NEB Festival 2026 Events

Visit ZIN, awarded World's Best Tall Building, and learn how an outdated landmark was transformed through adaptive reuse.

The Americas collection brings together more than 40,000 works, presenting a panorama of the different civilisations that developed from Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south over a period of 5,000 years.

Open heritage: accessibility, innovation and the future of cultural institutions

This hands-on workshop introduces Hempforma, a bio-based acoustic material developed from hemp agricultural waste.

Grow microgreens and mushrooms in this interactive gardening workshop. Visitors will get demonstrations of circular food practices, a hands-on experience, and a ‘taste-and’talk’ session.

Explore the tools, materials, processes, and ideas behind the making of the ‘From Tagus to the Tile’ project with Fahrenheit.works. Participants will be able to engage members of the project on how they reimagined Lisbon’s azulejo tiles.

Step into the NEB Stewardship Lab and unleash your imagination to discover your inner hero!

s interactive workshop introduces the BAUHAUS4EU European University approach to Regional Living Labs, where local communities, researchers, students, and regional stakeholders come together to co-create sustainable futures.

This interactive workshop brings the NEB Academy Alliance and its partners together to explore how the Alliance learns, tests and scales.

This performance workshop invites participants to feel the sensations that weave through our everyday moments and appreciate how different elements come together to influence our lives, including the tensions and conflicts we hold within.

Make lamp shades, window curtains, decorations and other interior elements from sustainable materials like paper made from dried plants.

Manuela Pauk reimagines coins made out of metal as seed bombs, with an experience that blurs the boundary between gallery and landscape and between humans, insects, and plants.

How can my living environment support my future project?
To search for answers to this question, we propose workshops of collective resonance, mediated by an interdisciplinary team that connects social science and dance.

We Who Do Not Belong combines Zimbabwean rhythmic traditions and contemporary performance to explore migration, identity, and belonging.

The Americas collection brings together more than 40,000 works, presenting a panorama of the different civilisations that developed from Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south over a period of 5,000 years.

erience the exemplary renovation of Peterbos 9, a social housing block transformed while residents remained in occupation.

Architecture & Climate: Living Together at 50°C explores how architecture must evolve as climate change pushes temperatures to 50°C.

This takes place on 11 June in Erfurt, Germany, as a satellite event dedicated to the New European Bauhaus.

Build the Future Career Day takes place on 11 June in Ukraine, bridging technical skills with sustainable recovery.