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"we are proud of our 'star architects,' but weneed a constellation of designers to worktowards quality of life, dignity, mobility,

sustainability, and solidarity.UIA president, Jamie Lerner (Brazil)

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Some issues:

5. The politics of the urban space, the city and distribution of services

Perception of the other

6. Sustainability:

the Building Code of East Timorand

public transporttwo examples

7. Are architects, planners and urban designers needed?

To do what and for whom?

8. What does and organisation such as Architects for Peace do?

The intrinsic relationship between environmental sustainability

and peace
http://www.architectsforpeace.org/members.php

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Poverty, unemployment, ill-health, poor education, conflict inshort, social injustice in all its forms undermine a citys capacityto be environmentally sustainable. Cities that have experienced civil

war, such as Beirut; that suffer from severe poverty, such asBombay; that have alienated large sections of their population

from mainstream life, such as Los Angeles; or that pursue profit astheir only motive, such as So Paulo, damage the environment to

the detriment of all. There can be no urban harmony or realenvironmental improvements without basic human rights and

peace. R. Rogers, 1997

Environmental degradation

Degradation of social institutionstogether with our commitment tosocial responsibility

POLICESTATE

Underlying: abuse of power

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The local and the globalIn many less constructive ways:

Widely spread misconceptions, fears, manipulations

Example: reference to Chinas greenhouse emissions for the entirecountry, as opposed to emissions per capita which would show that theyway of life is much more sustainable than that of Australian counterparts.

Powerful omissions:

World Architecture News (Issue No.123 / 04 January 2008) features sixprojects, all of which, whether in the UK, Dubai or Shanghai, are designedby British/European architects and all of which are large, to very largecorporate buildings. Within this list of six architects the work of Zaha Hadidis featuredsome may want to consider her an exception.

And as a result: how do we inform ourselves about progressive andimportant projects being done in India that change the life of millions forthe better.

Example: Did you know about Santha Sheela Nair?

Santha Sheela Nair is in charge of rural sanitation as the Secretary, DDWS,Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, presently stationed at NewDelhi. She is a leading figure in the sustainability debate in India, ensuring thatsanitation issues are given high priority at all government levels. Nair is an ardentpromoter of rainwater harvesting. (City Edge)

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out of 176countries

Source: Nation Master, March2006

http://www.nationmaster.com

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PER CAPITA:

At 27.2 tones of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO2-e) per person, emissions by Australians are 27per cent higher than those of US citizens (21.4 tones) and more than double the average forindustrialised countries.

BY TOTAL POPULATION:Australias total emissions exceed those of major European economies such as France and Italy(each with around three times Australias population)

Source: (THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE: http://www.tai.org.au/Publications_Files/DP_Files/Dp66sum.pdf)

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Two examples:

East Timor

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Anenvironmentalagenda needsto considereconomic,cultural and

social agendas,because theyare allinterlinked.

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Between the years 1999 and 2002, the multilateral donor contribution to the Trust Fund for East Timor (TFET), administered by the

World Bank, reflects that the assistance provided by Australia ranks in fourth place, after Japan. Australian contribution of 39.9M to the

TFET, is less than half of that of Japan and less than a third of Portugals contribution (The Auditor-General, Audit Report No.20 2003

04. Aidto East Timor -Performance Audit. Australian National Audit Office, Commonwealth of Australia 2003)

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Timor Leste

Languages:

National: Tetum and

Portuguese

Second languages:

English, Bahasa

Indonesian

Other 15 indigenous

languages have beenacknowledged

I would like to inform that no staff from this department

will attend this secretariat training workshop as, once

again, some of the international staff seem to wish toimpose Bahasa Indonesia or English,

Mr Ramos Horta said.

Time and again, .

Esta casa que pertence D Adelino Ximenes e D InsXimenes "But the inexplicable decision to declare Portuguese the official language of East Timor seems a

bizarre colonial throwback. Despite the emotional connection with Portuguese, English is the language that

will be most useful to the East Timorese in the future as they struggle to establish a stable economic base.

Editor,18 April 2002 issue ofThe Australian

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Cinatti, Ruy, De Almeida, L, Mendes, S. (1987).

We East Timorese have liberated our homeland. Now, independence for

East Timor means that we need to address many questions about

development. We are building our nation and our future. We need tomake wise decisions for the sake of future generations.Xanana Gusmao, at the opening of the Conference on Sustainable Development in East

Timor, Dili January 2001.

Traditional housingmaterial indicators 2001

Urban Rural

Households withearth/bamboo floors

62.7% 64.8%

Households with main walls ofbamboo

23.1% 55.3%

Household with main roof of

wood/grass/leaves

16.6% 50.9%

Source: Extract from East Timor Human Development report 2002

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for snacks .

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Municipal Market in Baucau: Portuguese architectural influence

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Indonesian architectural influence

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Hybrids of Portuguese and local traditional systems

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Photos by Matthew Libbis

traditional styles and construction systems

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This home belongs to D Adelino Ximenes and D Ins Ximenes

language

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Image source: Cinatti, Ruy, L. De

Almeida, and S. Mendes.

