ECLAS Conference 2026

We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for the next edition of the annual conference of ECLAS (the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools) which will be held at the University of Technology Delft, the Netherlands, from 16 to 19 September 2026.

The 2026 theme is ‘Take Care – Planetary Landscape Architecture’. In an age of ecological and environmental urgency, landscape architecture must be more than the design of space — it must become a practice of care. Take Care calls for awareness, responsibility, and action. It considers the limits of planetary systems, assuming responsibility for human interventions, and using the power of design to shape landscapes that support life. It operates at a planetary scale, but also regionally and locally.

Five Tracks of Care

Take Care is structured around five interconnected tracks — each offering a pathway for a knowing and doing in a planetary age. We invite contributions on theory and discourse, on ways of knowing and doing, on emerging perspectives and voices, on planetary challenges, and on transformative education. Together, they form a framework for a profession that is ethically engaged, relationally aware, and equipped to foster a regenerative future for the planet:

I – Taking Care by Reframing Our Worldviews – Theory | Discourse | Ethics

II – Taking Care through Design Methods and Tools – Methods | Tools | Techniques

III – Taking Care by Engaging Diverse Voices – Perspectives | Voices | Actors

IV – Taking Care in the Face of Urgent Transitions – Topics | Challenges | Approaches

V – Taking Care through Transformative Education – Education | Pedagogies | Didactics

Submit your written or visual abstracts

To foster a maximum level of learning, interaction and action around the conference theme, we invite researchers, Master/PhD students and professionals to enter regular paper contributions or alternative contributions in formats such as visual essays. The two formats also inform the structure of the conference: day one is to be a ‘dissemination day’ for regular contributions while the alternative contributions are the input for an ‘exchange day’ on day two. The deadline for submissions is 31 January 2026.

Conference organisation & details

This ECLAS conference edition is organised by DSL – the Dutch School of Landscape Architecture, a partnership between the Dutch Association for Garden and Landscape Architecture (NVTL) and seven educational and research institutes in the Netherlands and Flanders: Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. HAS green academy, Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts, KASK & Conservatorium (HOGENT – HoWest), Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, University of Technology Delft, and Wageningen University & Research.

Venue: Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment (A+BE) TU Delft, Julianalaan 134, Delft and Lijm & Cultuur lab, Rotterdamseweg 272, Delft, the Netherlands.
Format: The conference will include both in-person and virtual participation options.

Conference dates: Wednesday 16 September to Saturday 19 September, 2026.

Deadline abstract submissions: 31 January 2026.

All information about the conference programme and entering abstracts can be found at conference.eclas.org