The Innovation Alliance Circular Design (CiD) offers a radically new model on how to link design to circularity and urban transformation. The Alliance aims
to establish benchmarks for rethinking design in a circular economy, shifting urban design, architecture, product and service design towards carbon-neutral cities, and enhancing bio-based innovation for building.
CiD operates on three levels:the co- creation of knowledge on circular design, the set-up of an innovation ecosystem for circular design, and educational innovation in academia, green entrepreneurship, and continuous learning and upskilling.
CiD is a European network of academia, research, business, civil society, and continuous education, connecting knowledge, innovation, and practice to advance circular design.
CiD established local and Europe-wide observatories to connect education and research with their surrounding socio-economic environments, engaging additional stakeholders in processes of circular transformation.
CiD organised international conferences, alongside workshops, training sessions, observatory meetings, exhibitions, public lectures, and local events.
All books, training materials, and other resources are open access, enabling knowledge sharing and supporting others to become agents of change.
Click here to browse through our CiD album
CiD Kick Off, Venice, Nov 23
CiD Kick Off, Venice, Nov 23
Knowledge Exchange Workshop, Barcelona, Mar 24
Knowledge Exchange Workshop, Hannover, Dez 24
Knowledge Exchange Workshop, Genova, Jun 24
Presenting CiD at EULiST, Hannover, Dez 25
CiD Conference, Barcelona, Feb 25
CiD Conference, External Board, Barcelona, Feb 25
CiD Conference, Genova, May 25
CiD Conference, Genova Design Week, Genova, May 25
CiD as supporter of House Europe Initiative
CiD Academic Programme
Further Education programme, Vilnius, Sep 25
Further Education programme, Vilnius, Sep 25
Accelerator programme, Tallinn, Sep 25
Accelerator programme, Tallinn, Sep 25
CiD Conference, Tallinn, Sep 25
CiD Conference, Tallinn, Sep 25
Continuous Education programme, Tallinn, Okt 25
Continuous Education programme, Barcelona, Okt 25
Continuous Education programme, Barcelona, Okt 25
Continuous Education programme, Palermo, Feb 26
Continuous Education programme, Palermo, Feb 26
CiD Conference, Vilnius, Mär 26
CiD Conference, Vilnius, Mär 26
Continuous Education programme, Hannover, May 26
Continuous Education programme, Hannover, May 26
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What Goes Around Comes Around
19-21 MARCH, VILNIUS
This March, the symposium What Goes Around Comes Around will unfold in Vilnius as a three-day constellation of a conference and an art programme. Bringing critical discourse in urbanism and architecture into dialogue with artistic work, the symposium approaches circular design not merely as a strategy of material reuse, but as a profound way of rethinking value, labour, energy, and continuity across time
Organised by Architektūros fondas
Location: National Gallery of Art, Vilnius
All symposium events are free, but some require registration
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Circular Design for Urban Transformation
The CiD Conference Hannover is a three-day event around a programme of research sessions, discussions, and invited lectures.
The conference welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions, as well as design-based and practice-led research, including critical reflections on the limits, contradictions, and governance challenges of circularity.
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LAB. Design & Build Workshop
How can we bring circularity into city-making?
The LAB brings together professionals to co-create climate neutral futures. Grounded in practice, driven by collaboration. Hands-on and interdisciplinary, it’s a space to explore, prototype and rethink the way we shape cities. -
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NEW MATERIALS ONLINE!
Our website continues to host all Flipped Classroom materials, and now we’ve added new booklets in the CiD Collection of Booklets and Reports. These include detailed information on all educational programs (academic, accelerator, and continuous education), our accreditation framework, trainer guidebooks, and our curricular guidelines.
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Circular Economy & Built Environments: From Vision to Implementation
SAVE THE DATE! Conference in Tallinn
11./12. September 25
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Workshop Altering Matter: Towards Regenerative Practice architectural competition
Building on the experience of previous years, the creative workshop “Altering Matter” returns to the Vingis section of the Vilnius University Botanical Garden. The two-part workshop will delve deeper into the principles of circular design and sustainable architecture practices, where form follows availability.
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Be part of our European observatory! more information
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OPEN CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The CiD Conference Hannover is a three-day event around a programme of research sessions, discussions, and invited lectures.
The conference welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions, as well as design-based and practice-led research, including critical reflections on the limits, contradictions, and governance challenges of circularity.
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CiD Conferences
Design MaUer(s) for Decarbonisation Barcelona/Spain 25./26. Feb. 2025 Circular Design Education Genova/Italy 22./23. May 2025 Circular Economy & Built Environments Tallinn/Estonia 11./12. Sep. 2025 Circular Design Upscaling Vilnius/Lithuania March 2026 Circular Design Research Hannover/Germany June 2026
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SAVE THE DATE
Two CiD Conferences are coming!
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