City Space Architecture was selected to be part of the 9th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9), which took place on 7-13 February 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, convened by UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. This ninth session was recognised by the General Assembly resolution 70/210 as the first session to have a thematic focus on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) adopted at Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development, held in Quito, Ecuador, in 2016.
City Space Architecture was one of 200 exhibitors selected from 50 countries! We had an exhibition stand at the Forum’s main venue, which was located at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, adjacent to the Petronas Towers. Our exhibition was titled ‘WE THE PEOPLE, WE THE PUBLIC SPACE‘ and was promoted in collaboration with Queensland University of Technology (Australia), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Auckland (New Zealand), and Thammasat University (Thailand).
Our President Dr Luisa Bravo was the curator of the exhibition. Valerio Francia was the organisational manager of our exhibition space. We showcased our international public space projects, including our successful journal, The Journal of Public Space, which we launched at the Habitat III conference in Quito.
Luisa
I am a passionate believer in the importance of public space for sustainable urban development. I promote the idea that public space is a fundamental human right.
I work for City Space Architecture, a non-profit organisation based in Italy.
#standupforpublicspace
Our Founder and President Dr Luisa Bravo interviewed 30 global stakeholders who were attending the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur. These stakeholders included academic scholars, professionals, and activists who are actively engaged in implementing the New Urban Agenda, which was adopted at the Habitat III conference in Quito in 2016.
They were asked to explain why public space matters.
In order of appearance:
- the curator Luisa Bravo, City Space Architecture, Italy
- Mirko Guaralda, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
- Valerio Francia, City Space Architecture, Italy
- Anna Erlandson, Block by Block, Sweden
- Circe Gama Monteiro, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
- Costanza Pera, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation, Italy
- David A. Sagita, UCLG – United Cities and Local Governments, Asia Pacific
- Ethan Kent, Project for Public Spaces, USA
- Francesco Rossini, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Gini Lee, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Gregory John Budworth, Compass Housing, Australia
- Gregor H. Mews, Urban Synergies Group, Australia
- Hendrik Tieben, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Jarunee Pimonsathean, Thammasat University, Thailand
- Judith Hermanson, IHC Global, USA
- Katherine Kline, GAP – General Assembly of Partners, Older Persons, USA
- Kevin Hsu, Stanford University, USA
- Lance Jay Brown, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization, USA
- Laura Petrella Kitio, UN-Habitat, Kenya
- Lorenzo Petrillo, LOPELAB, Singapore
- Małgorzata Hanzl, ISOCARP – International Society of City and Regional Planners
- Margarita Greene, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
- Michael West Mehaffy, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Nor Hayati, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Pietro Garau, National Institute of Urbanism, Italy
- Robert Wong, Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council, Hong Kong
- Setha Low, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA
- Simone d’Antonio, ANCI – Italian Association of Cities and Municipalities, Italy
- Tarun Sharma, Nagrika, India
- Teresa Boccia, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
- Thozamile Botha, Housing Development Agency, South Africa
- Vincent Kitio, UN-Habitat, Kenya