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Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction |
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The Holcim Forum is a series of symposiums on the topic of sustainable construction conducted by the Foundation. The event is an academic platform for architects and construction professionals to exchange information on creating a sustainable built environment and thus advancing sustainable development. The Holcim Forum supports sustainable construction in the scientific field, among experts in the construction sector, business and society.
The Holcim Foundation, in cooperation with its Technical Competence Center and partner universities, serves as an international platform for architects, construction professionals and specialists of all generations to promote interdisciplinary dialogue, bring forward new ideas, and examine potential solutions.
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Urban_Trans_Formation, Shanghai, 2007
More than 250 international experts from 41 countries met in China at the Holcim Forum in 2007. The theme of the Forum was “Urban Trans Formation”. At the three-day conference, workshops examined position papers from specialists on the topics of normative urbanism (“between convention and differentiation”), informal urbanism (“between sanctioned and shadow orders”), green urbanism (“between ecology and economy”), touristic urbanism (“between local and global”), and temporary urbanism (“between the permanent and transitory”).
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Basic Needs, Zurich, 2004
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) hosted the first Holcim Forum in 2004. Under the theme of “Basic Needs”, the symposium focused upon essential infrastructure for civilization – housing, water, education, health care, and access to goods and services.
Publications from each Holcim Forum capture insights and recommendations from each symposium and also the energy and the spirit of the symposiums and participants. Each publication is available for download as a PDF from the Holcim Foundation website.
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A platform for exchange on sustainable construction
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Contact |
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Shankar Kumar Roy
Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd
House 8, Road 14,
1212 Dhaka
Bangladesh
Phone +880 2 9881002-2
Fax +880 2 9886394 |
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