AIA International Region 2021 Spring Conference
Implementing Change
Sustainability and Resilience in the Built Environment
April 26, 2021
program
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Speaker: Peter Exley, FAIA, 2021 AIA President / Climate action raises the possibility that we can improve the environment for everyone while we also improve the conditions of the architectural . . .
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Speakers: Mouzhan Majidi, FAIA, Sherif Anis, FAIA, Jayesh Hariyani, FAIA, Brigitte Shim, Hon. FAIA / A panel discussion with recently elevated Fellows and Honorary Fellows moderated by Sam Oboh, FAIA . . .
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Speaker: Darryl Condon / The architectural community’s quest for a more responsible design culture is at a critical stage. It is time to expand our focus to include a much more serious attempt at understanding . . .
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Speaker: L. Benjamín Romano / Committed to the AIA 2030 Challenge, LBR&A completed the Torre Reforma highrise building in 2016, achieving a 25.4% reduction in energy consumption. Today they are aiming for . . .
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Speaker: Sergio Myssior / Around a set of single-family condominiums already implemented, the CSUL development project was started, with about 2700 hectares of areas remaining from mining activities . . .
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Speaker: Paulo Macchia / The talk will focus on the government policies that the New South Wales government has implemented to achieve zero emissions by 2050, in particular the State Environmental Planning Policy . . .
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Speaker: Dr. Jason Vollen / Arguably in the last 10 years, energy has replaced gravity as the primary force which architects and engineers must contend, and in the last few, carbon has replaced energy as the new metric . . .
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Speaker: Kelly Alvarez Doran / Overview of MASS Design Group's approach to climate positive design and research from the University of Toronto's Half Studio looking at the embodied carbon of Canada's . . .
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Speakers: Billy Fleming et al, Ian L. McHarg Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Design / In this session, faculty, students, and alumni of the McHarg Center will discuss their applied policy research, creative . . .
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Speaker: Professor Peter Blanck, Ph.D. / Join us for a look at the essential role of inclusivity in design through the lens of innovation as we explore how the sustainable future of inclusivity embraces . . .
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As architects, our design and specification decisions have an immense impact on the natural environment for generations to come, from the resources used and the pollution generated both from the construction . . .
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Speakers: Ali Karimi, Hamed Bukhamseen / The lecture begins looking at Civil Architecture's investigation into pre-oil landscapes of the Gulf and then looking at their contemporary application in public parks, water. . .
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Speakers: Matteo Oreste Ingaramo, Ingrid Paoletti, Barbara Carron, and Sergio Alberto Danese / Light..water..air…the seeds of life, of design and . . .
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Speaker: Luke Leung / In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) categorized health threats that can derail humans and a pandemic was number 3 on the list. When COVID-19 hit us in early 2020, we saw first-hand . . .
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Speakers: Magda Mostafa, Marilys Nepomechie, and Jana Revedin / The UIA Education Commission serves as an international think tank for architectural education policy and practice, proposing guidelines that . . .
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Speakers: Natalie Mossin and Pei Ing Tan / This is a continuation of the popular Women in Architecture series where speakers share their journey through the architectural profession . . .
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Ken Yeang is an architect and ecologist best known for his ecology-based signature architecture, with its distinctive verdant green aesthetic . . .
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Norihisa Kawashima will show research and local practices in Japan to learn ecological knowledge from traditional Japanese villages and conventional architectural typologies through environmental analysis . . .
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Speaker: Carlos Cerezo Davila / Designed by the New York based architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) as an inspirational “smart green campus”, the Hong Kong University of Science and . . .
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Speaker: Lucy Townsend / A renewed approach to design, operation and construction is required to meet national carbon emission reduction targets and align with industry best practice. Utilising a unique position . . .
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Speakers: Jean-Paul Hautekeer, Sammy Hui, Dr. Christine Bruckner. Recognizing architecture for its ability to serve people while touching lightly on the planet, the Sustainable Future Award founders AIA IR and Dow welcome AIA architects to share insights into award-winning sustainable design details.
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Speakers: Natalie Mossin, Ishtiaque Zahir Titas - co-chairs / The UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals represent the commitment of the people of the United Nations to a more sustainable future . . .
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Speaker: Abbas Mu'azu / The Housing sector in Nigeria faces a near 20 million deficit in serving a population of about 200 million. These figures are divided into categories of housing deliveries by the Federal and State . . .
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Speakers: Robert Ivy, Lester Korzilius / AIA CEO Robert Ivy, FAIA’s comments will focus on the AIA’s leadership on sustainability and resilience and efforts on equity, diversity, and inclusion within the organization and the profession.
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