Bureau E.A.S.T. (Professor Aziza Chaouni) will participate in the 3rd International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction in Mexico City.

This symposium brings together architects, civil engineers, urban planners, natural and social scientists and professionals from related disciplines to advance concepts on how construction needs to be re-invented and aligned with principles of sustainable development.

Under the theme “Re-inventing Construction,” this biennial event builds upon the momentum of the previous forums: “Basic Needs” held at ETH Zurich and “Urban_Trans_Formation” held at Tongji University, Shanghai. Hosted by the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, the symposium features opportunities for networking and discussion, stimulated by keynote speeches, workshops, panel sessions, and a full-day excursion aligned with the workshop themes to sites in Mexico City.

Bureau E.A.S.T took part in the final concluding panel that included:

Enrique Norten (Mexico/USA) Principal, TEN Arquitectos; Takako Tajima and Aziza Chaouni (Morocco/Canada/USA) Principals, Bureau EAST; Rolf Soiron, moderator (Switzerland) Chairman, Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation; Yolanda Kakabadse (Ecuador) President, WWF International and Chair, Advisory Board, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano; Arab Hoballah (France) Chief, Sustainable Consumption and Production, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Ashok Lall (India) Visiting Professor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) and Principal, Ashok B Lall Architects.

http://www.holcimforum.org/