Conference Guide Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane • 29 October – 3 November 2017 www.ctbuh2017.com Conference Co-Chairs’ Message Since the 2008 global financial crisis, Australia has enjoyed unrivaled The CTBUH 2017 Conference will thus be inquiring far beyond the tall economic growth on the back of a mining- and infrastructure-led building as an icon, to debate a new set of guidelines and boom. This growth has led to Australian cities investing in responsibilities toward skyscrapers becoming “connectors” in the city. Share your Conference infrastructure projects, especially transport, to support the next The discussion will embrace every discipline, from urban planning to generation of urban development. In Sydney, the Sydney Metro rail is cost consulting, architectural design to vertical transportation, real the second largest transport infrastructure project in the world after estate development to curtain wall design. There is no better place for Experience During the London’s Cross Rail. Melbourne Metro, likewise, creates a vast this discussion than Sydney; a city with a 230-year history in urban extension of the city’s public transport network – and in Brisbane, a development that finds itself at the nexus of much of the current Event! new connection, Cross Rail, is being planned. These projects will debate about cities: density vs. suburbanization; modernity vs. greatly enhance the connectivity of Australian cities, transitioning historical preservation; infrastructure vs. urban life; the high- vs. them from suburban car-oriented cities to denser polycentric urban low-rise realms. Of course, no CTBUH conference in Australia would be conglomerations, and in the process leading to a wider debate about complete without considering Melbourne or Brisbane, the country’s #CTBUH2017 city form, density, and height. other premier urban laboratories. Thus, the fourth and fifth day of the conference will comprise regional programming in those cities. New high-rise developments underway and in planning will also transform Australian cities. However, the age of the tall building as a Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and indeed all Australian cities are in the @CTBUH single iconic piece of sculpture, standing in isolation from its process of transforming through the combined power of surroundings, must now come to an end. We have a responsibility to infrastructure and density. Australia is therefore the ideal location to facebook.com/CTBUH ensure that these permanent urban structures engender a future- explore the themes of People, Density, and Infrastructure at the oriented urban response to the greatest challenges of our time: CTBUH Connecting Cities Conference. We hope you enjoy the next unprecedented population growth; mass urbanization; climate few days! @CTBUH_HQ change; environmental degradation; social, political and economic change; and the rapid advance of myriad technical innovations. youtube.com/CTBUH The future of humanity on this planet relies on the collective benefits of urban density; reducing both land consumption and the energy needed to construct and operate the horizontally-dispersed city. Tall buildings must now be the vehicles for creating increased density not Connect with us! Get the latest just through sheer height, but by connecting multiple layers of the Ken McBryde Jeff Morgan city. Physical urban infrastructure, circulation, greenery, and urban Director, Sydney Architecture Studio Associate Principal, Grimshaw Architects updates and share with colleagues functions traditionally restricted to the ground level would all, ideally, through our social media channels. continue up and into the building, such that the buildings themselves become an extension of the city: a part of the two-dimensional horizontal urban plane flipped vertical. Of course, all buildings need to also be considered for their sculptural qualities, but the form and aesthetics should result from a consideration of the local culture and climate, and a desire to create Philip Vivian Antony Wood a new, locally relevant, high-rise vernacular, rather than stand out as Director, Bates Smart Executive Director, CTBUH attention-seeking entities. Above all, it needs to be remembered that these buildings are built to accommodate people, in multiple modes Continuing Education Credits of activity, and a new, more humanized model for the skyscraper Conference delegates are eligible to receive up to 30 hours of needs to develop; a softer model incorporating human scale, CES (Continuing Education Credits) credits for their attendance across the five days, administered by the American Institute of communal spaces, and nature. Architects (AIA). Visit the CTBUH exhibition suite in the Ballroom foyer to pick up and drop off your AIA forms. Thank You to All Our Sponsors: Conference Guide: What’s Inside? Diamond Sponsors Conference Information ........................................................................................................................... 4 Sydney Venue Plan ..................................................................................................................................... 5 CTBUH Exhibition Suite & Book Launches ....................................................................................... 6 Platinum Sponsors Sydney Keynote Sessions (3 No. ) ......................................................................... 7 Day 1 Sydney Multi-Track Sessions ...................................................................... 8 Monday 30 October Day 2 Sydney Multi-Track Sessions ...................................................................... 16 Tuesday 31 October Poster Exhibition .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Gold Sponsors UEM Sunrise Logo Academic & Research Awards to be Presented ............................................................................. 23 English Malay Featured CTBUH Research Projects & Core Conference Closing Session .......................... 24 Ocial Logo Ocial Logo Networking Receptions .......................................................................................... 26 Silver+ Sponsors 28 Full colour solid 1 colour solid black Full colour solid 1 colour solid black Day 3 Sydney Off-Site Programs ........................................................................... Wednesday 1 November Pre-Conference Workshops .................................................................................................................... 32 Reverse white Reverse white Day 4 & 5 Melbourne Program .............................................................................. 34 PRIMARY COLOURS PMS 2756C PMS 200C Thursday 2 & Friday 3 November C100 M100 Y0 K20 C0 M100 Y63 K12 Silver Sponsors R42 G21 B102 R200 G30 B60 Day 4 & 5 Brisbane Program .................................................................................. 35 Thursday 2 & Friday 3 November Conference Committees .......................................................................................................................... 37 CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference Launch ............................................................................... 39 Supported by: About CTBUH ................................................................................................................................................ 40 3 ConferenceConference Structure Structure Engage in the core programEngage in in Sydney, the core and program additional in Sydney, and additional programs in Melbourneprograms and Brisbane in Melbourne and Brisbane Important Conference Information Conference Overview Sunday MondaySunday TuesdayMonday WednesdayTuesday TicketsWednesday stillThursday available ThursdayFriday Friday 29 October 3029 October October 3130 October October 1 31November October 1 forNovember 2Off-Site November and 32 NovemberNovember 3 November Regional City Pre Conference CorePre Conference Conference CoreCore Conference Conference OffCore -Site Conference Programs OffPrograms! 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