NEB Festival 2026 Events

Explore bio-based materials, modular and adaptable architecture designs, and how materials are reused and recycled with the Circular Threads workshop.

In this interactive 30-minute workshop, participants will use a specialised digital microscope and computer set-up to analyse mineral and rock samples.

How do you measure whether a project is truly beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive? The JRC's NEB self-assessment method offers a structured approach: 29 KPIs across the three NEB dimensions, implemented in a free online tool.

The architecture school for kids developed through industry-academia collaboration

Conversation with Francesca Bria and Rehana Schwinniger-Ladak

Orfeo presents My Dream Home, a film by Vanessa Mbuyi exploring the idea of home through the experiences of women and children living in emergency shelters run by the Samu Social.
Through personal storytelling, the film opens a space for dialogue and reflection.

Introductory speech by Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament.

The event brings together a diverse group of speakers to share perspectives on affordable housing, with a focus on design and its role in searching sustainable solutions.

The Materials Matter Summit: From Innovation to Collective Practice is an official New European Bauhaus Festival Satellite Event exploring how healthy, circular, and regenerative materials can move from niche innovation into mainstream practice across Europe's built environment.

From feeds to streets: Social media, democracy, and the future of our cities

Eco-synthony and Regeneration of Living Environments proposes a multilevel approach to transforming living environments, from global to local.

Hárúz is a dance performance that delves into resilience following experiences that put one’s true essence at stake.

The satellite event includes two central components: a public panel discussion on Aesthetics for the 21st Century: Design Connected to Nature, and an exhibition of award-winning student works.

This virtual event presents a case study of the sustainable renovation of a 150-year-old building in a Loire Valley village.

Living Otherwise: Students Design Futures is a public event organized by the Design Department of Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with AGORA European Green Deal, an official partner organization of the New European Bauhaus.

This panel will explore the potential of evidence-based design to create public spaces that are more inclusive of diverse stakeholders, including groups that are in a vulnerable situation or underrepresented.

Jochem Daelman will take listeners on an exploration of how cultural initiatives transform places and communities through design-led experimentation.

Democratic systems are undergoing profound transformations, impacted by technological change as well as by climate, societal and geopolitical shocks.

New Ideas of Europe is a collective exercise developed as part of the project Europe Signs & Conflicts of a Common Culture, aimed at collectively imagining new narratives for the future of Europe.