Open Call: Bauhaus Goes North seeks best practices for a circular built environment

Bauhaus Goes North is a project exploring participatory, sustainable and inclusive co-design to support the transition to a circular, resource-efficient economy in the Northern Periphery and Arctic region. Building on the values of the New European Bauhaus (NEB), it sees circularity in architecture as more than materials and construction: part of a broader, more holistic vision of sustainability.

The project is now inviting existing, innovative examples that advance circularity in the built environment and reflect the NEB values of sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion, with a particular emphasis on circularity and resource efficiency. The selected examples will help share knowledge and make successful approaches easier to adapt and replicate in different communities across the northern regions.

Who can apply?

Municipalities, architecture and planning professionals, universities, communities and circular construction projects are all invited to apply. In Finland, the call is open to actors working in northern Finland. Please check the programme map to confirm geographical eligibility. A map of the eligible programme area can be found from this link.

What can be submitted?

Applications can include, for example, building projects, neighbourhood plans, technological solutions, operational concepts, local roadmaps, procedures or toolkits.

Themes

Applications are considered under three themes:

• Circular Society

• Circular Instruments

• Circular Building

Key information

Deadline: 30 November 2026

Apply from this link.
Read more from this link.

The third and final call will open in April 2027.

Archinfo, Finland’s NEB contact point, encourages Finnish actors to share practices that could inspire others across Europe.