Conscious Cities Festival 2025

Welcome to the Conscious Cities Festival 2025 — a global gathering of designers, researchers, technologists, policymakers, and communities committed to advancing the relationship between the built environment and human well-being.

This year’s theme, “Regrounding”, invites us to critically reflect on how we reconnect with time and place in an era of increasing abstraction and digital acceleration. How can design counterbalance disconnection? And how can scientific knowledge guide the creation of environments that support the health of individuals, communities, and ecosystems?

A series of global and online events will centre on three interconnected themes, sparking collective imagination, strengthening networks, and catalysing cross-disciplinary collaboration.