United Nations

I had been vice-president for the last six years. Since then I have participated in UIA-UN relationship and I had been insisting on the necessity and importance to participate in several programs with the United Nations. In 2005-2008, I made an active presentation at the Vancouver HABITAT meeting, demanding an official place at the future Forums and a more two way relationship, much more has to be done in this issue. In 2008-2011 I have strongly supported Louise Cox Sustainable by Design program regarding the importance of Rural, Urban, City an Architectural design as main tools to control the deterioration of the Earth. I Coordinate the UIA-UN COP 16 meeting held in Cancun, Mexico, and for the first time, thanks to the Mexican Government, we had the doors open at the UN Climate Forum in which Louise Cox and myself went on live at the Forum TV channel. After the Forum I held several meetings with COP 16 authorities and…

Competitions & Prizes

In 2008-2009 I coordinated the CC3 Celebration of Cities Competition. It was a big UIA effort to keep this program going due to budget problems and a low participation of young architects, but it was successful and came to an end with the recognition of the best-presented projects. I think that this
program created by Jaime Lerner, UIA 2002-2005 President, has to be retaken and look for the appropriate system than can make of it a way to bring to the UIA, the young Architects of the world, in a more concrete competition with the support of the local governments in a way to help to solve the elementary problematic of specific sites in the cities. In 2011 I chaired the UIA 2011 Prizes Jury, in a very participating session in Nanjing, China. The result of the selection was unanimous and the Gold Medal will be presented in Tokyo to Mr. Alvaro Siza, from Portugal. For further information you can…

Proposals

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE COMMISSION
This important commission had been working with a, now historically efficiency, commitment and productivity. I was involved in it since my beginnings at the UIA, and I am fully aware of the long development done, the difficulties and the goals achieved and yet to be achieved. Big efforts trough the CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CPD program and the new program recently launched by Trish Emmett will make the road to keep the work on the right track. I make here an honest and humble recognition to all those who had been involved present and past, in its successful development: The American Institute of Architects, AIA, The Architectural Society of China (ASC) and The Spanish College of Architects, CSCAE. Specially to the Co-Directors: Douglas Steidl (USA) and Zhuang Weimin (PR of China) and CPD General Program Operator Jordi Ludevid i Anglada and CPD Director Fabian Llisterri.

EDUCATION COMMISSION
I address to this issue in the same terms as to…