→ ECI Registration (Autumn 2024)
In November 2024, the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) will be officially registered with the European Commission. This step involves submitting the initiative's proposal and getting approval to start collecting signatures.

→ Start Voting Period (February 2025)
The voting period for the ECI begins on 1. February 2025. This marks the start of the campaign where citizens across the EU can begin to support the initiative by signing online via a central EU page. The link will be available as soon as the voting starts.

→ Campaign and Voting Period (January 2025 – December 2025)
From January to December 2025, the campaign and voting period will be in full swing. During this time, the goal is to gather at least one million signatures from citizens in at least seven different EU member states, represented by the National Organizing Members.

→ End Voting Period (2026)
The voting period will officially ends on 30. January 2026. All collected signatures will be submitted for verification to ensure they meet the required thresholds.

→ Submission and Consideration (2026)
Once the signatures are verified, the ECI will be presented to the European Parliament and the European Commission. They will review the initiative and start the procedure of negotiation and implementation.

→ ECI Day
18.03.2025, JDE building Brussels
The European Citizens' Initiative Day (ECI Day) is a high-level annual conference that has been organised by the European Economic and Social Committee since the inception of the European Citizens' Initiative in 2012.

HouseEurope! will be part of the event together with current, future and past ECIs (European Citizens’ Initiatives).

→ HouseEurope! per un'edilizia più sensibile
Soft launch of HouseEurope! in Italy
26.02.2025, Order of Architects and P.C.C. of Milan

On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 6 PM to 8 PM, the first event of a new series of panels curated by Fosbury Architecture and KoozArch will take place. This series will explore, starting from HouseEurope!, the theme of adaptive reuse of buildings, promoting a more sustainable approach from an economic, environmental, and social perspective.

Speakers at the first event include: Lorenzo Bini (Ordine Architetti PPC Milano), Ludwig Engel (HouseEurope!), Oana Bogdan (&bogdan), Claudia Mainardi (Fosbury Architecture), Nicola Russi (Politecnico di Milano/Laboratorio Permanente), and Federica Zambeletti (KoozArch).

→ Launch of HouseEurope! in the Czech Republic
19.02.2025, Vi Per Gallery Prague
The public screening of the film ‘Power to Renovation’ and subsequent panel discussion will launch the initiative in the Czech Republic.

→ Film screening in Stockholm
19.02.2025, Färgfabriken
Public screening of the film ‘Power to Renovation’ and subsequent panel discussion in Stockholm organized by ACAN Sweden.

→ Launch of HouseEurope! in Austria
18.02.2025, vai Dornbirn
The public screening of the film ‘Power to Renovation’ and subsequent panel discussion will launch the initiative in Austria.

→ Stop demolition — Boost renovation!
Launch of HouseEurope! in Luxemburg
12.02.2025, Tramsschapp Luxembourg-City
To promote and disseminate HouseEurope! as widely as possible, the Luxembourg institutional and para-institutional partners are organising a series of conferences that will take place in turn at their various headquarters. The kick-off will involved professor Florian Hertweck (University of Luxembourg), architect Arno Brandlhuber (HouseEurope!,b+, ETH Zurich), Lee Franck (Carbon and Circularity Consultant, LEEN), Thécla Kisch (Ecological Building Consultant, Oekozenter Pafendall), Philippe Nathan (Architect, 2001), Paul Ewen (Lëtzebuerger Denkmalschutz Federatioun), Bruno Renders (Directeur Générale DCEC/IFISB), Blanche Weber (President Mouvement Ecologique).

→ Launch of HouseEurope! in Sweden
28.01.2025, online
ACAN Sweden –House Europe's Swedish partner– will introduce the initiative and explain how to get involved in Sweden.

available at this link.

→ Making Renovation the New Norm?
Launch of HouseEurope! in Denmark
03.02.2025, CAFx - Copenhagen Architecture Forum
An evening of debates and panel discussions with architects, activists and lecturers as HouseEurope! which officially launches the campaign in Denmark. The aim is to spark a renovation revolution across Europe.

The panel included:
Søren Pihlmann (Founder, Pihlmann Architects / Danish Architecture Pavilion - Venice Biennale), Lars Autrup (CEO Arkitektforeningen), Jacob Blak Henriksen (Head of Sustainability Architecture, Cobe), Tamara Kalantajevska (Head of Urbanism, Schmidt Hammer Lassen / KADK), Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov (Founder No Objectives), Erik Valdemar Eriksen (Activist Den Grønne Studenterbevægelses Klimaaktivistiske Tegnestue), Dominique Hauderowicz (Founder, Studio Dominique Serena / Danish Architecture Pavilion – Venice Biennale 2027), Esben Thorlacius, Partner, Over Byen Arkitekter, moderated by Enlai Hooi (Head of Innovation, Schmidt Hammer Lassen).

