This March will witness one of the most significant architectural events worldwide, an event that took some months in the making, a humongous amount of effort to put together; AUPC 2008. This year’s conference will feature a handful of the world’s high-end architects and planners, a few names of a minority elite in this field:
1. Richard Meier
“Richard Meier on Architecture”
2. Hans Hollein
“Architecture is not primarily a solution of a problem but the making of a
statement”
3. Rem Koolhaas
Architect, the
“The Emirates as a Project”
4. Peter Eisenman
“Founder and Principal” of Eisenman Architects,
“Architecture and the Possibility of Tourism”
5. Axel Schultes
“The Lightness of Stone”
6. Rasem Badran & Jamal Badran
Architects, Jordan
“Evolving Narratives”
7. Wolf D. Prix (COOP HIMMELB(L)AU)
“The energy of the open mind”
8. Mike Jenks
Professor Emeritus and Founder, Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, UK
“The
9. Guy Burgel
professor of urban geography, University Paris 10,
“Urban Management between Physical Planning and Social Trends”
10. Eckhart Ribbeck
Head, Department of Urbanism in Asia, Africa, Latin America at the Institute of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Stuttgart, Germany
“Sustainable urban planning in
11. George Kunihiro
Vice President, Japan Institute of Architects (JIA)
Deputy Councilor, International
“Memory, Terrain and Revitalization: A Cocktail for Culture”
12. Lamine Mahdjoubi
Professor of the Built Environment at the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of
“Reassessing street planning and design in 21st century”
13. Paul Olomolaiye
Professor of Construction Engineering and Management,
Dean of the
“The Management of Success within a Regeneration Paradigm”
14. Robert Freestone
Professor, Faculty of the Built Environment
“Planning, sustainability and airport-led urban development”
15. Philippe Panerai
Architect and Town Planner, France
“Urban design and large scale: major layout and changes”
16. Mohammad Asem Hanafi
Professor, Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
“Urban Development and Traditions in a Cosmopolitan Context:
A Comparative Analogy between
17. Galal Abada
Architect and Urbanist
Associate Professor at
“Designing the Future of the Gulf city: Realities, Visions and Urban Patterns”
18. Abdel Rahman Makhlouf
Architect and Town Planner,
Owner & Managing Director, The Arab Office for Planning & Architecture
“إطلاله عابره على الخبرات المعاصرة في رحلات التطوير العمراني عربيا وعالميا”
19. Jafar Touqan & Kingsley Robotham
Architects and Planners, Jordan
“Managing Growth: The Preparation of a Strategic Master Plan for the
20. Fuad Malkawi
Manager, Planning and Landscape Architecture Dept.
Khatib & Alami (CEC), UAE
“The New Metropolis: Reflections on Design, Management and Empowerment
in the
21. Mashary Al-Noaim
Associate professor, Department of Architecture
“Invention of Tradition: Thoughts about Open Ended Regional
Architecture”
22. Costas Georghiou
CNG Planning Consultancy
Visiting Professor of Architecture and Urban Design,
“City Image, Urban Design and Sustainability – A Case Study from
- Zulfikar Jiwani
GIS
“Role of GIS in Urban Planning of
Stay tuned for the latest updates, I will try to put my hands on the schedule, as well as the latest additions of names, who knows! Check the Conference’s Website here.
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Eyad said on Mar 19 08 at 8:05 pmWhat a great Event !!!
Its truly An International Conference which will be lined over and over in the history of ARCHITECTURE.The Masters Of Architecture Are Coming
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