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World Architecture Festival 2012 - Inspiration Knowledge Community
World
         Architecture
         Festival
         2012

                        Inspiration
                        Knowledge
                        Community
3-5 October
Marina Bay Sands
Singapore
                              Partner sponsor
World Architecture Festival 2012 - Inspiration Knowledge Community
Welcome                                                                                    1 unmissable festival                 4 reasons to attend
                                                                                                                                 the biggest ever World
The fifth World Architecture Festival
                                                                                                  3
is upon us and it’s bigger and better
than ever! WAF 2012 takes us to                                                   WAF                    days of pure            Architecture Festival
                                                                                                         design inspiration
inspiring Singapore, yet another
great reason to join us at the global                                             in
                                                                                                         30                      1 Be inspired
architectural event of the year.
                                                                                  numbers                awards presented        Be inspired by the finest architecture
The three day festival and awards                                                                                                from around the world, with live
is action packed with lots of new,                                                                                               crit presentations from Robert A.M.
exciting and much loved features.                                                                                                Stern Architects, 3XN, Foster +
We’re also delighted to welcome
                                                                                                 40                              Partners and Isay Weinfeld…
                                                                                  thought-provoking
our new media supporters dezeen,
                                                                                           speakers
ArchDaily and designboom                                                                                                         2 Renew your passion
and the Singapore Institute
of Architects and Singapore’s                                                                                                    Be motivated, challenged and learn
                                                                                                                                 from world renowned architects
Urban Redevelopment Authority
as our local associate partners.                                                                         45                      and thinkers speaking in WAF’s
                                                                                                         industry-shaping        illuminating seminar programme
World Architecture Festival 2012 is an even richer layer cake of inspiration,                            media partners          including Moshe Safdie, Thomas
learning, meeting and sharing. Join us to celebrate global architectural                                                         Heatherwick, Peter Buchanan, Wolf
excellence in true style and remind yourself why architecture is such an
amazing profession and so important to the world at large.
                                                                                                         50                      D. Prix, Neil Denari, Ma Yansong and
                                                                                                                                 many more. WAF is architectural
                                                                                                         hours of thrilling      excellence live!
I look forward to seeing you there.                                                                      content
                                                                                                                                 3 Conquer new markets
                                                                                                         60                      Broaden your knowledge base and
                                                                                                         countries represented
                                                                                                                                 your contact book in WAF’s new
                                                                                                                                 Global Forums, sponsored by Aedas.

Paul Finch
                                                                                                 73                              Find out, first-hand, the new design
                                                                                                                                 taking place in cities across the
                                                                                  globally renowned                              world and understand how to win
Director, World Architecture Festival
                                                                                              judges                             work in today’s boom markets.

                                                                                                120                              4 Meet engaged clients
                                                                                        hours of live
                   ‘WAF is the best in terms of breadth                                presentations                             Get ahead of the game with
                                                                                                                                 WAF’s new SectorTrend Forums,
                   and depth of architects. Mostly you                                         301                               sponsored by Aecom. Discuss
                                                                                                                                 key sector trends with WAF
                   don’t get a meeting of world architects,                           live shortlisted                           category judges and award
                                                                                project presentations                            winners. Seize the chance to hear
                   but here you do. It’s the number one.’                                                                        the developments that will steer
                                                                                                                                 the way you design and meet the
                    Charles Jencks                                                                                               clients that are investing.

                   Architect, lecturer and author
                                                                                                         527
                                                                                                         diverse entries
                                                                                                         displayed in the
                                                                                                         WAF festival gallery

                                                                                                         5000
                                                                                                         delegates to date

                   www.worldarchitecturefestival.com                                           www.worldarchitecturefestival.com
World Architecture Festival 2012 - Inspiration Knowledge Community
WAF’s
acclaimed
judges                                            Will Alsop /         Domenic Alvaro /       Emre Arolat / Emre     Robert Backhouse /       Wang Lu / World        Juergen Mayer H. /     William Menking /     Timothy Moore /         Wong Mun Summ /        Christine Murray /
                                                  ALL Design / UK      Woods Bagot /          Arolat Architectst /   Hassell / Australia      Architecture / China   J. Mayer H.            The Architect’s       Architecture            WOHA / Singapore       The Architects’
                                                                       Australia              Turkey                                                                 Architecture Design    Newspaper / USA       Australia / Australia                          Journal / UK
                                                                                                                                                                     Research / Germany

