SUBTROPICAL CITIES 2008
3-6 September
SUBTROPICAL CITIES 2008
State Library of Queensland
From Fault-Lines to Sight-Lines: Subtropical Urbanism in 20-20
Hosted by the Centre for Subtropical Design, a partnership between Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City Council and Department of Infrastructure and Planning, Subtropical Cities 2008 seeks to clear the opacity associated with the fault lines by providing clarity and vision for subtropical urbanism in 2020.
The Conference will offer an exhilarating setting to share and debate ideas; ideas about what subtropical urbanism could be by 2020. Will it aspire to a new resilient urban form? Will it still maintain a centrality of landscape? Will it still focus on ecological paradigms?
The conference will see leading international and national thinkers and designers converge on Brisbane to share world best practice on shaping the cities of the future, particularly those in warm climates like ours where the pressures of growth are already being felt and are likely to increase in coming decades as the effects of global warming are played out.
The Centre for Subtropical Design is particularly interested in the interaction/integration amongst climate, landscape and lifestyle (culture) as a starting point for achieving sustainable urban place-building that delivers great outcomes for people and supports long-term and resilient approaches to energy and water resources.
See http://www.icebergevents.com/subtropicalcities2008
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