Just Grounds: Cape Town
Post-graduate course in architecture at Mejan Arc at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, 60 academic credits
Deadline for applications: June13th, 2011
Africa is rapidly urbanizing. 40% of the continent’s population is now urban, but despite Africa’s extensive natural resources and strong economic growth, neither international nor local investments find their way to the cities. In postcolonial Africa the City is still considered an exception. Basic infrastructure is still lacking and urbanization is occurring primarily in the form of slums, as silent encroachments. However, African urban researchers note that the African city should not be considered simply incomplete versions of their western counterparts. Indeed, the African city is following its own route with a very different map. These cities are growing as nodes in mutually dependent networks that span over national boundaries. Their populations are in perpetual movement – constantly in search of work and possibilities.
The city of Cape Town has a young, multi-cultural population and engagement from grassroots movements as well as academics and practitioners spans from social to spatial issues. Nowhere is the discourse on the Right to the City more urgently apparent than here. The conditions for an inclusive future based on equitably distributed resources are here and now. The city begs the question – can Cape Town show the way towards a genuinely more sustainable urban Africa, or will a refusal to act keep this development from occurring?
Resource.11 continues its present program series Happy Grounds – a multiple-year investigation of alternative urban models and perspectives on development generated from particularly advantageous breeding grounds, such as climate, topography, cultural expressions, resources, economies or social phenomena. We now look towards South Africa where we will take part of the intensive debate concerning the African city that is going on right now in Cape Town.
Are you an architect, landscape architect, urban planner, artist, designer or simply passionate about architecture and urban issues? Join us for a year of cross-disciplinary studies during the academic year 2011-12.
This presentation was given by Saffron Woodcraft, keynote speaker at the Asia/Pacific International Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies (AicE-Bs).
http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=227&Itemid=144
Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture at the Iowa State University | September 9, 2011BNIM
Architecture Premiere 2011: Iowa State University
Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture by Bob Berkebile FAIA and Rod Kruse FAIA, BNIM
9/9/2011 | 4:30pm-9:00pm in Kocimski Auditorium
Any list of accomplished, influential environmentalists and preservationists includes Bob Berkebile. Highly regarded by fellow professionals, Berkebile focuses on improving the quality of life in our society with the integrity and spirit of his firm's work. In 2009, he received a Heinz Award from Theresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation for his role in promoting green building design and for his commitment and action toward restoring social, economic and environmental vitality to America’s communities through sustainable architecture and planning. He was also third on a list of the Top 5 U.S. Individual Role Models for green and sustainable design in the 2009 DesignIntelligence Sustainable Design Survey.
Berkebile will present "The Ultimate Design Problem: Sustaining Human Life" at approximately 5:30 p.m. He says, "The competition between our growing human family and the resources and decreasing natural capital that support human life are now undeniable. Our current design doctrine for community living is not sustainable. Do we have the capacity to design a new community model that ensures long-term vitality for our children and Spaceship Earth? Our grandchildren's lives depend on our answer."
MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND MULTILAYER DIMENSIONS OF EVOLVING CITIES FOR A SUSTAINAB...Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka
Cities are growing at a rapid phase, due to exponential growth of populations all over the world. The world population might stabilize by 2070 after reaching the peak population levels of about 9 billion. Already the urban population, living mostly in cities has reached 50% of the world population. Cities in the last few centuries have evolved coping with changes in social, economic, cultural, aesthetics, utility, historical, political, natural and environmental factors. There is always an interface between the interests of old and new generations of people sharing the same space. The buildings have more life than the people living in them. Each building is at least able to provide space for at least two generations. The comfort levels of one generation and the next are different in same space. There are often changes brought with time in any building. Similarly the infrastructure is also changing at a rapid phase as the transportation means and systems are changing. The access to power, drinking water, and open spaces for cultural and social events, educational institutions, markets, etc. also impacts the living space. The security and basic amenities are the main factors of consideration for not moving away from the congested cities. There is always an overlap of old and new adaptation factors, creating resilience for coexistence. The remembrance of a space and events in once own life time impact the people, and they love to continue in similar space. There is a kind of energy that one gets, while returning to the same space, it is often seen that the old people prefer living in the space they are used to and they often live longer too. There are emotions too acting up on the life of the people. Considering all the above factors, each city can be considered a single organism, having its own identity and also there are various diverse spaces within it. It is like a human body single living things, but various parts of the human body function for the happiness of the whole. There is a need to understand multifunctional and multilayer dimensions of the cities, for making a sustainable living in the cities.
