The conference “Design Matter(s) for Decarbonization” aims to shift the conversation on resource depletion by focusing on abundance rather than scarcity, advocating for material-driven innovations in architecture and urban design that challenge traditional material practice and advance decarbonization goals. Adopting an abundance mindset is a new paradigm relevant to design and construction practices, expanding the definition of “resources” and exploring where both raw and non-raw materials can be sourced and “mined” to offset carbon emissions.
“Design Matter(s) for Decarbonization” is organised in the series Responsive Cities, a biennial international symposium on the future of cities run by the Advanced Architecture Group of IAAC Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.
The 2025 edition - on 25th and 26th February 2025 - focuses on “Design Matter(s) for Decarbonization” and is part of the activities of the CiD Circular Design Innovation Alliance co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and developed by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia IAAC (Spain) together with the CiD partners Leibniz University Hannover LUH (Germany), Coordinator; and the University of Genoa (Italy), Tallinn Business Incubators (Estonia), Association ARCES Palermo (Italy), Ersilia Foundation (Spain), Architekturos Fondas (Lithuania), Materiom Ltd. (UK), National Research Council CNR (Italy), Architects’ Council of Europe ACE (Belgium), Association for Local Democracy ALDA (France), Associated Partner: Ellen MacArthur Foundation (Global network).
> More information about CiD Circular Design Innovation Alliance, co-funded by European Union
https://www.cid-innovationalliance.eu
> More information about the conference Design Matter(s) for Decarbonization
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