The 26th International Union of Architects World Congress, UIA 2017 Seoul, will be held in Seoul, 3-10 September 2017. The UIA 2017 Seoul Academic Program will provide a venue for the presentation of research papers under the primary theme, “Soul of City”. This program will support the presentation and discussion of architectural research projects (either realized or planned) in any of subjects: Culture, Future, Nature, or any open-ended themes in connection with the UIE 2017’s main theme. 

Only a living creature owns a soul. And a body without a soul is only a corpse. ”Soul of City,” UIA 2017 Seoul’s main theme, therefore projects our strong commitment and determination to acknowledging the importance of having souls dissolved in architecture and cities we live in.

A soul is an essential element not only in human lives, and so is in cities. To revitalize a city, we must improve the state of its soul and body. Before everything else, we must be aware of the particularity of a soul interchangeable by a specific place where one lives. Like a soul of a man, a soul of a city can be differentiated from one another, as a soul is fostered without intentions and a living thing until death. Since a soul cannot be artificially created or manipulated but only “found” in the realities of the terrain on site, we must acknowledge the soul, generated by city as it is. 

Roles of architects, in this context, seeking “Soul of City,” are indeed significant, delivering meaningful and diversified urban environments to life through the convergence of culture, nature and future. These efforts will be translated into UIA 2017’s academic programs by reflecting three sub-themes of Culture, Future and Nature, and other subjects including Passion and Human values.

UIA 2017 Seoul Organizing Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts for Design Work and Paper Presentation. All accepted abstracts will be published in Proceedings with ISBN.

Important Dates

Online Submission Open: June 22, 2016

Abstract Submission Deadline: November 30, 2016

Notification of Acceptance: January 31, 2017

Presentation File Submission Deadline: August 25, 2017

On-site Presentation: September 4 - 6, 2017

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