CHANGE IN THE CITY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARCHITECTS IN THE NEW URBAN AGENDA CONFERENCE – 4 July 2017 Book tickets at: www.architecture.com/internationalweek #RIBAIntWeek The RIBA’s International Conference is a call RIBA’s International Conference will connect with to arms. Times are changing, and so must architects, no matter where or what size their practice is, to help them understand the potential the profession. To make a difference, we need impact and opportunities of global urbanisation. Under the umbrella of the New Urban Agenda, to work and think in new ways. the week will provide explanation and inspiration, showing how the architecture profession can use its skills over the next two decades to make a valuable and long-lasting contribution to our future Join us to find out how architects and the cities and society. profession remain relevant during these changing times and network with our outstanding RIBA President Jane Duncan experts, your peers, urban planners, developers and academics. What is the New Urban Agenda? Other events and activities this Week Every 20 years, the UN stages a global summit to outline, debate and agree the key issues affecting RIBA Late: Beyond Borders launch of installations housing and sustainable urbanisation over the next two decades. Discussing city-making topics as Monday 3 - Friday 7 July wide and varied as migration and security to housing, urban mobility and social cohesion; mayors, Each summer, the RIBA gives practising architects and students the political leaders, built environment experts and urbanists come together to debate, agree and adopt opportunity to display their ideas and work through the Architecture a global strategy – the New Urban Agenda. Open. This year’s open-call theme, ‘Beyond Borders’, rethinks the thresholds that divide nations, communities and families and consider the possibilities of our shared boundaries on global, local and domestic What does this mean for architects, where are the opportunities? scales. The installations launch on 3 July and remain in place until September 2017. Architecture Open is sponsored by Cosentino. How can architects face the challenges of rapid urbanisation and yet thrive in the creation of 21st-century worldwide cities? This conference looks closely at the role architects can play in Delivering the New Urban Agenda through competitions building the good city, at every stage of their career, for practices of any size, working in all parts Monday 3 - Friday 7 July of the world. With a host of key speakers of international stature including Sir David Chipperfield, This four-day exhibition showcases shortlisted and winning entries Dr Joan Clos, Odile Decq, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Amanda Levete and Ma Yansong as well as from previous RIBA competitions, uncovering the kinds of fresh, urbanists and sociologists, the day explores and highlights the expertise that architects can bring disruptive ideas needed to meet the world’s most important urban to the making of a cohesive society. challenges. In particular, it reflects on three critical themes emerging from the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda for delivering sustainable Grounding the New Urban Agenda in tangible case studies, we discuss how architects need to urban development: architects’ agency in creating a cohesive society; innovate to cope with ever increasing demands on housing; what types of building will encourage affordable and sustainable housing: how architects can influence communities in dense environments; and how to balance the changing needs of the population client choices; and protecting cultural heritage: deploying architects’ while protecting the city’s heritage. design vision to unlock economic and community value for clients. International Prize Launch Tuesday 4 July, 7pm (free for conference ticket holders) This event will launch the call for entries for the second RIBA International Prize. It’s by invitation only but part of the offer for Change in the City conference delegates. International Women in Architecture Day Wednesday 5 July (social media event) A call for colleagues around the world to celebrate women architects by hosting your own event and participating in a social media campaign. With thanks to Marks Barfield Architects, The Rothschild Foundation, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, ORMS and Taittinger Champagne. #EthelDay is a social media campaign named after Ethel Charles, the first woman to be admitted to the RIBA in 1898. Please sign up to the Ethel Day Thunderclap via your own social channels http://thndr.me/tRMkjM Image of Ethel Mary Charles (left). RIBA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TICKET PRICES: £125 + VAT Non-members £100 + VAT RIBA Members Change in the City £45 + VAT Student members (sign up for free student membership to get this price) 4 JULY 2017 Early bird prices available until 2 June 2017 Time Name Description Speakers 9.00 Arrival Registration 9.30-10.30 The New Urban Agenda: a guide for the perplexed Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN Habitat, and former Mayor of Barcelona, outlines the key issues in the New Urban Agenda, which sets a new global standard Joan Clos, Anna Minton, RIBA President Jane Duncan for sustainable urban development, and will help us rethink how we plan, and RIBA Vice President International Peter Oborn manage and live in cities – explaining where the opportunities lie for architects. 