UIA General Assembly elects Council for the 2026–2029 term
The UIA World Congress of Architects Barcelona brought together architects, researchers, and students from around the world across the Barcelona International Convention Centre (CCIB), the Three Chimneys complex and the Disseny Hub Barcelona, with the UIA Gold Medal & Triennial Prizes ceremony at the Sagrada Família. The congress programme was structured around six thematic lines: Becoming More-than-human, Becoming Circular, Becoming Embodied, Becoming Interdependent, Becoming Hyper-conscious, and Becoming Attuned.
The closing ceremony, held on 2 July at the CCIB, featured the reading of the Barcelona Declaration by CSCAE President Marta Vall-llossera — a manifesto built around six positions mirroring the Congress’s thematic strands, intended as a roadmap for the profession and a guide for UIA working bodies ahead of the 2029 Congress. Among its declarations, the text affirms housing as a right rather than a return on investment, and calls for the profession to move beyond an anthropocentric view of the world. The ceremony closed with the ceremonial handover of the UIA flag to Beijing, the next host city of the UIA World Congress of Architects in 2029.
Following the Congress sessions, the UIA General Assembly convened at Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHub), where the UIA adopted the guidelines and governance framework for the 2026–2029 mandate, alongside electing the new Council to lead the Union through the coming triennium.
The newly elected leadership is as follows:
President: ZHANG Li (China)
Secretary General: Teresa TÁBOAS VELEIRO (Spain)
Treasurer: Marco VERGARA VÁZQUEZ (Mexico)
Vice-Presidents
- Jerzy GROCHULSKI (Poland) — Region II
- Nivaldo ANDRADE (Brazil) — Region III
- Debatosh SAHU (India) — Region IV
- Mohamed Sahby GORGI (Tunisia) — Region V
Council Members
Region I — Western Europe
- Cecilia SOLÉ PARELLADA (Andorra)
- Mariam LOCATE (France), alternate Nikhil CALAS
- Fionnuala ROGERSON (Ireland), alternate Nicola RYAN
- Paula HUOTELIN (Nordic Section), alternate Arja LUKIN
Region II — Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East
- Oleg HAMAN (Czechia), alternate Milica VUJOŠEVIĆ
- Dimitris XYNOMILAKIS (Greece), alternate Nikolaos PATSAVOS
- László MIKÓ (Hungary), alternate Tibor FÁTYOL
- Ayşen CIRAVOĞLU (Turkey), alternate Tonguç AKIŞ
Region III — The Americas
- Jadille BAZA APUD (Chile), alternate Leoncio ORELLANA
- Augusto BALLEN REY (Colombia), alternate Mauricio URIBE GONZÁLEZ
- Dania CHAVARRÍA NÚÑEZ (Costa Rica), alternate Luis Alberto MONGE CALVO
- Isis Gabriela GARRIDO ENAMORADO (Honduras), alternate Héctor Javier GUTIÉRREZ SEGURA
Region IV — Asia and Oceania
- Qazi M. ARIF (Bangladesh), alternate Khan Md. MAHFUZUL HUQ
- Yoshihiko SANO (Japan), alternate Sumito TAKASHINA
- Jonathan V. MANALAD (Philippines), alternate Richard GARCIA
- Shekha Nahla ALQASIMI (United Arab Emirates), alternate Rashad Mohammed BUKHASH
Region V — Africa
- Melkia HACENE (Algeria), alternate Issad ABDELATIF
- Jean-Christophe NDONGO (Cameroon), alternate Elisée Martin FOUDA FOUDA
- Iman GAWAD (Egypt), alternate Naila TOULAN
- Massamba Lamsar DIOP (Senegal), alternate Papa Dale THIAW
The UIA warmly congratulates all elected members and thanks all candidates and Member Sections for their active participation in the electoral process.
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