Civic Design Conference 2025 - Real Simple

Last Friday, 11th April, the 6th Civic Design Conference took place at the Peter Behrens School of Architecture (PBSA) of the Hochschule Düsseldorf (HSD) University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten BDA NRW. SIA International has been supporting this unique conference for several years and has thus also contributed to the revitalisation of the format after Corona. Once again, It was such an inspiring day with many stimulating encounters.

Congratulations to the organisers for putting together this exciting, international programme on the topic of ‘Real Simple’, including contributors with Swiss connections: Andreas Ruby, (Director S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel/moderation), Jaume Mayol, (TEd’A ARQUITECTES, Palma/Atelier Mayol, USI Mendrisio), Prof. Friederike Kluge (Alma maki, Countdown 2030, Basel), Saikal Zhunushova (Oekofacta, Lausanne),

+ Jean-Philippe Vassal (Lacaton & Vassal, Paris), Ao. Prof. Dr Bernhard Ungericht (University of Graz), Carles Oliver Barceló (Balearic Islands), Prof. Thomas Auer (Transsolar, TU Munich) and Estelle Barriol (Studio ACTE, Rotterdam), and more.