→ Witness Hearing ARCH+/HouseEurope!
Launch of HouseEurope! in Belgium
28.01.2025, CIVA Brussels
ARCH+ staged a “witness hearing” in the form of a conference at CIVA. Practitioners and theorists from all over Europe exchanged insights into successful approaches, but also economic, legislative, and architectural hurdles to a spatial practice of repair and care.

MEP Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA), Laurens Bekemans (BC architects & studies & materials, RWTH Aachen), Oana Bogdan (&bogdan, HouseEurope! Belgian National Organizing Member), Iva Čukić (Ministarstvo prostora), An Fonteyne (noAarchitecten, ETH Zurich), Gabu Heindl (GABU Heindl Architektur, Uni Kassel), Petra Hlaváčková (4AM Forum for Architecture and Media, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien), Josiane Schmidt (ETH Zurich, HouseEurope!).

→ Nuit de la Rénovation / Renovation Night
Launch of HouseEurope! in France
23.01.2025, ENSA Paris-Belville
To celebrate the launch of the House Europe! campaign, the Pavillon de l'Arsenal –the French National Organizing Member– hosted a Renovation Night at ENSA Paris-Belleville. The panel included:

Lamia El Aaraje (Deputy Mayor of Paris responsible for urban planning, architecture, Greater Paris, universal accessibility and people with disabilities), Thomas Chevandier (Deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of all matters relating to public construction, monitoring of construction sites and coordination of work in public spaces), Christine Leconte (architect-urban planner, Director of ENSA Paris-Belleville), Patrick de Jean (architect, President CFVE and CPS ENSAPB of ENSA Paris-Belleville), Marion Waller (General Director of the Pavillon de l'Arsenal), Olaf Grawert (architect HouseEurope!).

Philippe Madec (architect-urban planner, founder of Atelier Philippe Madec), Anne Lacaton (architect and co-founder of Lacaton & Vassal), Philippe Simay (doctor of philosophy) Djamel Klouche and Caroline Poulin (architect-urban planners, co-founders of l'AUC), Léa Cottreel (architect, co-founder of RREEL), Hélène Schwoerer (Deputy Director General of Paris Habitat), Rocío Calzado López and Jasper Meurer (co-founders of DOCAR), Maud Caubet (architect, founder Maud Caubet Architectes), Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (architect and professor EPFL).

→ Exhibition: To Build a Law
11.12.2024 – 25.05. 2025, CCA - Canadian Centre for Architecture
The documentary and exhibition To Build Law follows the Berlin-based collaborative architecture practice bplus.xyz (b+) and the Zurich-located chair for architecture and storytelling s+ (station.plus, D-ARCH, ETH Zurich) as they establish a policy lab, HouseEurope!, to propose industry reforms and shift cultural norms.

→ HouseEurope! Assembly
17.10.2024, Flughafen Tempelhof Berlin
Over 600 people attended to the HouseEurope! Assembly kicking off the European Citizens’ Initiative to Power Renovation at the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin.

The event will included an introduction to the initiative, an overview of its goals, and a spotlight on international partners. The showcase of the movie “Power to Renovation” was followed by a discussion with with selected contributors from the film, including Lacaton & Vassal, Ruth Schagemann, Barbara Metz, and others.

→ Exhibition: IABR International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
29.06.2024 – 13.10.2024, Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam
HouseEurope! is excited to announce its participation in the "Nature of Hope" exhibition at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) 2024. This year’s biennale, themed around hope and nature, explores how architectural practices can contribute to a sustainable future by integrating ecological methods and promoting biodiversity.

→ Exhibition: L'Ecologia Sociale in Pratica / Earthrise24
07.06.2024 – 16.12.2024, Circolo del Design Turin
HouseEurope! participates in the "L'Ecologia Sociale in Pratica" exhibition curated by Salvatore Peluso at the Circolo del Design in Turin. The exhibition investigates design as a lever for change towards a more just and ecological society, through the lens of social ecology, a radical philosophy that connects ecological issues with political and social ones, spanning from architecture to economics, from political and social theory to anthropology, and even to the natural sciences.

→ Lecture: Abbruch! Oder doch nicht?
18.09.2024, 19:00, Energieinstitut Voralberg Museum Bregenz
Olaf Grawert (HouseEurope!), with Markus Schadenbauer.

→ Lecture: S*cial – Values in the built realm
05.09.2024, 18:00, EKA Faculty of Architecture Tallinn
with Jonas Janke (HouseEurope!)

