ARQDIS Pavilion is an international event based in Bogotá, Colombia, conceived to share creation and practice-based research in creative disciplines. The event is open to anyone interested in design, architecture, art, the humanities and creative practices. Over three days, the event will offer exhibitions, lectures by national and international keynotes, performances, showcases and activities that aim to strengthen the creative ecosystem of these fields.
Each day we will have transformative talks with globally renowned keynotes whose work drives new ways of thinking and creating in design, architecture, arts, music, and the humanities. We will soon announce all the Pavilion 2026 keynotes.
keynote Speaker
Renowned mixed-media artist and NYU ITP Professor, Barcia-Colombo explores the act of leaving one’s digital imprint for the next generation. His work takes the form of video sculptures, immersive performances and large scale projections, “collecting” human portraits on video to play upon the modern cultural exigency of chronicling and preserving.
keynote Speaker & Performance
Novmichi Tosa’s art unit Maywa Denki has developed and introduced various nonsense machines all over the world in the form of musical concerts, exhibitions and mass produced objects for sale. Always donning the blue work clothes typical of Japanese small businesses, they have produced work for the last three decades earning them international praise.
keynote Speaker
Social values are at the center of Colombian architect Giancarlo Mazzanti’s work, which seeks to realize projects that give value to social transformations and that build communities. He has dedicated his professional life to improve the quality of life through the design of the environment and the idea of social equality.
keynote Speaker
Recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the Latin American architects breaking down barriers, Zegers and her architectural practice has a strong social and sustainable focus, strongly rooted in the territory, its processes and local materials, especially with wood. Her projects are nourished by a creative process born from geopoetry.
keynote Speaker
Dr. Madeline Gannon is a multidisciplinary designer forging new futures for human-robot relations. Also known as “The Robot Whisperer”, Gannon specializes in convincing robots to do things they were never intended to do.
Opening Speaker
As Vice President for Research and Creation at the University of the Andes until 2023, Silvia promoted the production of open knowledge, the strengthening of innovation ecosystems, and commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030
In addition to discovering dazzling keynotes, you will be able to explore exhibitions, performances, presentations, and tour Bogotá's creative scene by visiting design, architecture, art, and music studios. You will have multiple ways to learn to unlearn in your own way.
The creative scene of Bogotá is vibrant, diverse and constantly evolving. With the studio visits tours you can explore workshops, galleries, studios and spaces that take the creative industry to another level. We will soon announce the studio visits for Pavilion 2026.
Hechizoo
Relámpago
Octubre Arquitectura
Hechizoo
Octubre Arquitectura
Hechizoo
Relámpago
Río Vicachá
This category brings together practices, processes, objects, and works conceived to be shared publicly, staging not only a final outcome but also the motivations, explorations, and decisions that gave rise to them. Its purpose is to generate meaningful experiences for those who observe or interact with them, engaging sensibility through aesthetic, narrative, sensory, and spatial resources. Exhibiting entails the configuration of an open dialogue between creator, work, and audience, where each gaze activates new readings and resonances.
All submissions are processed through the submission platform. The Open Call for project submissions is free of charge. Selected projects that participate in the conference must pay the event registration fee for at least one (1) of the authors. The selected projects will be published in the conference proceedings. Please refer to the full submission requirements for this category in the document attached below.
Discover the projects that were part of the “Exhibit” category at Pavilion 2023.
Each submission will be reviewed through an anonymous peer-review process. Therefore, submissions must not include any information that could identify the author(s).
This category seeks to bring together a series of performative and reflective experiences that do not aim to “teach,” but rather to open fissures.It is a critical practice—an aesthetic stance that challenges academic inertia to rethink our mental frameworks and imagine other ways of relating to knowledge: transmission is also a performative act.
To unlearn is to open oneself to unanticipated logics, to propose a relational gesture that rethinks not only what we know, but the very model of the “we” from which knowledge is produced.
It entails revisiting the digital in a situated, critical, and sensitive manner. Technologies must be made visible as agents, rather than as mere tools.
