ȘERBAN ȚIGĂNAȘ
Chairman of the Conference, President SHARE Architects Society

"Approximation in Architecture"

HABIBEH MADJDABADI

Founder Habibeh Madjdabadi Architecture Studio, Iran

”Latest Projects, Material & Digital Innovation in Airport Architecture: ZHA’s Next-Generation Terminals”

YEVGENIYA POZIGUN

Senior Associate ZAHA HADID Architects, UK

"Architecture Between the Power of Yes and the Power of No"

ȘERBAN ȚIGĂNAȘ
Founder DICO&TIGANAS, Romania

”Redefining Sustainable Design: The Sara Kulturhus Experience”

SABINA GUSTOF

Business Development Manager, ALUPROF S.A.

This presentation highlights how mindful material choices can reduce construction’s environmental impact, illustrated through Sweden’s Sara Kulturhus—one of the world’s tallest timber buildings, built with renewable wood and energy-efficient aluminium systems from Aluprof.

MARTHA THORNE
American architectural academic, curator, editor, and author

DIALOGUE SESSION

Martha Thorne, Habibeh Madjdabadi, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Sabina Gustof

"Mediterranean Architecture"

Moderator:

WASSIM NAGHI

Ambassador of SHARE Architects for the Middle East and North Africa

DeanLebanese University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture.

Former President of the Union of Mediterranean Architects (UMAR)

Guests:

ANDRE PIZZUTO

Ambassador SHARE Architects Society in Malta

President of the Chamber of Architects Malta

CHRISTOS CHRISTODOULOU

Ambassador SHARE Architects Society in Cyprus

Former President Cyprus Architects Association

Director Simpraxis Architects

ESRA AYDINOĞLU

Ambassador of SHARE Architects in Turkey

Certified Passive Building Designer

Founder Solo Design and Consultancy

Vorarlberger Architektur Institut

Dr VERENA KONRAD

Director of VAI Vorarlberger Architektur Institut

Conversations

Vladlen Babcinetchi / artist, sculptor

Andrei Bodnar, architect, event designer

"How to Survive as a Creative in Today’s World"

FRANCOIS VALENTINY

Founder VALENTINY hvp architects, Luxembourg

The presentation showcases projects from various fields to illustrate how contemporary architecture is expected to create social and cultural value beyond mere functionality. It also highlights how innovation in technology, materials, and construction can remain sensitive, human-centered, and poetic.

RAINER SCHMIDT

Founder Rainer Schmidt Landschaftsarchitekten, Germany

Partner Presentation

EVEREST

ANKELA VALTERI, Architect

PETER MURRAY

Chairman of New London Architecture and the London Society, UK

DIALOGUE SESSION

Francois Valentiny, Rainer Schmidt, Peter Murray

"Caucasus and Central Asia Architecture"

Moderator:

MARIAM ARSHAKYAN
Ambassador SHARE Architects Society in Armenia

Guests:

DILNOZA AHMAD

Ambassador of SHARE Architects in Uzbekistan

Chief Architect and Head of Perfect Design ARH

GIORGI KHMALADZE

Founder of Giorgi Khmaladze Architects, Georgia

ALEXEY IVZHENKO

Founder Basire Design, Kazakhstan

RAZMIK GHAZARYAN
Ambassador SHARE Architects Society in Armenia

"The Holy Redeemer Church of Las Chumberas: Innovation Through Constraints"

FERNANDO MENIS

Founder of FERNANDO MENIS Architecture Studio, Spain

The Holy Redeemer Church of Las Chumberas shows how architectural innovation can grow out of limited resources, using modular construction funded gradually by the community and volumes inspired by the island’s volcanic landscape. Through inventive use of concrete, local stone, and natural light, the project transforms constraint into a resilient and symbolic contribution to the neighborhood’s identity.

"The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation: Designing a New Wing for Exploration and Discovery at a Historic New York Museum"

ANA FLOR

Design Principal STUDIO GANG, France

This presentation highlights the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, providing a comprehensive overview of how the nature-informed design enhances functionality and visitor experience.

