The Transclimatic exhibition at Customs House is part of the Sydney Design 2009 festival , the 13th year of this international festival involving more than 70 events. Transclimatic explores how climate change has altered the way we design and live, and demonstrates how climate change drives us to address new objectives.

The exhibition is located primarily within a “fabricated environment” in the Red Room, as well as on the Digital Media Wall highlighting videos, photos, diagrams and computer generated renders. Frank Minnaërt, Creative Director of the Transclimatic exhibition, is a practicing architect and a lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney.