Acclimatizer investigates architecture’s capacity to move from passive sheltering towards active adaptation in response to increasingly volatile climatic conditions, with a particular focus on extreme cold waves. Situated within the context of accelerating climate anomalies, population displacement, and resource instability, the project challenges the static nature of conventional architecture and proposes a dynamic, self-sufficient housing system capable of responding to environmental, social, and spatial change. Rather than treating cold waves as isolated disasters, the research frames them as recurring, systemic phenomena that demand architectural strategies able to anticipate, adapt, and evolve over time.

The project draws from historical precedents of cold-climate inhabitation—most notably the Inuit igloo and collective animal behaviours such as penguin huddling—to inform a model of adaptive dwelling based on mobility, aggregation, and seasonal transformation. At the scale of the unit, bistable and deployable structures allow volumes to expand or contract according to temperature, wind, and snow load, optimising thermal performance and energy efficiency. Interior spaces transform concurrently, using soft structures and reconfigurable furniture to accommodate shifting individual and collective needs.