Building Resilience: Demonstrators for a Changing Climate

Join us for a day of inspiring conversations with leading architects, policymakers and urban innovators to discuss creative and structural responses to the climate emergency and our responsibility to build resilient urban environments that help our cities and communities thrive.

Anchored by Future Observatory’s Stone Demonstrator at Earls Court, we will explore how we can scale ancient materials and bio-based innovations to deliver low-carbon housing at the pace our cities require. Innovators will also demonstrate how to shift our focus from new-build to the essential maintenance, retrofit, and community-led resilience of our existing urban fabric.

Hosted through engagement with C40 Cities during London Climate Action Week, the programme brings together comparable city demonstrators to examine how legislative leadership and nature-based infrastructure can secure a sustainable and just future.

Highlights include: a vision for structural stone with Amin Taha (Groupwork) and Pierre Bidaud (The Stone Collective); case studies of scaling timber and bio-based housing with Andrew Waugh and Paris City official; a panel on community-led retrofit with Immy Kaur (Civic Square) and Sara Edmonds (National Retrofit Hub); and urban rewilding strategies for heat and flood resilience with Adib Dada.

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• Lunch is not provided, but the museum has two spaces where you can enjoy a light lunch, drinks and snacks: the Design Cafe (Ground Level) and the Design Kitchen (Level 2). There are also restaurants and cafes in Kensington High Street
• This event is wheelchair accessible, with step-free access throughout the museum

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Background image: The Stone Demonstrator © Bas Princen