With over 350 sessions taking place in 38 venues, over the5 days, the UIA2014 Durban Congress Experience promisesto be invigorating and stimulating.

The 15 keynote speakers (including 2 Pritzker prize-winners)and 16 South African hosts, are all well-known architects,academics and practitioners.

Don’t miss the opportunity to SEE & HEAR Susannah Drake (USA), 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner, Toyo Ito(Japan), Francis Kéré (Burkina Faso), Rahul Mehrotra (India), Joe Osae-Addo (Ghana), Gerardo Salinas (Mexico),Cameron Sinclair (USA), Kjetil Trædal Thorsen (Norway), 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner, Wang Shu (China),Sindile Ngonyama (South Africa) and Wally Serote (South Africa).

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LOOK OUT FOR THESE PRESENTATIONS ON THE MAIN PROGRAMMEChange and transition in Cities: A visual conversation convened by Edgar PieterseGlobal debates on access to the city: Warwick [voices] as case study convened by Mphethi MorojeleOtherwhere Tribute to Oscar NiemeyerJapan Forum: Beyond Disaster, through solidarity, towards sustainability: Toyo ItoFluvial Urbanism: A Tale of Three CitiesEarthship: "In nature there is no such thing as garbage. Garbage is simply a concept of human dogma"Barefoot Architecture: Architecture and Human RightsA conversation among friends: How is our Africa? Hosted by Joe Osae-Addo

Tickets for all Social Events are available Online at http://uia2014durban.org

TOPIC A: ARCHITECTURE IN AN ACADEMICENVIRONMENTWestin ConahanWashington DC USAVerena GollnerConstance GermanyJuan van WykBloemfontein South Africa

TOPIC B: ARCHITECTURE AS PRACTICECuan HundermarkBloemfontein South AfricaDaniel AttoyeAkure NigeriaOnthatile MakgalemelaJohannesburg South Africa

TOPIC C: ARCHITECTURE AS A CATALYST FORSOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPeter NguyenSydney AustraliaCharles BosumprahKumasi GhanaMatteo DefendiniDurban South AfricaOlumuyiwa AdegunJohannesburg South Africa

CULTURAL & SOCIAL ACTIVITIESDIARISE THESE

ARCHIBALL: Tuesday 5 August TheUIA2014 Durban Student Steering Committee is hostingArchiball - a long-standing Durban tradition. Now thrust onto the international stage the StreetParty will see John Milne Street closed off for an evening of festivities. Live performances andDJ’s, will showcase the diverse sounds of Durban, to deliver a truly Otherwhere and OtherWayof partying! Doors open at 18h00 and tickets are available online.

STUDENT DEBATEFINALISTS ANNOUNCEDMonday 4th AugustThe student debate offers a platform forstudents from around the world to expresstheir opinions and perspectives on thedynamics of their architectural education.

INVITED GUESTDEBATERSProfessor Ora Joubert Debate ChairpersonJolanda Morkel Cape Town SAHugh Fraser Johannesburg SAJhono Bennett Johannesburg SA

IZINDABA ZOKUDLA (Conversations About Food) Innovation in the Soweto Food SystemA multi-stakeholder engagement project aims to create opportunities for urban agriculturein a sustainable food system in Soweto. The project is part of the Design Society Development(DSD) Community of Practice based at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA)and is coordinated by Dr. Naudé Malan. The City of Johannesburg is currently implementingan urban agriculture policy as part of a larger food security initiative. This policy createsopportunities for multi-stakeholder engagement, and Izindaba Zokudla is aimed at creatingspace for such engagement between urban farmers, stakeholders and the city.

