The Cartuja Qanat project in Seville serves as a dynamic urban laboratory designed to combat climate change by lowering outdoor temperatures. Co-financed by the European Union's Urban Innovative Actions Initiative, the project blends historic Persian qanat water-management systems with cutting-edge passive cooling technology. By engineering sunken public spaces—such as the Ágora and the Zoco gallery—the initiative creates microclimates that provide relief from extreme heat, showcasing a scalable blueprint for sustainable, climate-resilient urban architecture.