"Shaping Tomorrow: New Materials, New Mindsets, New Architecture"

OSKAR NORELIUS

Director WHITE Architects, Sweden

This presentation examines how sustainable innovation and material transformation are reshaping contemporary architecture, illustrated through Stockholm Wood City and Sara Kulturhus. It highlights how mass-timber construction, biophilic design, and lifecycle thinking are driving a shift toward regenerative, human-centered urban development.

Partner Presentation

Turkish Stone

FIKRET SUNGAY

Moderator:

BLEDION BARALIU
Ambassador of SHARE Architects in Kosovo
President Architects Association of Kosovo
Co-founder at archiEDU

Guests:

IMAN GAWAD

Ambassador SHARE Architects Society in Egypt

Vice-Dean of the British University in Egypt, 

ARMAND VOKSHI
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Polytechnic University of Tirana,
Founder of AVATELIER, Albania

Closing remarks by Martha Thorne and Peter Murray, Honourable Chairs of the Jury

ȘERBAN ȚIGĂNAȘ
Chairman of the Conference, President SHARE Architects Society

”Impact Build: Industrialized robotic construction for hybrid timber-earth structures”

LAUREN VASEY & KUNALJIT CHADHA

Researchers Gramazio Kohler Research Group at ETH Zürich, Founders of the ETH spin-off “ImpactBuild, Switzerland

Impact Build introduces a new model of sustainable construction that unites material circularity with robotic fabrication to achieve impact-driven profitability. The presentation will show how excavated earth—normally treated as waste—can be transformed into a durable and expressive architectural material through Impact Printing, a patented robotic process that deposits and compacts earth at high velocity to create semi–load-bearing structures without formwork or chemical additives. The result is a low-cost, low-carbon, fully recyclable building system with strong fire-resistant and acoustic performance. Because the process is digitally controlled, each component can be uniquely shaped and textured at no extra cost, expanding the possibilities for contextual, materially grounded design. The lecture demonstrates how robotic precision and material intelligence can reshape both the ecological and economic future of construction.

”Foldcast. Less Concrete, More Design”

FABIO AMICARELLI

CEO & Co-Founder of Foldcast,Switzerland

This presentation will introduce Foldcast’s pioneering approach to reducing the environmental impact of concrete construction through digitally produced paper formwork. With concrete responsible for 8% of global CO₂ emissions—and up to half of it wasted due to traditional, rigid formwork systems—the session will demonstrate how Foldcast’s method can cut both material waste and carbon output by as much as 50%. Attendees will discover how this innovation merges sustainability with structural optimization and offers new architectural design possibilities, showcasing a viable pathway toward more efficient and responsible concrete construction.

”Unreinforced Concrete Masonry”

ALESSANDRO DELL'ENDICE

Senior Researcher at the Block Research Group (BRG), Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

JOHANNES MEGENS

CEO, incremental3d GmbH, Austria

Partner Presentation

ALUKOENIGSTAHL

STEFAN SIMION, Presales Manager

”Lightweight Construction Beyond Mass Reduction”

LUCIO BLANDINI

Director Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK), Stuttgart, Germany

This presentation introduces ILEK’s full-scale research prototypes that redefine lightweight construction with the goal of reducing material use, waste, and carbon emissions. Featuring projects such as the adaptive D1244 tower and several filigree concrete structures, the lecture will show how digital tools in design and fabrication can generate innovative, resource-efficient architectural solutions. Key topics include adaptive steel systems, lightweight textile façades that collect rainwater and mitigate heat islands, zero-waste 3D-printed sand formwork, advanced concrete strategies with mineral hollow bodies and basalt reinforcement, and new façade retrofitting methods using cork, aerogel, reused timber, and vacuum glazing.

DIALOGUE SESSION

Lauren Vasey & Kunaljit Chadha, Lucio Blandini, Johannes Megens, Alessandro Dell'endice, Fabio Amicarelli

NAX - Network For Architecture Exchange  NAX

ARCH-E by the European Union under the Creative Europe framework (CREA)

ASKHAT SADUOV

General Director of the Research Institute “Almatygenplan”

Keynote lecture: Spencer de Grey, Senior Partner - Head of Design, Foster + Partners