Workshop Length: 6 Weeks

Workshop Collaborators: Alissa Davis (Bridges To Prosperity), Mark Erickson & Matthew Kennedy (Studio North), Ewe Jin Low (Better Bamboo Buildings), Noelia Monterio & German Nieva (Estudio Flume), Changfang Luo (Architecture In Development), Laura Straehle, Maurice Mitchell (ARCSC), Vicki Stevenson (Cardiff University), Members of the Naweni, Bogor, Tanbok and Shiyala Community, Professor Judith Hall MBE (Mothers of Africa), Rachel Brooks (The Tanbok Project), Max Cross (Naqaqa Giving Foundation), Dan Ball & Josh Williams (Centrespace Design), Ed Dolton, Egle Maksimaviciute & Sophie Jones (ARUP Cardiff), Dr Mhairi McViccar (Cardiff University), Dr Bo Tang (London Metropolitan University), Matt Chan (Extended Studio), Darren Bray (Studio B.A.D).

Sustainable Development Targets Met:

This year’s Virtual Workshops ran simultaneously, following 4 briefs, linked to live design and construction projects: Sustainable Prototype Housing in South East Asia, Designing for Early Years Learning in Southern Africa, Low Tech and Passive Design in the South Pacific and Designing for Cyclone resistance in The South Pacific.

The workshops gave participants a chance to contribute to a larger body of work which will continue to progress towards a sustainable solution to each design challenge.

Each workshop followed 5 key themes:

Other ways of practicing architecture (alternatives to the traditional architecture route, unique practitioners, etc.)

Community engagement and communication techniques (how to go from 'token participation' to 'full ownership', + how best to engage with non architects)

Design considerations and the humanitarian architecture sector (challenges and tools for working in international development)

Stakeholder viewpoints (feedback and Q+A sessions from community members in the South Pacific, NGOs and engineers)

Production and presentation (final refinements before online exhibition + taking the projects forward)