AIA Middle East - Design for Health – Design Strategies for Resilient Hospital

When: Saturday 26 February 2022 @ 09:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 17:00 (Qatar time)
Where: Online via Zoom
CES Credits - Estimated 1.0 LU for AIA Members

Speaker - Angela M Lee, FAIA, ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP

Description

The goal of all healing environments is to engage patients in the conscious process of self-healing and spiritual growth. Spaces are designed to be nurturing and therapeutic and, most important, to reduce stress. This is a research-based approach to design aimed at eliminating environmental stressors and putting patients in contact with nature in the treatment setting.

Evidence-Based Design is a field of study that emphasizes the importance of using credible data in order to influence the design process. The approach has become popular in Healthcare Architecture to improve patient and staff well-being, patient healing process, stress reduction and safety. Evidence-Based Design is a relatively new field of study which borrows terminology and ideas from several disciplines including Environmental Psychology, Architecture, Neuroscience and Behavioral Economics. Together, we will be going through Evidence Based Design benchmarks, and the challenges we face when it comes to mindful Interior Materials to promote Wellbeing.

Speaker Bio

Angela Lee is responsible for the overall performance and strategic direction of HKS Inc. in Asia Pacific. With over 28 years of healthcare planning experience, she has been an integral part of the design and planning of over 1.5 million square meters of healthcare projects worldwide. Lee’s projects have been honoured with design awards from both the AIA and Modern Healthcare. She has been recognized in publications such as Healthcare Design, Health Facilities Management, Healthcare Design Ideas and Medical Construction and Design. Her specialties include healthcare facility and design, program management, and in-depth knowledge of the Asia Pacific region. She was elevated to Fellow of the AIA in 2022.

AIA Intl Taipei - How Architect Can Function In The Public Realm, The Distance Between The Architect And The User Of Architecture

When: Tuesday 22 February 2022 @ 06:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 19:00 (Taipei time)

Where: NCREE Building 13F, No. 200, Xinhai Road, Section 3, Taipei/ ONLINE

CES Credits - Estimated 2.0 LU for AIA Members

Speakers:

Jou Min Lin, AIA

Description

If you are designing public buildings ranging from schools, social housing, to art galleries and museums; in the process, the opposite party of your dialogue and communication will be the undertaker of the agency, not the “building user”.

If you design architecture goods such as a residential project for sale or an office for rent; in the process, the opposite party of your dialogue and communication will be the sales company, not the “building user”.

If, from the first day of work to the completion of the building, the distance between an “architectural designer” and the “user of the building” is so “unreachable”, then how to ensure the “architectural design work” will be a suitable finished product?

I, along with many colleagues, have spent my entire life in architectural design, just like Sisyphus in Greek mythology, pushing boulders up the mountain again and again!

I am well aware that this kind of work with “building users” so “out of reach” is likely to be an endless and possibly futile way of working; in terms of “professional achievement in architecture”. This should not be the way “architectural designers” would like to function.

Shifting between thoughts, if the distance with the “building user” is so “out of reach”, it will not be the working method that the “architectural designer” is willing to settle on. I think, together with the people you work with, keeping the needs of “architectural users” in mind, and working hard to complete good architectural projects, that is the salvation of the best “architectural designers”!

We are Water Foundation/ Region of Murcia - Smart Water Smart (collective) Creativity

When: Monday 21 February 2022 @ 07:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 16:00 (Dubai time)
Where: Spanish Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE

Description

AIA International Mexico is excited to be collaborating with We are Water Foundation, Region of Murcia and Unex to host a Smart Water debate at the Spanish Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.

This conference closes a cycle that, with the title Smartwater Smart (collective) Creativity, has provided a transversal vision from the point of view of the sustainability of the development of tourist destinations and hospitality design projects from the Caribbean, Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf regions. Tourism generates a great economic, social and environmental impact, and during the different sessions the creation of a space of common interest has been facilitated from different professional angles (architects, designers, hoteliers, real estate developers, design and equipment companies, textile designer , art studios, etc.) where you can share information, knowledge, experience, visions and, above all, the opportunity to generate new collaborations that give a better response to the challenges that lie ahead as a society.

The seas and oceans play an essential role in the water cycle and the fight against climate change. Their health and quality are crucial to the quality of life, health and challenges that we face as humanity, directly affecting sectors with a significant social, economic and environmental impact such as tourism. The accelerated deterioration of the seas and oceans requires decisive, collective and cross-cutting action, stimulated through new ideas and approaches. It requires a creative collaborative initiative.

This cycle has been made up of 3 days, each one held in a different tourist region:

• October 14, 2021 Mexico City - Mexico

• February 2, 2022 Cartagena - Spain

• February 21, 2022 Dubai - UAE

Speakers

• Jorge Arditti, Arditti Arquitectos. One of the pioneering Mexican architects in making sustainable architecture and an ambassador for the We Are Water Foundation.

