麻豆直播 academics recently hosted a symposium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, bringing together international design experts, educators and practitioners to discuss the challenge of developing liveable cities through architecture.
The forum, entitled LIVEABILITY, encouraged conversations around intelligent and creative solutions for smarter and more sustainable cities, and living culture through the built environment.
Mr Khoa Do, School of Built Environment, said the concept of liveability at a community level sometimes got lost as governments and architects focused on accommodating economic and development imperatives.
鈥淲e talk a lot about cities developing and sustainability and how we need to be conscious of the environment or energy efficiency, or economic development,鈥� Mr Do said.
鈥淏ut fundamentally what sits underneath all that stuff is being able to live and be comfortable in that living.鈥�
Mr Do said what represented liveability varied from place to place, with each city or community having different expectations, standards and experiencing its own challenges.
鈥淧erth is recognised as one of the world鈥檚 most liveable cities, but continues to experience design challenges such as urban sprawl, tourism and transportation,鈥� Mr Do said.
鈥淢eanwhile Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – one of Southeast Asia鈥檚 most energetic cities – is undergoing transformational growth with an economy generating rapid urbanisation, informal densities and rural-urban migration.
鈥淏oth cities are centrifugal in nature to live, work and play. Both cities are economic epicentres.
鈥淗ow can we make both cities more liveable?鈥�
Mr Do moderated the symposium with Curtin鈥檚 Dr Francesco Mancini and Dr Tanja Glusac, exploring this question and more with Vietnamese design firms such as MM++ architects, Kientruc O, GroupGSA, HTA+pizzini, OUT-2 and representatives from the HCMC University of Architecture and the Thu Duc District Urban Management Division.
LIVEABILITY was held on Saturday, 23 January at the Intercontinental Asiana Saigon.
