HABITAT III: The Role of Design - A Path to Sustainable Urbanization
Friday, Sep 12, 201411:35 PMEDT
| Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place New York, NY
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM — RSVP At the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place Welcome: Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, DPACSA, 2014 President, AIA New York Chapter, and Board Member, CSU Introduction: James McCullar, FAIA, Principal, James McCullar Architecture, and Co-Chair, CSU Speakers: Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, and Secretary General, HABITAT III Grahame Shane, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Columbia University Philip Enquist, FAIA, Principal, Skidmore Owens & Merrill James Rausse, AICP, President, APA New York Metro Chapter, and Director, Capital Programs, Office of the Bronx Borough President Moderator: Urs Gauchat, Dean, College of Architecture & Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Board Member, CSU Organized by: Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU) in cooperation with UN-Habitat New York Office and the AIA New York Chapter Sponsored by: Shenoy Engineering and Genar Co-Sponsored by: AIANY Design for Risk & Reconstruction Committee, AIANY Housing Committee, AIANY Planning & Urban Design Committee, AIANY Committee on the Environment (COTE), and AIANY Global Dialogues Commitee AIA CES: 1.5 LU | 1.5 HSW Price: Free RSVP HABITAT III is an international conference of global importance. Every 20 years, under the aegis of the United Nations, the world’s national governments, NGOs and Civil Society meet to develop a joint compact. This compact then informs national policies regarding key issues such as housing, urbanization and social equity for the next 20 years. Despite the fact that more than half of the world’s population already lives in cities, the process of urbanization continues to gain momentum. Every day, almost 250,000 people move to cities, some 75 million annually. This rate of urban expansion creates major challenges that call for inspired design and planning interventions. Design professionals must play a major role in developing sustainable and socially equitable solutions for these new cities. This program is one of a series of preparatory events designed to help set the agenda for HABITAT III in 2016. Unlike many other events that deal with the same subject matter, this event will try to ensure that the role of design will be given appropriate prominence at HABITAT III. HABITAT III will provide a unique opportunity to focus the attention of world governments on the critical importance of a city-scale sustainable urbanization in planning for the future. The goal is to achieve an agreed-upon blueprint that will set the priorities for many countries for the next 20 years. This program is an initiative of the Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, 2014 Presidential theme: ‘Civic Spirit: Civic Vision.’
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