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   WAF has more than
Nasser Bader
Abulhasan /
                         David Basulto /
                         ArchDaily / USA
                                                  Donald Bates /
                                                  Lab Architecture
                                                                       Patrick Bellew /
                                                                       Atelier Ten / UK
                                                                                              Chris Bosse / LAVA /
                                                                                              Australia
                                                                                                                     Hasan Çalıslar /
                                                                                                                     Erginoglu & Çalıslar /
                                                                                                                                              Lyndon Neri /
                                                                                                                                              NHDRO / China
                                                                                                                                                                     Kim Nielsen / 3XN /
                                                                                                                                                                     Denmark
                                                                                                                                                                                            Wolf D. Prix / Coop
                                                                                                                                                                                            Himmelb(l)au /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   70 of the world’s
AGI Architects /
Kuwait
                                                  Studio / Australia                                                 Turkey                                                                 Austria
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   leading architects
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and critics under one
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   roof. Only at WAF
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   can you hear what
Eva Castro / Plasma      Sir Peter Cook /         Neil Denari /        Mark Dytham /          Dietmar Eberle /       Jim Eyre /               Sanjay Puri / Sanjay   Michael Rayner /       Moshe Safdie /
Studio / China           Archigram / UK           NMDA / USA           Klein Dytham           Baumschlager           Wilkinson Eyre / UK      Puri Architects /      Cox Architects /       Safdie Architects /                    they think of every
                                                                       Architecture / Japan   Eberle / Austria                                India                  Australia              UK
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   single shortlisted entry,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   strengthening your
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   insight and future work.
Marcus Fairs /           Yvonne Farrell /         Mark Foster Gage /   Edouard Francois /     Nabil Gholam /         Kate Goodwin /           Ole Scheeren / Buro    Colin Seah /           Yasmin Sharif /
dezeen / UK              Grafton Architects /     Gage / Clemenceau    Maison Edouard         NG Architects /        Royal Academy            Ole Sheeren / Hong     Ministry of Design /   Dennis Sharp
                         UK                       Architects / USA     Francois / France      Lebanon                of Arts / UK             Kong / Bejing          Singapore              Architects / UK

Andrew Grant /           Tang Guan Bee /          Akihiko Hamada /     Bjarne Hammer /        Ivan Harbour / Rogers Richard Hassell /         Winston Shu /          Gurjit Singh           Catherine Slessor /   Murat Tabanlioglu /     Ken Tadashi            Lance Taylor / Rider
Grant Associates /       Tangguanbee              Nikkon Sekkei /      Schmidt Hammer         Stirk Harbour +       WOHA / Singapore          Integrated Design      Matharoo / Matharoo    The Architectural     Tabanlioglu             Oshima / University    Levett Bucknall / UK
UK                       Architects /             Japan                Lassen / Denmark       Partners / UK                                   Associates /           Associates / India     Review / UK           Architects / Turkey     of Washington / USA
                         Singapore                                                                                                            Hong Kong

Michael Heenan /         Serina Hijjas / Hijjas   Kerry Hill / Kerry   Paul Hyett /           Ralph Johnson /        David Keuning /          Ben Van Berkel /       Vasu Virajsilp /       Maria Warner Wong /   Mok Wei Wei /           Isay Weinfeld / Isay   Andy Wen / Aedas /
Allen Jack + Cottier /   Kasturi Associates /     Hill Architects /    HKS Architects / UK    Perkins and Will /     Mark Magazine /          UNStudio /             Vaslab / Thailand      WOW Architects /      W Architects /          Weinfeld / Brazil      Hong Kong
Australia                Malaysia                 Singapore                                   USA                    Netherlands              Netherlands                                   Singapore             Singapore

Marcio Kogan /           Charu Kokate /           Nicola Leonardi /    Lim Choon Keang /      Birgit Lohmann /       Mark Loughnan /          Chris Wilkinson /      Liu Xiaodu /           Ma Yansong /          Ken Yeang / Llewelyn    Rocco Yim / Rocco      Carlotta Zucchini /
Studio MK27 / Brazil     Safdie Architects /      The Plan / Italy     CPG Consultants /      Designboom /           Hassell / Australia      Wilkinson Eyre / UK    Urbanus / China        MAD Architects /      Davies Yeang / UK /     Design Architects /    The Plan / Italy
                         Singapore                                     Singapore              Denmark                                                                                       China                 Malaysia                Hong Kong
World Architecture Festival 2012 - Inspiration Knowledge Community
3 days, one unmissable                                    The WAF Bar sponsored
                                                          by Rider Levett Bucknall
                                                                                                                         COMPLETED BUILDINGS

                                                                                                                         Civic and community
                                                                                                                                                                 Housing
                                                                                                                                                                 ip:li Architects / JCY Architects
                                                                                                                                                                 and Urban Designers / Studio
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Sport
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Isay Weinfeld / BVN /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Suters Architects
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                House
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                RT+Q Architects / RTA Studio /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Czarl Architects / Shane

