ReUso26: Reuso 2026 14th International Conference: New Heritage and Future Strategies Barcelona Girona, Spain, November 4-7, 2026

NEW HERITAGE AND FUTURE STRATEGIES

Perspectives on conservation and promotion

The 14^th international congress of ReUso

Acceleration in technology, the climate crisis, and the social transformations of the 21^st century have introduced new challenges and new frameworks for restoration, conservation, and promotion of the built environment. A reflection on the very meaning of "heritage” is needed, as well as on the factors that determine its definition and its scopes, both traditional and new, and on its transmission to future generations. Through the development of a knowledge process aimed at designing sustainable environmental, cultural, and social interventions, the objective of the congress is to reaffirm the centrality of the conservation of built heritage, achievable through dialogue between different disciplines.

Starting from these premises, we propose a specific, though not exclusive, reflection on the criteria for evaluating and conserving architecture, cities, and landscapes from the second half of the 20th century, whether they are those located in pre-existing historical contexts or if they are designed or built in newly developed areas.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Please check the official webpage of the congress for specific details.

List of Topics

Knowledge: teaching, permanent education, research, critical history.

Diagnosis and Treatment: preliminary studies, new techniques for pathological identification, protocols, procedures, and tools for conservation.

Intervention: restoration, design, and planning at architectural, urban, territorial, and landscape scales.

Promotion: compatible use, regeneration, management, and communication of architectural, landscape, and natural heritage; strategies for the interpretation of heritage.

Committees

Scientific and organizing direction:

Alessandro Scarnato – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Marisa García Vergara – Universitat de Girona

María Ángeles Layuno Rosas – Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

Contact

info@reuso2026.eu