The call for communications/posters for the 2nd International Conference “the Future Design of Streets”, which will take place in Guimarães, at the Vila Flor Cultural Center, is open until February 15, 2025.

Streets are rich and layered societal spaces. They are an integral part of our daily living environment: as social spaces that function as public, collective, and democratic spaces; as natural spaces, providing habitats for flora and fauna, including trees, soil, and water; and as mobility spaces, serving as essential components of broader mobility networks, offering large-scale connections and local accessibility.

In recent decades, the way streets are used and transformed has fundamentally changed. In many cities, towns, and villages across Europe, we can find beautiful, inspiring, meaningful, and collectively created examples of recent street projects. These go beyond the scale of a single project, involving a transformation of the entire street network and living environment. A rich spectrum of possible solutions – making streets collective spaces – is available to everyone, often based on social and natural values, where mobility is rebalanced to reduce its dominance in street spaces.

As society rapidly evolves and major social challenges emerge, we must question how we use and design our streets. This raises the critical question: ‘If we know all the solutions, why can’t we accelerate the action?’

Our second international conference, the Future Design of Streets, will gather actors/players from diverse fields and contexts to reflect, debate, and share knowledge and experiences on designing and planning better streets for current and future generations. Over two days, it will connect academia with practitioners, bridging theory and best practices.

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