The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is pleased to announce the Responsive Cities Symposium 2025. This year’s edition focuses on “Design Matter(s) for Decarbonization”, within the framework of the Circular Design (CiD) project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and coordinated by IAAC’s Advanced Architecture Group.
The Symposium will take place in Barcelona from 25th-26th February 2025 and will explore the abundance design paradigm and materially-driven innovations for architecture and cities, through the innovative use of reclaimed materials, biomaterials, metabolic architecture, and digital technologies.
As part of the Symposium, IAAC and the Circular Design (CiD) Project are launching two calls:
- Call for Papers
- Call for Projects
The papers and projects should be aligned with the Symposium’s topics:
DESIGN & BUILD: design for disassembly | form follows availability | digital manufacturing for reuse | circular feedback
DECARBONIZE: zero & negative carbon materials | buildings & cities as carbon sinks | regeneration | sustainable land management
ADAPT TO CLIMATE & PERFORM: synthetic ecologies | living systems | building metabolism | design performance
DIGITIZE THE PHYSICAL: computing (living) matter | monitoring | digital twins | material passports
ETHICS & POLICIES: design ethics | inclusivity | decision making | democratize technologies
Call for Papers
If you are an educator, researcher or practitioner in this field, you are invited to submit original and high quality papers on the topics mentioned above.
Submit your Extended Abstract by 5th October 2024 here!
Successful participants will be notified on the 31st of October and will be asked to submit the full paper by the 10th of December 2024. After the review of the full papers on the second stage, participants will be informed on the final selected papers to be published and/or presented in the symposium. For templates and detailed call instructions please refer to the Responsive Cities website.
Call for Projects
This Call is looking for innovative visions for the city of the future that align with the theme of Design Matter(s) for Decarbonization.
The contest is targeted at professionals and students coming from all disciplinary backgrounds.
Want to share your projects?
Follow the templates and submit your Project by 5th of October 2024 here!
