NEB Festival 2026 Events

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.

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

Horst Arts & Music is a Belgian cultural platform based in Vilvoorde that brings together architecture, art and electronic music to experiment with new forms of public space.

The Slovak Republic, through the Authority for Spatial Planning and Construction of the Slovak Republic (ÚUPV SR), joins the New European Bauhaus Festival 2026.

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.

Respiro invites artists, researchers, and communities to co-create artworks and actions that blend artistic practices, ecological knowledge and relational engagement.

Concluding Perspectives with Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva

Networking Event: Lion's Den

L’un Sans L’Autre is a dance performance that presents two bodies merging into one to explore human diversity brought to you by the Fritsch Company.

The event combines an artistic residency and a public programme in three phases at Alberelli Venue.

An evening of discussions and presentations organised by the Austrian Architecture Foundation in Vienna, with a focus on public participation.

A screening of Short Films made by architecture students studying architecture & cinema at the ULB, Belgium, will be followed by a screening and presentation of the film Gare du Monde.

Coletivo Gira is a cultural and social movement formed by immigrant women and non-binary people reclaiming their place in samba.

Circular Care: The 5R Creative Lab is an online co-creation workshop.

The Boondocks are an award-winning rock band from Estonia.

Time2Adapt features a programme combining a New European Bauhaus framing session, the presentation of the Time2Adapt project and a peer exchange on time-based approaches to climate adaptation.

This Satellite Event explores how the NEB values - sustainability, inclusion and beauty - are translated into concrete transformation pathways across Europe.

Healing Garden Living Lab is a two-day event in Hungary, part of the COEVOLVERS Horizon Europe project, providing a platform for all professions and disciplines that deal with the topic of nature and mental health.