This presentation was given by Saffron Woodcraft, keynote speaker at the Asia/Pacific International Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies (AicE-Bs).
http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=227&Itemid=144
Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture at the Iowa State University | September 9, 2011BNIM
Architecture Premiere 2011: Iowa State University
Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture by Bob Berkebile FAIA and Rod Kruse FAIA, BNIM
9/9/2011 | 4:30pm-9:00pm in Kocimski Auditorium
Any list of accomplished, influential environmentalists and preservationists includes Bob Berkebile. Highly regarded by fellow professionals, Berkebile focuses on improving the quality of life in our society with the integrity and spirit of his firm's work. In 2009, he received a Heinz Award from Theresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation for his role in promoting green building design and for his commitment and action toward restoring social, economic and environmental vitality to America’s communities through sustainable architecture and planning. He was also third on a list of the Top 5 U.S. Individual Role Models for green and sustainable design in the 2009 DesignIntelligence Sustainable Design Survey.
Berkebile will present "The Ultimate Design Problem: Sustaining Human Life" at approximately 5:30 p.m. He says, "The competition between our growing human family and the resources and decreasing natural capital that support human life are now undeniable. Our current design doctrine for community living is not sustainable. Do we have the capacity to design a new community model that ensures long-term vitality for our children and Spaceship Earth? Our grandchildren's lives depend on our answer."
MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND MULTILAYER DIMENSIONS OF EVOLVING CITIES FOR A SUSTAINAB...Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka
Cities are growing at a rapid phase, due to exponential growth of populations all over the world. The world population might stabilize by 2070 after reaching the peak population levels of about 9 billion. Already the urban population, living mostly in cities has reached 50% of the world population. Cities in the last few centuries have evolved coping with changes in social, economic, cultural, aesthetics, utility, historical, political, natural and environmental factors. There is always an interface between the interests of old and new generations of people sharing the same space. The buildings have more life than the people living in them. Each building is at least able to provide space for at least two generations. The comfort levels of one generation and the next are different in same space. There are often changes brought with time in any building. Similarly the infrastructure is also changing at a rapid phase as the transportation means and systems are changing. The access to power, drinking water, and open spaces for cultural and social events, educational institutions, markets, etc. also impacts the living space. The security and basic amenities are the main factors of consideration for not moving away from the congested cities. There is always an overlap of old and new adaptation factors, creating resilience for coexistence. The remembrance of a space and events in once own life time impact the people, and they love to continue in similar space. There is a kind of energy that one gets, while returning to the same space, it is often seen that the old people prefer living in the space they are used to and they often live longer too. There are emotions too acting up on the life of the people. Considering all the above factors, each city can be considered a single organism, having its own identity and also there are various diverse spaces within it. It is like a human body single living things, but various parts of the human body function for the happiness of the whole. There is a need to understand multifunctional and multilayer dimensions of the cities, for making a sustainable living in the cities.
Jane Jacobs - Life and Work, a short presentation.Mudassir Haqqani
Jane Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. This is a short presentation that I prepared for my course in my Masters.
The newly released book Sustainable Urban Environments - An Ecosystem Approach ‘helps the reader grasp opportunities for integration of knowledge and technologies in the design, construction and management of the built environment.’ In the first edition of the Delft Environment Initiative Lecture Series on 21-09-2011 several contributors to Sustainable Urban Environments discussed their views on the most pressing challenges facing us in the urban environment today and how they should be integrated in education. These are the slides accompanying the ‘elevator pitches’ they gave. http://home.tudelft.nl/en/research/environment/mini-symposium-sustainable-urban-environments/
Understand the expression of identity as part of socio-cultural sustainability
Identify the different types and levels of identity expressions
Discuss examples of projects incorporating socio-cultural identity in the design
preliminary program for Modus Operandi Agrestis - Symposium on non-metropolitan creative working.
Further details at www.freerangeartists.co.uk or http://moduscarlisle.eventbrite.com
Treatment room and examination room fitted with equipment supplied by FPD Group Ltd. Premier League football training ground. Room acts as treatment area and storage of medications for each player. Deep pharmacy drawers provide maximum storage area within a small footprint.
