CALL FOR PAPERS // Responsive Cities Symposium 2021
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Deadline: 19th September 2021
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is conducting the final symposium of the BUILD Solutions Project in Barcelona to be held from the 11th-12th November 2021. Responsive Cities is a bi-annual international symposium on the future of cities organized by the Advanced Architecture Group of IAAC.
The 2021 edition focuses on “Design with Nature” and takes place within the framework of the Building Urban Intelligent Living Design Solutions (BUILDs) project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and developed by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia – IAAC- (Spain), Université de Lorraine -UL- (France), Vienna University of Economics and Business -WU- (Austria), Ersilia Foundation (Spain), ECONICK (France), Plant-e (Netherlands), City Facilitators -CF- (Denmark), and GreenTech Challenge -GTC- (Denmark).
CALL FOR PAPERS
This Call for Papers aims to boost the reflection on how the integration of technologically enhanced Nature-based Solutions in cities can generate innovative visions, methodologies, and solutions.
- Can the use of technologies support NBS integration in cities with the final goal to enhance the provision of ecosystem services?
- How can we strengthen social relations through the implementation of innovative NBS?
- Will the technology-mediated implementation of NBS in cities lead to the development of innovative business models targeted at addressing current urban challenges?
The Responsive Cities Symposium: Design with Nature is organized around the following topics:
DESIGN – bio-design | environmental feedback | collective intelligence
BUILD – reintegrating nature | digital fabrication | new bio-inspired planning paradigms
ADAPT – nature-based solutions | biotechnology | black ecologies
PERFORM – living systems | increased liveability | ecosystem services
SHARE – participatory design | novel virtual environments for co-design | symbiosis
LEARN – new educational models | applied research | making
When submitting your paper, you will be asked to choose which topic your paper is most relevant to.
Would you like to submit your paper on the theme of “Design with Nature”? Follow the details below:
DEADLINES:
- Opening of call: 1st August 2021
- Extended Abstract Submission: 19th September 2021
- Selection of participants: 3rd October 2021
- Deadline for full paper: 7th November 2021
- Symposium dates: 11th-12th November 2021
LANGUAGE
The proposals must without exception be drafted in English.
HOW TO APPLY
PAPERS
The paper submission will take place in two stages. The first stage will include a submission of an extended abstract that will be subject to a blind peer review process. Those abstracts selected will be invited to submit the final paper as part of the second stage and will receive the submission details.
EXTENDED ABSTRACTS DETAILS
Extended abstracts should have 1000 to 1500 words. They should include the following information: title, abstract, keywords, session that best fits into (design/ perform/build/adapt/share/learn), main text (introduction, methodology, findings/conclusions) and references. Extended abstracts can also contain figures, tables, and/or images, which are not included in the word count. Author/s and affiliation should not be included in the extended abstract submission, as they will be subject to a blind peer review process.
Please use the template provided on the website: https://responsivecities2021.iaac.net/
Please upload your extended abstract as a single Word (.doc or .docx) and .pdf document by 19th September 2021 through the following link: https://apply.iaac.net/applications/view.php?id=131034
Copyright: all parts of the submitted material (including text and photographs), must be either authored by the person/people submitting, or must have the rights to use and publish them.
SELECTED ENTRIES
Extended abstracts will undergo blind peer reviews and those accepted will be invited to submit a paper. Submission of extended abstracts implies the author’s agreement to publish the extended abstracts and paper in the conference proceedings publication, including the website.
All contributions will be collected in a digital publication with an ISBN code.
JURY
The jury will be announced shortly, so stay tuned!
A full description, templates and submission requirements for the call for papers can also be found on the Responsive Cities Website : https://responsivecities2021.iaac.net/
If you have any specific question about this Call, do not hesitate to contact us at euprojects@iaac.net
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