Build4People

On 05 October 2023, members of the Build4People team met with representatives of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) in Cambodia to discuss about challenges of promoting sustainable neighbourhood development in Cambodia. From Build4People side, Dr. Michael Waibel, research consortium leader of the Build4People Project, Rolf…

On 04 October 2023, the German and Cambodian Build4People team members and some students gathered at the Canopy Layer of Raintree Cambodia in Phnom Penh. The Build4People Status Conference had two key objectives. Firstly, it was about the presentation and discussion of the collective research results of the Build4People Work…

On 03 October 2023, the Build4People members Dr. Michael Waibel, Hamburg University, and Rolf Messerschmidt, CEO of Eble Messerschmidt Partner (EMP), Tübingen, followed the invitation of the German ambassador Stefan Messerer to attend the reception in the context of the celebration of the reunification day of Germany and of 30…

On 03 October 2023, the Build4People Work Package leaders met with representatives of the Faculty of Land Management and Land Administration (FLMLA) at the campus of the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) in Phnom Penh. Hereby, they followed the invitation of Dr Sanara Hor, Dean of FLMLA, who’s new Master…

On 03 October 2023, the 3rd Science Workshop of B4P WP#3 “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” took place at the Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia. For the first time, it was organized as an inter-disciplinary effort with B4P WP#2 “Sustainable Building” and further with input from WP#5 “Urban Climate”. The overarching topic of this…

On 02 October 2023, members of the Build4People team met Andéol Cadin, an architect and planner for sustainable development, and currently consultant for Cambodia’s National Cooling Action Plan. During the meeting Andéol presented this meaningful initiative, coordinated by the National Council for Sustainable Development which has its seat at the…

On 02 October, the Build4People team met with leading representatives of two local developer companies to explore potential sites in regard of the preparation of the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2024. In the morning the team met with Mr. Somethearith Din, CEO of 80/20 Central Properties, at the Frangipani Hotel,…

The whole Build4People team is very proud that EMP, Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Neighbourhoods”, has just received the Hamburg Housing Ideas Prize 2023 due to its outstanding sustainability qualities. This prize is an honour for innovative residential housing projects being planned that have special structural and design qualities as well…

On 29 September 2023, members of the SURE funding priority from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) met for an exchange with the German Ambassador Stefan Messerer in the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia at the German embassy in Phnom Penh. The delegation was led by Dr. Verena Hebbecker,…

On 29 September 2023, the Build4People Work Package “Urban Climate”, led by the Institute for Climate and Energy Strategies (INKEK), organised a Science Workshop about Urban Climate Guidelines at the Department of Geography of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP).  The main purpose of the Science Workshop was to present…