Global Challenge Pump-Prime workshop: Sustainable Design and Shared Space

Golden, S. (Organiser), Smyth, M. (Organiser), Byrne, J. (Participant), Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Participant), Brennan, M. (Participant), David Turnbull (Participant), Francis Agyenim Boateng (Participant)

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Description

An international workshop to launch the Sustainable Design and Shared Space NI Dept of Economy funded Pump-Prime project with Ulster University (UK), Council fo Scientific and Industrial Research (Ghana) and ATOPIA Research (UK-US) partners. The workshop focused on strategies to link architecture and design with sustainable energy and water-security infrastructure in urbanising areas of Ghana, aiming to build long-term cross-disciplinary funded research on urban-building design and engineering approaches to low-cost clean water, energy and sanitation provision for the most deprived and marginalised ODA regions and people.
Period20 Nov 2017 → 21 Nov 2017
Event typeWorkshop
LocationBelfast, Northern Ireland
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Ghana
  • sustainable design
  • water stress
  • energy
  • off-grid
  • sanitation
  • architecture
  • urban design
  • Global Challenge
  • Pump-prime

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