Nexus Conference 2025: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics
3-6 JUNE 2025, VICENZA, PALLADIO MUSEUM
Call for Presentation Proposals
The department ICEA is pleased to announce the opening of the Call for Proposals of the 15th international and interdisciplinary conference "Nexus 2025: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics". The conference will take place 3 ‒ 6 June 2025 in Vicenza, Italy, hosted by ICEA – Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering of the Università degli Studi di Padova and Kim Williams Books. This important meeting is the fifteenth conference in the Nexus series, following those in 1996 (Fucecchio, Florence, Italy), 1998 (Mantua, Italy), 2000 (Ferrara, Italy), 2002 (Óbidos, Portugal), 2004 (Mexico City), 2006 (Genoa, Italy), 2008 (San Diego, USA), 2010 (Porto, Portugal), 2012 (Milan, Italy), 2014 (Ankara, Turkey), 2016 (San Sebastián – Donostia, Spain), 2018 (Pisa, Italy), 2020/2021 (Kaiserlautern, Germany, held online), and 2023 (Torino, Italy). The Nexus conferences are dedicated to explorations of the relationships between architecture and mathematics through a broad panorama of topics. Over the years since the Nexus conferences began in 1996, conference participants have presented studies of buildings both large and small, as well as entire cities and neighborhoods, designed by great architects of the past such as Leon Battista Alberti and Andrea Palladio, and by modern masters such as Xenakis, Le Corbusier, Frei Otto and Frank Lloyd Wright, and contemporary architects such as Anna Bofill and Greg Lynn. These works are studied from the viewpoint of mathematical notions: symmetry, descriptive and projective geometry, proportion, statics, grammars, computer science, topology, algebra, fractals, parametrical analysis, and many more.
Selection Process
Speakers at the Nexus 2025 conference will be selected by the Scientific Committee based on abstracts submitted in response to the present Call for Proposals. Acceptance will be based on the adherence to the call, the originality of topic, methodology of the research and clarity of written presentation. All accepted abstracts will be published by Kim Williams Books in a conference proceedings book that will be distributed in Vicenza. Following their presentation at the conference, a limited number of speakers will be invited to develop their work into full research papers for publication in the Nexus Network Journal by Springer. The selection will be made by the Scientific Committee after the presentations at the conference. Papers not presented in person at the conference will not be considered for the Nexus Network Journal publication.
The following conditions apply:
• Submission of an abstract is not a guarantee of acceptance at the conference nor of the journal publication.
• Papers that have been presented at other meetings and/or previously published as chapters of books or as journal articles will not be considered.
• The author submitting an abstract automatically grants permission for that abstract to circulate among members of the Scientific Committee. The conference chairs guarantee that the abstract will not be used for any purpose other than review and selection.
• Authors of accepted abstracts must guarantee their participation at the conference. No accepted abstract will be eligible for the publication in the Nexus Network Journal if the author will not present his research at the conference in person.
• Publication of the accepted abstract in the conference book is contingent on payment of the conference participation fee before or on the established date (see Conference Fee and Working Schedule below).
• After acceptance authors will be expected to re-format their abstracts for publication as instructed.
• There are no publication fees for publication in the Nexus Network Journal.
Special Note for Ph.D. Candidates and Recent Ph.D. Graduates
If you are currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program or have received your Ph.D. within the two years before the conference (2023-2025), do not submit an abstract. Please see the Call for Presentation Proposals for the Nexus 2025 Ph.D. Day.
For the inclusion in the main conference sessions, papers co-authored by professors and Ph.D. candidates must be submitted for consideration by the professor, and if accepted, presented by the professor.
Conference Fee
Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to cover their own travel expenses to the conference venue and pay the conference participation fee. The conference fee will be announced at the time speakers are notified of the acceptance of abstracts.
What to Submit
• Cover sheet that includes the following information:
• full name and surname.
• title or profession (Professor, Doctor, Architect, Independent Scholar, etc.).
• affiliation (if applicable).
• country of residence.
• e-mail address.
• title of the abstract.
• category of research (see below).
• 5 keywords
• Abstract
Abstracts in English, no more than 1600 words and 2 pages (DIN/A4) of images. The abstract should comprise the following sections: Introduction (ca. 150 words); the Research (ca. 1300 words); Conclusion (ca. 150 words); References (no more than 10).
