Davos Baukultur Alliance

A global Alliance dedicated to advancing quality planning, construction, and management of more inclusive, sustainable and vibrant communities.

The Davos Baukultur Alliance is strengthening living places through the advancement of a holistic approach to planning, construction and management of buildings, infrastructures, public spaces, and landscapes.

The world is urbanizing at an unprecedented speed. It is estimated that a surface area equivalent to the city of São Paulo or Milan will be built every week, or an area the size of Singapore or New York every month until 2050. This rapid expansion is outpacing population growth and quality tends to be poor. At the same time small towns and rural areas are struggling with shrinking populations. Communities and nature are under greater pressure than ever.

The Alliance unites a diverse array of international stakeholders from government, business, and civil society organisations around a shared set of principles to improve the quality and culture of our living environments through advancing collective action across key cultural, social, economic, environmental, and technical issues.

Project: Building Resilience and Sustainability in Teresina, Brazil - UN Habitat  |  Image: Mariana Gil/WRI Brasil  |   Explore More

Focus areas: shaping the future of Baukultur

The Davos Baukultur Alliance brings together thematic and place-based focus groups to expand thought leadership and develop practical tools for implementation. Through a cross-sectoral approach, these groups tackle critical challenges to advance high-quality Baukultur and deliver meaningful outcomes for communities worldwide.

Affordability & Social Value Creation 

Exploring ways to incentivize and accelerate the adoption of high-quality Baukultur within regeneration projects, structured to embed and drive social value for all communities.

Resilience & Climate Adaptation

Identifying ways to help mitigate the risks of extreme weather and natural disasters, advance more resilient communities, and adapt to climate change in communities as part of the advancement of high-quality Baukultur.

Sustainability & Circularity

Incentivizing and accelerating the adoption of sustainable and circular construction models, retrofitting of buildings and improved special planning to advance net zero and nature-positive communities.

Special Issue: Rebuilding Ukraine

A special place-based focus group to establish frameworks and support projects for high-quality Baukultur in the rebuilding process, with consideration to Ukraine’s unique and heavily impacted culture and heritage.

Baukultur Innovative Practice

A collection of projects, programmes and initiatives which have endeavored to respond to changes and challenges to achieve high quality in designed living environments.

The diverse studies shed light on various approaches, strategies, and solutions for achieving high-quality Baukultur. Each study emphasises key enablers, offering valuable insights that can adapt, replicate, or scale within other global contexts.

Join us in shaping the future of our living environments.

The Alliance welcomes new member organisations that are involved in Baukultur-related sectors, including real estate, culture and heritage, natural and built environment design, construction, materials, and finance. 

Davos Baukultur AlliancePart of  Centre for Urban Transformation
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