The intention is to foster an encounter that becomes action—where thinking is embodied, vulnerable, and open to transformation. One’s own methods are exposed, assumptions are dismantled, and new ones are tested. Performing what is known—and what must be unlearned.
All submissions are processed through the submission platform. The Open Call for project submissions is free of charge. Selected projects that participate in the conference must pay the event registration fee for at least one (1) of the authors. The selected projects will be published in the conference proceedings. Please refer to the full submission requirements for this category in the document attached below.
Discover the projects that were part of the “Perform” category at Pavilion 2023.
Each submission will be reviewed through an anonymous peer-review process. Therefore, submissions must not include any information that could identify the author(s).
This category invites exploratory design projects whose primary objective is narrative: to question, strengthen, reinvent, or deconstruct stories using multiple media or platforms. Transmedia involves exploring or communicating an idea, concept, or narrative across different formats, so that each one contributes something unique to the work rather than simply replicating it.
This approach breaks away from the rigidity of a single format and enriches the sensory and visual experience, generating new forms of interaction with the narrative. The projects are multidirectional; they seek to connect emotionally with those who experience them and invite active interpretation and audience participation.
Proposals that combine different media (sound, audiovisual, textual, visual/graphic, spatial, interactive, digital, etc.) will be considered and should demonstrate how the integration of these languages enhances the narrative, expands its communicative possibilities, and offers unique and meaningful experiences.
All submissions are processed through the submission platform. The Open Call for project submissions is free of charge. Selected projects that participate in the conference must pay the event registration fee for at least one (1) of the authors. The selected projects will be published in the conference proceedings. Please refer to the full submission requirements for this category in the document attached below.
Discover the projects that were part of the “Transmedia” category at Pavilion 2023.
Each submission will be reviewed through an anonymous peer-review process. Therefore, submissions must not include any information that could identify the author(s).
The construction of knowledge is a collective endeavor, sustained by public debate. Research in the creative disciplines is no exception to this dynamic: conversations around how we approach the objects of inquiry in architecture, the arts, and design—paradigms, thematic frameworks, methods, and limitations—are as relevant and necessary as innovation in the formats through which research outcomes are disseminated to broader audiences. Pavilion 2026 opens a space for dialogue on the diverse ways in which, across the wide spectrum of the arts and humanities, new methodological and theoretical frameworks have been addressed, informed by interdisciplinary collaboration.
Researchers in these fields—including early-career researchers affiliated with research groups, graduate students, emerging and senior scholars, among others—are invited to submit contributions that engage this debate through recent research projects, whether completed or ongoing. It is expected that, following the contributions presented within the Present category, authors will gain critical inputs to further develop their presentations into high-quality scholarly articles for publication in leading scientific outlets within the field of creative practice.
All submissions are processed through the submission platform. The Open Call for project submissions is free of charge. Selected projects that participate in the conference must pay the event registration fee for at least one (1) of the authors. The selected projects will be published in the conference proceedings. Please refer to the full submission requirements for this category in the document attached below.
Discover the projects that were part of the “Present” category at Pavilion 2023
Each submission will be reviewed through an anonymous peer-review process. Therefore, submissions must not include any information that could identify the author(s).
Pavilion opens its doors to proposals in architecture, design, art, music, and the humanities that can strengthen our creative ecosystem. It is a unique place to explore, through different formats, the possibilities of these disciplines.
View 2023 projectsSecure your spot at Pavilion 2026. Early bird rates will be available for a limited time.
Tickets for internationals Tickets for Colombians| For international attendees: | Early bird rate | Regular rate |
| General public | 600 USD | 700 USD |
| Project authors, students, members of La Triada or Cumulus | 500 USD | 600 USD |
All rates listed are per person and include full access to Pabellón 2026 for its entire duration (October 7–9), as well as lunch and snacks each day.
| For Colombian attendees: | Early bird rate | Regular rate |
| General public | 2.200.000 COP | 2.600.000 COP |
| Project authors | 1.850.000 COP | 2.200.000 COP |
| Students | 600.000 COP | 750.000 COP |
| Single day | 750.000 COP | 950.000 COP |
All rates listed are per person and include full access to Pabellón 2026 for its entire duration (October 7–9), except for the single-day rate, which grants entry to one day of the event only (chosen at the time of purchase). These rates also include lunch and snacks for each day covered by the respective ticket.