10.30-11.30 A politician’s perspective: the future for cities Architects think they can play a key role in creating the future city, but given so few attended the United Nations summit, do prominent figures George Ferguson, Dan Hill, Tristram Hunt, from the sectors who did actually attend agree? Eduardo Paes, Saskia Sassen 11.30-12.00 Break Tea and coffee 12.00 - 13.00 The architects’ perspective: Leading international architects discuss how they think their skills can be Sir David Chipperfield, Odile Decq, Elizabeth Diller, roles and opportunities better used in city making. Is it at a macro level, or via individual buildings? Sarah Gaventa, Amanda Levete, Ma Yansong 13.00-14.00 Lunch Lunch in the Florence Hall 14.00-15.15 A sense of belonging: From both an architectural and sociological perspective, we examine Suzanne Hall, Jo Noero, how to create a cohesive society what building types will encourage social cohesion in the future city. Urban-Think Tank 15.15-16.30 Housing: opportunities for architects to innovate As we live for longer and land prices continue to rise, are architects Michael LaFond, Robert Mull, collectively designing the right kind of homes to deal with our changing society? Christopher Sharples, Yun Wai Wing 16.30-17.00 Break Tea and coffee 17.00-18.15 Cultural heritage: Protecting the world’s cultural and natural heritage is one of the aims of the Rob Bevan, Hannah Corlett, unlock economics and community value New Urban Agenda. We ask what positive role architects can play, and how. Farrokh Derakhsahani, Diébédo Francis Kéré 18.15-18.30 Closing remarks Jane Duncan and Peter Oborn 18.30-21.00 International Prize Launch Networking event opening the call for entries for the second RIBA International Prize. in organising professional workshops Sarah has been an Associate at Rogers and international architectural Stirk Harbour + Partners, and a founder competitions. of Scarlet Projects and Made Public. Rob Bevan Hannah Corlett Diébédo Francis Kéré Anna Minton Eduardo Paes Robert Bevan is the London Evening Hannah Corlett is co-founder and Diébédo Francis Kéré is a German- Anna Minton is a writer and reader at Eduardo Paes is a Brazilian politician Standard architecture critic. He writes director of ASSEMBLAGE, a London- trained architect from the small the University of East London, where and former mayor of the city of Rio on architecture, design and heritage for based studio of architects and urban West African town of Gando in she is Programme Leader of the MRes de Janeiro. His career in public service publications internationally. His book designers. Key projects by the studio Elizabeth Diller Suzanne Hall Burkina Faso. He is recognized for in Architecture, ‘Reading the neoliberal began in 1993 when he was appointed and documentary The Destruction of include winning schemes in the Elizabeth Diller is a founding partner of Suzanne Hall is Director of the London his innovative construction strategies city’. She is the author of ‘Big Capital: Deputy Mayor of the Jacarepaguá Memory: Architecture at War (2006/ international competitions for the $1bn Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), a New School of Economics (LSE) Cities that combine traditional materials Who is London for?’ and ‘Ground and Barra districts in Rio at the age of Urban-Think Tank / Brillembourg 2016) was an inspiration for the London Iraqi parliament complex and 50 ha York City-based design studio working Programme. Having previously and building techniques with modern Control: Fear and Happiness in the 23. In 2000, he was appointed Rio´s & Klumpner Festival of Architecture theme for 2017. masterplan and the UN-HABITAT at the intersection of architecture, the practised as an architect in South engineering methods. Since founding 21st Century City’. She is a regular Municipal Environmental Secretary Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Robert is a member of ICOMOS, the (United Nations Agency for Human visual arts, and the performing arts. Africa, she is now an urban Kéré Architecture in 2005, his work contributor to The Guardian and where he refined his knowledge of Klumpner founded architecture firm advisory body to UNESCO on cultural Settlements) fully integrated, economic DS+R is rooted in early conceptual ethnographer, with research and has earned numerous prestigious Architectural Review and a frequent environmental issues. In October Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) in 1998 in heritage and a board member of Blue housing settlements in Iraq. Currently projects that distinguished Ms. teaching interests foregrounded awards such as the Global Award for broadcaster and conference speaker. 2008 he was elected Mayor of Rio de Caracas, Venezuela, after graduating Shield in the UK.