Research Talks - Designing smart and climate savvy cities
Monday, February 3, 2020 - 6:30 p.m.
THEMUSEUM - 10 King Street West, Kitchener
A public event and panel discussion examining smart infrastructure and sustainability.
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Nashin Mahtani, an alumnus from @ArchWaterloo, is one of 5 finalists for the 2019 Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award, which recognizes the world's leading young activists. Voting is open online so let's show her some support! bit.ly/346HRXc
At Hadrian's villa, it’s about pure architectural form. Everything about this place is intentional - it's been a magnet for the most important architects of the ages. #RomaXL
It was wonderful to meet @UWaterloo@ArchWaterloo student Mayyasah Akour today who is on an exchange at Yeditepe University in Istanbul. Always great to see our students leveraging the power of international experience in their university education.
Through such openings in the ceiling, Zyklon B pellets were thrown inside the first homicidal gas chamber created in autumn of 1941 inside the morgue of the German Nazi #Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp.
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Thank you to @ArchWaterloo master's student Amal Dirie for coming in to share your research on the temporary dwellings built by nomadic people in Somalia, and congratulations on your recent recognition from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. uwaterloo.ca/architecture/ne…
#GlobalClimateStrike@UWaterloo Students are headed to Waterloo today to let the world know that the future architects will be considering climate change a challenge!
Demonstrations around the world today for #ClimateAction are so powerful! Our turn to strike will come on September 27th! Students from @ArchWaterloo will join the strike in Waterloo and other students @UWaterloo! #ClimateStrikeWR
Thank you @UWaterlooPres for supporting the #ClimateStrikeWR#ClimateStrike: “This is a powerful movement of youth & a broad coalition of grassroots organizations who are using their voices in support of urgent global action on the climate.” See you Sept 27th, #UWaterloo!
More than basic shelter: @ArchWaterloo grad student Amal Dirie's @RAIC_IRAC International Prize Scholarship winning paper illustrates the paradoxes of Somali nomadism and the desire for a temporary hut to be a home. Read more: bit.ly/2lKQNjy#UWaterloo