CSU Flagship: Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations

ADEQUATE HOUSING: DESIGN FOR 7 GENERATIONS

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK

ECOSOC CHAMBER 

Monday, November 17th 

Conference 3 PM–6 PM, Networking 2 PM– 3 PM

Join us on November 17th for Adequate Housing: Design for 7 Generations at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Our flagship conference will explore how traditional knowledge and cutting-edge innovation can inform sustainable housing solutions. Panels will focus on:

• The potential and limitations of emerging technologies and policies

• Integrating scientific, tradiation, and indigenous knowledge

• Enabling collaboration between educators, practitioners, and institutions to address the pressing housing needs of future generations

Opening remarks 

• Andre Dzikus, Director UN HABITAT New York 
• Nikhil Seth former Executive Director, ASG UNITAR 
• H.E.Lok Bahadur Thapa, President of ECOSOC 
• Jesse Lazar AIA NY, Executive Director 
• Yasemin Kologlu, President, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU)

Panel 1 - The future of housing design: Scientific, traditional and indigenous knowledge  

Climate action is often based on scientific knowledge and understanding of change. At the same time traditional and indigenous knowledge is critical for sustainability and resilience of future housing.

Participants

Moderator: Yasemin Kologlu, President CSU

• H.E.Karen Ong, Deputy Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN  
• David Dixon, FAIA, Vice President, Stantec Urban Places Fellow          
• Steven Forneris, AIA, Perkins Eastman
• Winka Dubbeldam, Founder and Partner at Archi-Tectonics NYC, LLC and the Director and CEO of SCI-Arc Los Angeles.
• Andrés Jaque, Dean, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) 

                     
Panel 2 - New generation of sustainable housing: opportunities and challenges Opportunity: Technology, innovation (industrialization, 3d, AI, etc), finance, insurance

Participants

Moderator: Nicole Vlado, AIA, Co-Chair Housing Committee 

• Karen Kubey, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
• Andrew Whalley, OBE, Chairman, Grimshaw 
• Irena Zubcevic, Senior Advisor, Permanent Mission of Croatia to the UN
• Darby Curtis, AIA, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects   

Discussion

Closing remarks: 

Theodore Liebman, Board Member, CSU 

Learning Objectives:

1. Understanding the potential and limitations of emerging technologies and policies in building sustainable Housing Communities in our rapidly changing world.

2. Integrating scientific, traditional, and indigenous knowledge to educate future leaders in the solution of our Global Housing Crisis.

3. Enabling collaboration between educators, practitioners, and institutions to address the pressing housing needs of future generations.

4. Understanding how successful Housing Communities globally and Exploring New Social and Technical Technologies will lead to a better and Sustainable Housing Future.

This event is sponsored by:

UN-Habitat, The Permanent Mission of Singapore to the UN, AIA NY, TAG Global, Grimshaw, HKS, Perkins Eastman

*Register by Wednesday, November 12th 

**Please arrive 30 mintues prior to event to allow time to pick up UN passes from CSU personnel at the UN Visitors Entrance (46th Street & 1st Avenue) and security check. Please bring a valid photo I.D.

***Please note: In the event that United Nations scheduling priorities require, the conference may be rescheduled to a later date.

This event supports the following related UN Resolutions:

-UNGA A/RES/78/172 – “The right to adequate housing for all, as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, without discrimination”

-UNGA A/RES/79/214 – Requests UN-Habitat to continue to support countries in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda with a strategic focus on adequate housing

-UNHA Resolution 2/7 (HSP/HA.2/Res.7) – “Adequate housing for all”