Itineraries - World Congress of Architects. Barcelona

Itineraries

The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona offers attendees a wide variety of guided itineraries that complement the six conceptual axes of Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transitionMore-than-human, Attuned, Embodied, Interdependent, Hyper-conscious and Circular—. These itineraries translate the conceptual proposal of the Congress into an immersive experience through visits to numerous reference architectural interventions in the Barcelona metropolitan area and throughout Catalonia.

Becoming Itineraries

Each of the six conceptual themes of the conference will feature two half-day itineraries, offering two ways of interpreting the same concept through architectural works, infrastructure and urban spaces relevant to the city and its surroundings. Covering a broad time span — beyond nostalgia or novelty — these crafted circuits will help us understand that these concerns present in the Becoming theme, although changing, have been consistently present over time in architectural practice.

The Conflict with El Prat

Becoming More-than-human

Urban infrastructures and renaturalisation

Becoming More-than-human

The spontaneous beauty of informal architecture

Becoming Attuned

The ordinary intuition of art

Becoming Attuned

From its innards the city is built

Becoming Embodied

From clay to ceramics: extraction, material, and tradition

Becoming Embodied

New social housing Besòs / Llobregat

Becoming Interdependent

A constant rethinking of public space

Becoming Interdependent

Like holy water: supply infrastructures

Becoming Hyper-conscious

Global connections: spaces for communication, research, and innovation

Becoming Hyper-conscious

Yesterday and today: time as a building material

Becoming Circular

Climatic devices

Becoming Circular

Territory Itineraries

Full-day itineraries will showcase the quality of the architecture built outside Barcelona’s metropolitan area, which is necessary to understand many of the changes that the city has undergone historically. The itineraries cover six radial axes, with its centre in Barcelona and radiating to the rest of the Catalan territory.

Maritime Itineraries

Another tour is offered in parallel – outside the conceptual framework of the conference – to help us understand the evolution and future challenges of Barcelona and its coastline, from a maritime perspective. A boat trip, on the popular Golondrinas, will depart from the old town to dock at the Barcelona International Convention Center (CCIB), the main venue for the conference.

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