AQUA INCOGNITA VI: Resilience Under New Climate Regimes in Valencia, Spain

Harvard GSD

The Aqua Incognita studio series follows research by design pedagogy to envision resilience in water-stressed territories. Focusing on the metropolitan region of Valencia, Spain, Aqua Incognita VI addresses the increasing fluidity between prolonged droughts and catastrophic DANA floods that in October 2024 took a heavy toll on human life, the environment, and infrastructure. How do we break free from this Sisyphean destructive cycle? Can the flood be transformed into an opportunity for…