• Hilda Impey, Founder & Creative Partner, Hilda Impey Studio. A leading creative in hospitality design in the Middle East, with more than twelve years of experience in Dubai. Her Mexican background acts as a source of inspiration. Her training in textile design has made her especially sensitive to the environment, in particular with taking care of water.

• Tareq El Zayat, Managing Director - Dubai OBM International. A renowned international studio specialising in high-end luxury vacation hospitality projects, mainly in Caribe and the Middle East, with a special focus on how they blend into their setting, protecting the environment and having water as a source of inspiration.

• Manuel Herrera, CEO, Muher Studio. An outstanding Spanish architect and artist with a presence in Asia, the Middle East and America who finds the inspiration for his work in the natural environment and especially in the Mediterranean.

• Gina Rosete, Managing Director, Tropiqa Studio. One of the most outstanding architects and designers of hospitality projects in the Caribbean.

• Antonio Salvador, Contract Hospitality Manager Suinta. Prominent Spanish company specialized in hospitality projects with experience in the Caribbean, Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf.

Program Schedule

-4 pm Welcome Coffee

-4:30 pm Inauguration

María Del Valle Miguélez Santiago, Minister of Business, Employment, Universities and Spokesperson, Región de Murcia.

-4:40 pm Presentation We Are Water

-5:00 pm Architecture, design and water. The ability of architecture to generate new ways of consuming, experimenting and living in balance with the natural environment

Jorge Arditti, Arditti + RDT Arquitects Design Studio
Hilda Impey, Hilda Impey Interior Design Studio
Tarek El Zayat, OBMI

-5:30 pm Panel Discussion: how to stimulate creative collaboration for the generation of remains and opportunities presented by the current situation

Gina Rosete, Tropiqa
Manuel Herrera, Muher
Antonio Salvador, Suinta

-6:00 pm End of the event

Moderator: David Cámara, Smartwater Project Leader. We Are Water Foundation.

AIA Canada - Design Awards 2021

When: Thursday 10 February 2022 @ 18:00 (Eastern US Time)

Presenters:

Dr. Adam Pantelimon, FRIBA, Intl. Assoc AIA, AIA Canada 2020-21 President

James Wright, FAIA, Jury Chair

Description

Join us for AIA Canada’s first event of 2022!

The AIA Canada Design Awards is an international annual program to celebrate architects who have proven their dedication to the fields of architecture, interior, landscape, planning and urban design. The awards program is displaying and promoting exceptional emerging talent and celebrating those who are pushing boundaries, utilising new, exciting technologies and materials, and developing our future environments in ways that will enrich our lives.

The AIA Canada Design Awards is dedicated to:

• Advance the appreciation of quality architectural ideas and projects around the world,

• Promote and provide publicity to architecture and architects.

AIA Intl Mexico/ Enlace Arquitectura - Luis Carrión: Pasión de la Arquitectura

When: Thursday 9 December 2021 @ 20:30 (Eastern US time)/ 19:30 (Mexico City time)
Where: Facebook Live @enlacearquitecturamx

Description
AIA International Mexico is excited to be supporting a series of talks by architects in partnership with Enlace Arquitectura. This time we have Luis Carrión in conversation with Ricardo Saslavsky.

The event will be in Spanish.

Join the event:

Facebook @enlacearquitecturamx
Instagram @enlace_arquitectura
YouTube @EnlaceArquitecturaRevista

AIA Intl Mexico/ Enlace Arquitectura - Fernando Romero: Vivir de la Arquitectura

When: Thursday 9 December 2021 @ 20:30 (Eastern US time)/ 19:30 (Mexico City time)
Where: Facebook Live @enlacearquitecturamx

Description
AIA International Mexico is excited to be supporting a series of talks by architects in partnership with Enlace Arquitectura. This time we have Fernando Romero in conversation with Ricardo Saslavsky.

The event will be in Spanish.

Join the event:

Facebook @enlacearquitecturamx
Instagram @enlace_arquitectura
YouTube @EnlaceArquitecturaRevista

AIA IR South Korea/ SNU DAAE - James Carpenter: Light in the Public Realm

When: Wednesday 24 November 2021 @ 05:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 19:00 (Korea time)

Where: Seoul National University Dept. of Architecture and Architectural
Engineering, Seoul, Korea/ ONLINE

CES Credits - Estimated 2.0 LU/ HSW for AIA Members

Speaker:

James Carpenter, James Carpenter Design Associates

Description

This lecture will focus upon a 40-year trajectory of work that brings agency to the presence of light, allowing it to reveal the properties and presence of nature within our built environment. At the intersection of art, engineering and architecture, JCDA’s use of materials activates and transforms both private and public spaces with observable qualities of light that define a collective experience of place. Looking at their work in both civic and commercial contexts, James Carpenter will address the increased need for innovative strategies that heighten our collective awareness of light and nature.

