AIA26 - AIA International Presents: The Edge Condition in Global Architecture Practice
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When: Wednesday 10 June, 08:45 - 12:30
Where: San Diego Convention Center, Meeting Room 6A
No event registration required (conference registration is). Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-seated basis.
Find us on the Conference schedule - Program Code: WK120
CE Credits: 3.5 LU/ HSW/ RIBA
Event Description
This half-day workshop examines how contemporary architectural practice operates at the boundaries—geographic, cultural, environmental, technological, and organizational—that define global work today. Structured as an integrated learning experience, the program brings together AIA leadership perspectives, large-firm practice, signature practice, humanitarian work, material innovation, and regionally grounded case studies. It explores how architecture performs in conditions of transition, conflict, hybridity, and change, positioning the “edge” not as a peripheral condition but as a central site of architectural agency, responsibility, and decision-making in global practice.
Program and Speaker Summary
Sessions will be hosted and moderated by Jason Holland, AIA Middle East, and speakers include:
AIA Leadership on International Practice
Illya Azaroff, FAIA, AIA President
Chris Williamson, RIBA President
Segene Park, AIA International President
Mass Timber + City Urbanization in LATAM
Andres Oyaga Loewy, AIA Latin America, Colombia
Vicente Bonilla, AIA Latin America, Uruguay
Humanitarian Sheltering and Architecture: The Challenges and Opportunities for Architects
Mark Breeze, AIA United Kingdom
Tropical Knowledge, Global Impact: Vernacular Strategies for Climate-Resilient Architecture
Manon Koestoer, AIA Southeast Asia, Singapore
Cathy Saldana, AIA Southeast Asia, Philippines
Khiem Nguyen, AIA Southeast Asia, Vietnam
Edge of Honor
Matt Pearson, AIA Triangle
Paul Schelechow, AIA Triangle
Future at the Edge
Arne Emerson, Partner, Morphosis
in conjunction with
Julian Parsley, Partner, Buro Happold
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