Makeshift Micro-Climate

Designers create or enhance spaces to produce "micro-climates"

Trend - Designers creating micro-climate infrastructure, whether in the form of contained structures or in added features to existing structures, are aiming to promote eco-friendly construction and living. These spaces set a precedent for how the future of design can coincide with solutions to climate change.

Insight - As the personal and global impacts of climate change become more known to consumers, they're seeking out ways to learn more about solutions to the problem. With Millennial and Gen Z consumers being particularly drawn to experience-based branded experiences, designers that prioritize experience while shining a light on climate change are most appealing to these demographics.
Workshop Question - How could your brand create micro-climates within its workplace?

Trend Themes

  1. Eco-friendly Design Solutions — Designers creating micro-climate infrastructure promote eco-friendly construction and living, setting a precedent for how the future of design coincides with solutions to climate change.
  2. Experience-driven Branding — Designers that prioritize experience while shedding light on climate change are most appealing to millennials and Gen Z consumers.
  3. Functional and Sustainable Architecture — Functional solutions to urban problems with street tiles, venturing into sustainable architecture and closed-loop climate systems are trending, and offer opportunities for innovation in the architecture and construction industries.

Industry Implications

  1. Architecture — Trends in eco-friendly, experience-driven, functional and sustainable architecture offer opportunities for innovation in the industry.
  2. Construction — The trend towards eco-friendly and sustainable design solutions has led to opportunities for innovation in construction and building materials.
  3. Retail — The use of microclimates to create experience-driven branding opportunities has led to innovation in the retail industry.
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Jan 18 — Feb 20
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Featured Examples

Weather-Themed Apparel Pop-Ups
Weather-Themed Apparel Pop-Ups
The Arrival's Temporary NYC Shop Reflects Three Microclimates
The Arrivals created a unique apparel pop-up shop experience in New York that is separated into different zones to represent different outdoor conditions. Upon entering the space, visitors will see... MORE
Modern Flowing Camping Hubs
Modern Flowing Camping Hubs
The Coastal Pavilions Create a Point of Difference for 60 Cabins
Liminal Studio helped the tourism operator RACT Destinations to deliver the Coastal Pavilions—a group of nine new structures that offer luxurious yet affordable accommodations on the East... MORE
Functional Anti-Flooding Street Tiles
Functional Anti-Flooding Street Tiles
Tredje Natur's Paving System Addresses Urban Problems
Tredje Natur — a Danish architecture studio, is offering functional solutions to urban problems with street tiles. The company has been prototyping street paving systems that will help reduce... MORE
Cone-Shaped Microclimate Systems
Cone-Shaped Microclimate Systems
V8 Architects Collaborates on a Sustainability-Focused Pavilion
Microclimate systems have been a hot topic of late and V8 Architects’ project for the Dubai Expo 2020 is a testimony to that fact. The Dutch firm is collaborating on a structure that is... MORE
Puzzle-Inspired Pavilions
Puzzle-Inspired Pavilions
The 'Egaligilo' Pavilion is Located at the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City
The ‘Egaligilo’ pavilion has been designed by architect Gerardo Broissin as a modern structure that sits outside of the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City to provide visitors with a whimsical... MORE
Micro-Climate Mist Structures
Micro-Climate Mist Structures
TFAM's Mist Installation is a Refreshing Response to AC Renovations
This mist installation turns HVAC into an art form. Mist Encounter is an award-winning interactive sculpture on display at the Taipei Fine Art Museum designed by Serendipity Studio and Kuan-Wei Chen... MORE

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