Seed is an action, a methodology, a community that invites designers, architects and engineers, urban planners – together with artists, scientists, philosophers, psychologists, economists, academics and entrepreneurs – to meet and discuss around the same table. A recurring appointment to look each other frankly in the eye, exchange ideas, share experiences, but above all to propose concrete actions to put on the ground and open the door to a different future.

Ma Yansong
Architecture, nature, emotions
Perugia, 22 November 2025

But Yansong, founder of MAD Architects, is one of the most visionary voices in contemporary architecture. His research combines nature, technology and spirituality in a poetic language that redefines the relationship between man and the city.

DISCOVER THE EVENT

Theme of the 2026

The 2026 edition of Seed is dedicated to the concept of Mankind and aims to explore the fragile balance between our social nature and the challenges of the contemporary world, marked by a growing loss of physical reality and a progressive removal of the Other.

Seed Road Map 2025-2026

Next events

Milan: Seed preview

On October 16, 2025, the event in Milan marked the start of the journey towards Seed, the 2026 International Architecture Festival in Perugia. The journey will touch cities such as Venice, Rome, Amsterdam, and Madrid, opening a dialogue on the themes of design culture and contemporaneity. Among the protagonists of the evening were architect Michele De Lucchi, philosopher Walter Mariotti, Seed scientific coordinator Barbara Cadeddu, and Andrea Margaritelli, president of IN/ARCH.

Topic

Five thematic areas of investigation with the intention of sowing a seed from which to germinate a vision of the world aimed at bringing together political, intellectual and social forces around the common goal of peace and environmental protection.