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The exhibition Wellbeing in the City, at the Casa de la Arquitectura and curated by Izaskun Chinchilla, is conceived as a critical device that reconsiders the foundations upon which urban wellbeing has historically been constructed. Rather than defining wellbeing as a set of indicators (life expectancy, obesity or diabetes rates) or the provision of services, the exhibition approaches it as a relational condition, dependent on the quality of interactions between bodies, communities, and environments. At the core of its conceptual framework lies the Quechua term Sumak Kawsay — Buen Vivir or Good Living — which integrates material, biological, social, and ecological dimensions within a single plane.

In the face of an urgent and ongoing climate crisis, the future of the built environment increasingly depends on adaptive reuse. For today's emerging architects and designers, the work of continuously transforming existing buildings—a process known globally as umbau—may indeed become the crux of professional practice for many. So what will it take to produce the next generation of umbau innovators?

Dates: Thursday 26 March - Saturday 28 March 2026
Cost: FREE (for AIA members and Non-members)
Total CES: Estimated 20 LUs for AIA Members (TBC)

Retroversions. Szczecin’s New, Very Old Podzamcze

What’s That Green? Governance Lab is excited to launch an open call for projects that demonstrate good practice in the long-term co-care and co-maintenance of urban green spaces together with civil society.
We are not looking for governance models where green spaces are solely managed by public or private actors, nor where citizens are acting entirely on their own. Our focus is on blended stewardship models - where cities, private organizations, and civil society care for green spaces together.

🌿Do you want to learn about what it takes to bring a new green space to life? Have you heard of Sponge Cities and how rainwater helps them become greener and more resilient environments?💧 Join us on the 22nd of September at 7pm CET to listen to Anna Yukelson, an architect at the Urban Planning Office Stadt Frankfurt am Main, tell us about a project transforming an unused underpass in Frankfurt's Gallus district into a vital green square.

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