festival, so much to do!                                    Especially designed for WAF by innovative Singaporean
                                                                                                                         3XN / Francis-Jones Morehen
                                                                                                                          Thorp / Ronald Lu and Partners /
                                                                                                                                                                 Daniel Libeskind / agence SM /
                                                                                                                                                                 The Dynamic Continuous Office /         Transport
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Thompson Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Sharon Davis Design
                                                            practice WOW Architects, the festival’s central bar is not    Kuwabara Payne McKenna                 BVN Architecture/ Kerry Hill
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Rechner / Aedas Limited (Interior
                                                                                                                          Blumberg Architects/ Hironaka          Architects / Guida Moseley                                                     Infrastructure
                                                            only a meeting point for you to catch up with contacts,       Ogawa & Associates / ARCAU /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Designer) / Leigh & Orange /
                                                                                                                                                                 Brown Architects / Batis / White
                                                            new and old, but is also an aesthetic highlight in itself!                                                                                   Tabanlioglu Architects /               Leers Weinzapfel Associates /
                                                                                                                          Coop Himmelb(l)au Wolf D. Prix         Arkitekter / New Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                         HBO+EMTB / Woodhead /                  HASSELL / Arup Associates
                                                                                                                          & Partner ZT GmbH / Jackson            Architects / Arquitectura en
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mackow Pracownia Projektowa
                                                          The WAF Student Competition                                     Clements Burrows Architects /
                                                                                                                          GPY Arquitectos / Tabanlioglu
                                                                                                                                                                 Movimiento Workshop / 5468796
                                                                                                                                                                 Architecture Inc. / EAA-Emre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Leisure-led development
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Villa
                                                                                                                          Architects / Nikken Sekkei /           Arolat Architects / HASSELL /                                                  Sanjay Puri Architects / Shane
                                                            Witness the next generation of design talent flex their
                    talks                                   creative muscles in WAF’s live and nail-biting student
                                                                                                                          Segmento Urbano Arquitectos /
                                                                                                                          Architectural Services
                                                                                                                                                                 Foster + Partners                       Kidosaki Architects Studio / Studio
                                                                                                                                                                                                         MK27 / K2LD Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Thompson Architects / Aedas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Limited (Interior Designer) /
 Marcus Fairs, editor of our online partner dezeen,         charrettes. Spot some new talent and be inspired by           Department / NHArchitecture /          New and old                             SJK Architects / Sanjay Puri           AGC Design / Surbana
                                                                                                                          Wingårdh Arkitektkontor                                                        Architects / Isay Weinfeld / Ian       International Consultants / Dar
 will host a series of informal talks with selected WAF     the architects of tomorrow.                                                                          ip:li Architects / ip:li Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Moore Architects / Silvio Rech         SSH International Engineering
 award winners and judges giving a unique insight                                                                                                                PLAN B / logon urban.architecture.
                                                                                                                         Culture                                                                         and Lesley Carstens / Fearon           Consultants / 3XN / Skidmore,
 into what makes the cream of the global architectural    World Architecture Festival                                    BFLS / Li Xiaodong Atelier /
                                                                                                                                                                 design / Menis Arquitectos / Batlle
                                                                                                                                                                 & Roig Architects / Fearon Hay
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Hay Architects / Koji Tsutsui          Owings & Merrill / Arup
                                                                                                                                                                                                         & Associates /Crosson Clarke           Associates / Boogertman +
 community tick.                                                                                                         Cox Architecture / Kerry Hill           Architects / KOKO architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Carnachan Architects Auckland /        Partners Architects
                                                                                                                         Architects / Chiaki Arai Urban          Tanner Architects / CHANG
                                                                                                                                                                                                         XTEN Architecture / John
The WAF Rethink and Renew                                                                                                and Architecture Design / MDMA l
                                                                                                                         Martine de Maeseneer Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                 Architects / WOHA / ACXT / Aedas
                                                                                                                                                                 Limited (Interior Designer) / AGC
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Wardle Architects                      Masterplanning
                                                            For the first time ever WAF is partnering with the
thematic film                                               global PechaKucha network to give you an evening
                                                                                                                         Wowhaus / Coop Himmelb(l)au
                                                                                                                         Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH /
                                                                                                                                                                 Design / Sturgess Architecture /
                                                                                                                                                                 Oppenheim Architecture + Design
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Landscape
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Surbana International Consultants /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                University of Arkansas Community
 Be inspired by WAF’s very own curated festival film        of fast paced presentations, creative inspiration and        John Ronan Architects /                                                         Atelier Dreiseitl / LOOK               Design Center / MZ Architects /
                                                                                                                         Fender Katsalidis Architects /          Office                                  Architects / Taylor CUllity Lethean    Tabanlioglu Architects / EAA-
 centred on the theme of Rethink and Renew. Watch           visual stimulation. The evening will be overseen by          Zaigas Gailes Birojs / Afritects /                                              and Wraight + Associates /             Emre Arolat Architects / Equinox
 in-depth interviews with some of today’s most              founder of PechaKucha and principal of Klein                                                         Christ & Gantenbein / John Ronan
                                                                                                                         Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios /                                                 Batlle & Roig Architects / Shma        Realty and Infrastructure / Surbana
                                                                                                                                                                 Architects / CPG Consultants /
 thought provoking architects.                              Dytham Architecture, Mark Dytham.                            PES-Archltects / BFLS /Francis-
                                                                                                                                                                 Diametro Arquitectos / Nikken
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Company / Tierra Design / Housing      International Consultants /
                                                                                                                         Jones Morehen Thorp /                                                           and Development Board / Atelier        HASSELL / AECOM /
                                                                                                                                                                 Sekkei / ARCAU / FRENTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Dreiseitl / Grant Associates           Mossessian & Partners
                                                                                                                                                                 Arquitectura / BVN / ACXT /
                                                                                                                         Display
                                                                                                                                                                 Patterson Associates /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mixed use
                                                                                                                         Ministry of Design / Fearon             Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         FUTURE PROJECTS
                                                                                                                         Hay Architects / BVN / ‘i-am’           3XN / HASSELL / SJK Architects /                                               Moore Ruble Yudell Architects
                                                                                                                         associates / Matra Architects           nps tchoban voss / Josep Miàs                                                  & Planners / Osamu Morishita
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Competition entries
                                                                                                                         and Urban Planners / Wilkinson                                                                                         Architect & Associates /
                                                                                                                         Eyre Architects / Wingårdh                                                      National University of Singapore       BAKH_Architecture / Mental
                                                                                                                         Arkitektkontor / KOKO architects /                                              - Department of Architecture /         Design Works / Boogertman +
                                                                                                                         Atelier Tekuto                                                                  Studio MK27 / HASSELL /                Partners Architects / Allford

