An Official New European Bauhaus Festival 2026 Satellite Event
When: Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00 CET
Where: Interactive Online Forum (Hosted via Luma)
The Commitment: 60 Minutes of Active Presence (No passive spectators)
A Note from Marisa: Why I am building this room
As an architect, I’ve spent more than 25 years designing international spaces built for productivity, innovation, and aesthetic beauty. But a few years ago, my entire perspective on design shattered when I became a caregiver for my father, who lived with Alzheimer’s.
Suddenly, the world looked entirely different. I didn't see sleek office buildings anymore; I saw environments that were profoundly failing our raw human reality.
Right now, more than 1 in 3 working adults across Europe are balancing demanding careers with the invisible, exhausting reality of caring for aging or vulnerable family members. Yet, our offices, master plans, and urban frameworks treat care as a private inconvenience to be hidden away rather than a shared, foundational necessity.
A city cannot be truly beautiful, sustainable, or inclusive if it ignores the invisible infrastructure that holds it together: Care. I am hosting this Satellite Event for the New European Bauhaus Festival 2026 because safe conversations are no longer enough. We have to design for human vulnerability.
The 60-Minute Design Intervention
We are stripping away the corporate fluff, the long-winded introductions, and the boring PowerPoint decks. This is a fast-paced, high-density studio session to bridge the gap between architectural design and the realities of aging.
12:00 - 12:10 | The Tension: Shifting care from a "private burden" to Europe's most urgent social infrastructure asset.
12:10 - 12:40 | The Blueprint: Direct, actionable strategies for building care-ready workplaces and intergenerational spaces.
12:40 - 13:00 | The Dialogue: An open, collaborative studio session. We will challenge current design models, share insights, and build a path forward.
Do you belong in this room?
"People like us do things like this." This session is designed specifically for the progressive city planners, architects, researchers, and care advocates who refuse to keep using outdated design frameworks for an aging European population. If you are balancing work with caregiving, or if you design the spaces where others do, this is your tribe.
We start sharp at 12:00 CET. We end precisely 60 minutes later.
