The rising requirements for material efficiency and circularity emphasize the resource aspect. From the standpoint of architecture and its human centricity, built environment should be understood as a socio-cultural resource as well. These hard and soft factors are now setting the standards to our cities and their design and planning.
For specifying our umbrella theme, three sub-themes have been introduced:
Circular and bio-economy in urban development
- Timber building
- Renovation
Resilience and adaptability of cities
- Cities as innovation environments
- Small towns and middle-sized cities
Human centered architecture theory
- Organic design and planning theories
- Alvar Aalto’s design approach