Responsible Architecture can help finding the right questions. The EU Urban Agenda was launched in Amsterdam on the 30 of May 2016 and Habitat III World Summit took place in October 2016 in Quito, where a New Urban Agenda was adopted. What are the main messages for city shapers? What are cities supposed to do? How can architecture and planning help?
Welcome and opening – João Santa Rita, President of the Ordem dos Arquitectos
Introduction – Pedro Belo Ravara, ACE Coordinator for Responsible Architecture
The EU Urban Agenda and its implementation in Portugal – Eng. Carlos Martins, Secretary of State for Environment
The New Urban Agenda – Eugen Panescu, Co-chair of the ACE Urban Issues Work Group
Presentation of the European Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities (RFSC) – Pedro Bizarro, Council of European Municipalities and Regions, RFSC Project Officer
Presentation of the URBACT Programme – Elisa Vilares, Portuguese Ministry of Environment, Head of Division of Territorial Development and Urban Policy
Reducing Urban Poverty and Social Segregation – Painel Discussion 1
Architects can provide responses in daily life of cities. How can they be more often engaged by communities and used in the professional practice? Social demand from architecture is shifting and architects should acknowledge their role.
Fernando Nunes da Silva, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon)
Isabel Raposo, Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon
João Nunes, Landscape architect (Lisbon)
Design Brings People Together: Underused Buildings and Areas Are Main Targets – Painel Discussion 2
Public space is one of the best tools to enhance social cohesion, as shaped by New City Use, through mobility, outdoor teaching, resilience to aggressive climate and place for public debate or protest. Temporary use and reuse of buildings and open spaces catalyse future possibilities. As most cities need to survey future chances and open up to contemporary challenges, Urban Regeneration can be sometimes a two blades sword – What are the best targets to avoid producing further problems?
Eugen Panescu, ACE Board Member, co-chair of the Urban Issues WG
Pedro Dinis, representative from the Municipality of Lisbon
Tiago Mota Saraiva, architect (Lisbon)
