The crisis of climate change is not simply an environmental project; it is also a cultural project that requires all of the resources of cross-disciplinary design thinking. Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem, co-directors of MODU, argue that the undeniable truth of climate change can learn from weather itself—requiring design strategies that are varied, differentiated, mediated, and adaptive. All of these challenges and opportunities can be “read” every day in the weather report.

Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem are the Founders Rome Prize Fellows in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome. Phu Hoang is Director of MODU, New York, and Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, New York. Rachley Rotem is Director of MODU, New York.

The shoptalk will be held in English. You can watch this event livestreamed at https://livestream.com/aarome.