9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMANE HABITAT

ICHH 2007 January 26-28, 2007

Theme:

Shaping social, cultural and sacred spaces in sustainable humane habitats.

Hosts:

Rizvi College of Architecture, Off Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai. 400 050 India.

Invitation:

The International Association for Humane Habitat (IAHH) is pleased to announce the Ninth International Conference on Humane Habitat (ICHH) 2007.

It shall be hosted by Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai, India in association with: the Council of Architecture, (COA); Brihan Mumbai Centre of the Indian Institute of Architects; Forum of Colleges of Architecture, Mumbai Region; Maharashtra Association of Schools of Architecture (MASA); Indian Association of Schools of Architecture; and the Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA). ICHH 2007 shall be held from January 26 to 28th, 2007 in Mumbai, India.

We are pleased to invite educators, researchers, architects, planners, engineers, social scientists, environmentalists, policy makers, administrators, developers, managers, corporate associations, non-governmental organizations, concerned citizens and students interested in shaping sustainable and humane social, cultural and sacred places to actively participate in ICHH 2007.

THEME

Shaping social, cultural and sacred spaces in sustainable humane habitats.

Sub-themes:

Case studies and contextual analysis of existing social, cultural and spiritual spaces in respective context; sustainable and humane architecture of social, cultural and sacred spaces; sustainable development of social and cultural nodes and sacred spaces and social environments; humane and sustainable interior design for social and cultural institutions; urban design of social and cultural activity centres; urban and regional planning for developing social nodes and sacred places; landscape design for social and cultural facilities and sacred public places; and innovative and appropriate construction technologies for development of sustainable social and cultural institutions.

SPEAKERS:

Prof . Peter Schreibmayer, Graz, Austria;

Dr. Donatella Mazzoleni, Italy;

Prof. Christopher Benninger, USA / India;

Prof. Frank Lyons, Plymouth, U.K.,

Prof. Ashraf Salama, Qatar / Egypt;

Prof. Fabio Todeschini, Cape Town, South Africa;

Ar. Ludovic Jonard, Paris, France;

Ar. Gunter Nest, Berlin, Germany;

Prof. Parvin Ghaemaghami, Tehran, Iran,

Prof. Khaleda Rashid, Dhaka, Bangladeshi;

Ar. Akeel Bilgrami, Karachi;

Ar. Shahab Gani Khan, Karachi;

Ar. Silwat Afzal, Karachi,

Ar. Ayesha Noorani, Lahore;

Ar. Hammad Husain, Islamabad, Pakistan;

Prof. Neelkanth Chhaya, Ahmedabad,

Ar. Ashish Ganju, New Delhi;

Dr. S. M. Akhtar, New Delhi;

Prof.Akhtar Chauhan, Mumbai

Ar. Anil Nagrath, Mumbai, India

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstracts

Abstracts (about 2000 words) by December 15, 2006 on A4 portrait format in Arial 10 font size along with brief curriculum vitae, passport details and a photograph of the speakers.

Final Papers

Final papers (about 8000 words) by January 15, 2007 on A4 portrait format in Arial 10 font size along with illustrations, photographs, slides and detailed curriculum vitae of the speaker.

REGISTRATION FEES

Delegates

Foreign (except SAARC) persons Early US $ 350 (before December 15, 2006) / Late US $ 400.

Indian and SAARC countries Early INRs. 2000 (before December 15, 2006) / Late INRs. 2500

Accompanying Persons

Foreign (except SAARC) persons Early US $ 300 (before December 15, 2006) /

Late US $ 350

Indian and SAARC countries Early INRs. 1500 (before December 15, 2006) /

Late INRs. 2000

Student Discount

Discounted registration for students shall be as follows:

Foreign ( Except SAARC ) Students US $ 175

Indian and SAARC Students INRs 1000

Payments

Payments in favour of ” Rizvi College of Architecture Conference a/c”

payable at Mumbai, India.

For further particulars, please contact:

Prof. Akhtar Chauhan,

Convener ICHH 2007

ICHH Secretariat, Rizvi College of Architecture, Off Carter Road, Bandra

West, Mumbai 400 050 India

Tel: 91-22-26050624 / 26044196 Fax: 91-22-26002744 E Mail:

ichh2007@humanehabitat.org
Website: http://www.humanehabitat.org