Arquitectura Timorense. Lisboa:

Instituto de Investigao Cientfica

Tropical, Museo de Etnologia, 1987.

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traditional styles and construction systems

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In regards to the brick veneer construction:

It has no precedent in Timor Leste

It has the potential to create dependency on

foreign technology and construction materials:

insulation, air conditioning and bricks!!

It will not resolve the urgent housing needs

It will require further training while impacting on

the relevance of traditional knowledge and

technologies

Brick veneer construction does not perform well

in earthquake prone areas

It is not appropriate for the East Timorese

climate

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When in March 2003 the Minister for Planning of Victoria, Mary Delahunty presented the

East Timorese government with the Building Code draft, Mary Delahunty declared: The

successful introduction of a building control system in East Timorwill not only benefit the

people and economy of East Timor, but also Victorias building industry byproviding future opportunities to export materials and expertise.

According to AusAID its program objectives are:

AusAID: Program objective

The single objective for the aid program is to advance Australia's national interest byassisting developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development.

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Why Australia gives aid

Australia gives aid because giving aid reflects our desire to help those less fortunate thanourselves. ..

Australia gives aid to other countries because it improves our regional security.

Australia's aid program creates jobs and opportunities for Australians.(.. ) Every year AusAIDawards Australian firms hundreds of contracts for goods and services. Typically, at any one time,AusAID manages more than 1800 contracts worth around $2.5 billion.

()Image source: Cinatti, Ruy, L. De

Almeida, and S. Mendes.

Arquitectura Timorense. Lisboa:

Instituto de Investigao Cientfica

Tropical, Museo de Etnologia, 1987.

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East Timor

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS NOT A TRAFFIC ISSUE, IS AN URBAN (social andenvironmental) ISSUE

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Linea1(1970-1976)

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Why dont we (inMelbourne and in

Australia) have areal publictransport?

Lets discuss on thebasis of similarpopulations and variouseconomic factors

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AvenidaCostanera

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Metro de SantiagoLatest extensions to theunderground

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Source:bienaldearquitectura.cl

Architect: Pablo Baados Norero,(Arquitecto A Cargo), Hugo Ginocchio Cea,

Milene Ramrez MuozLocation: Av Tobalaba (Providencia), Av.

Ossa (uoa, La Reina), Santiago

Area: 20,000 m2Year: 2006

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Source:wikipedia.org

Puente de Cal y Canto was builtin 1767 and demolished in 1889

Bibliometro

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Source:revistaCA


Metro Vicente Valds / Lnea 4 y 5Metro Vicente Valds / Lnea 4 y 5(Burmeister architects)

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"A city isnt just a place tolive, to shop, to go out andhave kids play. Its a placethat implicates how onederives ones ethics, how

one develops a sense ofjustice, how one learns totalk with and learn frompeople who are unlikeoneself, which is how ahuman being becomeshuman." (R. Sennett, 1989)

PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS NOT A TRAFFIC ISSUE, IS AN URBAN ISSUE

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Suggestion:

Solutions for an ecologically

sustainable future lies here in wealthycountries.

It is here where drastic measures needto be taken because it is here weremost of the consumption, waste andgreenhouse emissions occur.

Rich countries are heavily andincreasingly dependent on importsfor their resources and energy. Weare only about 15% of the worldspopulation but we get about 80%of resources produced.Ted Trainer

No matter how much wealth we think we have, we need a planet tosupport it

RowvilleMelbourne

There is an urgency for urban studies andplanning to move beyond thedichotomy of First World models andThird World problems. One possibleroute is through policy approaches thatseek to learn from Third World cities(Roy, 2003b; Sanyal, 1990).

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What does e-activist do?

It challenges the status quo when this reinforces questionable practices

It looks at the implications and merit of our activities from a wider social and

ecological perspectives (in this case architectural/urban projects)

It discusses decisions involving: who should get what and when, or what does it

do and for whom.

It puts into practice the notion of professional responsibility, a service

profession and public interest. Public interest is used to refer to the wider

societal obligations of the professions not only those involving the self-interest orthat of the clients.

It might look into education to see how educational practices might assist or

prevent necessary changes

It establishes networks until then disregarded. Example: architectural media,

extremely creative architects who do wonders with very little.

Activism is being part, understanding and taking part of the events that affectpeople, culture and the ecology.

Activists discuss, learns and act

Example: World Architecture and Architects for Peace (arch-peace)

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Are we needed?

interpretations, relevant knowledge, preparedness

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Are we needed?

interpretations, relevant knowledge, preparedness

There is an urgency for urban studies and planning to move beyond

the dichotomy of First World models and Third World problems.

One possible route is through policy approaches that seek to learn

from Third World cities (Roy, 2003b; Sanyal, 1990).In Ananya Roy Urban

Informality, 2005.

Architects are not only foreign to the needs of poorer countries, we

are foreign to the needs of our own larger communities. How many

architects are involved in these types of developments? What do we

know about these communities?

This is what makes up for most of Melbourne suburbs, periphery and

the recent bushfire affected communities around Melbourne.

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www.architectswww.architectsforforpeace.orgpeace.org

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