Call for Entries: Collective Intelligence Design // Responsive Cities 2023 Call for Projects

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and the Green Skills for Cities partnership are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the biennial international symposium, Responsive Cities 2023, a global platform to experiment and rethink urban environments in response to today’s global challenges.

The Responsive Cities 2023 Symposium invites submissions of original projects that align with the theme of Collective Intelligence Design. The Symposium and Call for Projects is organized around the following topics:

METABOLIZE & DECARBONIZE – resource flows | microbial intelligence | nature-based solutions
CO-DESIGN & LIVING – qualitative data | crowd wisdom and community engagement | non human intelligence
ADAPT TO CLIMATE & PERFORM – synthetic ecologies| simulating | predicting
MATERIALIZE & BUILD – material intelligence | circular feedback loops | fabricate

WHO CAN APPLY
This Call is oriented towards students and professionals from all over the world to submit their project.

HOW TO APPLY
The Registration is FREE, and the entries should be submitted digitally in PDF files via an online form- https://apply.iaac.net/applications/view.php?id=145157

The proposals should comply with the following criteria:

• Every project should be presented in three (3) vertical DIN A-3 panels
• The panels should contain the following information: title, short description, drawings. Optional: renders, pictures of prototypes. 
• Proposals should be submitted in English. 
• Panels should be anonymous. At the bottom right corner of each panel you need to insert a code of six mixed letters and numbers (you decide the code and you will need to insert this code in your application form).
• Each panel should be submitted in PDF format. The size of each file must not exceed 1MB.
• Copyright: all parts of the submitted material (including text and photographs), must be either authored by the person/people submitting, or must have the rights to use and publish them. Each panel should be submitted in PDF format. The size of each file must not exceed 1MB.

SELECTED ENTRIES
This Call is a great opportunity for students and professionals to showcase their talent:
Selected projects will be published in a digital publication with an ISBN code.
Selected projects will be exhibited in the Living Exhibition as part of Responsive Cities 2023.

DEADLINES
The Call will be open until 30th September 2023, 23:59h CEST.
Selected entries will be announced by 31st October 2023.

CONTACT
If you have any specific question about this Call, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]

For detailed information about the call, visit: https://responsivecities2023.iaac.net/