Award Ceremony of the UfM Student Competition on Urban Design 2023: Urban Solutions to Climate Change in the Mediterranean

17-18 January 2024, Barcelona (Spain). As part of the celebration of the Day of the Mediterranean 2023, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) organized a student competition on Urban Design entitled “Urban Solutions to Climate Change in the Mediterranean” addressing students of schools based in any of the 43 UfM Member States but proposing solutions based in one UfM Member States around the Mediterranean.

Mediterranean cities, which will be among the worst hit by climate change, will have to be planned and designed to face sea-level rise, droughts, water scarcity, overheating, and urban heat-island effects. However, attending to their specific cultural and morphological features, they will require ad hoc innovative solutions to adapt their built environment and urban heritage to the challenge of climate change. 

Students were invited to propose solutions in a multi-scalar approach, responding to the challenges posed by climate change effects in Mediterranean cities and their built environment, addressing the urban design scale. Proposals were expected to contribute to the achievement of SDGs and also to consider cultural, social, economic and environmental sustainability.

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 Winners of the UfM Student Competition on Urban Design 2023 

Guidelines of the UfM Student Competition on Urban Design 2023