                                                                                                                                                                     WAF
                                                                                                                                                                                                         AECOM / MZ Architects / ADS            Hall Monaghan Morris
                                                                                                                         Health                                                                          Designs / Tabanlioglu Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         HASSELL / Shma Company /               Office
                                                                                                                         Billard Leece Partnership and

                                                                                                                                                                     2012
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Erginoglu & Calislar Architects
                                                                                                                         Bates Smart / BVN Architecture /                                                                                       Kreatif / 3Dreid / Tabanlioglu
                                                                                                                         Woodhead / Ingvartsen                                                                                                  Architects / Eric Parry Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Culture
                                                                                                                         Architects / Woods Bagot                                                                                               Boogertman + Partners

                                                                                                                         Higher education / Research                 Shortlist                           Czarl Architects / A Architectural
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Design / Sanjay Puri Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Archiland Associate Architectural
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Architects / Nop Studio /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5468796 Architecture Inc. /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
                                                                                                                         Bangkok Project Studio / DP
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Consultant / Samoo Architects &
                                                                                                                         Architects / Lyons / Stanton
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Engineers / Nevzat Sayin Mimarlik
                                                                                                                         Williams / Kuwabara Payne
                                                                                                                         McKenna Blumberg Architects /           Project / Energy / Recycling
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Hizmetleri / Aedas Limited (Interior   Only at WAF will
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Designer) / Maisam Architects &
                                                                                                                         3XN / Nikken Sekkei /
                                                                                                                         Perkins+Will / Feilden Clegg
                                                                                                                                                                 Plan B / SCDA Architects / Osamu
                                                                                                                                                                 Morishita Architect & Associates /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Engineers / amphibianArc /             you hear live
                                                                                                                                                                                                         steb | studio evren basbug
                                                                                                                         Bradley Studios                         Nikken Sekkei / Nevzat Sayin            & scra architects                      presentations from
 ‘WAF is the                                                                                                             Hotel / Leisure
                                                                                                                                                                 Mimarlik Hizmetleri (NSMH)
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Education                              the architect behind
                                                                                                                         The Oval Partnership / DP               Schools
  United Nations
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Eleena Jamil Architect / Vo Trong
                                                                                                                         Architects / WOW Architects /           Allen Jack+Cottier / Batlle & Roig      Nghia Architects / Sanjay Puri         every shortlisted
                                                                                                                         RYRA Studio / DBI Design /              Architects / Allford Hall Monaghan      Architects / P.A.C / Cirakoglu
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                project. Learn,
  of architecture.’
                                                                                                                         a21studio / Isay Weinfeld /
                                                          The WAF gala dinner                                            Urban Studio / EAA-Emre
                                                                                                                                                                 Morris / Hokkaido Nikken Sekkei /
                                                                                                                                                                 Suters Architects / McBride
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Architects / MKPL Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mangera Yvars Architects /
                                                            Finish the festival in style at WAF’s celebratory gala
                                                                                                                         Arolat Architects / Gayathri            Charles Ryan / Ward+Blake               Segmento Urbano Arquitectos /          be inspired and
                                                                                                                         & Namith Architects / RSP               Architects / Vo Trong Nghia             Perkins+Will / EAA-Emre Arolat
                                                            dinner where winners, judges and delegates alike             Design Consultants / Wingårdh           Architects / Bio Architecture           Architects / Skidmore, Owings &        strengthen your
  Paul Finch                                                can raise a toast to their success or simply celebrate       Arkitektkontor / eco.id Architects      Formosana / Hokkaido                    Merrill / Woods Bagot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                own work.
                                                            new contacts and opportunities.                                                                      Nikken Sekkei
                                                                                                                         House
  WAF programme                                                                                                          ip:li Architects / DP Architects /      Shopping
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Experimental

