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The European Straw Building Gathering (ESBG 2025) will take place from September 18 to 21, 2025, in Canet de Mar (Barcelona). This international event will bring together professionals, collectives, and those interested in bio-construction and sustainability.

Waste or resources?
Arquitectura en Corto invites you to the screening of Gypsum Concrete, taking place on Wednesday, September 24, at 7:00 PM at Espacio Arquia in Madrid (C/ Tutor, 16). Directed by Simon Pénochet, the short film documents the research conducted by the French architecture firm Ciguë to transform demolition waste from a construction site on the outskirts of Paris into material for a new building being constructed on the same plot. The project proposes manufacturing concrete for floor slabs using recycled aggregates and gypsum as a binder—a material recyclable through urban mining processes that is available in large quantities throughout the Paris region. The film explains how testing validates the material for this application and concludes that using gypsum instead of cement reduces CO2 emissions by up to four times. In Spain, several projects have already been completed where materials found in situ were repurposed as resources for new construction. Following the screening, Héctor Fernández Elorza (hfe arquitectos) and Josep Ricart (HARQUITECTES) will discuss the topic and present examples of their small- and large-scale interventions—ranging from single-family homes to urban public spaces—where material reuse has been a core project strategy.

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Decarbonizing Extremadura

The 5th edition of Workspace Design Madrid returns, the event where "Design meets its Workspace."

The Baluarte Congress Palace in Pamplona will host the 6th International Forum on Wood Construction (FMC 2026) on June 3 and 4, 2026. This benchmark event analyzes the role of technical wood in residential, social, and industrial construction. Against a backdrop of housing shortages and the European goal of reducing sector emissions—which, according to the International Energy Agency, account for 39% of global CO₂ emissions—the event will bring together professionals exploring industrialized wood solutions to address both affordability and the reduction of the environmental footprint of buildings.

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Master's Program in Technological Facades and Sustainable Envelopes 2026–2027

"DENISE SCOTT BROWN. CITY, STREET, HOUSE"
February 11, 2026 – May 31, 2026
Curators:
M. Pia Fontana, Professor of Architectural Design
Miguel Mayorga, Professor of Urban Planning
ETSAB - UPC
Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) - Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)
Founding partners of mayorga + fontana arquitectura
https://www.mayorga-fontana.com/