Project Title:
Being Urban: An Exploration of Climate Adaptation, Urban Form, and Infrastructures to Deliver Sustainable Cities and Communities
Project Type:
International Collaboration Project
Funding Body:
Consortium of universities
Project Timeframe:
2019-2024
Project Synopsis:
This collaborative projects engages academics and students from universities across five continents. It enquires about the important relationship between urban form, public space (with a focus on human-centred development and taking into consideration more-than-human factors), linear infrastructures, and climate adaptation, delivering webinars, design charrettes, and resources to discuss how cities can adapt to face the demands of a changing climate, society, economy, and how cities can respond to opportunities and challenges connected with new linear infrastructures or landscapes. The program partners with a series of international institutions to promote people-centred design in line with the UN-Habitat New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. The aim of the program is in investigating novel urban design solutions through a collaborative approach; it provides a unique learning opportunity for participating students to engage and interact with peers, scholars, and academics worldwide.
Chief Investigators:
- A/Prof Mirko Guaralda (Project lead) (QUT)
- A/Prof Malgorzata Hanzl (Lodz University of Technology)
- Prof Retno Hastijanti (Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya)
- Dr Sara Girotto (Drexel University)
- Dr Leonardo Parra (Universidad de Los Andes)
- Dr Pongsakorn Suppakittpaisarn (Chiang Mai University)
- Dr Sylwia Krzysztofik from (Lodz University of Technology)
- Mr Tomasz Krystkowski (Lodz University of Technology)
