‘Thinkers and Doers’ series: Penny Allan (Australia), Martin Bryant (Australia) and Huhana Smith (Aotearoa New Zealand) presenting “Weaving Methodologies”.
Nov
25
8:00 AM08:00
IFLA

‘Thinkers and Doers’ series: Penny Allan (Australia), Martin Bryant (Australia) and Huhana Smith (Aotearoa New Zealand) presenting “Weaving Methodologies”.

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The final speakers in the ‘Thinkers and Doers’ series for 2020 are Penny Allan (Australia), Martin Bryant (Australia) and Huhana Smith (Aotearoa New Zealand) presenting “Weaving Methodologies”.

This lecture is scheduled to happen on Wednesday, 25 November 2020, at 8 a.m. NZ time (or 24 November – 11 a.m. Los Angeles, 2 p.m. New York, 7 p.m. London).

Register for the lecture on Zoom 👉

https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckf-GvqDgqEtQSLlPP0qrZnzvJculOZG8A  

Summary

How might different knowledge systems interweave without losing their distinctiveness? In a Government funded project on the Horowhenua in Aotearoa New Zealand, Penny Allan, Huhana Smith and Martin Bryant, accompanied by iwi and hapu from the Kuku Community north of Wellington, considered a future that embodies Māori knowledge, the science of climate change, ecological thinking and the practices of design and art. Their project, in ancestral lands that are subject to destruction by current dairy farming practices and future climate change impacts, has been the subject of a number of publications and exhibitions. In this discussion they will expand on the potential for aligning methodologies to enhance the resilience of the land and its people.

Bios

Penny Allan is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Technology in Sydney. Her three most recent design research projects MOVED to Design, Earthquake Cities of the Pacific Rim, and Rae ki te Rae, deal with the relationship between environment, culture, resilience and design and have all received national awards.

Huhana Smith (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga) is an artist and academic with wide-ranging experience in Māori visual art and museum practice, exhibition planning and implementation, indigenous knowledge and science research. She is currently Head of Whiti o Rehua | School of Art, Toirauwhārangi | College of Creative Arts, at Massey University, Wellington

Martin Bryant is a Professor of Landscape Architecture at UTS and a practising landscape architect, architect and urban designer. His globally significant research led to his authorship of urban ecology and resilience policy paper for United Nations Habitat III conference in Quito in 2017.

About

‘Thinkers and Doers’ aims at bringing together practitioners, scholars, students and the wider community of landscape architecture and affiliated built environment disciplines to share ideas and to hear the latest innovations in the field. This online series brings together nationally and internationally renowned experts through an initiative between the NZILA Wellington Branch and the Landscape Architecture Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

NZILA members: Event Attendance – NZILA CPD 0.5 pts/hr

NZILA Category 3b Public Lecture: 0.5 pts/hr up to two hours per lecture

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AKK/UN-HABITAT Urban Thinkers Campus
Nov
16
to Nov 18
IFLA

AKK/UN-HABITAT Urban Thinkers Campus

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THE AAK URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS 16th-18th NOVEMBER 2020

Theme: Designing a Multi-Hazard Resilient City

The Urban Thinkers Campus is an initiative of UN-Habitat conceived as an open space for critical exchange between urban researchers, professionals, and decision-makers who believe that urbanization is an opportunity and can lead to a positive transformation. It is also intended as a platform to build consensus between partners engaged in addressing urbanization challenges and proposing solutions for the urban future. The first Urban Thinkers in Campus was organized in the framework of the Universal Forum of Cultures of Naples and Campania, in partnership with the municipality of Caserta and the region of Campania. It was hosted by the city of Caserta, at the Belvedere of San Leucio, a UNESCO Cultural Heritage, from the 15th to the 18th of October 2014. Based on the theme “The City We Need,” the Campus was meant to bring together urban thinkers and established UN Habitat partner organizations and constituencies to reflect on current urban challenges and trends and to propose a new paradigm as a contribution to the New Urban Agenda to be delivered at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III, 2016).

The Urban Thinkers Campus was designed to facilitate the debate and to elaborate on the new urban paradigm through an open global conversation with all urban thinkers who are ready to contribute to the battle for a sustainable urban future. Being the first of its kind, the Architectural Association of Kenya with support of the International Union of Architects and International Federation of Landscape Architects will be holding a virtual Urban Thinkers Campus based on the theme Designing a Multi-Hazard Resilient City with specific reference to Kilifi as a case study.