Whether your program takes place in Chicago, somewhere in the states or around the globe, we can assist you with all your planning needs, including ground transportation, staffing, restaurants and any other needs you might have.
Jane Jacobs - Life and Work, a short presentation.Mudassir Haqqani
Jane Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. This is a short presentation that I prepared for my course in my Masters.
The newly released book Sustainable Urban Environments - An Ecosystem Approach ‘helps the reader grasp opportunities for integration of knowledge and technologies in the design, construction and management of the built environment.’ In the first edition of the Delft Environment Initiative Lecture Series on 21-09-2011 several contributors to Sustainable Urban Environments discussed their views on the most pressing challenges facing us in the urban environment today and how they should be integrated in education. These are the slides accompanying the ‘elevator pitches’ they gave. http://home.tudelft.nl/en/research/environment/mini-symposium-sustainable-urban-environments/
Understand the expression of identity as part of socio-cultural sustainability
Identify the different types and levels of identity expressions
Discuss examples of projects incorporating socio-cultural identity in the design
preliminary program for Modus Operandi Agrestis - Symposium on non-metropolitan creative working.
Further details at www.freerangeartists.co.uk or http://moduscarlisle.eventbrite.com
Treatment room and examination room fitted with equipment supplied by FPD Group Ltd. Premier League football training ground. Room acts as treatment area and storage of medications for each player. Deep pharmacy drawers provide maximum storage area within a small footprint.
Whether your program takes place in Chicago, somewhere in the states or around the globe, we can assist you with all your planning needs, including ground transportation, staffing, restaurants and any other needs you might have.
Dr Igor Calzada, MBA, presents the paper 'Comparing Smart City-Regional Governance Strategies in Bristol, Glasgow, Bilbao & Barcelona' at the University of Oxford on 18th Feb 2016.
Thrilled to release our five-year report from 2018 to 2023. This report captures our journey in fostering sustainable development, showcasing the impact of our initiatives and the collaborations that have driven positive change globally.
Throughout these five years, the Local Pathways Fellowship has been at the forefront of nurturing emerging leaders passionate about effecting positive change in their communities. The report provides an in-depth overview of the diverse initiatives undertaken, highlighting the multifaceted impact across various spheres of sustainable development.
From empowering local communities to advocating for environmental stewardship, the report delves into the myriad ways our fellows have spearheaded initiatives, fostering innovation and resilience. Their dedication and ingenuity have led to tangible outcomes, influencing policies, driving awareness, and creating lasting change on a local and global scale.
The report also serves as a narrative of collaboration, showcasing partnerships forged with organizations, governmental bodies, and grassroots movements. These collaborations have amplified the impact of our programs, enabling us to reach new horizons and broaden the scope of our endeavours.
Moreover, the report sheds light on the milestones achieved, lessons learned, and the roadmap ahead. It encapsulates the collective efforts, challenges, and triumphs that have shaped the journey of the Local Pathways Fellowship over these transformative years.
Ideation for Resilience: Prepared presentation (Sample work)Heath Rezabek
Note: This session was originally commissioned to be part of the 2015 London Environmental Challenge program at Imperial College. Regrettably, the session had to be postponed.
I include it here as sample work and a representative example of my approach to interdisciplinary ideation, innovation, and creative session leadership.
I was born in Stockholm in 1989 but brought up in Greece. I have studied Planning and Regional Development for 5 years in the University of Thessaly, Greece and Sustainable Urban Planning and Design for 2 years in KTH, Sweden. My studies have contributed in my deep critical thinking and appreciation of sustainability, inclusion, accessibility and participation. Throughout the projects I have worked on I developed a great interest in social sustainability, especially regarding feminist questions in planning.
This is a booklet of some of my most recent projects, all taking place in the city of Stockholm.
