Caribbean Global Forum

AA Global Forums provide a space to learn, share and discuss architectural ideas and initiatives in a local context, both online and through onsite meetings, lectures and workshops. AA Global Forums comprise networks of AA alumni, students, staff, members and Visiting Schools, and offer support to AA students and members of the school community around the world.

The AA Global Forum: Caribbean will provide AA staff, alumni and students – especially those already within or returning to the Caribbean region – with a venue for connection and an opportunity to network. The first AA Global Forum event in the Caribbean will be held on Thursday 1 July 2021 and will explore a number of contemporary issues relevant to the region. The event comprises three sessions focusing on the following themes: Urban Development and the Sustainable Growth of Cities; Natural Disasters and Resiliency; and Advanced Methodology of Design and its Adaptability to the Caribbean Environment.

Timings

Mexico City/ Medellin / Jamaica 09:00-14:30

Haiti / Cuba 10:00-15:30

London 15:00-20:30

Programme:

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09:00-09:30 Introduction to the AA

“AA Alumni engendering Caribbean Architecture Education and Caribbean Modernism” Patricia Elaine Green, Architect, Jamaica

09:30-10:50 Session 1: Urban Development and the Sustainable Growth of Cities

Chair: Manijeh Verghese

Isabelle Jolicoeur, Architect, Haiti

Adrian Aguirre, Architect, Mexico

Panel discussion:

Enriquillo Ureña, Architect, Dominican Republic

Jheny Nieto, Architect, Colombia

Brian Lewis, Architect, Trinidad and Tobago

11:00 - 12:00 Session 2: Natural Disasters and Resiliency

Chair: Christopher Pierce

Rose-May Guignard, Urban Planner, Haiti (Comite Interministeriel d'Amenagement du Territoire (CIAT))

Francisco Rodriguez, former dean UPR, head of Arch U Illinois Champlain, Puerto Rico

Panel Discussion:

Nancy Leconte, Architect, Haiti

Eugene Royer, Architect, Dominica

12:10- 14:10 Session 3: Advanced Methodology of Design and its Adaptability *Spanish

Chair: Nuria Alvarez Lombardero

Diego Perez Espitia, Architect, Colombia

Nuria Alvarez Lombardero & Francisco Gonzalez de Canales Ruiz, AAVS Cuba Politics of fabrication directors, Cuba/Spain

Valeria Guzman, Architect, Costa Rica

Ingrid Moye, Zeller & Moye co-director, AAVS Colima Beach co-director, Mexico

Panel Discussion

María Arias, Architect, Panama

14:10 - 14:30 Closing Remarks

14:30 onward Spatial Chats