From 28 June to 2 July, Barcelona becomes a worldwide meeting point for architects, researchers, students and institutions, one of the largest global gatherings dedicated to architecture. Over three days, more than 10,000 participants and 250 speakers from around the world will come together across eight stages, with over 100 sessions, a 4,000-square-metre central exhibition and seventy architectural itineraries unfolding across the region. Plenary talks, lectures and debates, open forums, workshops, research presentations and public celebrations will activate the city as a concentrated space of exchange.
Matthias Schuler, founder of Transsolar, will take part in the congress as a “Critical Antagonist” and speaker on the opening day, Monday, 29 June.
Session 11: Thermodynamic Architectures: Energetic Circularity and Environmental Design
13:34 - 15:10 CEST
Host: Ferran Vizoso
Speakers: Javier Garcia-German (TAAs totem arquitectos asociados), Matthias Schuler (Transsolar), Florencia Collo (Atmos Lab)
Becoming Circular Plenary Session
16:45 - 18:15 CEST
Host: Congress Curators Carmen Torres and Pau Sarquella
Speakers: Adrien Verschuere and Maxence Grangeot (Baukunst + Structural Xploration Lab), Roger Tudó Galí (H Arquitectes), Nicolas Dorval-Bory and Hugo Taillardat (Nicolas Dorval-Bory Architectes), Mio Tsuneyama and Fuminori Nousaku (Holes), Matthias Schuler (Transsolar) and Sana Frini (Locus)
Open Forum and Roundtable Session at 3 Chimneys
(a venue nearby)
19:30 - 21:00 CEST
Host: Congress Curators and Federica Zambeletti
Speakers: All speakers of the day.
The day will conclude with an Open Forum and Roundtable Session at 3 Chimneys, from 19:30 to 21:00 CEST, where all speakers of the day will come together in conversation as an open debate to wrap up everything that has happened during the day, in a special post-industrial venue.
More information and the full congress schedule are available on the UIA 2026 Barcelona website.