Sustainable Community Development in China: Principles, Challenges and Implementation
Day / Time Wednesday, June 21st / 13:30 - 15:30
Event Description
This event is an opportunity to share experiences in applying Canadian sustainable community design principles to China’s rapidly urbanizing regions. This session will begin with a panel format presentation of these principles and how they relate to a demonstration community master-planning project in Nan Hui, a Shanghai suburb. The panel will focus on a “best of both worlds” approach, in the context of China’s current development practice and market economy. Issues involved, questions raised, challenges, successes, and lessons learned are applicable to implementing new, healthy, sustainable communities anywhere. A workshop will follow, encouraging participants to respond to a series of questions on incorporating sustainable design principles into a practical and effective Corporate Sustainability Standard for the Chinese development companies involved in Nan Hui and much larger projects. Participants will be invited to join an ongoing internet-based exploration of the topic.
Session Language
English
Chinese
Speakers
Louis Musto – Manager; Canada Mortgage and Housing International, Ottawa
Bob Worden – Principal; Ramsay Worden Architects Ltd., Vancouver
Peter Reese – Project Manager; Ramsay Worden Architects Ltd., Vancouver
Grace Fan – Landscape Architect; Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg, Vancouver
Patrick Condon – James Tayler Chair; University of British Columbia Design Centre for Sustainability, Vancouver
David Rousseau – Principal; Archemy Consulting Ltd., Vancouver
Nils Larsson – Executive Director; International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment, Ottawa
Qiu Jiang – Principal; Coast Palisade Consulting Group Ltd., Shanghai
Teng Guowei – Vice General Manager; Shanghai Land Group Co., Shanghai
Host Organization
Ramsay Worden Architects Ltd./Canada Mortgage and Housing International
Host Organization Description
Ramsay Worden Architects Ltd.- A medium sized Architectural firm based in Vancouver with extensive experience designing a wide of projects including sustainable communities in Canada, USA, and China. Canada Mortgage and Housing International - the branch of Canada's national housing organization involved in facilitating the marketing of Canadian services and products overseas, particularly related to sustainable housing and communities.
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