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Friday October 28, 2016
#DecodingAsia
09:00 Introduction
Rahul Mehrotra, South Asia Institute
Farooq Ameen, A+D Museum
09:30 Keynote: Mediating Urbanization: Megaform Into Landform and Vice Versa
Kenneth Frampton
10:30 Definition: Situating the Asian City
Edward Glaeser Triumph of the (Asian) City
Weiping Wu China’s Urban Transformation
Sarah Williams Ghost Cities – Beyond the Image
moderated by Kazi Ashraf
12:00 Lunch
01:00 Definition: Decoding the City
Peter G. Rowe De-Coding East Asian Cities Around Matters of Form
Rahul Mehrotra INDIA: Towards a Smart Urban Turn?
Qingyun Ma China’s Policy on Urbanism
moderated by Farooq Ameen
03:30 Coffee Break
04:00 Mediation: Responding to the City
Farooq Ameen deCoding Asian Urbanism
Jennifer Yoos Parallel Cities
Bimal Mendis A Model for the City of 7 Billion
moderated by Kenneth Frampton
05:30 Keynote: Who owns the city?
Saskia Sassen
06:30 Reception
Saturday October 29, 2016
#DecodingAsia
09:00 Welcome
Farooq Ameen, A+D Museum
09:15 Keynote: Experiencing the Code
Kulapat Yantrasast
10:00 Transformations 1: The Formal Response
Rafael Vinoly TBD
Ken Yeang Eco-Architecture and Eco-Masterplanning
Kashef Chowdhury Consciousness Of Place
moderated by Rahul Mehrotra
12:00 Lunch
01:00 Transformations 2: Dense Ecology:The Premise of Dhaka
Kazi Khaleed Ashraf A Theorem for a Liquid Urbanism
Anuradha Mathur Dhaka in an Estuary
Stephen Kieran Levittown Redux
moderated by Anita Berrizbeitia
03:00 Coffee Break
03:30 Transformations 3: The Sustainable Response
Kongjian Yu The Sponge City Campaign in China
Jonathan D. Solomon Hong Kong: Aformal Urbanism
Diana Balmori Putting the City in Nature
moderated by Peter G. Rowe
05:30 Closing Discussion
Moderated by Rahul Mehrotra and Farooq Ameen