16th IFoU International Forum of Urbanism - Urbanism of Hope - Patrick Bouchain / HRC
Event details
| Date | 12.12.2024 |
| Hour | 14:00 › 18:30 |
| Speaker | Patrick Bouchain |
| Location |
Batiment SG
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
Urbanism of Hope: Reframing the Local and Global Perspectives
2024 Conference of the International Forum of Urbanism (IFoU)
For the first time in its history, the 2024 IFoU Conference (12-14 December 2024) will be organized as a collective event by five member institutions: the University of Auckland, NTU Taipei, EPFL Lausanne, TU Delft, and the University of Buenos Aires. Over the course of 3 days, five sessions will run in sequence, each hosted by a participating institution and dedicated to a subtheme. All the sessions will be accessible online and in-person in the different venues.
In the midst of a structural crisis worldwide that is characterized by natural disasters, growing social and economic tensions as well as increasing political, even military, conflicts, the conference will focus on attempts, approaches, and solutions on local levels: to what extent initiatives on a local level can combat or reduce the impact of environmental disasters, improve local resiliency, stimulate the local economy and social integration, bridge political contradictions, and overcome fragmentation, segregation, and separation.
To investigate possibilities and opportunities of an "Urbanism of Hope", EPFL proposes as topic:
Local resiliency: Crisis and catastrophes as laboratories of local/global innovation, adaption and socio-ecological change
The EPFL session will investigate ways to deal with natural and other disasters on a local level on different time horizons: before, during, and after the crisis. Preparedness is possible and necessary in urban planning and design, but this would not contribute to improving living conditions. Territories also require exploring new visions and long-term strategies to reduce vulnerability and external dependency regarding energy, water, food provision, and social infrastructures. The EPFL seminar session will include international PhDs and researchers' presentations (through a call for contributions), engaged in three parallel moderated panels. Keynotes and a collective round table will complete the event.
2024 Conference of the International Forum of Urbanism (IFoU)
For the first time in its history, the 2024 IFoU Conference (12-14 December 2024) will be organized as a collective event by five member institutions: the University of Auckland, NTU Taipei, EPFL Lausanne, TU Delft, and the University of Buenos Aires. Over the course of 3 days, five sessions will run in sequence, each hosted by a participating institution and dedicated to a subtheme. All the sessions will be accessible online and in-person in the different venues.
In the midst of a structural crisis worldwide that is characterized by natural disasters, growing social and economic tensions as well as increasing political, even military, conflicts, the conference will focus on attempts, approaches, and solutions on local levels: to what extent initiatives on a local level can combat or reduce the impact of environmental disasters, improve local resiliency, stimulate the local economy and social integration, bridge political contradictions, and overcome fragmentation, segregation, and separation.
To investigate possibilities and opportunities of an "Urbanism of Hope", EPFL proposes as topic:
Local resiliency: Crisis and catastrophes as laboratories of local/global innovation, adaption and socio-ecological change
The EPFL session will investigate ways to deal with natural and other disasters on a local level on different time horizons: before, during, and after the crisis. Preparedness is possible and necessary in urban planning and design, but this would not contribute to improving living conditions. Territories also require exploring new visions and long-term strategies to reduce vulnerability and external dependency regarding energy, water, food provision, and social infrastructures. The EPFL seminar session will include international PhDs and researchers' presentations (through a call for contributions), engaged in three parallel moderated panels. Keynotes and a collective round table will complete the event.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Habitat Research Center