This final session will look at how the form of the building itself responds to climate, often influenced by the vernacular, though transformed in a more contemporary idiom. Nelson Mota (TU Delft) will present his research on the influence of Portuguese vernacular on the work of Alvaro Siza. Other presentations will be by Rahul Mehrotra (RMA Architects), Sean Godsell (Sean Godsell Architects) and Mariam Issoufou Kamara (atelier masōmī), with Dirk van Gameren (TU Delft) leading the discussion.