The cooperation of well-known architects, architecture students and local com...Anna Rynkowska-Sachse
At the XXIV World Congress of Architecture (UIA), held in Tokyo in 2011 after the historically devastating events in Japan in March 2011, professionals and students working in architectural and urban fields consequently made a pledge to "promote responsibility within our profession, support architects and architecture, and enhance the regional quality of life for all people, together with governments and others, by closing the gaps in social justice, whilst working towards sustainability". This commitment is expressed in the idea of the cooperation of well-known architects, architecture students and local communities in the creation of architecture in selected examples of completed buildings in South-East and South Asia, particular in Cambodia and Sri Lanka. The architects referred to the traditional local materials and construction techniques that had been forgotten or superseded by global ones, and rediscovered centuries-old solutions, which in turn allowed the appropria...
Socio economic-cultural aspects of urban realmMoksha Bhatia
Overview of cross cultural influences in city development, Contemporary culture - the metropolitan experience, Introduction to the exploration of the interface between the built environment & human behavior, Changing attitude towards urban space at global level & Special emphasis on urban space as contested domain – public private, Concept and production of everyday space
Neuroergonomics urban design sociogenesis by Stefano Serafini
Algorithmic Sustainable Design. Theoretical key concepts by Antonio Caperna
A kind introduction to complexity by Alessandro Giuliani
3. cultural and engagement from grassroots movements as well Working Partners
as academics and practitioners span from social to spatial The educational program, RECOURSES is based on
issues. nowhere is the discourse on the Right to the City developing working partnerships with local actors who are
more urgently apparent than here. The conditions for an engaged in the course during the year. in Cape Town, we can
inclusive future based on equitably distributed resources are find a number of engaged individuals, organizations and
here and now. The city begs the question – can Cape Town nGOs, including African Centre for Cities/ City Lab at the
show the way towards a genuinely more sustainable urban University of Cape Town, Sustainability Institute, Insalda
africa, or will a refusal to act keep this development from Institute and The Community Organization Resource Centre.
occurring? we will meet with contemporary local architects, such as
Barbara Southworth, Carin Smuts, Jo noero, Mokena
Just Grounds and the strategy Makeka and Peter rich, all who have been instru ental in
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of the everyday developing a postapartheid urban agenda and all who
Many South african urban theoreticians speak of an contribute to a lively architectural climate. Back in Sweden,
engagement in the everyday as a path forward for the we continue our work together with the Stockholm
african city. in the practice of the everyday is inherent a Environment Institute and Stockholm Resilience Centre, as
resistance to mistaken and misdirected initiatives. in the well as the department of Biological Physics at Chalmers
everyday can be found impulsive sidesteps and a serendi University. we will also work with visualization of urban
pitous dynamic that can show what urban life could be – in data together with the help of Density Design Lab in Milan
spite of itself. in the ongoing debate on urban ecology the and learn methods for scenario thinking from the Belgian
question remains – what kind of life do we imagine and for company, Shift’N.
whom are we creating a sustainable urban future? what
urban qualities should guide us? Marc Swilling, the vocal Perspectives
leader for the Sustainability Institute in Stellenbosch, east of The course is structured in sections each with a specific
Cape Town, uses the term livable urbanism to encompass his theme. we will find a foundation in relevant architectural
notions of a city that lives within planetary boundaries and and urban planning theories, as well as biology, philosophy,
bridges socioeconomic gaps while supporting social and resource and economic theory. we will investigate lifestyle
ecological entrepreneurship. Can an everyday urbanism in a patterns, innovation, systemstheory, food production in a
country with social injustice and an excess of natural local and global perspective, biomimicry and radical
resources show the way towards a resilient city? mapping. we meet architects, urban planners, systems
thinkers, natural and social scientists, journalists,
during the past several years, RESOURCES has conducted economists and artists in a crossdisciplinary discourse.
research in how dwindling fossil fuels, depleted natural under ying all aspects of the course is a focus on visuali
l
resources and climate change are and will continue to zation and communication.
influence our cities and our ways of life. within the context
of the series Happy Grounds, we will discuss alternative Program
concepts of development, growth and happiness, from both RESOURCES.11 consists of three consecutive day study
a global as well as african perspective. we will investigate periods (wednesday to Friday), occurring every other week.
the term spatial justice and those theoreticians and These periods are complemented with two or three
practitioners who are working to further develop this weeklong workshops, spread throughout the study year.
concept. we will meet the young africa, by looking at the differing fields of study structure the year. each field will be
city through the eyes of its children and youth. we will investigated by means of lectures and seminars. The
revisit the philosophical and architectural discussion from common group project will sequentially develop in short
the late 70’s which was informed by its fascination with the workshops that follow throughout the course of the year.
