Becoming: Architectures for a Planet in Transition (Park Books 2026) is a timely analysis of the need for adaptation in the future of architecture. The book is a collection of original contributions for the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona.
The book explores spatial practices that foster processes of appropriation and transformation of the inhabited environment—both human and nonhuman, individual and collective—and investigates the potential use of time as a design tool.
Through a series of interviews with critical antagonists, research-by-design projects, workshops, and essays, the volume offers a comprehensive survey of the 2026 UIA Congress’s main topic of “becoming” as a metaphor for change: that architecture must become more than human, circular, embodied, interdependent, hyper-conscious, and attuned. It constitutes a tangible and lasting reminder of the environmental challenges that our planet is facing.
– Pau Bajet, Mariona Benedito, Maria Giramé, Tomeu Ramis, Pau Sarquella, and Carmen Torres (eds.) Becoming: Architectures for a Planet in Transition (Park Books, 2026), excerpt from the book description from the publisher’s website
The text is in English. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and other visual material.