• Curriculum vitae. Please be brief: no more than 1 page, including significant publications.
Where to Submit
Submissions are to be sent via e-mail to the Secretary of the Scientific Committee at this address: conference.nexus2025.icea@unipd.it.
When to Submit
Submissions will be accepted from 1 September 2024 to 1 November 2024. No abstracts will be acknowledged before 1 September or accepted after 1 November, unless an extension of the deadline is specifically announced.
Categories of Research
The following categories of research are intended to facilitate the review work of the Scientific Committee. Please indicate the category that you believe best describes your research:
◦ Design theory: mathematics as a design tool.
◦ Design analysis: mathematics used to analyze an existing monument or site.
◦ Geometry: Applications of geometry (descriptive, projective, fractal, etc.) to architecture.
◦ Topology: Applications of topology to architecture.
◦ Rule-based Design: Shape grammars; parametric design.
◦ Representation of architecture: perspective; modelling.
◦ Structures: architectural engineering application; statics related to form.
◦ Computer applications: morphogenesis, digital fabrication, virtual reality.
◦ Didactics: methods, approaches and projects in the classroom, at all levels of education.
◦ Other ___ (please provide 2 keywords).
Conference Working Schedule
The schedule for submissions, selections, and the preparation of the final presentations is:
◦ 1 November 2025 | Deadline for submission of abstracts.
◦ 31 January 2025 | Notification of acceptance of abstracts.
◦ 10 March 2025 | Deadline for submission for final, correctly formatted abstracts for publication in the conference proceedings.
◦ 3 – 6 June 2025 | Conference in Vicenza.
◦ 1 September 2025 | Notification of invitation to publish in Nexus Network Journal (the invitation to publish is not a guarantee of acceptance and the submission must undergo peer review.)
◦ 2026 | Publication of selected papers in the Nexus Network Journal. If you would like more information about the Nexus conferences, books or the Nexus Network Journal, see the Nexus Network Journal web: https://link.springer.com/journal/4.
If you have any question about this call for proposals, please don’t hesitate to contact the Conference Secretary or Chairs (conference.nexus2025.icea@unipd.it).
Directors of Nexus 2025 Conference
Kim Williams
Emeritus Founding Editor, Nexus Network Journal
kwb@kimwilliamsbooks.com
Cosimo Monteleone
ICEA, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambienatle
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
cosimo.monteleone@unipd.it
Sylvie Duvernoy
Secretary, Nexus Association
syld@kimwilliamsbooks.com
Scientific Committee
Rachele Angela Bernardello
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
rachele.bernardello@unipd.it
Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua,
Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
marco.giorgio.bevilacqua@unipi.it
Paolo Borin
Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
paolo.borin@unibs.it
José Calvo López,
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
Jose.Calvo@upct.es
Alessandra Capanna,
Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy
alessandra.capanna@uniroma1.it
Cornelie Leopold,
Director fatuk, Kaiserslautern, Germany
cornelie.leopold@architektur.uni-kl.de
Ana López Mozo,
Universidad Politécnico de Madrid, Spain
ana.lopez.mozo@upm.es
Michael Ostwald,
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
m.ostwald@unsw.edu.au
Mine Özkar,
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Taksim-Istanbul, Turkey
ozkar@itu.edu.tr
Diogo Pereira Henriques,
Aarhus University, Denmark
Email
Mojtaba Pour Ahmadi,
University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
pourahmadi@guilan.ac.ir
Roberta Spallone,
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
roberta.spallone@polito.it
Vesna Stojaković,
University of Novi Sad, Serbia
vesna100@uns.ac.rs
João Pedro Xavier,
University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
jxavier@arq.up.pt
Maria Zack,
Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, USA
MariaZack@pointloma.edu
Nexus 2025 Conference Organizing Committee
Rachele Angela Bernardello
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
rachele.bernardello@unipd.it
Paolo Borin
Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
paolo.borin@unibs.it
Ygor Fasanella
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
ygor.fasanella@phd.unipd.it
Sharon Giammetta
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
sharon.giammetta@phd.unipd.it
Cosimo Monteleone
ICEA, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
cosimo.monteleone@unipd.it
