Care Is Infrastructure: How Cities Can Design Care-Ready Workplaces for an Ageing Europe
After balancing a 25-year architecture career with caregiving for my father, my perspective on design shattered. Today, more than 1 in 3 European professionals are quietly balancing work and caregiving. Join me for an official New European Bauhaus Festival 2026 Satellite Event on June 10th. In this sharp, 60-minute design intervention, we gather a tribe of progressive planners and advocates to make European workplaces care-ready.
Demographic Futures Conference — Vienna, Austria
On October 9–10, 2025, architect Marisa Toldo will speak at the high-level Demographic Futures Conference in Vienna (Springer Schlössl, Tivoli). Her talk will explore how intergenerational workplace design and family-friendly spatial planning can address Europe’s ageing population, strengthen cohesion, and inspire bold policy innovation.
Designing for Dignity — The Impact of Intergenerational Workplaces
Upcoming: Architect Marisa Toldo, founder of Porto Dome, will speak at the Intergenerational Think Tank on intergenerational workplace design. She’ll share how embedding childcare and eldercare in offices boosts retention, reduces burnout, and advances ESG & DEI goals.
European Reminiscence Network Conference — Prague, Czech Republic
At the European Reminiscence Network Conference 2025 in Prague, architect Marisa Toldo presented “Imagining a Workplace Where Reminiscence Belongs.” She shared her vision-in-progress, Porto Dome — a workplace retrofit concept that welcomes older adults, integrates intergenerational presence, and brings memory-sharing into everyday work life.