Sustainable Construction - Holcim Foundation - Short-term events

Holcim Forum 2004: "Basic Needs"

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Working groups Short-term events - long-term effects The short-term nature of temporary events - trade fairs, world exhibitions, sport championships, music festivals, and the Olympic Games - seems to stand in conflict with the lasting objectives of sustainability. How can provisional structures be sustainable and provide a contribution to enduring basic needs within the socio-economic context of communities surrounding the venue? Do temporary events encourage innovative planning processes and trend-setting constructions? Moderator: Andreas Ruby, architect, Germany Statements: Marcelyn Gow, UCLA & ETH Zurich, USA/Switzerland Soft-or hard-wares: the Pepsi Pavilion in Osaka, 1970 (PDF, 38KB) Dirk Hebel, architect, USA/Germany/Switzerland The long-term impact of nothingness - or how to build a cloud (PDF, 22KB) Prof. Dr. Lifang Wang, Peking University, China Plans for Olympic Games, 2008, Beijing