We need to learn from different local contexts to target specific architectural questions on a wider level. Challenges regarding sustainability and resilience can be core creative forces and work as catalysts for system change – and future shifts in mindsets, tools and implementation.

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Everything starts in every citizens close environment, everyday life and neighbourhood – and only interdisciplinary networks and open processes will make a local and global “Togetherhood” possible.

Presented by: Architects Sweden in collaboration with White Arkitekter

Is a togetherhood achievable, and how do we create “togetherhoods” out of our neighborhoods?

Speakers – presentation of cases and examples:
Christian Pagh, Curator and Director Oslo Triennale, theme: Mission Neigbourhood
Hana Kasem, Architect, Principal, KPF New York
Robin Rushdi-Al-Salehi, Founder, Vakansa, a local sharing platform in Sweden.
Farzana Gandhi, AIA LEED AP, Principal Architect, Farzana Gandhi Design Studio; Associate Professor of Architecture, New York Institute of Technology; Co-founder, Collective Infrastructures.
Finn Williams, City Architect of Malmö

Reflection:
Carl Bäckstrand, Deputy CEO, White Arkitekter; Sweden representative, Architects Council Europe (ACE)

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