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Day 1
Speaker: Andre C. Meyerhans, Partner, Fischer & Meyerhans Architects
Dubai World Trade Center - where it all started: a Tower in the Desert
Sheikh Zayed Road - tribal structure in the urban context (Emirates Towers, DIFC, Museum of the Future)
Speakers : Steven Smit, Director Asia, MVRDV; Xiafei Shen, Associate Director, ILAB Global Project China Leader and Colin Franzen, Executive Director Architecture, AECOM; Cedric Tang, Director, Farrells; Zheng Fang, Vice Principal Architect, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
Speaker: Shaun Killa, Design Partner, Killa Design, Dubai, UAE
“The built environment” should not harm the earth or deplete its resources. For architecture, it’s deeply rooted in an understanding of life cycles and systematic cultural change and how people act, interact, and communicate.
Speakers: Ahmed Al-Ali and Farid Esmaeil, co-founders, X Architects
Successful designers are able to design buildings or objects that capture the “spirit of the age”.
Speaker: Todd Reisz, architect, writer
In 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something more than an unruly port, a plan was needed.
Speakers: Lester Korzilius, FAIA, AIA International President, Stephanie Kinnick, AIA, AIA Middle East President and Dan Hart, FAIA, AIA 2022 President-Elect
Introduction and welcome to the 2021 Dubai Conference.
Day 2
Speakers: Dan Hart, FAIA, 2022 President-Elect, AIA; Victor Legorreta, Partner, Managing and Design Director at LEGORRETA®, 2021 AIA Intl Design Awards juror
Celebrate the International Region and AIA Middle East with a night you are sure to remember at the Bab al Shams…
Speakers: Andre C. Meyerhans, Partner, Fischer & Meyerhans Architects; Kenneth Turner, Design Principal, DLR Group
Speaker: Victor Legorreta, Partner, Managing and Design Director at LEGORRETA®
Victor Legorreta reflects on the learning from designing sustainable buildings in a wide range of contexts.
Speaker: Yahya Jan, NORR
A “behind the scenes” look at the dynamic push and pull that is the design process. A fascinating and honest story of how we designed Ciel, now under construction in Dubai.
Speaker: Wael al Awar, founder, waiwai
Speaker: Kenneth Turner, Design Principal, DLR Group
The time has come for the tall building’s profession to progress performance base design beyond net zero energy and towards creating regenerative buildings that contribute to the resources of its community.
Day 3
Speaker: Dikshu Kukreja, Managing Principal, CP Kukreja Architects
Planting trees and increasing green spaces is the most widely available and effective way to combat the effects of man-made climate change.
Speaker: Maryam Al Balushi, F&M Middle East Engineering Consultancy LLC
Traverse thousands of years of Omani progress and international collaboration.
Speaker: Matthew Utley, Principal, Grimshaw Architects
Terra, the Sustainability Pavilion, opened to the public in 2021 as one of the top three attractions of the Expo 2020 Dubai, and aims to illuminate the ingenuity and possibility of architecture as society looks to intelligent strategies for future sustainable living.
Speakers: Patrick Mineur, Lead Architect and Reem Nassour, Architect, Calatrava International
NB: Sadly we could not film the tour. The video features a walkthrough of the pavilion.
Speakers: Patrick Mineur, Lead Architect and Reem Nassour, Architect, Calatrava International
Speaker: Tim Winstanley, Anomaly Architects
NB: Unfortunately, we were only able to record part of this tour, but please see below for a glimpse of this pavilion.
Day 4
