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ArchiFest 2010 Forum: Happy Cities

21 - 22 month_10_full 2010 (day_4_3 - day_5_3)
9:30am - 5:30pm

Registration starts at 830 am. Drama Centre (3rd Storey).
National Library Building
100 Victoria Street
Singapore 188064

ArchiFest’10 is hosting an international forum on HAPPY CITIES with speakers from Australia, Denmark, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, Thailand and The Netherlands.

Architects and urban planners are invited to share their perspectives on the places that best depict the notion of HAPPY CITIES, and share how and why these places have influenced their work. They will question how their creative perspectives and analyses of the topic can turn them into active contributors to this state of well-being.  

7 questions for the Forum Speakers

1. To me, the notion of Happy Cities is ...
2. Which cities or urban spaces do you think, depicts the ideas of ‘happy cities’, and why?
3. Do these aspirations influence your work?
4. Do you think architecture can be origins of happiness and architects be creators of this state of well being, if so how?
5. Can architecture go beyond the physical and aesthetics to create a state of well being?
6. Do you think we should measure new developments by an alternative set of values? What values do you think are important for a happy city?
7. If I can make three changes in our world and environment to promote happiness, they will be…

Check out the forum speakers or download registration form.