August 2018

CIB W104 Open Building Implementation

Invitation Call for Papers
CIB World Congress, 17-21 June 2019, Hong Kong

Smart and interactive: Building a Sustainable
Future in Asia
Architecture is part of any human civilization, and assuch extends beyond the narrow confines oftechnology. Technology, just like soil or bricks is theone of the resources of civilization. The questions ofhow to use it and why to use it must be answered
before any technological implementation. But fortechnology to be part of culture rather than dominate
it, smart-thinking from a broader perspective is as
important as smart- technology, if not more so.
Asia, with the largest population in the world and with
rapidly growing economies, faces great challenges ofgrowing demand for and lack of natural resources. The
rapid urbanization and intensive culture juxtapositionsin Asia bring both problems and opportunities forbuilding a sustainable future in Asian cities. However,on the one hand, traditions of smart building in richand diversified cultural backgrounds in developing
countries have not been properly understood. On theother hand, developed economies such as Japan andHong Kong encounter new questions – for example,
how to remodel or reactivate existing building for theshrinking population and aging society.
It is in this context that Smart Thinking from all over
the world is a welcome addition to the dialogue we
expect in this session of the 20-year old world-wide
network “CIB W104 Open Building Implementation”,
structured around two basic ideas.

The issue of time. To ensure that buildings canendure, they must be adaptable enough toaccommodate changes of uses, circumstances, and as
many unforeseeable matters as possible, arising froman evolving culture during the building’s technicalservice period.
The issue of people. Real people stand beyond any
statistics, functions or programs of use. If pluralism is
the word characterizing the conceptions andbehaviours of people today, no building can besatisfactory – or sustainable - without an interactive
relation to ordinary people in everyday use.
Collectively and individually, people look foropportunities to exercise control, that is, to change
and adapt their environments in the organic, ongoing
cultivation of built environment.
The following topics of papers and design projects arewelcome, focused on the two key ideas above:Lessons and ideas of smartness (connectingtechnique and culture) in traditional settlements
Balancing community and individual responsibility
in the cultivation of buildings and neighbourhoodsEnvironmentally responsive design of long lastingbuildings
Urban and/or public spaces as public
infrastructure in high density cities
Elderly care and elderly housingConservation, reuse and adaptation ofneighbourhoods and buildings
Light weight, interactive and/or temporary
buildings

Theories and practice on 4D Architecture Architecture in time
Education in architecture and planning for a
resilient and sustainable future

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Call for Abstracts
You are invited to submit abstracts to the CIB WorldCongress in Hong Kong, June 2019, at
http://www.wbc2019.hk/abstract.php
under commission W104, latest September 15,
2018.
Contact
JIA Beisi
Joint Coordinator of CIB W104
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
The University of Hong Kong
Email: bjiaa@hku.hk
Dr. Eva Liu Yiwei
Email: ob_china@163.com
For information and contact of general CIB Congress2019 Hong Kong check the website of the WBC19,
http://www.wbc2019.hk/or email to: cib.wbc2019@polyu.edu.hk
Information
More information about the CIB Commission W104 –Open Building Implementation is to be found here.

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