Ecological Urbanism—Three Models from the Global South
Ecological Urbanism—Three Models from the Global South
Cities—as sites of intertwining economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental relations—require a complex range of perspectives and responses to ensure dynamic utilisation of resources and flourishing growth.
Find out how three practices—Yayasan Arkom Indonesia, Yayasan Peta Bencana, and urbz Collective—are exercising ecological thinking beyond the design of a building or one-dimensional environmentalism. From using open-source software as urban design tools to the methodology of participatory design to leverage local and collective intelligence, each practice addresses the social vulnerabilities to the consequences of climate change, natural disasters, and rapid urbanisation in India and Indonesia.
Their works, showcased in Things, Spaces, Interactions, provide philosophical and practical models that demonstrate the potential of formal and informal, built and unbuilt systems of organisation. They present possibilities that shed light on how we can build sustainable urban ecosystems in ways that are relevant beyond the Global South.
This free event will be moderated by Shirley Surya, M+ Curator of Design and Architecture. Simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese will be available. Click on 'Get Tickets' to register and receive the Zoom meeting link via email.
About the Speakers
This video by urbz Collective presents documentation of and interviews on the collaborative process between urbz, local builders, and artisans in Dharavi, Mumbai on the The Design Comes as We Build project—an example to empower local inhabitants in improving their own habitats.
The Same River, Twice by Yayasan Peta Becana documents the conception, design, application, and implication of the PetaBencana.id ('disaster map' in Indonesian) website powered by CogniCity OSS (open-source software). It is designed to aggregate location-based social media data to facilitate rescue work in the event of natural disasters in urban settings.
Image at top: (From the top) Collage of The Same River, Twice by Yayasan Peta Bencana; Community design process for a post-disaster reconstruction project in Palu by Yayasan Arkom Indonesia; and The Design Comes as We Build by urbz Collective. Photo: Courtesy of urbz Collective, Yayasan Arkom Indonesia, and Yayasan Peta Bencana