FAU|UPT was invited by IUAV to participate in an very important international event entitled: Architectural FORUM for the Global Challenges

𝐹𝑎𝑢 | 𝑈𝑃𝑇 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐼𝑈𝐴𝑉 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 very 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑: 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗨𝗠 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀

Università Iuav di Venezia
07.05.2025

𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

A strategic opportunity for global dialogue at a time when climate, social, environmental, and technological challenges call for a renewed understanding of the role of architecture and design.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡:

Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, ITESO - Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Guadalajara, Mexico; School of Architecture CAFA, Beijing, China; Feng Chia University, Taichung City, Taiwan; CEPT University, Navrangpura, India; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA; Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norvegia; The School of Architecture of La Salle, Barcelona, España; Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, Paris, France; Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germania; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, España; Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania; Università della Svizzera Italiana, Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Svizzera; Universidad Católica del Perú , Lima, Perù; TU | Delft, Delft, Paesi Bassi; American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Cina Art Academy of ART (CAA), Hangzhou , China; University College of London, London, United Kingdom.

𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐔𝐌 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬

We, designers and leaders of schools of architecture, are aware of the global challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century. We affirm that architecture as a passive and monolithic discipline of thinking is no longer conceivable.

We believe that the role of architecture must be reimagined in light of ongoing environmental, social, technological, and political transformations.
We, coming from different geographical, cultural and institutional backgrounds, we trust diversity is richness and need a common home where this mixture can prosper. We believe that only through open, collaborative and regular confrontation is it possible to formulate shared priorities for research and education in architecture, capable of directing our contribution to the future of the Earth.

In the conviction that architecture will not solve global problems but can makea difference in dealing with humanity's greatest critical issues, we commit ourselves to collaborating in the establishment of a permanent international forum dedicated to the global challenges facing society in the 21st century.

We hereby declare our commitment to:

-actively contribute to the definition of common priorities for architectural research and education in the long term;
-promote, in our institutions and through our networks, the widest possible adherence to the Forum, according to shared and consensus-based modes of operation;
-support establishing an international agenda for architecture as a tool for the care of territories, communities and ecosystems.