Tomorrow’s Cities: Building the Future
RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD Monday 14th – Tuesday 15th November 2016
Next week, the INTBAU World Congress, will take place. This is a biennial forum that brings together a host of international participants to debate the most pressing global issues facing building, architecture and urbanism.
In 1800 just 2% of the world’s population lived in cities. Now, some 55% of the world’s population live in urban environments. The 2016 Congress, Tomorrow’s Cities: Building the Future, explores the impact of this rapid urbanisation, one of the biggest challenges facing communities throughout the world. The Congress will highlight efforts in cities around the world to respond to issues of sustainability and good growth, heritage and identity, and the meaning of shelter.
Debating these issues will be a diverse range of established and new voices, including: Jane Duncan, President of RIBA; Leo Hollis, author of Cities are Good for You; Orna Rosenfeld, a Senior Housing Expert for the UN; Will Hunter, Director of the newly-founded London School of Architecture; and journalist, author and TED speaker Robert Neuwirth.
The Congress will be address three key questions over two days:
- RAPID URBANISATION – How can our cities grow sustainably?
- SHIFTING IDENTITIES – How does heritage evolve?
III. SHELTER – How can we build better homes?
Other events around the World Congress will include the presentation of INTBAU Excellence Awards at the Royal Society of Arts, and a shelter-themed Routemaster bus tour in partnership with the National Trust to explore London’s responses to housing crises in the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries.
Monday 14th –November 2016 8am – 5pm – Congress Day 1 (two sessions) Tuesday 15th November 2016 8.30am – 12pm – Congress Day 2 (session three) 7.30 – 10.30pm – Presentation of INTBAU Excellence Awards at the RSA, followed by a reception
RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
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