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We have reached the limits of our planet and therefore we have no choice but to act now. As architects, we hold both the potential and the responsibility to radically change the way we design and build our physical societies. We hope to use the UIA World Congress in Copenhagen 2023 as a milestone on our common path towards the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Natalie Mossin, President of Congress and Co-Chair of the UIA Commission on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

We are in a decade of urgency and action, and we must use events such as the UIA World Congress 2023 as a forum for change-making on a global stage. The SDGs do not directly address the agency and potentiality of architecture as a contributor to solutions; however, architecture’s inherent multi-disciplinarity and engagement across sectors, positions architectural practices as central facilitators and generators for change across many of the UN SDGs. We, therefore, wish to use the UIA World Congress 2023 as a vehicle to collectively explore and formulate a shared vision for how we as architects and across different contexts and agendas are part of the solution.

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen and Martin Tamke, UIA World Congress Scientific Committee

Our Manifesto Relay from 2019 was greatly appreciated by professionals engaged with the built environment in Denmark, and produced a range of inspirational, novel and sometimes provoking statements on architecture’s obligation to address society’s most pressing challenges. To widen the mosaic of voices to a global and multifaceted scale seems as the obvious next step.

Josephine Michau, Festival Director, Copenhagen Architecture Festival

The Manifesto Relay and the Scientific Committee share the vision of bringing together different voices with different perspectives from different situations, creating a mosaic and proposing a space where complexity and contradictions can be shared, debated and investigated. We believe this participatory form of communication that reaches across positions, perspectives and geographies is necessary for the ongoing process of collective formulations of architecture’s contribution to the fulfillment of the UN SDGs. We really love the expansion of the collective approach of the Manifesto Relay, bridging across industry and research, and we are certain that it will present a powerful call for action and unison.

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen and Martin Tamke, the UIA Scientific Committee

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Why a Manifesto Relay for Sustainable Futures?
Forty-five Manifestos for the Future
Design for Climate Adaptation
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Design for Rethinking Resources
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Design for Resilient Communities
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Design for Health
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Design for Inclusivity
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Design for Partnerships of Change
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Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Reinventing our Human-made World
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Rethinking Life!
Egypt
Egypt
Design for Rethinking Resources
Keep Calm and Reflect
China
China
Design for Resilient Communities
The Prominence of Community Resilience
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Inclusivity
Driving Green Urbanisation Globally
China
China
Design for Climate Adaptation
Familiarity Breeds Content
Nigeria
Nigeria
Design for Rethinking Resources
Responsible Architecture and Partnership with the Community
Japan
Japan
Design for Climate Adaptation
Enough is Enough
Romania
Romania
Design for Rethinking Resources
Amplify
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Partnerships of Change
Sustainable Development: Cities in Developing Countries
Kosovo
Kosovo
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Resilient Communities
The Great Reset: Rewilding and Urban Wilderness
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Resilient Communities
Flood Festival - Embrace the Gift from Nature
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Inclusivity
Design for Partnerships of Change
Trans-disciplinarity – Building Better Urban Futures
Egypt
Egypt
Design for Inclusivity
Plan for Inclusivity in your Own Life
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Inclusivity
Towards an Open Architecture
Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Design for Inclusivity
untitled #3
Mexico
Mexico
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Six Approaches to Sustainable Architecture
Russia
Russia
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Inclusivity
Design for Partnerships of Change
R-Urban
France
France
Design for Inclusivity
Meta-festo
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Design for Inclusivity
Architecture for the Year 3,023
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Design for Climate Adaptation
Reshaping our Cities
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Inclusivity
Urban Peripheries; Urban Dialogues
Egypt
Egypt
Design for Rethinking Resources
Indigenous Guardianship of Resources
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Rethinking Resources
River as Catalyst
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Health
Design for Partnerships of Change
Better Use of our Urban Roof Tops!
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Design for Inclusivity
Repair Recovery Reconnect
Taiwan
Taiwan
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Design for Inclusivity
Bio-architecture Formosana
Taiwan
Taiwan
Design for Resilient Communities
Regenerate a Village: Renovating Stone Warehouses
Japan
Japan
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
From Globalism to Regionalism
Israel
Israel
Design for Rethinking Resources
Social Landscape: New Indigenous Architecture
Japan
Japan
Design for Climate Adaptation
Flood City "2200"
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Inclusivity
The Central Role of Culture Heritage
Kosovo
Kosovo
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Towards An Oceanic Architecture
Denmark
Denmark
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
To Build Or Not To Build
France
France
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Design for Inclusivity
Leaving Space
Denmark
Denmark
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Sustainable Futures
Mexico
Mexico
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Design for Inclusivity
How Can Architecture Contribute to Social and Environmental Change?
Portugal
Portugal
Design for Partnerships of Change
Wrapped Tourism Network
Malaysia
Malaysia
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Design for Inclusivity
Common Place
Portugal
Portugal
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Our Future Offline Backyards: Recomposing Inclusive Communal Spaces Away from Virtual Reality
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Design for Resilient Communities
The Shape of Resilience
Mauritius
Mauritius
Design for Inclusivity
Untitled #2
Taiwan
Taiwan
Design for Climate Adaptation
Design for Rethinking Resources
Design for Resilient Communities
Design for Health
Design for Inclusivity
Untitled #1
Taiwan
Taiwan
Design for Rethinking Resources
Citynetics
Kosovo
Kosovo
Design for Resilient Communities
Communal Home Office Building
Peru
Peru