News / Substance – 24-25 April Oslo (NO)

The European Council of Interior Architects, Kristiania University College’s Department of Interior Architecture and the Norwegian Association of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL) invite you to join the conference Substance – Research in Interior Architecture and Design.

This hybrid two-day conference brings together interior practitioners, academics and students from across Europe to discuss the manifold aspects of research in interior architecture and design. What are current themes and topics of interior research? Who does research and in which context?

The conference addresses the contents, frameworks and discourse of research in interior architecture via open discussions of a broad range of short talks – presented by interior educators from universities across Europe, authors of renowned interior publications, members of professional organisations and researchers who completed research or practice-based PhDs.

Program Thursday 24 April

18 invited academics and practicing Interior Architects/Designers from 9 different countries will present short papers on research in Interior Architecture/Design. These lectures will be divided into 3 panels and each series of lectures will be followed by a moderated debate where the physical and on-line audience will be invited to ask questions to the panel.

Program Friday 25 April

There will be 4 lecturers summing up the work in 4 projects carried out over the past 3 years in the ECIA EU-funded project “Building Connections for a Stronger profession”.
The lectures in the morning will be followed after lunch with a sightseeing tour in the Oslo city center where we will be invited into some of the city’s most exciting new cultural buildings.

In the evening the Norwegian Interior Architects and Furniture Designers National Organization (NIL) will hold a gathering to celebrate its 80th anniversary.
During this event also the Award Ceremony for the ECIA Interior Award 2025 will take place.

Check the details and register now!