"The objective of this Conference is to review the challenges and new opportunities of contemporary architecture. These are a result of advances in design and new building technologies, as well as the development of new materials.
Many of the changes are motivated by a drive towards eco-architecture, trying to harmonise architectural products with nature. Another important issue is the adaptation of the architectural design to the natural environment, learning from nature and traditional construction techniques."
Call for Papers
Conference Topics
The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Eco-Architecture 2018. Papers on other topics related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.
- Energy efficiency
- New building technologies
- Computer aided design
- Robotics and artificial intelligence
- City agriculture
- Urban landscaping and green spaces
- Transportation and habitat
- Community participation
- Design and construction integration
- Flexible housing
- Floating buildings
- Smart houses
- New materials and products
- Contemporary habitat typologies
- Houses as a working environment
- Management and maintenance
- Design with nature
- Tall buildings and urban design
- Building technologies
- Tall buildings and environment
- Ecological impacts of materials
- Bioclimatic design
- Water quality
- Green facades
- Ecological and cultural sensitivity
- Design by passive systems
- Adapted reuse
- Life cycle assessment and durability
- Transformative design
- Sustainability indices in architecture
- Recycle, reuse, reduce and recovery
- Building flexibility
- Architectural visualisation
- New techniques: building information modelling
- Education and training
- Case studies