SYMPOSIUM: Towards Integrative Design
The department of Integrative/s Design | Extremes and the Bio-Futures for Transplanetary Habitats initiative are pleased to invite you to the “Towards Integrative Design” Symposium, where experts and thinkers will explore the challenges facing our built environment and present innovative responses that lead to long-lasting structures, bio- integrated materials, and inclusive living environments for all beings. We seek contributions from practitioners, researchers and theorists addressing the profound transformations driven by digital technologies, such as 3D printing, robotics, and autonomous systems.
The symposium aims to generate discussions on design-driven, innovative construction for regenerative architecture that integrates biological principles into architectural and material practices, generating positive environmental impacts. It focuses on exploring the intersections between bio-integrated architecture and advanced computational design processes. We are particularly interested in implementation strategies, scaling-up current state-of-the-art, and translating research into practical applications. Additionally, we seek practitioners who adopt an integrated approach, where function, design, fabrication, and computation are seamlessly intertwined into a unified design strategy and workflow.
The event will showcase novel projects and research in sustainable building construction, computational design, robotic fabrication, and material innovation such as the characterization of responsiveness properties of biomaterials or the use of mycelium in high performance environments. We invite contributions for a short oral presentation and for posters.
Participate
• Short oral presentation
• Poster exhibit
What to Submit
• Abstract (max. 500 words)
• Representative image
• Use template (see link below)
Publication Opportunity
• Selected abstracts will be published in the Journal Research Directions: Biotechnology Design
• Presenters will be invited to submit for a peer-reviewed paper (Results, Analysis, or Impact content)
• Posters will be selected for Community content
Key dates
Abstract submission deadline: January 31st 2025
Registrations from: February 1st 2025
Abstract acceptance: start of March 2025
Registration closes: 30th March 2025
Symposium: 22nd – 23rd May 2025
Extra social day: 24th May 2025
Abstract submission
Submit your abstract to Research Direction. Please choose event: “Towards Integrative Design: Bio-Integrated and Digitally Fabricated” and write in the Question field: transplanetary and then choose the question “Bio-futures for transplanetary habitats”.
Abstract template
Use the abstract template and add your choice for an oral presentation or poster.
Organizing committee
Prof. Dr. Barbara Imhof, Dr. Layla van Ellen, Dr. Monika Brandić Lipińska, MSc. Anne-Sofie Belling
Dr. Judith Ascher-Jenull, MArch. Natalia Piorecka, DI Frank Ludin, Mag. Simone Rautschek
Support:
Florenz Marks, Ash Reitsamer, Finn Seethaler, Henning Dörfler, Irina Radeva
With Welcome from
Prof. Peter Trummer, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture Innsbruck
Prof. Karolin Schmidbaur, Dean of Study of the Faculty of Architecture Innsbruck