Symposium: Rebuilding is not a Metaphor

Calling practitioners and students in the fields of the built environment and everyone else interested in social and environmental sustainability! Join our symposium based on the newly published ’Rebuilding is Not a Metaphor’ anthology edited by Ingeborg Hau and Bhawna Jaimini. 

The Rebuilding Symposium features a team of inspiring voices, working in different geographical and social contexts, to share their knowledge, tools and methods for sustainable rebuilding with and within local communities. 

Meet:

• Khwaja Fatmi
• Rizvi Hassan
• Anna Mette Exner
• Kainat Azadzoi
• Corrin Chan
• Anna Aslaug Lund
• Leena Shibeika
• Vũ Minh Diên
• Maria Cynthia Y. Funk
• Ruchi Varma
• Hassan Chaachouh
• Asbjørn Lund
• Søren Nielsen
• María Fernanda Rivera Flores
• Ramatu Aliyu
• Natalie Mossin
• Adam Linde Nielsen
• Bhawna Jaimini
• Ingeborg Hau

The program is relevant for everyone studying, training or working in professions of the built environment. Key words: Rebuilding, social sustainability, environmental sustainability, local materials, local building practices, international exchange, local agency

The program will include panels, debates and workshops on five Rebuilding themes. Presentations and interactive sessions will alternate, and there will be great opportunities to talk to different people, exchange knowledge and learn from practitioners from all over the world.

The overall program builds upon themes presented in the book:

April 16 - Day 1

• Priorite the Process
• The Value of Aesthetics
• Everything is Temporary

April 17 - Day 2

• International exchange is needed
• Local Agency is Fundamental

Detailed programme coming soon.

Sign up now and get the unique opportunity to learn from brilliant practitioners and artists from all over the world. Participation is free but requires you sign up in advance. (Limited capacity).