With your Pavilion tickets, you will have access to two snacks per day, lunch, and the opening cocktail. You can also add a ticket for the closing gala of the event. Our food providers are local businesses whose foundation is environmental and social sustainability. We have worked with Crepes & Waffles, El Taller de Cocina, Andrés Carne de Res, Frisby, among others.
Keynote Dinner
Jura
Crepes & Waffles
Crepes & Waffles
Bombay gin
Pavilion is a three-day international conference in Bogotá, Colombia. It will feature distinguished keynote speakers, offer guided visits to architecture, design, and art studios, performances, host parallel panel discussion sessions, and exhibitions, hold workshops and roundtable discussions. Moreover, Pavilion will have social and cultural events to foster audience integration and encourage discussions on architecture and design-related topics. Explore the 2023 experience of this event here.
Pabellón is aimed at designers, architects, artists, musicians, humanists, academics in these disciplines, industry representatives, and anyone interested in creative disciplines.
The rates for authors of selected projects and other event attendees are as follows:
For international attendees
| Early bird rate | Regular rate | |
| General public | 600 USD | 700 USD |
| Project authors, students, members of La Triada or Cumulus | 500 USD | 600 USD |
All rates mentioned are per person and include full access to Pabellón 2026 throughout its duration (from October 7 to 9), as well as lunch and refreshments each day.
For national attendees
| Early bird rate | Regular rate | |
| General public | 2,200,000 COP | 2,600,000 COP |
| Project authors | 1,850,000 COP | 2,200,000 COP |
| Students | 600,000 COP | 750,000 COP |
| Single day | 750,000 COP | 950,000 COP |
All rates mentioned are per person and include full access to Pabellón 2026 throughout its duration (from October 7 to 9), except for the single day rate, which allows entry only on one of the event days (chosen at the time of purchase). These rates also include lunch and refreshments corresponding to each day covered by the respective ticket.
October 5th-6th: Pre-conference activities.
October 7th-9th: Conference.
The official languages of Pavilion will be English and Spanish. We will have translation for both languages.
The majority of citizens from Europe, Oceania, and America (including the U.S., Canada, and almost all of South America) do not require a visa for tourism stays up to 90 days, extendable by another 90; however, nations such as Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, India, China, Vietnam, and most countries in Africa and the Middle East must obtain a Visitor Visa (Type V), unless they meet specific exceptions such as holding a valid visa from the United States or the Schengen Area. We recommend checking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website to learn all the entry requirements to Colombia.
Apart from visa requirements, Colombian law establishes that foreign visitors undertaking academic activities must enter the country with a special permit called a Temporary Stay Permit (PTP as indicated in the invitation letter we sent you after purchasing the event ticket). To comply with this requirement, print your invitation letter and submit a copy along with your passport to the immigration officer at the entry customs. They will issue your PTP. Keep it with you throughout your stay. Additionally, we have a travel guide for all our international participants.
It is necessary to be present at the conference. If it is a collective project, at least one (1) of the authors must be present at Pavilion.
The acceptance notification will be sent on May 15.
All projects presented at the conference will be published in the proceedings. Besides, some of these projects may be selected for a special edition of Dearq, a Scopus-indexed journal.
Pavilion’s proceedings will have an ISBN and DOI. Besides, some of these projects may be selected for a special edition of Dearq, a Scopus-indexed journal.
Please get in touch with Valentina Osorio.
Yes. Pavilion 2026 is a non-profit event conceived as an academic and cultural platform for reflection, exchange of ideas, and the sharing of knowledge.
Please contact somosarqdis@uniandes.edu.co
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