→ Jahrestagung – Wohnraumförderung Städtebauförderung Bayern 2024
11.07.2024, 10:30 – 16:15, Bürgerhaus Lechner Bräu, Baunach
with Arno Brandlhuber and Olaf Grawert (HouseEurope!).

→ Architecture Day Berlin
29.06.2024 – 30.06.2024, San Gimignano Lichtenberg

→ Exhibition: Transition Days Luxembourg
28.06.2023 – 30.06.2024, Hollerich
HouseEurope! participates in the "Transition Days Luxembourg" in Hollerich.

→ Exhibition: BIOM24
18.06.2024 – 23.06.2024, Ploiești
HouseEurope! participates in the "BIOM24" exhibition in Ploiești.

→ Lecture and discussion: HouseEurope!: Learning from Italy
07.06.2024, 18:00, University of Genoa - Aula San Salvatore
with Arno Brandlhuber and Giacomo Ardesio (HouseEurope!), Christiano Lepratti and Martina Guasco (UniGE), Diego Zoppi (CNAPPC).

→ Lecture and discussion: The Demolition Drama
15.05.2024, 17:30, Domus Academy Milan
with Olaf Grawert (HouseEurope!), Nicola Russi (Architect and Founder of Laboratorio Permanente), Giancarlo Tancredi (Councillor for Urban Regeneration of Milan Municipality), and Ann Tuteur (Senior Advisor of Maroni & Associati), moderated by Federica Sofia Zambeletti (Founder of KoozArch).

→ Lecture and discussion: (No) Rules
22.04.2024, 19:00, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien
Olaf Grawert (HouseEurope!), James Taylor-Foster (ArkDes) moderated by Anastassia Smirnova-Berlin and Alexander Sverdlov.

→ Film screening and discussion: The Demolition Drama
21.03.2024, 18:30, Innsbruck University
film screening and discussion with Arno Brandlhuber (HouseEurope!), Kathrin Aste (LAAC, professor at studio3 institute for experimental architecture, University of Innsbruck), Stefan Behnisch (Behinsch Architekten) moderated by Giacomo Ardesio (HouseEurope!).

→ Film screening and discussion: HouseEurope!
22.02.2024, 19:00, CIVA Brussels
film screening and discussion with Arno Brandlhuber and Ludwig Engel (HouseEurope!), Johan Anrys (51N4E), Oana Bogdan (&bogdan), Sophie Boone (Rotor) and Kristiaan Borret (Bouwmeester Brussels).

→ Lecture: HouseEurope! at MInDS 2024
13.02.2024, 12:30, Aula Rogers- Milan Politecnico
with Olaf Grawert (HouseEurope!).

→ Film screening and discussion: Economies - public program of the Italian Pavilion 2023
24.11.2023, 15:30, Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, Venice
film screening and discussion with Alina Kolar and Jolene Lee (HouseEurope!), moderated by Salvatore Peluso.

→ Exhibition: POWER Show
13.10.2023 – 17.03.2024, CIVA Brussels
HouseEurope! participates in the "POWER" exhibition at CIVA Brussels. POWER connects questions of energy and politics. The exhibition and accompanying program challenges viewers to consider how contemporary infrastructure relates to everyday life across intersecting concerns, including political institutions, citizen participation, geopolitics, energy transition, and climate justice.

→ Film screening and discussion: The Demolition Drama
01.02.2024, 19:00, AUT-Architektur und Tirol / Tyrolean Architecture Center Innsbruck
film screening and discussion with Olaf Grawert (HouseEurope!)

→ Exhibition: HOME IS WHERE YOU'RE HAPPY
08.10.2023 – 24.08.2024, Haus Mödrath in Kerpen
HouseEurope! participates in the "HOME IS WHERE YOU'RE HAPPY" exhibition curated by Gesine Borcherdt at Haus Mödrath.

→ Lecture: CREATING A BETTER WORLD
14.09.2023, 19:00, Jung Architecture Talks Warsaw
Olaf Grawert (HouseEurope!), Peter Ippolito (Ippolito Fleitz Group, Stuttgart), Filip Springer (journalist and author, Warsaw) moderated by Ivan Blasi (Mies van der Rohe Award)

→ Lecture at Milano Arch Week 2023
10.06.2023, 20:00, Triennale Milano
with Arno Brandlhuber and Jolene Lee (HouseEurope!)

→ Lecture at Prada Frames: Materials in Flux - A Symposium curated by Formafantasma
19.04.2023, Milan
with Arno Brandlhuber and Olaf Grawert (HouseEurope!)