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PEOPLE & RELATIONSHIPS
intergenerational longevity
autonomy · health · belonging · mobility · care · intergenerational relationships
ANDREA BORGES
Architect and Urban Planner · PhD · Professor · Researcher
ARCHITECTURE OF LONGEVITY
Longer lives in more constrained environments.
01 — Central Question
“How can architecture, cities and territories sustain longer, healthier lives in the face of demographic transition, climate change and increasing pressure on the resources essential to life?”
02 — Concept
“Here, longevity goes beyond people's age. It is the capacity of people, relationships, buildings, neighborhoods, cities and ecosystems to remain healthy, adaptable and capable of sustaining life over time.”
03 — Research Territories
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BUILDINGS
material longevity + carbon
preservation · lifespan · emissions per m² built · lower energy-intensive materials · emissions calculator
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NEIGHBORHOODS & CITIES
urban longevity
science · culture · health · leisure · nature · wellbeing · proximity · human-scale cities
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ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
ecological longevity
climate · water · food · energy · biodiversity · air quality · circularity · regeneration
04 — Technology
TECHNOLOGY AS AN INSTRUMENT, NOT AN END IN ITSELF
Urban data · AI · digital twins — observing, modeling and testing demographic, climate and environmental scenarios to inform decisions in service of life.
05 — Trajectory
Brazilian architect and urban planner, PhD in Architecture and Urbanism, professor, researcher and consultant. For more than 25 years, Andrea Borges has worked at the intersection of architecture, sustainability, environmental planning and urban transformation. Her trajectory connects research on emissions and the environmental impacts of construction, preservation and materials, as well as Human Cities × Smart Cities.
“How can we sustain longer lives in more constrained environments?”
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH·VISITING RESEARCHER·BRAZIL–EUROPE·PROJECTS·NETWORKS·PUBLICATIONS
06 — Contact
ANDREA BORGES
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Academic material
Academic one-page (PDF)