The Future of Construction Symposium series was initiated in 2022 at ETH Zurich, by PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers from the departments of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, as a platform to discuss construction robotics and computational design for sustainable construction. After a successful kick-off in 2022, it was held in TU Munich in 2023.

The 2024 edition of the symposium is organized by the professorship on Fabrication and Material Aware Architecture at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and the Chair of Construction Heritage and Preservation at ETH Zurich in association with NCCR Digital Fabrication and Design++. It will be themed “Making the Past Productive” and aims to bring together past innovations and construction approaches and cutting-edge technological advancements in today’s built environment.

FoC 2024 will take place at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio from November 5 to 7, 2024 and will be held in person, with participants from academia, start-ups, and the construction industry, with invited speakers and panelists from the fields of architecture, civil engineering, digital fabrication, heritage preservation, real estate, sustainability, computational design, immersive technologies and many more. Together, we will discuss the opportunities for interdisciplinary solutions to urgent and emerging challenges in construction.