The topic of renewable energy has become crucial for our future. The focus of discussion for many years, it is no longer restricted to minority groups of ecologists and courageous owners of small businesses. Energy has changed its name from alternative to renewable.

All this prompts the question: what link is there between forms of energy and architecture? All around the world, architecture is taking up this challenge.
Domus and ENEA are rallying architects to send in designs – of small or urban scale –, constructed or still on the drawing board - addressing this theme. Projects that override the disciplinary gap between scientific research and architectural culture and that see energy not merely as a technical issued solved at the last minute but part of the architectural design from conception. This is essential if we are to have a new architectural aesthetic that responds to the demands of a future that is already here.

The designs sent will form a collection of case studies discussed on domusweb by Alessandra Scognamiglio, researcher and architect (ENEA) and Marialuisa Palumbo, architecture critic.