Nature-Based Solutions: Wet Architecture for Climate Resilience  

As climate change accelerates and sea levels continue to rise, communities are being forced to rethink long-standing assumptions about land, development, and risk. In this webinar, architect and author Weston Wright will introduce the concept of wet architecture—an approach to design and planning that accepts water as a permanent condition and explores how we might live more productively with it.

Drawing on ideas from his book More Water Less Land New Architecture, Wright will examine how the relationship between land and water has shaped cities, policies, and development patterns, and why many of those frameworks are increasingly misaligned with climate realities. Rather than focusing on resistance or retreat alone, the talk will consider adaptive strategies that accommodate flooding, tides, and sea level rise, raising important questions about land use, coastal development, and long-term resilience.

Through examples from around the world, Wright connects architectural thinking with broader conversations about land policy, governance, and climate adaptation, offering a grounded, forward-looking perspective on how design, planning, and policy can evolve together in an increasingly water-defined future.