About
What this conferences is about
There is a continued need to stimulate and rethink the innovative and creative design of architectural structures and to bring specialists around architecture and structures together to collaborate when tackling the many new challenges of our times. The aim of the ICSA conferences is to present research and the latest developments in the field blending the perspectives from research, practice and teaching. The conference enables the gathering of international participants interested in the recent advances in the art, practice and theory of designing and building (infra)structures in which the structural and architectonic values are consciously combined and the contribution of each other is mutually enhanced. Hence, each presentation must explore the relationship between Structures and Architecture. In order to exemplify the academic and practical breadth and depth of the conference, we have included links to the final programs hereafter. ↑
Theme
REstructure REmaterialize REthink REuse — ICSA2025 in Antwerp calls for a re-imagination of current practices regarding structures and architecture. As a response to the pressing global climate and energy crisis and with new settings and tools, the design and construction of our built environment should be reconsidered and extended. We invite all researchers and practitioners to contribute their research and expertise to the effort. ↑
Participants
The conference is intended for an audience of researchers and practitioners worldwide with a background in architecture and/or structural engineering. These include academics, researchers, students, architects, structural and construction engineers, landscape architects, other technical consultants, contractors, manufacturers, material suppliers, project managers, developers, contract administrators, asset managers, authorities and others. ↑
Conference Chairs
Prof Mario Rinke
Faculty of Design Sciences,
University of Antwerp,
Antwerp, Belgium
Contact:
icsa2025-chair(AT)uantwerpen.be
Prof Marie Frier Hvejsel,
Aarhus School of Architecture,
Aarhus, Denmark
Local Organising Committee
Mario Rinke, University of Antwerp
Bob Geldermans, University of Antwerp
Lara Schrijver, University of Antwerp
Maarten Van Acker, University of Antwerp
Filip Van de Voorde, University of Antwerp
Aurélie de Boissieu, Liège Université
Laurens Luyten, KU Leuven
Thomas Vilquin, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Caroline Voet, KU Leuven
Critical Practice Organising Committee
Isak Worre Foged, The Royal Danish Academy
Hugo Mulder, University of Southern Denmark
Anne-Catrin Schultz, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Filip Van de Voorde, University of Antwerp
Mario Rinke, University of Antwerp
Contact:
icsa2025-cp(AT)uantwerpen.be
International Scientific Committee (as of April 2023)
Sigrid Adriaenssens, Princeton University, United States
Yenal Akgun, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkiye
Jorge Alberto Galindo Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Margo Annemans, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Joaquín Antuña Bernardo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Rachel Armstrong, KU Leuven, Belgium
Maziar Asefi, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Shady Attia, University of Liège, Belgium
Amaryllis Audenaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Edyta Augustinowicz, Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland
Phil Ayres, Royal Danish Academy, Denmark
Carlos Banon, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Matthias Beckh, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Anne Beim, The Royal Danish Academy – School of Architecture, Denmark
Jan Belis, Ghent University, Belgium
Bert Belmans, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Ditte Bendix Lanng, Aalborg University, Denmark
Christiane Berger, Aalborg University, Denmark
Peter Bertram, Det Kongelige Akademi, Denmark
Henriette Bier, TU Delft, Netherlands
Matej Blenkus, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Johan Blom, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
Terri Boake, University of Waterloo, Canada
Jonathan Michael Broyles, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
Matthias Buyle, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Jose Manuel Cabrero, University of Navarra, Spain
Juan Jose Castellon Gonzalez, Rice University, United States
Airong Chen, Tongji University, China
Carole Collet, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
Claudia Colmo, Det Kongelige Akademi, Denmark
Rossella Corrao, University of Palermo, Italy
David Correa, University of Waterloo, Canada
David Costanza, Cornell University, United States
Paulo Cruz, University of Minho, Portugal
Pierluigi D’Acunto, TU München, Germany
Marwa Dabaieh, Malmo University, Sweden
Martyn Dade-Robertson, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Greet de Block, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Tim De Kock, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Niels De Temmerman, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Johan De Walsche, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Kevin Dong, Cal Poly – SLO, United States
Elizabeth Donovan, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Theo Dounas, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Frans Drewniak, Royal Danish Academy, Denmark
Matthew Dylan Anderson, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design , Norway
Henriette Ejstrup, Royal Danish Academy, Denmark
Martina Eliasova, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Sara Eloy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Elise Elsacker, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Demi Fang, MIT, United States
Ernesto Fenollosa, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Jorge Fernandes, ISISE, University of Minho, Portugal
Rui Fernandes Póvoas, Faculty of Architecture – University of Porto, Portugal
Bruno Figueiredo, University of Minho, Portugal
Günther H. Filz, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Patric Fischli-Boson, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Corentin Fivet, EPFL Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Jonathan Foote, Aarhus University, Denmark
Lee Franck, LEEN, Luxembourg
Marie Frier Hvejsel, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Stefano Gabriele, University Roma Tre, Italy
Bob Geldermans, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Pedram Ghelichi, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ute Christina Groba, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
Elena Guidetti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Felix Heisel, Cornell University, United States
Goncalo Castro Henriques, Universidade Federal do Rio Janeiro, Brazil
