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Held at Tongji University, Shanghai - Holcim Forum 2007 on the theme of "Urban_Trans_Formation" attracted more than 250 experts and scholars from over 40 countries
The Holcim Forum is a series of symposiums on the topic of sustainable construction conducted by the Foundation. The event is an academic platform for architects, engineers, construction professionals and specialists of all generations to exchange information on creating a sustainable built environment and thus advancing sustainable development. The Holcim Forum supports sustainable construction in the scientific field, among experts in the construction sector, business and society, and promotes interdisciplinary dialogue, bring forward new ideas, and examine potential solutions.
More than 250 international experts from 41 countries met in Shanghai at the second Holcim Forum in 2007. The theme of the three-day symposium was “Urban Trans Formation”. Workshops examined position papers from specialists on the topics of normative urbanism (“between convention and differentiation”), informal urbanism (“between sanctioned and shadow orders”), green urbanism (“between ecology and economy”), touristic urbanism (“between local and global”), and temporary urbanism (“between the permanent and transitory”).
The first Holcim Forum took place in Zurich in 2004. Under the theme of “Basic Needs”, the symposium focused upon essential infrastructure for civilization – housing, water, education, health care, and access to goods and services.
Publications from each Forum Urban_Trans_Formation (2007) [ISBN 978-3-7266-0080-8] and First Forum (2004) [3-7266-00698], published by the Holcim Foundation, capture insights and recommendations from each symposium and also the energy and the spirit of the symposiums and participants. Each publication is available for download here.
Follow the link below for more information about the Holcim Forum:  Holcim Forum 2007 – “Urban_Trans_Formation”, Shanghai, April 2007
Holcim Forum 2004 – “Basic Needs”, Zurich, September 2004
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| Media release |  | International experts meet in Shanghai to discuss “Urban Transformation”
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| Contact | | Edward Schwarz
Holcim Foundation
for Sustainable Construction
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