Building culture for sustainable urban development – Hamburg, 26-27 April 2007 26-04-2007 Introduction The European Forum for Architectural Policies (EFAP) is organising a
conference on building culture as an indispensable part of integrated and
sustainable urban development. Aim is to further enhance and promote the role of
architecture and design for sustainable cities.
Description
The EFAP proposes a comprehensive understanding of building culture
(“Baukultur”), a term that describes the sum of all economic, technical, social
and ecological aspects that influence the quality of the built environment. This
holistic quality is being recognised as an increasingly significant factor in
the competition to attract commercial enterprises to cities.
The idea is to respond to the growing importance of building culture for
European development by coordinating European economic, regional, cultural and
environmental policies. Germany is following through on the 2001 EU Council
Resolution on Architectural Quality in Urban and Rural Environments. The plan is
to enhance the exchange of building culture experience in Europe and to include
the Federal Foundation for Building Culture as an active new partner in the
international network.
The outcome of this conference will be included in the planned 'Leipzig
Charter' (Informal Ministerial Meeting on Urban Development, 24 May 2007 in
Leipzig).
Programme Location
Hamburg, Germany
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