Regeneration, Resilience and Metamorphosis of the Building Envelope: Analysis of the High-Rise and Skyscraper Types

The study contemplates the resilience characteristics of buildings with vertical development in the current context, according to the processes of self-adjustment and as a capacity for performance re/production, absorption and reaction towards the perturbative pressures caused by the incidence of degradation phenomena, obsolescence or accidental and catastrophic events. The analysis considers the adaptive, selective and mediation methodologies, acquired and expressed by vertical architectures, to metabolize and mitigate the stresses and conditions of physical, environmental and technical–economic stress, in a combined manner with the processes of innovation (design, executive and functional) and the eco-efficient use of energy resources.