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NEXT BUILT OBSERVATORY reports promising facts, events, and trends that give a contribution to a future-proof built environment. NEXT BUILT OBSERVATORY wants to reach students, academics and policymakers who care for the next generation living environment. It also organizes periodic events, international conferences and workshops for university students and researchers to expand cooperation opportunities, offer reflections on future challenges and feed the discussion within the scientific community.
The first Next Built Workshop will take place in May, 2023 and will involve MS students from Architecture-related curricula of the University of Bologna. Participants will be engaged through a role game and asked to reflect on promising pathways to Climate Neutral Cities.
Interested in knowing more? Have a look at the Workshop and Call for Clips pages!
In May 2022, Next Built launched the first International Conference on the Next Generation Built Environment. The blended event registered more than 100 participants from 26 countries all over the world, dealing with 4 key topics.
Have a look at the Conference 2022 section for further information.
The 2024 Conference will explore the perspectives about Climate Neutral Cities, offering the opportunity to discuss current obstacles preventing a fast and effective implementation of available solutions and to reflect on alternative and promising pathways to cope with the upcoming challenges that will highly influence the quality of life and the built environment of the near future.
The key dates, the call for contributions, the keynote speakers and the registration process will be updated on the dedicated web page. Stay tuned!
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CALL FOR CLIPS
Explain a strategy or case study that can strongly contribute to reaching climate-neutral cities by 2050.

BOOK RELEASE
"Architectures for Next Generation EU cities. Challenges, Key Drivers and Research Trends" is out!
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