Preface

This NEXTBUILT 2024 Conference Proceedings comprise the selected papers contributing to the 2024 International Conference on Challenges for the NEXT generation BUILT Environment , held in Bologna on two years basis, with the ambition to become a reference event to share and discuss drivers of change, barriers and solutions for shaping the future built environment considering the impact of Climate Change. The Conference is one of the main outcomes of the NEXTBUILT Observatory, whose main scope is to collect, analyse, and report information, research, and studies dealing with the most urgent and hot topics influencing the transformation directions in contemporary cities with a forward-looking perspective. The initiative is supported and fed by the research activity run at the Department of Architecture of the University of Bologna as well as by the constant transformative plans led by the City of Bologna. NEXTBUILT 2024 was held in Bologna on May 9 th and 10 th 2024 , with the chance to join the conference online for those who were not able to attend in person, under the overarching theme of “a reflection on the future of the built environment within a context of resource scarcity or heavily influenced by climate change impacts, assuming a strong future oriented approach” . List of Scientific Committee members and Reviewers are available in this Pdf.