About the AAK Urban Thinkers Campus

Much of Africa’s rapid urban growth is happening in towns and secondary cities that drive social and economic transformation. These secondary cities, especially those located along coasts; struggle to accommodate this rapid expansion, with many migrants moving to informal areas that are prone to a variety of man-made and natural environmental hazards. Building resilience in these secondary cities is important for achieving country-level development objectives as these cities form the link between rural areas and larger cities, and between traditional and industrialized economies. The campus herein is intended to provide a platform for discussions relating to the need for urban resilience and fulfillment of the SDG goals and realization of the objectives of the New Urban Agenda.

The primary objectives of the campus include among others;

(1) Establishing an understanding of the challenges of a sustainable and resilient urban development,

(2) Analyzing the steering mechanisms and instruments of urban resilience and

(3) Developing appropriate strategies and measures necessary for achieving urban resilience especially in their world countries.


More information here.

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Thinkers and Doers’ series - Emilia Weckman “Sustainable landscape construction: an operating model for landscape industries
Nov
11
8:00 AM08:00
IFLA

Thinkers and Doers’ series - Emilia Weckman “Sustainable landscape construction: an operating model for landscape industries

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The next speaker in the ‘Thinkers and Doers’ series is Emilia Weckman (Finland) presenting “Sustainable landscape construction: an operating model for landscape industries”. 

This lecture is scheduled to happen on Wednesday, 11 November 2020, at 8 a.m. NZ time (or 10 November – 11 a.m. Los Angeles, 2 p.m. New York, 7 p.m. London).

Register for the lecture on Zoom 👉 https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrdOmsqToqHdWgR2PJac61ZpwkT5Zwy1V2

 

Summary

The goals for sustainable development, particularly ecological sustainability, are of high importance to landscape construction. Construction interferes with natural processes: the water cycle, soil, areas of vegetation, etc., all crucial factors in terms of ecosystem services. The aim for sustainable landscape construction should be to cherish the vitality and continuity of these processes. In addition, social sustainability is emphasised in operating principles that concern human health and wellbeing as well as economic sustainability in the use of raw materials and energy-saving. This lecture explores the operating model associated with environmental construction and by following sustainable development goals. It explores that through different themes: 1) Water conditions, 2) Soil and vegetation, 3) Raw materials and products, 4) Energy-saving, air quality and environmental protection, and 5) Health and wellbeing. Different stages of project implementation will be addressed by logging the operating principles of order, design, construction and maintenance. The lecture also introduces the Sustainable Landscape Construction Model (KESY) presented in 2015 by the Finnish Association of Landscape Industries, which considers what the objectives are for sustainable development in the green sector and how they can be achieved. This operating model has been introduced in practical guidelines to the professional field of landscape industries in Finland since 2018. 

 

Bio

Emilia Weckman is a Landscape Architect and a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Aalto University, Finland. She has practised as a landscape architect for more than 15 years, mostly as an entrepreneur and consultant through her own practice (LOCI Landscape Architects Ltd until 2013, and now WE3 Ltd). Her experience as a designer includes a range of different planning scales, from city-wide commissions to more intimate and detailed construction projects. She is an active part in developing the profession both in Finland and internationally; as past president of MARK, the Finnish Association for Landscape Architects (2015-2017) and member of the board for over 10 years; as an active member of VYL, the Finnish Landscape Industries Association, an umbrella organisation representing the Green Sector Associations; and, as the immediate past Vice President for Education in the European Region of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (2015-2019).

 

About

‘Thinkers and Doers’ aims at bringing together practitioners, scholars, students and the wider community of landscape architecture and affiliated built environment disciplines to share ideas and to hear the latest innovations in the field. This online series brings together nationally and internationally renowned experts through an initiative between the NZILA Wellington Branch and the Landscape Architecture Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

 

NZILA members: Event Attendance – NZILA CPD 0.5 pts/hr

NZILA Category 3b Public Lecture: 0.5 pts/hr up to two hours per lecture

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56th ISOCARP Virtual World Planning Congress
Nov
1
to Feb 28
IFLA

56th ISOCARP Virtual World Planning Congress

Don't miss the Early Bird registration for the 56th ISOCARP Virtual World Planning Congress '@Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals', which is open until 8 October 2020

The #ISOCARP2020 Congress is going to be a fully virtual congress and will focus on ‘Urban Green Deals’ as place-specific plans ensuring the well-being of citizens while profoundly changing the way cities operate within planetary boundaries. To be conducted online within the period of 8 November 2020 and 4 February 2021, the Congress will be celebrated with accompanying activities that we anticipate to raise questions about post-pandemic conditions.

Check out the ticketing options and the list of accompanying virtual events on: https://doha2020.isocarp.org/"

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