On 29 September 2024, Prof Dr Tep Makathy, Dean of Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (FAUP-PUC) and General Director of the Cambodian Institute of Urban Studies (CIUS), gave at lecture about the process to achieve sustainable urban neighbourhood planning and design at AmCam Exchange, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The lecture was based on lessons learned during the recent Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab which took place in cooperation with Phnom Penh Capital Hall and the leading Cambodian developer company OCIC Group, the SMMR-project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, as well as with support from students from altogether six local institutions of tertiary education in Phnom Penh in March 2024, among them Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia, Royal University of Fine Arts, Norton University, and Royal University of Phnom Penh.
During the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab this innovative multi-stakeholder alliance jointly developed alternative sustainability visions of a prime waterfront development of Phnom Penh, Norea City, and further tested sustainability criteria of sustainable neighbourhood development in the context of the so called Phnom Penh Capital Hall Transformation Toolbox.
The whole Build4People team would like to sincerely express its gratitude to Prof Makathy for disseminating the transdisciplinary and transformative Build4People approach to a local audience.
