The Urban Condition - Two conference in India (Mar 2022, Bangalore & New Delhi, India and Virtual)

In early 2022 Noida International University (New Delhi) and Dayananda Sagar Institutions (Bangalore/Bengaluru) were due to hold two conferences in India. After consultation they have decided to continue but have switched online. Logistical support from Amps. Part of The Urban Condition program, an initiative examining health, life, design of cities. 

Sustainable Architectures - Humane Cities

Dates: 23-25 Mar 2022
Location: Virtual
Website: AMPS Bangalore
Deadline for submission of abstracts: UPDATED 10 January 2022

The starting point for the Sustainable Architecture(s) – Humane Cities conference is a consideration of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals and how they relate to living through the current tragic situation of Covid-19 in cities. With over 80% of the world’s megacities projected to be in the Global South by 2030, it addresses the challenges faced by the region’s expanding cities: Covid-19, public health, informal development, grass roots participatory design, climate change, resilience, and more. It critiques sustainability from practical, cultural, health perspectives and more. It asks questions about physical distancing, global cities, post-colonialism and spectacle architecture. It examines the relationship between all these issues and questions of social equity and public health, whether it be in Mumbai, Beirut, Cairo, Rio, Lagos or Beijing. In a tragic moment for India’s cities it challenges us to connect questions often kept in isolation. It seeks to connect the work of the designers of our buildings, the planners of our cites, our policy makers at regional levels, and the governors of our expanding urban settlements today. At a critical moment it seeks to share knowledge on the most vexed and pressing issues cities in India, and across the world, face today.

Architecture, History, and the Smart City

Dates: 13-15 Mar 2022
Location: Virtual
Website: AMPS New Delhi
Deadline for submission of abstracts: UPDATED 10 January 2022

Set in the context of the Indian government’s 100 Smart Cities Mission the Architecture, History and the Smart City conference seeks perspectives on the past, present and future of our cities. Given the current situation in India it has a special strand on technology and Covid-19. Whether it be Covid-19 tracking apps in Delhi, transport systems of Dubai, urban planning of New York, or e-communities in Mumbai, it sees the role of technology in the creation and management of the built environment as integral to life in the modern metropolis. However, it simultaneously wishes to understand the myriad of non-digital issues at play today: social distancing in public space, the provision of housing, the planning of commercial developments, the management of urban sprawl, and much more. To complete its picture of the complex future city, it also explores the origins of public health in the city, architectural and urban heritage, the conservation of ancient monuments, and the preservation of long standing cultural traditions. In the fast changing urban setting of the city, it seeks a practical and historic understanding of the past and the future that can help today.