  director                                                Parties, socials and soirees                                   Vo Trong Nghia Architects /             Marlon Blackwell Architect / Isay
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Moore Ruble Yudell Architects &
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Planners / Ronald Lu and Partners /
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Residental
                                                                                                                         Studio MK27 / Zaigas Gailes             Weinfeld / P.A.C / HASSELL                                                     Studio MK27 / ADS Designs /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         HASSELL / Desitecture
                                                            When your days are jam-packed with architectural             Birojs / McBride Charles Ryan /                                                                                        Sanjay Puri Architects /
                                                            inspiration, networking and discovery we’re sure you’re      Formwerkz Architects / Isay             Shopping centres                                                               Suyabatmaz Demirel Architects /
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Health
                                                                                                                         Weinfeld / Andrew Maynard                                                                                              ARCAU / Erginoglu&Calislar
                                                            going to want to let your hair down come sundown!            Architects / Carlo Berarducci           DP Architects / Uras X Dilekci          The Flood / Ronald Lu                  Architects / Tata Housing
                                                            WAF has a host of parties, receptions, dinners               Architecture / CHANG                    Architects / Hokkaido Nikken            and Partners / Nightingale             Development Company / WOW
                                                                                                                                                                 Sekkei / Tabanlioglu Architects /       Associates / 3XN /                     Architects / RSP Design
                                                            and socials in some of Singapore’s hottest design            Architects / Willis Kusuma
                                                                                                                         Architects / RAD architecture /         Klein Dytham Architects /               Woods Bagot / EFFEKT                   Consultants / EAA-Emre
                                                            destinations so you can celebrate and socialise in style!    Chris Elliot Architects / a21studio /   Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP +                                                       Arolat Architects / HASSELL /
                                                                                                                         Jackson Clements Burrows                Takenaka Corporation                                                           degenhartSHEDD
                                                                                                                         Architects / dKO Architecture /

                    www.worldarchitecturefestival.com                                                                    John Wardle Architects
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Singapore!                                                                                       Grand Park
                                                                                                 Orchard /
                                                                                                 DP Architects /
                                                                                                 Angelene Chan,
                                                                                                 Director of DP
While you’re at                                                                                  Architects will
                                                                                                 present the
WAF make sure                                                                                    Orchard Road
                                                                                                 regeneration
you make time                                                                                    project at WAF

to see some of the
thrilling architecture
to be found across
Singapore.
                                                                                                     Helix Bridge / Cox Architects /
Here’s our pick of                          School of the Arts Singapore / WOHA /
                                            Hear Richard Hassell speak on creating
                                                                                                     Winner of the WAF transport category 2011

some must see                               vertical villages in WAF’s seminar programme

Singaporean sights.

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Rethink &                                                                                                                                                                                   Festival Hall Stage                                                                                                                                                                        Global
                                     Renew Hall                                                                                                                                                                                  The Architect’s Office: Designing for Tomorrow                                                                                                                                             Networking Suite
                                  09:30                                          10.45 - 11:30                                    14:30 - 15:15                                                                                                                               10.00                                         12.00 - 12.45                                   14.45 - 15.30                                  Global Urban Renewal Forums
                                  Welcome from Festival                          Keeping up with the                              Growing cities in                                                                                                                           Introduction to Rethink                       Standing out in a new                           Making BIM work for you

 Wednesday                        Director Paul Finch                            pace of development in                           the 21st century                                                                                                                            and Renew thematic film                       global marketplace:                             Sunil M K,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Series sponsored by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Senior Manager, Industry Strategy
                                                                                 emerging cities                                  Eva Castro, Principal, Plasma Studio                                                                                                        by WAF Thematic Curator                       from print to digital and                       and Relations for Government,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The urban renewal and global forum          In interactive sessions you will be guided
                                                                                                                                  Rogier van der Heide, Vice President and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 series enables you to identify the urban    through the current urban renewal and
                                                                                 Chris Bosse, Principal, LAVA
                                                                                                                                  Chief Design Officer, Philips Lighting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Jeremy Melvin                                 beyond                                          Asia Pacific, Autodesk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           renewal taking place in cities around the   development climate, how to get work