NEWSPEAKER

Keynote Speaker George H. Miller, FAIA, willwill be speaking on behalf of Gold Medal Awardrecipient IM Pei. Miller became the managingpartner of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architectsin 1989. He has worked with I. M. Pei since1975 and collaborated on many of his significantprojects. He is a Fellow of the American Instituteof Architects and served as the Institute’sNational President in 2010. He is currently thePresident of the AIA Foundation, thephilanthropic arm of the Institute. © Dennis Guichard

As one of the Fringe Projects that forms part of the culturalprogramme of UIA2014 Durban, Internationally renowned,Cape Town based artist, Faith47, will be paintingsix walls, on four of the supporting columns of the N3viaduct going towards Pietermaritzburg. The columns areadjacent to the Early Morning Market in Warwick. Threewalls have already been completed and the balance willbe painted during the Congress.

Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies(IHS), RotterdamMaking Cities Work - SPATIAL AND STRUCTURALPRINCIPLES FOR INFORMAL SETTLEMENT UPGRADING:TRANSLATING THEORY INTO PRACTICEThe approach to human settlement planning needs the inputs of severaldisciplines, from urban planning and design, architecture and engineeringto social sciences and economics. The starting point is to have a clearunderstanding of the spatial and structural principles behind the configurationof settlements and the performance qualities that settlements can achievewhen applying them. The link between physical improvements and qualityof life is not a simple cause-effect relationship, but one of complexity andmultidimensionality. Nevertheless the creation of quality built-environmentscan foster and contribute to achieving quality of life as long as these areaccompanied by other interventions related to human and socio-economicdevelopment, good governance and sustainability.

DELEGATE COSTSThe Delegate registration fee:ZAR 5 500 / US$ 530 until 30 JulyZAR 6 500 / US$ 630 until 3 AugStudent registration fee is:ZAR 750 / US$70Daily Rate ZAR 2 000 / US$188(for a min of two days)

CPD CREDITS:South African ArchitecturalProfessional Credits: SACAP Category OneFull attendance all days - 5 Credits

UIA International Credits:Full attendence all days50 UIA International Credits

Per day attendence10 UIA International Credits

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PRESENTER Ore Faturoti Fika is an urban planner and architect. She

is a specialist in urban land and housing development.

OCCUPATION OF WALNUT ROADThe Walnut Road Urban Park is a creative corridor linking the ICC &DEC and activated with†a networking lounge, a temporary musallah,informal trading stalls and temporary landscape interventions. †Lookout for the renowned USA quilt artist, Edjohnetta Miller who willparticipate in the ‘occupation’ with an interactive installation, wheredelegates can engage ‘hands-on’ to ‘complete’ the artwork incollaboration and through the guidance of Edjohnetta. The blue table(a flying classroom) will involve a series of sessions where delegatescan interact with the keynote speakers and the South African hosts.

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Cool Runnings / Hingham Nursery Pocket Park

Against the backdrop of a massive wall of streetart, this is a place where medicinal plants, otherindigenous plants and food plants are grown andenjoyed. Colourful recycled outdoor furniture madefrom old baths, tyres, paint tins and oil drums is setup in the park during the day so that people fromRivertown can meet, relax, socialise, enjoy theirtake-away lunch and enjoy a cool drink in the small,green street park during lunch hours or after hoursbefore heading home. Passing visitors can also stopand rest or simply enjoy the small road-side gardeneither when walking or driving by. You can alsoenjoy a unique eating experience at the CoolRunnings long-table restaurant; take in the greatinner city ‘outdoors’ while listening to local andAfrican musicians and DJ’s.

POCKET PARKS - A MUST VISITIntended to revitalise a sense of play in the city, the temporary and permanent pocket parks demonstrate the principles of urbangreening, medicinal plant growing, indigenous gardening and urban agriculture. Celebrating 20 years of democracy the pocket parksare creating public spaces of enchantment for children and adults alike.Student Mobile Pocket ParkCultivated as part of a student competition, the mobile green spaces will be moved to various locations around the city centre.Ski Jump Pocket ParkAn indigenous and medicinal plant garden placed on top of the ‘Ski Jump’, an unfinished bridge in Warwick.Nicol SquareWhat are your dreams for Durban? Add your vision for the city at this historic socio-political square. Banners reflecting hopes andaspirations will be displayed on erected scaffolding.