About UIA
The International Union of Architects (UIA) founded in 1948 and based in Paris, is a federation of national professional organisations working to unify architects, influence public policies and advance architecture in service to the needs of society,.
The Forum provides platforms for discourse and networks for delegates in various fields to discuss diversity in built environment, city planning, public policies and researches with the aims of invigorating the subject on sustainability and humanity.
About UIA2024KL
UIA2024KL International Forum theme for this year is DIVERSECITY - an encapsulation of two words: diversity and city.
Taking Kuala Lumpur as a starting point, as a multicultural Asian city through the lens of Cultural Identity, the Forum will look for an updated understanding on the notion of Cultural Identity which gained visibility and expression with the advent of modernism and the initiation of a globalised culture of architectural communication in the twentieth century.
The UIA2024KL Forum intends to reflect on Cultural Identity as a deep text of architectural thought, and how it reflects into the city’s diversity and aims at finding new definitions of Cultural Identity in a period when architecture and cities are faced with new environmental, climate, social and economic challenges threatening social coherence.
Download and check out the poster for this event (PDF, 626 KB)
About The Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) — Malaysian Institute of Architects
PAM is the national professional institute representing architects in Malaysia. PAM’s mission statement is "To promote the advancement of architecture and the architectural profession for the betterment of society".
Originally founded in 1923, as the Institute of Architects Malaya, they became allies with RIBA in 1948 (while named Federation of Malaya Society of Architects.) They became PAM to reflect national sovereignty on 20 January 1967, and was registered with the Registrar of Societies.
Key RIBA sessions Sunday 17 November
9:15am to 12:30pm
Designing with People and Nature in Mind: creating spaces that accommodate cultural diversity that seeks to integrate the needs of different user groups and respect the natural environment
- 9:15am to 10:05am Keynote 4 - Kai Uwe Bergmann, Partner of Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG), (USA/Denmark)
- 10:05am to 10:45am Paper - Seah Chee Huang, CEO of DP Architects (Singapore)
- 1045am to 11:25am Paper - Muyiwa Oki, RIBA President (UK)
- 11:25am to 12:05pm Paper - Speaker from AutoDesk Forma
- 12:05pm to 12:30pm Panellists Discussion: Moderator - To be confirmed
Note that to attend this session, you need to register to UIA2024KL
2pm to 4:15pm
2024 Global Architecture Exchange (GAE) – Advocating for social justice and sustainable practices.
In connection with the UIA 2024 International Forum’s theme DIVERSECITY and the 2024 World Architecture Day’s theme ‘Empowering the next generation in participatory urban design’, this in-person session will explore the topic of ‘Advocating for social justice and sustainable practices’. Learn more about social justice and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Each speaker will provide examples of how this topic translates in their countries, be it through government policies, initiatives developed by their national institutes, or through their own projects and designs.
Join us to hear the various approaches taken in different parts of the world to address this challenge.
Organised in partnerships with other institutes of architects from across the world, the GAE are a series of talks which aim to deliver sessions on topic relevant and common to all and explore how the same challenges are dealt with in different parts of the world.
This session will includes speaker from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ireland, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the UK.
Read about the speakers in this session (PDF, 658 KB)
This session will be recorded. The video will be available afterwards.
Register for the session (note that to attend this session, you need to also register to UIA2024KL)
