Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition
Pau Bajet, Mariona Benedito, Maria Giramé, Tomeu Ramis, Pau Sarquella and Carmen Torres
Essays and Conversations with
Giovanna Borasi, Mathilde Cassani, Sana Frini, Juan Herreros, Timothy Morton, Marina Otero Verzier, Matthials Schuler, Bas Smets, Marina Tabassum, Philip Ursprung, Enrique Walker and Marc Wigley
Research Projects by
Architecten Jan de Vylder Inge Vinck, Atelier Bow-Wow, BAUKUNST and SXL,
BC architects & Studies & Materials, Brandlhuber+, b+ and HouseEurope!, BRUTHER, Colectivo C733, Forensic Architecture, Eva Franch i Gilabert and TAKK, H arquitectes, MAIO and Care. and Dirk Sijmons
Book and Cover Design
Judith Musachs and Studiopol (Pol Pérez)
Published 2026
Park Books AG
ISBN 9783038604952
This book, published in conjunction with the 2026 UIA World Congress of Architects in Barcelona, explores spatial practices that foster process of appropriation and transformation of the inhabited environment - both human and more-than-human individual and collective - and the potential of time as a design tool.
BC architects & studies & materials contributed "Grounded Futures," a proposal for a low-carbon return to soft, regenerative mineral matter rooted in Barcelona's unique geology. The project explores the concept of a new "biogeology," advocating for the combination of algae with the city's calcium-rich construction and excavation waste to create situated biomineralised building materials. The text argues for a relational understanding of architecture, where buildings are no longer seen as isolated structures made of neutral materials, but as temporary constellations deeply connected to their local ecologies, material flows, and communities. Through maps, small-scale prototypes, and tactile elements, they illustrate how reintroducing these materials exactly where they belong can deeply shift our architectural framework and drive a more conscious, connected building practice within the bioregion.
