This video clip published via YouTube is a documentation of our successful Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab at Phnom Penh City Hall, Cambodia, from 01-06 March 2020. The Phnom Penh based company Studio4 under the guidance of the Build4People consortium leader, the University of Hamburg, Germany, has produced it. More information…
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Build4People through Hamburg University supports the publication of the Architectural Guide Phnom Penh published by Moritz Henning and Walter Koditek because we firmly believe that it contributes to the re-discovery of the values of bio-climatic architecture much needed to increase sustainability practices in Cambodia’s construction sector. That is why we…
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On 10 March 2020, the Build4People Research Workshop on “Urban Quality of Life” took place at the Cambodia-Korea Cooperation Center on the campus of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). The main objective of this workshop was to discuss the Build4People Household Survey which is the most important empirical research…
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Very intense but fruitful meeting at Phnom Penh City Hall to discuss further cooperation within Build4People project. This is a a cumbersome procedure but much needed for a successful future joint work. The patience of all of the representatives of Phnom Penh Capital Administration (PPCA), first of all Vannak Seng,…
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On 06 March 2020 the first results of the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab got presented at the Phnom Penh City Hall. In the presence of the Vice-Governor of Phnom Penh Capital Administration, H.E. Nuon Pharath, and the General Secretary of Phnom Penh Capital Administration, Vannak Seng, the Build4People introduced the…
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At March 2020 a meeting took place in the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), followed by two more online meetings that established the terms of collaboration between WP#2 “Sustainable Building” and the schools of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture of ITC. An important step in establishing this collaboration…
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During field research in March 2020, our team, WP4 Urban Green as part of the Build4People project, surveyed and verified 630 out of proposed 724 “ground-truth points” randomly distributed over the city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, testing the performance of an innovative mobile app. A ground truth point is a…
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META House was packed during the opening of the first edition of our Build4People exhibition on “Green Buildings and Sustainable Neighbourhoods” on 03 March 2020. Particular thanks go to the numerous representatives of the Phnom Penh City Hall, who joined this event, first of all to the General Secretary Vannak…
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On 01 March 2020, the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab started at Phnom Penh City Hall in the presence of the General Secretary of Phnom Penh Capital Administration, Vannak Seng, and several representatives from relevant departments of the municipal and of the district level. The Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab is a…
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On 27 March 2020, the Build4People representative Dr. Michael Waibel had the opportunity to introduce the Build4People project to His Excellency, Sao Sopheap, Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Environment and his delegation during a networking-lunch at Royal Palace Gate Hotel in Phnom Penh. This event was organised…
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