Radically Sustainable
Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography, Ethnography and Global Development
Two days of conversations with leaders in development who have studied and designed large-scale sustainable urban projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sponsored by: Department of Anthropology, African Studies, School of Architecture, Center for African American Studies, Council for the Humanities, Woodrow Wilson School
Day 1: Urban Planning
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
4:30 – 6:00pm, Aaron Burr Hall 219
Richard Grant
Professor, Department of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami
Author of "Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana (2009)"
Joe Osae-Addo
Architect, Founder Constructs, Ghana
Elliott Sclar
Professor of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University
Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development at Columbia University's Earth Institute
Day 2: Architecture
Thursday, March 3, 2011
4:30 – 6:00pm, Aaron Burr Hall 219
Markus Dochantschi
Architect, Founder of studioMDA
Projects include Malawi Academy for Girls
Jane Harrison
Architect, Executive Director of ATOPIA Research Inc.
Projects include PITCH_AFRICA
Joe Osae-Addo
Architect, Founder Constructs, Ghana
