Planetary Architecture – "planet-conscious design" "outer space architecture" "comprehensive world building"

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Planetary Architecture Conference | 25-26 October | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

“Planetary Architecture redefines architecture as the design of metabolic, intelligent, and world-forming environments across scales—from buildings and cities to planetary and extraterrestrial habitats.”

Theme 1

Planet-conscious Architecture

Planetary Architecture addresses architecture at the scale of Earth and beyond, redefining the discipline in response to planetary limits, cosmic expansion, and the urgent need for new world-building imaginaries. This international conference brings together architects, urbanists, scientists, artists, technologists, and philosophers to explore how design can operate simultaneously within ecological boundaries and extraterrestrial frontiers.

The conference foregrounds Planet-Conscious Architecture and examines design practices that respond to climate change, resource scarcity, biodiversity loss, and socio-ecological justice. Architecture is an active agent within planetary systems – material, climatic, cultural, and political – demanding regenerative, adaptive, and ethical approaches to the built environment.

Theme 2

Outer Space Architecture

Extending beyond Earth, Outer Space Architecture investigates habitats, infrastructures, and settlements in orbital, lunar, and planetary contexts.

These discussions challenge conventional assumptions about gravity, atmosphere, time, and habitation, while offering critical insights that loop back to Earth-based design under extreme conditions.

Theme 3

Comprehensive Worldbuilding

Finally, Comprehensive Worldbuilding frames architecture as a tool for constructing coherent spatial, social, and technological narratives across scales—from buildings and cities to planets and speculative futures. By integrating science, computation, art, and fiction, the conference positions architecture as a catalyst for envisioning resilient, inclusive, and multi-planetary ways of living.

Together, these strands propose planetary architecture as a transformative framework for designing worlds – real and imagined – at a moment when humanity must rethink its place in the cosmos. The PLANARCH 2026 conference features world-renowned speakers and expert panels woven into the Space Lead 2026 conference program.