Adaptation/Cueva and Tomas De Terreno

In psychology, the term adaptation refers to the individual’s adaptation to the environment, the relationship that the individual establishes with the environment in which he or she acts and operates, so as to be able to obtain the satisfaction of his or her physical and social needs; on the other hand, in biology, it refers to the modification to which organisms are subjected when environmental conditions change: individuals and organisms interacting—and adapting—to the environment. Interaction and integration, moreover, are fundamental aspects of contributing to a civil society, understood as the totality of associative, economic, cultural and social relations between citizens in complex societies. Starting from the debate on ‘TEMPORARY Citizenship, Architecture and City’, the cue of the interpretation of citizenship—according to distinct connotations—offers an interesting stimulus for research. The lemma proposal aims to study adaptive forms of architecture, according to an interdisciplinary approach, in particular by addressing a preliminary description of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS), drawing from disciplines such as biology, so as to contemplate different definitions and interactions between various subjects: organisms, individuals and environments. Finally, some examples of ‘adaptive architecture’ are described.