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1 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 Sustainable Development: A challenge for European Research 26th May 2009 Sustainable Cities: From an Oxymoron to a Target A Presentation by Adrian M Joyce Senior Adviser

2 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The ACE - What is it? The Representative Body of the Architectural Profession Member Organisations from All EU Countries plus Norway, Switzerland and Candidate Countries 46 Member Organisations, Representative at National Level Regulatory Bodies and Professional Associations Represents About 480,000 Architects in Europe

3 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 Current Priorities of the ACE Contributing to the Sustainable Quality of the Built Environment Enhancing Standards of Professional Practice Urban & Territorial Issues Understanding the Business Environment Engaging the General Public Signing of Cooperation Accord with South Korea (KIRA) Cable-Car Station, Innsbruck, Austria Zaha Hadid, Architect

4 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The Context

5 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The Context

6 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The Context

7 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The Context

8 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The Context

9 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The Context

10 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The Context

11 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 The Context

12 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 Sustainable Architecture Sustainable Design Integrates Consideration of Resource and Energy Efficiency, Healthy Buildings and Materials, Ecologically and Socially Sensitive Land Use and an Aesthetic That Inspires, Affirms and Enables Union Internationale des Architectes Declaration of Interdependence for a Sustainable Future, Chicago, 1993 Architecture and Children Programme, Finland

13 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 ACE Declaration on Architecture and Sustainability Commitment to: Changing individual Professional Practices Promoting Sustainable Design Fostering Environmental Literacy and Competence Practicing Institutional Leadership Collaborating for Interdisciplinary Approaches Outaniemi Technical University, Helsinki, Finland Alvar Aalto, Architect

14 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 ACE Actions on Sustainability Research Activities Energy issues on the ACE Agenda for more than 13 years A Green Vitruvius Promotion of involvement of Architects in EPBD Energy Certification Towards Class A Committed to an Integrated Approach to the Design of the Built Environment

15 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 Urban Issues - A Working Definition ECTP Work Group on Urban Issues Covers a Range of Matters: Land Use Territorial Planning Development Policy Design Lifestyle Participation Governance Interactions Between Policy Makers, Professionals and Users Relationship to Legislation and Policies Community Centre, Voralberg, Austria

16 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 Urban Issues - Research Needs The Challenges - 1 Unravel the Interlinked Influences that go Into the Making, Maintenance and Management of Cities Understand how the Identity of a City is Developed, how it is Perceived and its Territorial Impact Study Land Use Patterns and Develop Sustainable Strategies for Future Land Use Policy

17 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 Urban Issues - Research Needs The Challenges - 2 Better Understand the Interrelationships Between Buildings, Squares, Parks and the Spaces Between them Undertake Holistic Studies of the Relationship Between Location, Type and Access to Facilities Required by Society and Related to the Territorial Dimension Include Analysis of Housing Policies in the EU Agenda as a Political Priority

18 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 Urban Issues - Research Needs The Challenges - 3 Examine the Means by Which the Views of Those who use the City can be Harnessed and Devise ways to Ensure Their Input to Planning, Building and Maintenance Investigate the Ways in Which Resources are Used in Cities and Identify how to Best Manage this so that Cities sit Lightly on the Earth. Ensure Overall Urban Sustainability by Adopting Holistic Approaches to Territorial Cohesion: not the Individual Building, but Neighbourhoods and Districts, Density vs. Isolation, Carbon Footprint …

19 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 Urban Issues - Achievable Breakthroughs Increased Understanding of the City as a System: New Tools for Professionals and Decision-Makers to Understand Urban Systems and their Territorial Impacts Systematic Adoption of Holistic Approaches: Methodologies for Integration of Relevant Factors and Indicators in Policies at all Levels Significant Involvement of Citizens in Decision Making: New Modes of Governance to Inform and Involve all Citizens Swiss RE Building, London Foster & Partners

20 Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target www.ace-cae.euSustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009 THANK YOU www.ace-cae.eu

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