Fall Symposium Building Beyond Borders - Reflecting on the dynamisms of intercultural collaboration in build projects (R-10991)

Several universities have developed educational programs in which students learn to design for and even build in a context that is beyond their own cultural and social context. Also many architectural practices have been designing for and building in contexts that are far beyond the socio-cultural background of their designers. Yet what building beyond borders means for those at the other side of the border remains quite often implicit. How do they experience a project in their community on which students or architects from another socio-cultural context work? What are the keys to reassure equivalence in the collaboration in such intercultural building projects? With this first Fall Symposium Building Beyond Borders we would like to set up a broad conversation on this topic, by reflecting on the dynamisms of cross-border collaboration in build projects, especially in contexts with a risk of imbalance between the different stakeholders. We invite academics, practitioners, students, NGO's, community members, … to contribute to this conversation.

Keywords:interdisciplinary

Disciplines:Sustainable building