2024 Global Architecture Exchanges (GAE)
GAE @ UIA2024KL International Forum, Kuala Lumpur
Advocating for social justice and sustainable practices
1400 - 1615 (Hall 7B)
2024 Global Architecture Exchanges (GAE): Advocating for social justice and sustainable practices
RIBA GAE @ UIA2024KL International Forum, Kuala Lumpur
Sunday 17 November 2024; 14:00-16:15 Malaysia time
Register your participation with RIBA (the organiser) here.
Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. The concept of social justice advocates for equal access to wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. It underscores the progressive march towards a world where the barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, or disability are dismantled. Its intrinsic relationship with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is anchored in the shared vision of a better world, as espoused in the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The SDGs are a call for action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These 17 interlinked goals recognise that strategies to improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth must go hand-in-hand with tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
Social justice permeates each SDG, insisting that no goal can be met without meeting the needs of the most vulnerable and marginalised populations. https://sdgresources.relx.com/social-justice-0
In connection with the UIA 2024 International Forum’s theme DIVERSECITY and the 2024 World Architecture Day’s theme ‘Empowering the next generation in participatory urban design’, this in-person session will explore the topic of ‘Advocating for social justice and sustainable practices’. Each speaker will provide examples of this topic translates in their countries, be it through government policies, initiatives developed by their national institutes, or through their own projects and designs.
Join us to hear the various approaches taken in different parts of the world to address this challenge. This session includes speakers from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ireland, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the UK.
Chairman:
Muyiwa Oki,
RIBA President 2023-2025; Architect, Mace Group; UK
Presenters:
1. Jane Cassidy, FRAIA SFHEA AIA Hon. GAICD,
National President, Australian Institute of Architects;
GHD APAC Service Line Leader Architecture & Design;
Director, GHD Design Pty Ltd; Australia;
2. Patricia Sarquis Herden,
President CAU-Br; Brazil
3. Leila Marques,
Architect and Urban Planner at CEFET/RJ;
Federal Councilor of CAU/BR; Brazil
4. Jason Robbins,
Lead Architect AECOM; Canada
5. Prof. Zhang Jie,
Professor of School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University; China
6. Fionnuala Rogerson,
Principal of Fionnuala Rogerson Architects; Ireland
7. Dr Selma Harrington, MRIAI HonAIA;
Founding principal of the award winning New European Bauhaus Forum Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ireland
8. Joori Chun; South Korea, Founder, Creative Director 9DIRECTORS AND COMPANY; Adjunct Professor Kookmin University & Architect; South Korea
9. Syahril Nizam Kamaruddin,
Principal and Director at Veritas Architects, Malaysia
10. Whare Timu,
Principal and a Senior Design Lead, Warren and Mahoney Architects; New Zealand
