The ACPS 2021 International Scientific Conference is dedicated to the interdisciplinary community in order to start a dialogue on the directions of shaping 21st century architecture. Topics were based on the four domains: Architecture, City, People, Structure.

ARCHITECTURE:

• Architecture of tomorrow – directions of shaping 21st century architectural objects in terms of pro-ecological and sustainable development;

• Universal Design as an integral direction of shaping contemporary architecture;

• Architecture transgression – metaphorical and engineering crossing of architectural boundaries;

• Innovation in architecture – temporary architecture, mobile structures in the city of the future, pop-up architecture;

• Living skin of the city – responsive architecture, kinetic architecture, interactive facades;

• Parametric architecture as a contemporary tool for crossing the engineering boundaries;

• Designing architectural structures in places threatened by natural disasters and armed conflicts – pro-humanitarian architecture;

• Architectural education in Poland and abroad - architects education systems, teaching architecture in general education;

CITY:

• Great ideas for shaping the cities of the future – megastructures in urban planning at the turn of the 20th / 21st centuries;

• Energy-efficient cities and autonomous cities;

• Virtual reality and the cities of tomorrow – digital city;

• Living cities – the use of biomimetic and bionic solutions in shaping cities;

• Application of Universal Design as an attempt to eliminate barriers in the 21st century city;

• Natural, ecological, social and environmental revitalization of 21st century cities;

• Directions of shaping contemporary urban planning – real problems and solutions;

• Adaptation of cities to the requirements during an epidemic threat;

• Functional hybrids – multifunctional architecture;

• Art in urban space – art installations in urban space;

PEOPLE:

• Sociological and philosophical aspect of cities in the 21st century – the place of man in the space of cities;

• Social participation and the actual design of architectural objects of the 21st century;

• Contemporary problems of single-family and multi-family housing based on pro-ecological and sustainable development assumptions;

• The housing architecture of tomorrow;

• Cohousing as a response to contemporary needs of multi-family architecture;

STRUCTURE:

• Modern materials in architecture;

• Reusing and recycling in shaping 21st century architecture;

• Low-tech and High-tech in 21st century architecture;

• Wooden structures in contemporary architecture;

• Modern constructions systems in shaping architectural objects.