 3 October
                                                                                 Liu Xiaodu, Partner, Urbanus Architects
                                                                                                                                  Rocco Yim,                                                                                                                                                                                David Basulto (below left), Founder             • Improving data leverage and navigation of    world. Find out first-hand the benefits     and operate successfully in specific
                                                                                 • Designing for rapidly expanding                Principal, Rocco Design Architects                                                                                                                                                        and Executive Editor, ArchDaily                   interfaces                                   and challenges of working in a new          boom markets.
                                                                                   economies: where should replication            Chaired by Wang Lu, Editor-in-Chief, World
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              10.15 - 11.00                                 Tim Kobe (below right), Principal, Eight Inc.   • Expanding the benefits of BIM:               market, and gain contacts operating in
                                                                                   occur?                                         Architects, Professor, Tsinghua University                                                                                                  Rethink and Renew                             • Making it matter: creating ‘irrational
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              maximising BIM as a tool in retrofit and     specific areas.
                                                                                 • Can architecture mature when the pace                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      new build
                                                                                   of development is so rapid?
                                                                                                                                  • Characterising successful urbanism:                                                                                                       thematic film screening                         loyalty’ in your client base
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Improving detection of energy loss in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Topics will include:                        Wednesday
                                                                                                                                    making cities work                                                                                                                                                                      • Establishing your brand: converging
                                                                                 • Ensuring longevity is on the agenda in a
                                                                                                                                  • Where growth should be located:                                                                                                                                                           physical, digital and experiential
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              black spots pre and post construction        • What’s happening on the ground:           10.00 - 11.20 China
                                                                                   market of disposable construction
                                                                                                                                    extending existing urban landscapes
                                                                                                                                                                                 17:00 - 18:00                                                                                11.00 - 11.45                                 • Marketing the value of design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             case study updates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       11.40 - 13.00 India
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Identifying market forces shaping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            15.30 - 17.00
                                                                                 12:00 - 13:00
                                                                                                                                  • Seeing the whole picture: building the
                                                                                                                                    spaces between buildings                     Keynote:                                                                                     Rethinking the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            12.45 - 14.45                                   Rethink and Renew
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             development
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Sustainable solutions for boom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       14.20 - 15.40 Malaysia
                                                                                 Diagnosing the city:                                                                            Rethinking architecture                                                                      process of design                                                                                                                              markets
                                  09:45                                                                                           15:30 - 16:30                                                                                                                               Rogier van der Heide, Vice President
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Rethink and Renew                               thematic film screening                        • Keys to success: partners,                Thursday
                                                                                 overcoming global urban                                                                         – a proposition                                                                                                                            thematic film screening
                                  Keynote:                                       challenges                                       Creating the vertical                          for the future
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              and Chief Design Officer, Philips Lighting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Transforming how we think about
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             procurement and pitfalls
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Client and regulatory requirements:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       10.00 - 11.20 Brazil
                                  On invention and fitness:                      • Understanding cities’ aspirations and
                                                                                                                                  village: delivering solutions                  Peter Buchanan, architect, writer, critic                                                      buildings, cities and design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             what is required and what is desired      11.40 - 13.00 The Gulf
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • How to guarantee fees in a
                                  humanizing megascale                             challenging barriers to urban progress         for rapid urbanisation                         and curator                                                                                  • Renewing the role of the architect within
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             competitive market
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       14.20 - 15.40 Russia
                                                                                 • Using less to do more: thinking smarter                                                                                                                                                      a collaborative team: how to enhance the
                                                                                                                                  Richard Hassell, Principal, Woha               • Time to refocus our thoughts about                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Design and construction: tailoring
                                  Moshe Safdie,                                    to make cities more efficient                                                                                                                                                                synergy with manufacturers and other
                                                                                                                                  Belinda Huang, Principal, Arc Studio             architecture                                                                                                                                                                                                                              design to match local expertise
                                  Principal, Safdie Architects (above)           • Understanding the life of the city to                                                                                                                                                        design disciplines
                                                                                                                                  Sanjay Puri,                                   • Architecture without an ‘-ism’
                                                                                   create efficient, liveable cityscapes                                                                                                                                                      • Ensuring the relevance of architecture
                                  • Re-addressing fitness to purpose in                                                           Principal, Sanjay Puri Architects              • Is digital design a friend of humane
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                in today’s society: looking to the future
                                    architecture today                                                                            Ken Yeang,                                       architecture?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                optimistically
                                  • Tackling new demographic realities:                                                           Principal, Llewelyn Davies Yeang               • Redefining the art of architecture
                                    exploding populations, rapid urbanisation,
                                                                                                                                  • How do you make a community in
                                    ever expanding mobility and                                                                                                                  Above: Downtown Houston, Texas, an
                                                                                                                                    the sky? Improving life in compact urban
                                    communication systems                                                                                                                        example of ‘the alienating placelessness
                                                                                                                                    fabrics
                                  • Maintaining the environmental qualities                                                                                                      bequeathed by modern architecture to
                                                                                                                                  • Driving innovation in high-density housing
                                    of natural light, openness to view, the                                                                                                      the contemporary city’ Peter Buchanan,
                                                                                                                                  • Creating social and commercial
                                    integration of plant life with human                                                                                                         The Big Rethink: Place and aliveness:
                                                                                                                                    sustainability
                                    habitation, and a sense of identity and                                                                                                      pattern, play and the planet, as published
                                    orientation in megascale design                                                                                                              in The Architectural Review

                                  09.00 - 10.00                                  11.30 - 12.15                                    15.00 - 15.45                                  16:00 - 16.45                                 9.00 - 10.00                                   11.40 - 12.10                                 14.30 - 15.30                                   15.45 - 16.30                                  Global Networking Sector Trend Forums
                                  Singapore’s story: building a                  Creating adaptable                               Retaining design quality                       Renewing the architect’s                      Rethink and Renew                              Intelligent Materials                         The 2012 athletes village:                      Pop-up culture:

