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Contesting Urban Resilience: Reflections from Research and Practice

2026/04/15

Building on the discussions initiated during the conference “Designing Resilience” at TU Darmstadt, we used the opportunity to further explore the invited speakers’ perspectives and positions on urban resilience.

The conference “Designing Resilience,” held on March 16, 2026, at the Department of Architecture at TU Darmstadt, brought together four speakers who explored the concept of “resilience” from distinct disciplinary and conceptual perspectives. While each lecture offered valuable insights, it also revealed a broader set of positions and questions that could not be fully addressed within the format of a single conference session. Building on these discussions, we invited the speakers to elaborate further on selected aspects of urban resilience, capturing their reflections and perspectives through a series of contributions.
Lectures from the Conference “Designing Resilience” available in the media library

2026/04/15

The conference “Designing Resilience”, organized by the Competence Center for Resilient Cities at TU Darmstadt, took place on March 16, 2026

The event marked the official kick-off of this year’s student design competition ‘Designing Resilience’, and recordings of the lectures are now available online.
Conference “Designing Resilience” kicks off student competition at TU Darmstadt

2026/03/29

The conference “Designing Resilience”, organized by the Competence Center for Resilient Cities at TU Darmstadt, took place on March 16, 2026

The event marked the official kick-off of this year’s student design competition “Designing Resilience”. Around 50 interested participants attended the event.
Picture: DRIA 2015

Picture: DRIA 2015

Conference – Designing Resilience: Programme

2026/01/28

March 16, 2026, TU Darmstadt, Department of Architecture, 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lecture hall HR 92

Occasion – International Competition Designing Resilience Global 2026
Call for Papers: Transforming Urban Form and Landscape Architecture for Sustainable and Resilient Cities

2026/01/23

Deadline for manuscript submissions is 25 September 2026.

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section “Land Planning and Landscape Architecture”.
Call for Papers: Visualising Health Equity for Urban Planning

2026/01/22

Deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 March 2026.

Submit a Manuscript for a Special Issue to the Journal “Cities & Health”
Picture: DRIA 2015

Picture: DRIA 2015

Announcement: Conference – Designing Resilience

2025/12/15

March 16, 2026, TU Darmstadt, Department of Architecture, 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Occasion – Founding of the Center for Resilient Cities and International Competition Designing Resilience Global 2026.
Kick-Off: Graduate School URBANgrad

2025/11/27

URBANgrad at the Department of Architecture offers new opportunities for exchange, collaboration, and professional development.

As part of the Center for Resilient Cities, the Graduate School of Urban Studies URBANgrad is being revived, opening up new opportunities for collaboration, exchange, and professional development.
Picture: UDP

Picture: UDP

Center for Resilient Cities Established

2025/11/27

In October 2025, the Center for Resilient Cities was established at the Department of Architecture by the disciplines of the Urban Studies group.

The aim of the new center is to consolidate, highlight, and further develop research on the specific contributions of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture to urban resilience.
UML at the Economic Development Forum 2024 in Bilbao, Spain

2024/11/01

Cities in transition: towards a sustainable, inclusive and prosperous future

Across Europe, cities are at the forefront of addressing critical challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and economic transformation. While they are expected to drive sustainable change and commit to ambitious European targets like climate neutrality and social cohesion, many face serious funding shortages that hinder their ability to implement the essential actions to reach those goals.