Final Open Critic – master Architecture CO2=0

Badoer, aula F

On 3 October 2026, Università Iuav di Venezia will host the Final Open Critic of the postgraduate specialisation programme in Architecture CO2=0, featuring all programme’s faculty members. Following six months of lectures, talks, workshops, and site visits—and, above all, after developing a zero-carbon architecture project—students, guided by faculty and industry experts, will present the progress of their work prior to entering the thesis lab scheduled for March 2027.

The postgraduate specialisation programme’s design theme is precise, incisive, and focused on testing the application of lessons learned across the twelve courses that structure the carbon-neutral architecture curriculum.

Site-specific themes of the postragraduate specialisation programme are:

In collaboration with Ente Parco Regionale dei Colli Euganei – Riserva della Biosfera MAB (since July 2024), comprising ten municipalities: Abano Terme, Arquà Petrarca, Baone, Battaglia Terme, Cinto Euganeo, Galzignano, Lozzo Atestino, Monselice, Teolo, Vò.

Zero-carbon regeneration project for ten existing buildings proposed by each municipality.

In collaboration with the Veneto Region –Procurement and General Affairs Directorate:

Zero-carbon new-build project – Regional Archive in Bonisiolo, Treviso

Zero-carbon regeneration project – Office building in Mestre, Venice

In collaboration with the Regional Directorate of National Museums Friuli Venezia Giulia – National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia:

Zero-carbon regeneration project for a building housing the New Directorate

Zero-carbon new-build project with a programme to be defined by the designer

Non-site-specific themes of the postgraduate specialisation programme are:

In collaboration with ARUP Engineering:

Zero-carbon new-build project for a sky farm

All students of the postgraduate specialisation programme have selected the theme most aligned with their focus. The exercise is individual and, through peer observation, becomes a fruitful collective project.

The resulting projects are:

Wladimiro Bedin > SunRise HOUSE
Gabriele Cavazzano > NATURAL HISTORY
Matteo Cibelli > PHYLLO
Francesca Ciudino > (IM)PERMANENTE
Marino Marcuglia > SOSTEGNO
Francesco Merlin > SIMBIOSI
Gianmarco Rocco > RI AGORA'
Antonio Sarpato > TERRAFORMA
Sofia Zanandrea > SCALING MINERALE

The faculty members of the postgraduate specialisation programme will be present.