 Thursday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Series sponsored by
                                  liveable and sustainable city                  buildings for longer life                        in mega-projects                               office: architecture,                         thematic film screening                        Q&A with Kasper Guldager Jørgensen            delivering detail from design                   evolving temporary design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              and Ben Morris MD of Vector Foiltec.
                                  Mah Bow Tan, Member of Parliament,             Ivan Harbour, Partner,                           Dietmar Eberle,                                technology and the future                                                                                                                  to construction                                 Martin Joss, CEO, Nussli                       Be informed about the key trends taking     Friday
                                  Singapore Adjunct Professor, National          Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners                  Principal, Baumschlager-Eberle                                                                                                                                                                                                            Pernilla Ohrstedt,                             place in the sectors and typologies that
                                  Technological University, Singapore            Mike Stych, Director, Arup                       Ralph Johnson, Principal, Perkins+Will
                                                                                                                                                                                 The architect’s office has undergone a        10:00 - 10.45                                                                                Andrew Taylor, Principal, Patel Taylor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Principal, Pernilla & Asif                     you work in or would like to work in.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Breakout room one:

 4 October
                                                                                                                                                                                 revolution in terms of design, production
                                  Kerry Hill, Principal, Kerry Hill Architects
                                                                                 • Flexible today and for future use:
                                                                                                                                  Ma Yansong,
                                                                                                                                                                                 and technology in recent years. This
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               3D technology: what’s now                      Session sponsored by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Protecting design inspiration through the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Building a pop-up you can play: realising
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       9.20 - 10.40 Retail
                                  Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO(HDB) &                                                                 Principal, MAD Architects                                                                                                                                                                   construction process: ensuring details                                                       Audiences will:
                                  Deputy Secretary(Special Duties), MND
                                                                                   adapting spaces for how people live                                                           session will discuss the implications and     and what’s next?                                                                               are not missed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the ‘Coca-Cola Beatbox’ (below)                                                          11.00 - 12.20 Hospitals
                                                                                   today and tomorrow                             • Delivering innovation and originality at     opportunities created.                                                                                                                                                                     • Achieving design but not environmental
                                  Housing & Development Board, Singapore
                                                                                 • Delivering long life, loose fit, lower           scale: combining the commercial and          Session sponsored by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Neil Denari, Principal, NMDA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              12.10 - 14.30                                 • Creating an instant piece of city:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              impact
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Discuss the projects you have seen in     14.00 - 15.20 Hi-rise
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Mark Foster Gage, Principal,                                                                   technology that can expedite and                                                               the category award presentations and
                                  • Creating a distinctive Singaporean style       energy: solutions for smart design               creative
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Gage/Clemenceau Architects                     Rethink and Renew                               improve construction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Creating uniquely interactive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             question the presenters and judges
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       15.40 - 17.00 Universities
                                    while meeting local needs                    • Removing rigidity without adding cost          • Designing at scale without losing the                                                                                                                                                                                                     experiences: fusing technology,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Sunil M K, Senior Manager, Industry                                                          • Delivering a sustainable place and                                                           • Meet and hear from key clients
                                  • Developing an integrated and                                                                    human perspective
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Strategy and Relations for Government,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              thematic film screening                         ensuring a collaborative process from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              architecture and art
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             operating in the sector
                                    comprehensive approach to planning
                                                                                 12.30 - 13.30                                    • Preserving design integrity and social       17.15 - 18.15                                 Asia Pacific, Autodesk                                                                         the start
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Session sponsored by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Exchange with your contemporaries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Breakout room two:
                                    and design                                                                                      responsibility in large projects
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       9.30 - 10.50 Transport &
                                  • Rethinking land and energy use:
                                    addressing key considerations in tropical
                                                                                 Reassessing commodity,                                                                          Keynote:                                      • Learning from the next generation:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 looking to the front-runners of 3D
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             on the commonalities of working in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             specific sectors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     infrastructure
                                    design
                                                                                 firmness and delight                                                                            Don’t worry, in only                          • Utilising 3D technology to improve
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Hear how your peers have overcome
                                  • Landscape design as a system and             Will Alsop, Principal, All Design                                                                                                               buildings, areas and cities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             the challenges of working in the          11.00 - 12.20 Hotels
                                    strategy that benefits the whole city        Wong Chiu Man,
                                                                                                                                                                                 two days tomorrow will                        • Creating immersive experiences:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             specific sector
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       14.00 - 15.20 Sport
                                                                                 Principal, WOW Architects                                                                       be yesterday                                    the future of 3D design?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Be briefed on all you need to know in       15.40 - 17.00 Workplaces
                                                                                 Ted Kane, Architect, Morphosis
                                  10.15 - 11.00                                                                                                                                  Wolf D. Prix (left),                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the sectors you work in while making
                                  Renewing the city:                             The three components of architecture
                                                                                                                                                                                 Principal, Coop Himmelb(l)au                  11.00 - 11.40                                                                                                                                                                               connections with potential partners and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           clients in an intimate and professional
                                  regeneration, reuse, retrofit                  as defined by Vitruvius encompass                                                               • Architecture’s development in a             Green innovation                                                                                                                                                                            setting.
                                                                                 functionality, sound construction and                                                             changing global context: the future of
                                  Emre Arolat,                                   design inspiration. Are we still living up                                                        the profession
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               in architecture
                                  Principal, Emre Arolat Architects              to these ideals? This session will review                                                       • Possibilities for a new strategy            Kasper Guldager Jørgensen, Director of
                                  Donald Bates,                                  what they mean for architects today and                                                         • A chance to rethink: what role can          GXN, Architect MAA, Partner 3XN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Evening Activities
                                  Principal, Lab Architecture Studio             consider the true meanings of:                                                                    architecture play in creating a better
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • Re-use and up-cycling and designing
                                  Angelene Chan, Director, DP Architects                                                                                                           future?
                                                                                 •   Design excellence                                                                                                                           without waste: ensuring a lifetime of
                                  Chaired by Patrick Bellew,
                                                                                 •   Flexibility and adaptability and long life                                                                                                  sustainability
                                  Principal, Atelier Ten
                                                                                 •   Low energy and low carbon                                                                                                                 • Embracing biomimicry: taking inspiration
                                  • Revamping streets, neighbourhoods            •   Appropriate structure and materials                                                                                                         from nature
                                    and city quarters                                                                                                                                                                          • The next generation of materials:
                                                                                 Session sponsored by
                                  • Reuse and regeneration: cheaper,                                                                                                                                                             creating responsive, intelligent buildings
                                    quicker, sustainable and relevant
                                  • Choosing what to conserve and reuse
                                    when transforming existing buildings
                                    and areas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               9.15 - 9.45                                    11.30 - 12.15                                 12.15 - 13.00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Rethink and Renew                              Demonstration REDD                            Gardens by the Bay (right)

