolution of floating architecture from vernacular traditions and visionary precedents to contemporary projects and emerging forms of floating urban development. Beyond technological innovation, it critically examines the environmental, social, economic, and regulatory challenges that limit the wider implementation of floating solutions. Addressing persistent regulatory gaps and fragmentation across building, maritime, and offshore domains, the book introduces the Performance-Based Design-Support Framework: an open and adaptable framework that systematizes performance requirements and supports the design and evaluation of floating buildings. Bridging research and practice, the book provides designers, researchers, policymakers, developers, and public and private stakeholders with a structured basis for informed decision-making towards responsible, resilient, and context-sensitive floating environments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3032438926
• ISBN13: 9783032438928
• Release Date: April 2027
• Publisher: Springer