MOE Fellowship researcher

“Rethinking Flooding Riverside Sustainable Development: Integrating Amphibious Architecture, Landscape and sustainable strategies for European river-space adaptation to flooding.”

Short summary of topic:
Flooding poses a critical threat to European riverside regions, intensified by climate change and urbanization. Traditional flood management methods are inadequate, necessitating innovative solutions integrating amphibious architecture and sustainable strategies. This project aims to address these challenges by developing adaptable river spaces through amphibious structures, resilient landscape design, and eco-friendly architecture.

In Albania’s Shkodra region, historical settlement patterns and unregulated post-communist developments have exacerbated flood vulnerability. Frequent flooding, particularly from November to March, has caused significant damage, highlighting the need for resilient solutions. Albania’s reliance on grey infrastructure has proven costly and environmentally detrimental, underscoring the need for a paradigm shift towards sustainable development.

The project will focus on three pillars:

Amphibious Architecture: Designing structures adaptable to changing water levels.

Landscape as a Barrier and Neuroarchitecture: Utilizing elevated platforms, green spaces, and flood-resistant promenades, supported by neuroarchitecture studies.

Sustainable Strategies: Implementing eco-friendly designs, advanced drainage systems, adaptive planning, and community engagement.

Analyzing germany’s experiences with flooding, particularly in Kranhäuser and Rheinauhafen Redevelopment Köln, Hamburg’s HafenCity project and other valuable case studies in riverside/amphibious architecture and landscape integration. Observing and analyzing these developments will provide insights into sustainable building practices.

Methodology may include literature reviews, site analyses, stakeholder engagement, and architectural simulations. Integrating amphibious architecture, sustainable landscape strategies and Neuroarchitecture demands an interdisciplinary approach. By combining environmental science, urban planning, and architectural design, the research rethinks river-space adaptation to flooding. Given the roles of participation with non-academic people and artificial intelligence research methodology, is interdisciplinary methodology the most effective path, or could these pillars independently drive innovation?“