Call for submissions
International scientific
review committee
Aditya Barve
Urban Risk Lab, MIT | USA
Ahmed Ansari
School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University | USA
Alexandros Zomas
Micromega Architects | National Technical University of Athens | Greece
Aliki Kosyfologou PhD
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece
Anna Rosenblum LEED AP
evolve EA | USA
Cameron Tonkinwise PhD
School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University | USA
Celina Balderas Guzman
Center for Advanced Urbanism, MIT | US
César Reyes Nájera PhD
dpr Barcelona | Spain
Dimitris Balampanidis
Harokopio University | National Centre for Social Research | Greece
Efrosini Charalampous
Space Syntax Laboratory, The Bartlett, UCL | UK
Eirini Gaitanou
European & International Studies, King's College | UK
Eirini Iliopoulou PhD
TU Berlin | Germany
Eleni Mougiakou
Department of Geography and Regional Planning, National Technical University of Athens | Greece
Eleni Triantafullopoulou
Humboldt University of Berlin | National Technical University of Athens | Greece
Ethel Baraona Pohl
dpr Barcelona | Spain
Gabi Callejas
City of São Paulo | Cidade Ativa | Brazil
Georgios Kandylis PhD
National Centre for Social Research | Greece
Kakee Scott
School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University | USA
Katerina Xristoforaki
National Technical University of Athens | Greece
Kobi Ruthenberg
Organization for Permanent Modernity | USA
Mara Papavasileiou
Micromega Architects | Greece
Maria Pigaki PhD
School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens | Greece
Maria Pitsiladi
JSWD Architekten | Germany
Nicholas Anastasopoulos PhD
School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens | Greece
Panos Mavros
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, The Bartlett, UCL | UK
Polina Prentou
School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens | Greece
Rafi Segal PhD
School of Architecture + Planning, MIT | USA
Sneha Lohotekar
Utile | USA
Sofia Tsadari
Urban and Regional Planning, National Technical University of Athens | Greece
Stavros Stavrides PhD
School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens | Greece
location
of authors
location
of case-studies
Under the lens of crisis, citizens who no longer rely on top-down developments for a more socially and environmentally sustainable future, are building innovative models of design, self-management and self-organization based on the framework of social movements and solidarity structures.
At the same time, alternative currencies, as well as ways of managing energy, production, and the environment, aim towards the self-sufficiency and autonomy of local communities and regions.
AUTONOMA invites architects, planners, researchers, civic movements and citizens’ groups to submit studies, designs, and ideas that put local communities at the forefront of a new collective city under the three following topics:
[A]
Crisis Scapes +
Self Governance
[B]
Self-Resiliency + Sustainable Resource Management
[C]
Transitioning
to autonomy
In a time of crisis when centralized governance fails to successfully address citizens’ everyday needs, local communities shape informal structures of decision making to develop solutions from the bottom up. How can these structures gain ground in order to catalyze democratic processes of decision-making in cities? What opportunities are there for creative collaboration of such groups with local governments? Could they achieve emancipation of urban transformation from hyperlocal centers based on economies of extraction and monopoly?
Our immense human impact on the environment resides greatly on our centralized, profit-driven economies and resource distribution systems. The decentralization of natural resource management could potentially offer insights for sustainable futures. Is it possible to conceive a framework for the urban space to detach from hyperlocal and centralized resources through the development of alternative local networks? What are possible alternative scenarios for natural resource production and management that could benefit local communities?
Within the current global framework of economies and governance, scenarios of emancipation and empowerment of the local seem almost utopian. How can the current urban and rural communities transcend to a new form of autonomy regarding design, resource management and governance? What are some existing case studies of local initiatives that could become drivers of change? What are the current sociopolitical and technical frameworks that will facilitate such a transition?
timeline
Important dates for papers and projects submissions
05/01/2016
call for submissions
Official launch of AUTONOMA's international call for submissions.
17/04/2016
accepted submissions announced
Announcement of the accepted
submissions on the basis of scientific quality, relevance to the conference themes and originality.
07/03/2016
submissions are now closed.
Abstracts and Projects are due for submission under any of the three thematic tracks described above, and accoring to the conference guidelines.
15/06/2016
final papers
submission
The final papers, and deliverables for projects are due.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Send your abstracts and project descriptions to submission@autonoma.gr
by March 7th 2016 23:59 GMT +2
There is no registration or submssion fee.
PAPERS
Abstract
Abstracts can be submitted for any of the thematic tracks described above.
The abstracts should not exceed 300 words and should be submitted either in .doc or .docx format (paper title_authors name.doc)
PROJECTS
Description
Submit a small description of your project with up to three images.
The descriptions should not exceed 300 words and should be submitted either in .doc or .docx format (paper title_authors name.doc)
Images should be provided in .pdf or .jpg format including a numbered list with the following information: Name, author, source. Images provided should be copyright free.
Submissions should be in English & email attachments should not exceed 10Mb.
All selected papers and projects will be part of the [AUTONOMA] conference's publication. All selected projects will take part in the poster exhibition that will run parallel to the conference. A smaller selection of papers will be chosen to present as part of the conference's presentations.