AIA MEMBERS: Please register below in advance to receive your CES credits.

To join the livestream, and to view past livestreams in partnership with Seoul National University, go here: https://www.youtube.com/c/SNUDAAE

AIA IR Singapore/ National University of Singapore - Jimenez Lai: Bureau Spectacular

When: Wednesday 17 November 2021 @ 21:30 (Eastern US Time)/ Thursday 18 November @ 10:30 (Singapore time)

Where: SDE4 Level 4 Forum, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore/ ONLINE

CES Credits - 1.0 LUs for AIA Members

Speaker:

Jimenez Lai, Bureau Spectacular

Description

Jimenez Lai was born in Taiwan, came of age in Canada and lives in Los Angeles. He works at Bureau Spectacular. Previously, Lai lived in a desert shelter at Taliesin and resided in a shipping container at Atelier Van Lieshout on the piers of Rotterdam. Lai's work focuses on the relationship between storytelling and architecture. His first book. Citizens of No Place, a graphic novel was published by Princeton Architectural Press. Draft II of this cook has been archived at the New Museum. Bureau Spectacular was a past partici­ pant of the Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2015 and 2017. Lai has won various awards, including the Architecture League Prize for Young Architects and Debut Award at the Lisbon Triennale, and the 2017 Designer of the Future Award at Art Basel. In 2014, Lai represented Taiwan at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2015, Lai organized the Treatise exhibition and publication series at the Graham Foundation. Lai has taught at various universities around the world, including Cornell National University of Singapore, University of Southern California, UCLA, and Columbia Univer­ sity. Lai's work has been collected by MoMA, SFMOMA, Art Institute of Chicago, and LACMA.

Bureau Spectacular imagines other worlds and engages design through telling stories. Beautiful stories about character development, relation­ ships, curiosities, and attitudes; absurd stories about impossible realities that invite enticing possibilities. The stories conflate design, representation, theory, criticism, history, and taste into cartoon pages. These cartoon narratives swerve into the physical world through architectur­ al installations, designed objects, interiors, and architecture.

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AIA IR Taipei - Kwan-Tzu Sky Court Social Housing - A Turnkey Project

When: Friday 15 October 2021 @ 08:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 19:00 (Vietnam time)

CES Credits - Estimated 1.5 LU/ HSW for AIA Members

Speakers:

Yuan-Liang Tsai, Principal/ Architect, EDS International

Tung-Ho Tsai, General Manager, TH Tsai and Associates

Description

Introduce the architectural design and Construction Consideration of “Kwan Tzu Sky Court” Social Housing. 28 stories and 4 basement mixed use with 476 units social housing and long-term care center.

Public social housing has always been a factor of Residence Justice, not to mention the importance of changes in a city’s social and economic development.

Taipei City Government has been securing lands from various channels, with a target to build forty-thousand housing units since 2015. Among acquired lands, Kwan-Tzu Po-Ai Welfare campus will house five mixed-use buildings, including Building “C”, 485 dwelling units.

In order to reduce the time frame, the City Government decided to use the “design/build” method to implement the project. Knowing high-density development will restrict the possible open space, the concept of “Vertical Community” was being developed. In the final scheme, various “court” spaces were provided to meet the need of urban design layers.

The close coordination between design and construction aspects is essential to the project. Various engineering methods, including Precast Staircase, Climbing Scaffold System, Aluminum System Formwork, etc. were applied to the construction.

AIA Shanghai - WELL One Hour x AIA: Wellness in Workplace Environments

When: Thursday 14 October 2021 @ 04:30 (Eastern US Time)/ 16:30 (Shanghai time)
Where: The Bund House, 1 Yanan East Road, Shanghai/ ONLINE

CES Credits - 1.5 LU for AIA Members

Description

The American Institute of Architects Shanghai Chapter will be holding our second healthcare event this year with the International Well Building Institute on Thursday 5th August. We have invited senior designers from Gensler and M Moser to talk about wellness in workplaces & architecture, and understand the importance of employee well-being to business productivity and success. 

The event is open to AIA members and the design community. All are welcome to join us. RSVP required, space is limited.

About IWBI

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is leading the movement to promote health and wellness in buildings and communities everywhere. IWBI delivers the cutting-edge WELL Building Standard (WELL) for creating and certifying spaces that advance human health and well-being. WELL sets pathways for accomplishing health-first factors that help every one of us to do our best work and be our best selves by supporting our physical and mental health.

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