Restorative Budapest.

ABOUT RESTORE

RESTORE advocates for a paradigm shift towards restorative sustainability for new and existing buildings across Europe.
The built environment sector no longer has the luxury of being incrementally less bad, but, with urgency, needs to adopt net-positive, restorative sustainability thinking to incrementally do ‘more good’.
Within the built environment sustainability agenda a shift is occurring, from a narrow focus on building energy performance, mitigation strategies, and minimisation of environmental impacts to a broader framework that enriches places, people, ecology, culture, and climate at the core of the design task, with a particular emphasis on the salutogenic benefits towards health.
Sustainability in buildings, as understood today, is an inadequate measure for current and future architectural design, for it aims no higher than trying to make buildings “less bad”. Building on current European Standards restorative sustainability approaches can and will raise aspirations and deliver restorative outcomes.
RESTORE CA16114 is an EU COST Action network with 130+ participants across 38 countries, representing a wide spectrum of academic, client, design and construction individuals and organisations.

Night view of The Széchenyi Chain Bridge from Buda Castle

RESTORE CONFERENCE, BUDAPEST

The conference in Budapest will cover exciting new insights in restorative sustainability for new and existing buildings across Europe. The event will focus on Restorative Sustainability and Restorative Design.
Restorative Sustainability is an Evolving Agenda of Restorative Design, which introduces the evolving spectrum of paradigms, design challenges, opportunities, and perspectives for sustainable architecture and urban design. It discusses the knowledge, skills, and competence that should inform and orient the practice shift required by an approach to architecture informed by restorative sustainability.
Restorative Design focuses on processes, methods and tools for Restorative Design. Primarily based on case studies derived from workshops, it constitutes the core of the action and intends to provide “hands-on” guidance to the practice of restorative design.

The building of the Hungarian Parliament

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

09.00-09.15 Welcome
Dr. András Reith, ABUD, RESTORE WG5 Vice leader
09.15-09.30 Status of sustainable building in Hungary
Gábor Radványi, Vice President of HuGBC, Chief Architect of Futureal
09.30-09.45 ONE YEAR OF RESTORE
Carlo Battisti, Eurac Research, RESTORE Chair
09.45-10.15 Sustainability: from Restorative to Regenerative
Martin Brown, Fairsnape, RESTORE Vice-Chair & WG1 Leader
10.15-10.45 Processes and Tools for Restorative Design
Emanuele Naboni, KADK Faculty of Architecture, RESTORE WG2 Leader
10.45-11.05 COFFEE BREAK
11.05-11.50 STSM: FROM EXPERIENCE TO DISSEMINATION
Chair: Michael Burnard, University of Primorska, RESTORE STSM Manager
Krzysztof Herman (PL) – STSM Title:
Traces of upcycling and low-budget design in the public space of Faro
Madalina Sbarcea (RO) – STSM Title:
A Biophilic Mindset for Restorative Buildings
Thomas Panagopoulos (PT)
Experience of STSM Host Organization, University of Algarve, Faro
Lisanne Havinga (NL) – STSM Title:
Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool to Guide the Regenerative Design Process
Giulia Sonetti (IT) – STSM Title:
Outdoor Space Comfort Perception in University Campuses
11.50-12.05 RESTORE: HOW TO GET INVOLVED?
Bartosz Zajączkowski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, RESTORE Science Communication Officer
12.05-12.15 Questions and Answers
Dr. András Reith, ABUD, RESTORE WG5 Vice leader
12.15-12.30 Final Remarks & Closing
Dr. András Reith, ABUD, RESTORE WG5 Vice leader
12.30-13.00 TOUR IN THE KINNARPS HOUSE
13.00-14.00 LUNCH AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY