About CA²RE
An open, diverse field of design-driven and artistic research — not prioritising any single approach.
The CA²RE Community brings together experienced academics, advanced and early-career researchers to improve research quality through intensive peer-reviewing at key intermediate stages. It wishes to contribute to the open and diverse field in design-driven and artistic research, not prioritising any single approach.
The CA²RE Community is developed through the CA²RE Conferences, organised by several European universities, as platforms to develop a collective exchange and learning environment.
Visit the CA²RE network at ca2re.eu ↗
Ghent 2027 — a special edition
CA²RE Ghent 2027 is hosted by the Faculty of Architecture KU Leuven and LUCA School of Arts. It combines three complementary formats into one shared platform:
CA²RE
An established international framework for peer review and research exchange. Through intensive sessions, doctoral reviews, presentations and discussions, it connects a broad network of researchers, practitioners, supervisors and senior academics.
ADRO
The Department of Architecture's review framework. Situating the ADRO commission within the exhibition environment tests a more situated, real-time form of evaluation for artistic and design research.
MATTERS
A pilot exhibition platform that makes research visible to academic, professional and public audiences — an environment in which research outputs, methods, questions and processes become discussable.
An international network
CA²RE is organised within a European network that connects institutions including:
- Aarhus School of Architecture
- Delft University of Technology
- Graz Technical University
- KU Leuven
- Leibniz University Hannover
- LUCA School of Arts
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Oxford Brookes University
- Politecnico di Milano
- Queen's University Belfast
- Sapienza University of Rome
- The Glasgow School of Art
- TU Berlin
- TU Dortmund University
- Universidade da Beira Interior
- Università della Svizzera italiana
- Universitat Politècnica de València
- University of Belgrade
- University of Coimbra
- University of Évora
- University of Ljubljana
- University of Zagreb
Join the conversation in Ghent
Contributions from all relevant fields and disciplines are welcome — architecture, urban and landscape design, product and interaction design, music, performing and visual arts and beyond.