                                                                                        Friday                                                                                                                                 thematic film screening

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               9.45 - 10.30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Reduced Emissions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              from Deforestation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              and Degradation)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Patrick Bellew, Principal, Atelier Ten
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Jim Eyre and Chris Wilkinson,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Directors, Wilkinson Eyre Architects
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Andrew Grant,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Tuesday                                    Thursday

                                                                                        5 October
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Principal, Grant Associates
                                                                                                                                                                                 17.30 - 18.30                                 New angles                                     Alisdair Ferrie, Senior Partner, James
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Ferrie and Partners                           • Constructing two giant, carbon-neutral,                                                       18.30 – 20.00                              20.30 – Late
 World                                                                                                                                                                           Keynote:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               on urban pathologies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Malcolm Smith, Director, Arup
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Niels Madsen, CFO, Configura
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Rethinking our attitude to climate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              cooling greenhouses: why and how
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Can a totally man-made intervention
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       WAF shortlist party
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       sponsored by
 Architecture                                                                                                                                                                    Thomas Heatherwick,
                                                                                                                                                                                 Principal, Heatherwick
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • ‘Rebooting’ urban environments through
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 physical interventions and governance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                change: combing architecture, ecology
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and economics to find a sustainable
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              not only utilise but enhance the natural
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              environment?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Creating a new relationship between
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            WAF X PechaKucha night
 Festival
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 structures                                     solution
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              plants and people and plants and planet
                                                                                                                                                                                 Studio                                        • Navigating complex histories and             • Developing a physical and economic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 conditions                                     strategy for preserving the largest                                                                                                         Wednesday
 2012
                                                                                                                                                                                 One of the most exciting and definition
                                                                                                                                                                                 defying creative talents the design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • Future possibilities for Bethlehem,            remaining rainforest in South East Asia     14.30 - 17.00                                                                                   18.15 – 19.30
                                                                                                                                                                                 community has seen and creator of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Pretoria/Tswane and Tottenham (North                                                                                                                                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 London)                                                                                                                                                                                    WAF welcome drinks
 Singapore                                                                                                                                                                       world’s most famous Cauldron, Thomas
                                                                                                                                                                                 Heatherwick’s designs cross disciplines,
                                                                                                                                                                                 push boundaries, and continuously             10.30 - 11.15
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Talks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Our media partner, Dezeen, will host a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       18.30 – 19.30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Final awards ceremony
 3-5 October 2012                                                                                                                                                                delight. Rethink and question your views                                                                                                   series of informal afternoon interviews
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            19.30 - 21.30
                                                   Partner sponsor                                                                                                               on architecture and design with exclusive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Water, its use and abuse                                                                     with some of our category winners giving                                                        The WAF Garden Party
                                                                                                                                                                                 insights from the 21st century’s first true   Dilip Da Cunha and Anuradha Mathur,                                                          a unique insight into what makes them
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       19.30 – 20.30
                                                                                                                                                                                 polymath.                                     Principals, Mathur/da Cunha                                                                  tick. Hosted by Dezeen’s editor-in-chief
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            sponsored by CPG                           Closing reception
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • Improving the use and flow of water
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Marcus Fairs, these filmed interviews will                                                      Consultants – Gardens by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            be live streamed on the WAF website and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 before it becomes a hazard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            DezeenScreen.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the Bay                                    20.30 – Late
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • Mitigating the consequences of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 poor water engineering in Mumbai,                                                                                                                                                                                                     WAF Gala dinner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bangalore and New Orleans
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • How do the ideologies of engineering
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and architecture differ in relation to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 future of ‘natural’ disasters?
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