Jonas Holst, San Jorge University, Spain
Markus Matthias Hudert, Aarhus University, Denmark
OIga Ioannou, TU Delft, Netherlands
Mohamed Ismail, University of Virginia, United States
Ornella Iuorio, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Andrea Jelic, Aalborg University, Denmark
David Jenny, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Lotte Marianne Bjerregaard Jensen, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Mads Brath Jensen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Aliakbar Kamari, Aarhus University, Denmark
Ellen Kathrine Hansen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Svenja Keune, University of Borås, Denmark
Line Kjaer Frederiksen, Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture, Denmark
Thaleia Konstantinou, TU Delft, Netherlands
Toni Kotnik, Aalto University, Finland
Mikkel K. Kragh, Aarhus University, Denmark
Anders Kruse Aagaard, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Michelle Laboy, Northeastern University, United States
Hortense Le Ferrand, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Katharina Lindenberg, Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland
Davide Lombardi, Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University, China
Lennert Loos, KU Leuven, Belgium
Christian Louter, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Laurens Luyten, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jerzy Franciszek Łątka, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Fernando Madrazo-Aguirre, COWI, United Kingdom
Ognen Marina, University “SS. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, North Macedonia
Leonor Marques Mano Domingos, Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
Niels Martin Larsen, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Daniel Mateus, Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Aníbal Maury-Ramírez, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Christina McCoy, Oklahoma State University, United States
Urs Meister, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
Alessandro Melis, New York Institute of Technology, United States
Annalisa Meyboom, University of British Columbia, United States
Marta Molina-Huelva, University of Seville, Spain
Climent Molins, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
José Manoel Morales Sánchez, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Hugo Mulder, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Vitor Murtinho, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Roberto Naboni, SDU CREATE, Denmark
Rafael Novais Passarelli, Hasselt University, Belgium
Deborah Oakley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States
Patrick Ole Ohlbrock, TU München, Germany
Faidra Oikonomopoulou, TU Delft, Netherlands
Daniel Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
Ivo Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
Tina Vestermann Olsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
María Dolores Otero Chans, University of A Coruña, Spain
Dilan Ozkan, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Dario Parigi, Aalborg University, Denmark
Anke Pasold, KEA, Denmark
Milinda Pathiraja, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Claus Peder Pedersen, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Marios C. Phocas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Maciej Piekarski, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
Mariana Popescu, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Olga Popovic Larsen, Royal Danish Academy, Denmark
Alberto Pugnale, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Ricardo Pontes Resende, Iscte, Portugal
Juan Rey Rey, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain
Lara Reyniers, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Adrien Rigobello, Royal Danish Academy, Denmark
Felipe Riola-Parada, Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Carmen Rist-Stadelmann, University of Liechtentein, Liechtenstein
Matteo Robiglio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Jef Rombouts, Stad Antwerpen, Belgium
Andrea Rossi, Universität Kassel, Germany
Anders Rønnquist, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Sareh Saeidi Derakhshi, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Dana Saez, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Bjørn Normann Sandaker, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
Eireen Schreurs, TU Delft, Netherlands
Lara Schrijver, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Torsten Schröder, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Anne-Catrin Schultz, Wentworth Institute of Technology, United States
Regin Schwaen, North Dakota State University, United States
Luca Sgambi, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
ElcioGomes Silva, Câmara dos Deputados – Congresso Nacional – Brasil, Brazil
Rui Silva, ISISE – University of Minho, Portugal
Joris Smits, Ney Partners, Netherlands
Juan María Songel, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Ronny Standtke, Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland
Stefania Stellacci, ISCTE, Portugal
Félix Suárez Riestra, University of A Coruña, Spain
Romuald Tarczewski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
André Tavares, Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, Portugal
Martin Tegelaar, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Jay Renée Thalmann, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Dimitris Theodossopoulos, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Thomas K. Thiis, Norwegian University of Life Science, Norway
Philip Tidwell, University of California – Berkeley, United States
Martín Torres, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
Marcelo Tramontano, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Robert Brandt Trempe Jr, Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Denmark
Patrizia Trovalusci, Sapienza Univerity of Rome, Italy
Franca Trubiano, University of Pennsylvania, United States
Tenna Tvedebrink, Aalborg University, Denmark
Filip Van de Voorde, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Stephanie Van de Voorde, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Ruben Van Vooren, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Frederik Vandyck, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Fred Veer, TU Delft, Netherlands
Tina Vejrum, Cowi A/S, Denmark
Ruben Verstraeten, Ghent University, Belgium
Thomas Vilquin, Faculté d’Architecture La Cambre Horta ULB, Belgium
Caroline Voet, KU Leuven, Belgium
Maria Vrontissi, University of Thessaly, Greece
Shuaizhong Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Katrina Marstrand Wiberg, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Isak Worre Foged, The Royal Danish Academy, Denmark
Jan Wurm, KU Leuven, Belgium