V INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

SENSES IN ARCHITECTURE, URBAN LANDSCAPING AND DESIGN

5th – 7th December 2025, Katowice-Gliwice, Poland

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 

Experimentation seems to be an attractive, integral, and indispensable element of the design process – for objects, spaces, and entire environments. It takes various forms, encompasses many aspects, occurs in many contexts, and has numerous consequences.

This year’s conference will examine the importance (and need?) of experimentation in the theory and practice of design, architecture, and urban planning; experimentation broadly understood, explicit and implicit; interdisciplinary, transcultural, global, and regional. Its costs and benefits, its natural/environmental, cultural, social, economic, health, and legal consequences, and the difficulties associated with its implementation.

The Organisers invite academics as well as practitioners to submit abstracts for papers related to the following topics: 

• The Importance of Experimentation in Design Conceptualisation
• Experimentation in the History of Architecture and Urban Planning
• Experimentation and Architectural Culture
• Design Experimentation in Different/Foreign Cultural Contexts
• Experimentation with Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies
• Experimental Hypotheses
• History of Architectural and Urban Experimentation
• Experimentation and the Construction of Objects and Spaces and Their Implementation
• Experimental Technologies, Techniques, and Materials
• Experimental Methodologies
• Formal Experimentation
• Experimental Software
• Experimental Media and Multimedia
• Trans-Artistic Experimentation
• Design Experimentation in the Context of Art
• Experimentation and Cultural Heritage
• Experimentation and the Philosophy of Architecture
• Inspirations from experiments in other fields (Physical, natural, human sciences, etc.)
• Interdisciplinarity in Design as Experimentation
• Experimentation and Revitalisation
• Experiments and Ecology
• Experimentation and Health and Environmental Protection
• Bioexperiments, Nanoexperiments, Neurocognitive Experiments in Design
• The Importance of Scientific Discoveries and Breakthroughs for Design
• Experimentation and Space Architecture
• Experiments in Laboratories/Controlled Conditions
• Planned and Accidental Experiments
• Experimentation as a Threat?
• Experimentation and Innovation
• Values ​​and Ethics in Experimentation
• Political Design Experiments
• Experimental Built Environments
• Costs of Design Experiments
• Psychology of Experimentation
• Experiments in Architectural and Urban Education
• Legal Aspects of Design Experiments
• Perception and Reception of Architectural/Urban Experiments
• The Place and Significance of Experimentation in Design

The Organisers also encourage submissions that fall outside the above topics or the architecture and urban planning field, but are related to the conference theme.

Possible presentation formats:

• paper
• multimedia presentation
• short film (20 min.)
• workshop
• poster

Important Dates

• submission of abstracts for conference papers (via the registration form): September 10 to October 31
• notification of acceptance of papers: November 5
• registration of passive participants: September 10 to November 20
• registration and conference fees (for active and passive participation): November 6–20
• conference: December 5–7, 2025, University of Silesia, Faculty of Humanities, Katowice Uniwersytecka 4 Street

Conference Fee

The conference fee for stationary active participation is PLN 650 / Euro 150. This fee covers lunches and dinners during the conference, attendance at lectures by invited international guests (including those held as part of the 9th Silesian Science Festival), coffee breaks, conference materials, and participation in a musical concert.

The fee for stationary passive participation is PLN 300 / Euro 70 and covers coffee breaks, attendance at conference sessions and lectures by guest speakers as an audience member, and participation in a concert.

The online (active and passive) participation fee is PLN 300 / Euro 60.

The conference fee for doctoral students active participation is PLN 400 / Euro 100.

The conference fee for students active (stationary and online) participation is PLN 100 / Euro 30.

The conference fee for student stationary passive participation is PLN 70 / Euro 20.

The conference fee for student online passive participation is PLN 50 / Euro 15.

The organisers are planning a gala dinner on the conference’s second day. Participation in this event is subject to an additional fee of PLN 200 / Euro 45.

Publication of the conference paper is optional and requires an additional fee. Information about the fee amount will be sent to interested parties by email.

The Organisers will email details regarding payment and the publication of papers presented during the conference to those qualified to participate.

Details regarding lectures by special guests and accompanying events will be published soon. Please visit the conference website regularly!

Details regarding payment

After receiving confirmation of acceptance of the abstract or participation from the organisers, conference fees should be paid by the participant using the account numbers provided below. Please include the following in the payment reference/title: SAUL-Katowice 2025 and the name of the payer/participant.

For payments from abroad (in Euro):

BENEFICIARY: UNIWERSYTET SLASKI W KATOWICACH
BANK: ING BANK SLASKI S.A.
SWIFT: INGBPLPW
IBAN: PL74 1050 1214 1000 0007 0000 7909

For payments from Poland (in PLN):
UNIWERSYTET ŚLĄSKI W KATOWICACH
74 1050 1214 1000 0007 0000 7909

If you have any questions, please contact us at the email address: saul@saul-katowice.pl