On December 5th, 2025, join us for the symposium ‘Design For Change’. Together we will explore how design is evolving in a rapidly changing world across disciplines, industries, and perspectives. Together, we will reflect on what this means for the future of our design journeys as students and emerging professionals. The event features six speakers, followed by a panel discussion with experts, professors, and some of the speakers. The day concludes with a networking event. If you are looking for more information regarding one of the participants of the symposium, make sure to check them out below.
ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS
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James Hamilton
James Hamilton explores a design ethic where modern clarity merges with sensitivity to place, nature, landscape, and lifestyle. He will draw on an understanding of the importance of ‘change’ and conservation within the built environment, reflecting a balance between innovation and continuity. Drawing from completed works spanning Oxfordshire to the Caribbean, his practice demonstrates how…
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ARUP
ARUP is reimagining the built environment work through the lens of creativity and precision, crafting environments that evolve with society’s needs. From pioneering infrastructure to visionary architecture, their work bridges design and technology to create spaces that inspire, endure, and adapt. Every project is a reflection of thoughtful innovation, where engineering becomes an art form…
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Adam Krasuski
ABOUT THE LECTURE Habilitated Doctor of Engineering, Professor at Warsaw Fire University, Co-Funder of Feuer & Co. and ConsultRisk Adam Krasuski, expert in fire safety, building performance, and sustainable materials, will help us rethink how safety and design can work together. By understanding and designing with regulations, we as architects, engineers, and observers can see…
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Waterstudio
Waterstudio, based in the Netherlands, is redefining the way we coexist with water, transforming the challenges of climate change and urbanization into opportunities for innovation. Their visionary Maldives Floating City demonstrates how adaptability and sustainability can merge into a resilient urban future. A living example of how design can truly become a force for change.…
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CREE Buildings
ABOUT THE LECTURE CREE Buildings is reimagining how we construct our world, merging innovation, sustainability, and efficiency through their groundbreaking timber-hybrid building system. By combining the strength of wood with modern technology, CREE creates scalable, low-carbon architecture that redefines what’s possible in urban development. From high-rises to community spaces, every CREE project stands as proof…
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Ingenhoven
Martin Reuter, Managing Director and Design Principal at Ingenhoven associates, will explore architecture’s potential to become a social and ecological catalyst, shaping cities that not only save energy but produce it, and spaces that foster community as much as sustainability. ABOUT THE LECTURE His lecture will trace a design ethic rooted in supergreen principles from…