International Urban Planning Workshop in Buenos Aires focuses on urban adaptation to climate change

In October 2025, the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (FADU) of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) hosts the International Urban Planning Workshop – ALEUP, bringing together specialists, academics, and students from across Latin America to work on the case of the UBA University City campus. The title of the workshop — “Estrategias urbanas de adaptación y mitigación frente al cambio climático en la ciudad de Buenos Aires” — highlights the broader challenge: rethinking urban planning as a key tool to address global warming, extreme events, and urban inequalities.

During the workshop, participants explore the history of the University City campus, its relationship with the riverfront of the Río de la Plata, and its connection with natural systems and wetlands — as the foundation for proposing urban interventions that integrate blue-green infrastructure, resilience, and environmental justice.

With a collaborative and interdisciplinary methodology — connecting urbanism, ecology, engineering, design, and geography — the workshop integrates diagnosis, project proposals, and collective feedback.

Expected outcomes include:

• Intervention proposals for University City that combine urban innovation with sustainability and feasibility criteria.

• Climate analysis tools applied to the urban environment: mappings, models, and strategies replicable in other Latin American cities.

• Strengthening of the collaboration network among institutions, professors, researchers, and students in the region

In the global and urban context, this initiative is significant: cities consume nearly 70% of the world’s energy, generate about 75% of carbon emissions, and concentrate the populations most exposed to climate risks.