Sustainable Designing – 3. Mitigation and adaptation are two ways of dealing with climate change in the daily practice of land planning and the design, construction and management of any building. To understand what to do, it is necessary to know the exact characteristics of the problem.

Sustainable designing Special Report – 1. Sustainable design is the design of products and processes optimising the consumption of raw materials and energy to minimize environmental impact. Standards and certification requirements guide us at a time when a new sensitivity to the environment is emerging, which, with the climate crisis, is sending us urgent danger signals.

Sustainable Designing Special Report – 4. A commentary on the Biennale Architettura (The Laboratory of the Future) and Fondazione Prada (Everybody talks about the weather) exhibitions, both open until Nov. 26.

Special #33: Athletics surfaces – The world event as an opportunity for the city to equip itself with sports facilities that will remain as a legacy through urban regeneration.

The classification of surface types given in the World Athletics manuals and the FIDAL’s technical indications call for an in-depth study to clarify the range of technical possibilities, remembering that each surface must be functional for the use that will be made of the sports facility.

Special Report #35: Surfaces for athletics – Any type is permissible as long as it meets the physical requirements.