everyday. we will also discuss urbanism in relation to post RESOURCES.11 starts week 38, 2011 and ends week 22,
colonialism, postapartheid, mobility, migration and 2012. winter break is between weeks 51 and 3. a study,
biological diversity. above all, we will take part of the research and workshop trip to South africa is scheduled for
intensive debate concerning the african city that is going on the early spring term. The course gives 60 academic credits.
right now in Cape Town. The goal of the course is to The cost for the study trip and reading materials is 13 000
formulate an innovative urban planning proposal for a part Sek, divided into two installments. The project produced
of Cape Town which can contribute to its development. in during the course of the year will be exhibited in Stockholm
addition, the proposal should contribute to an international and subsequently in a larger context in South africa the
discourse on our sustainable urban futures. following fall. Those responsible for the course are professor
and architect Henrietta Palmer and teacher and architect
Post-graduate course, 60 credits, Dept. of Architecture/ Mejan Arc, Royal Institute of Fine Art, 2011–2012
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4. Michael dudley. Fredric Bedoire, professor in architectural photograph of the applicant. if group projects are included
history will also participate. in the portfolio, please provide the name of a reference
person. a digital application should be made at:
Applications http://www.kkh.se/arkitektur. The portfolio should be sent
RECOURSES.11 is looking for engaged individuals who as a paper copy and postmarked or left at the school no later
are interested in investigating these issues and developing than the 13th of June, 2011. Those accepted will be informed
proposals together within a team. applicants should be able the 27th of June.
to demonstrate design ability, or have knowledge relevant to
the subject, as well as describe an idea they wish to develop Additional courses, grants
pertinent to the themes presented above. You should be an and economic support
architect, landscape architect, urban or regional planer, as a student at Mejan arc at the royal institute of Fine
designer, engineer, or from another discipline such as; arts, you are entitled to attend lectures held within the other
photographer, filmmaker, artist, writer or journalist – with a courses at the school, including architectural restoration
specific interest in architecture and urban planning issues. as well as art & architecture, in addition to those within the
applicants should have a master’s degree or the equivalent. Fine arts program (for more information about these
The course can also be attended as a lecture series, not courses, please see www.kkh.se). at the conclusion of each
participating in the group project and giving 30 academic year, the school awards a number of grants, including the
credits. These halftime students do not participate in the Palmér Stipendium, based on a project application and/or
group project and in those cases where their participation in individual achievement. in the beginning of the spring term,
the study trip is agreed upon pay actual costs (travel costs students are encouraged to apply for grants from the
for fulltime students are partly deferred by the school). research and development in the arts program. These
Participation of at least 75% is required to receive academic applications can be based on ideas developed during the
credits. an application should consist of a CV, a concise course of the study year that the student wishes to continue
written reflection on the subject for this year, a portfolio exploring during the consecutive year.
presenting relevant works as well as a passportsized
Additional information:
Michael dudley, md@kkh.se
www.kkh.se
Tel. +46 8 614 40 23
Mailing address:
royal institute of art
Mejan arc, architecture
Box 163 15, 103 26 Stockholm, Sweden
Visiting address:
Flaggmansvägen 1, Skeppsholmen
Stockholm
MEJAN ARC Advanced urban environments in a rapidly are structured by project work and
Studies in Urbanism changing world. MEJAN ARC offers workshops. The goal of the School
is a forum for postgraduate oneyear courses in three disciplines, of architecture is to engage society
education in architecture and urban including Architecture and Architec through the generation of relevant
studies. MEJAN ARC investigates tural Restoration, which are both full and tangible projects, as well as the
issues relevant for the general public time, as well as the parttime course creation of working networks that
and how they are connected to an Art and Architecture. The three continue outside the academic realm.
architectural and urban discourse. programs share an interest in the City, Projects that have their inception at
an increasingly urban world but have different areas of focus. all the school often become independent
necessitates new perspectives. By three programs include a lecture platforms that continue to develop on
utilizing methods of research and series, study trips and common their own.
design we explore the potential of seminars. The two fulltime courses
Post-graduate course, 60 credits, Dept. of Architecture/ Mejan Arc, Royal Institute of Fine Art, 2011–2012
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