The call for abstracts for the first European Conference on Regenerative and Adaptive Habitat TRANS-CARBON HABITAT is now open until 22 September 2024.

Nature is recognized as an essential partner in the fight against climate change. Reversing the degradation of natural ecosystems is a fundamental part of the European Green Deal, which aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The natural and built environment, as a symbiotic ecosystem, is a central theme for adapting to the climate challenge and reducing carbon emissions, as well as for implementing strategies to regenerate our atmosphere and hydrosphere, our soil, our cities, and our culture.

The first European Conference on Regenerative and Adaptive Habitat, taking place in Portugal, aims to address the challenges of the ecology of the built environment, acknowledging that carbon emissions control environmental costs, requiring knowledge and reflection in the assessment of human habitat. This conference will bring together researchers and professors in the fields of architecture, urban planning, and related areas to discuss how architecture, spatial planning, design, and related public policies can contribute to climate positivity and resilience, understanding and controlling carbon as a tool for a viable and fair “ecological transition.” From this new paradigm, a new methodology for building habitats may emerge.

Rachel Armstrong (KU Leuven) and  Albert Cuchí (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) will be keynote speakers, and guest speaker will be Studio Hammer (Basel).

The conference will take place in Lisbon at MAC/CCB on 5-6 December 2024. As pre-events, will occur on 4 December the Accelerator forums on “research & education” and “habitat production” at the headquarters of the Portuguese Order of Architects.

More information on the Call and the Conference on the conference website: https://trans-carbon-habitat.org/