Science Workshop “Urban Quality of Life and the Build4People Citizen Science APP” at Royal University of Phnom Penh

On 4 December 2024, the Science Workshop “Urban Quality of Life and the Build4People Citizen Science APP” jointly prepared and implemented by the Build4People Work Packages “Behaviour Change”, “Urban Green Infrastructures” and “Sustainable Urban Transformation” took place at the CKCC (Cambodia-Korea Cooperation Center) at Royal University of Phnom Penh. The main…

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Build4People Transformation Toolbox Neighbourhood Evaluation Criteria Roundtable Workshop with Phnom Penh Capital Hall

On 02 December 2024, during the Build4People project team’s site visit to Phnom Penh, the Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” representatives Mr. Messerschmidt and Ms. Nuria Roig organized a roundtable workshop with local key stakeholders to discuss the urban neighbourhood planning direction of the city of Phnom Penh. The workshop…

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B4P WP “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” Science Workshop to align guidelines of integrated urban design with the current legal planning framework of the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia

On 20 November 2024, the Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” team convened for an internal meeting to review the overall structure of the newly developed so-called Integrated Urban Design Guidelines. These guidelines are integral part of the so-called Phnom Penh Capital Hall (PPCH) Transformation Toolbox, Build4People’s most important tangible product of the…

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Grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to do field work for a Master thesis in the context of the Build4People project

Build4People is happy to announce that Ms. Agnes Hütte, a student of Environmental Psychology at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, has received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to do research for her master’s thesis (supervised by Dr. Anke Blöbaum, Leader of Build4People Work Package “Behaviour…

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Training at the Cambodian Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction by Build4People Work Package “Urban Climate”

On 12 November 2024, Bunleng Se, Group Leader of Climate Change and Water Group at the Department of Geography and Land Management of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and Build4People Work Package “Urban Climate” member, was invited to give a presentation on “The Role of Urban Climate Map…

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Representation of Build4People at the panel discussion “Collaborative Alliances for Sustainable Urban Regions (SURE) – German-Asian transdisciplinary research” at the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum in Cairo, Egypt

On 08 November 2024, Dr. Michael Waibel represented the collaborative SURE project Build4People in the panel discussion “Collaborative Alliances for Sustainable Urban Regions (SURE) – German-Asian transdisciplinary research” at the German Pavilion at the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum in Cairo, Egypt. The session got moderated by Dr. Sarah Vogl and…

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Build4People Exchange Meeting with Representatives from UN-Habitat Cambodia

On 22 October 2024, Dr. Michael Waibel, Build4People representative, Dr. Anke Blöbaum, leader of Build4People Work Package “Behaviour Change”, and Nuria Roig, Research Associate of the Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Neighbourhoods”, met with leading representatives of UN-Habitat Cambodia to discuss a potential strategic collaboration during the Build4People Implementation phase from…

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Build4People presentation about sustainable urban neighbourhood planning and design at AmCam Exchange, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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,…

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