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A warm farewell and welcome to old and new ASF-UK trustees and associates! March 14, 2018

ASF-UK would like to say a heartfelt thank you to some of our trustees and associates who stepped down in 2017. Alison Hart, as a trustee Alison has supported ASF-UK focusing on promoting the organisation in practice and on various platforms including RIBA. We will miss her positive attitude and commitment to ASF-UK and wish her all the best with next endeavours! Kathryn Firth, as a trustee Kathryn supported the team working on regeneration issues in London, as well as…

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2018 Call for new Trustees to join ASF-UK February 25, 2018

ASF-UK is seeking expressions of interest from individuals with a passion for international and community development who would like to join our Board of Trustees in a voluntary capacity. Our aim is to recruit 4-5 new trustees in time for formal election at our AGM in early July 2018. Knowledge of architecture or the built environment is not an automatic pre-requisite as we want to build a board with a wide variety of perspectives and expertise. For more information please…

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CALL FOR FIELD VOLUNTEER December 1, 2017

The Role of Action Area Plans for Inclusive City-Making in Freetown Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone Application Closing Date: 14th December Placement Start Date: 20th January 2017 Duration of Placement: 8 Months Architecture Sans Frontières – United Kingdom (ASF-UK) is recruiting a field volunteer to support an exciting new project in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This is an opportunity for a student/practitioner with a background in the built environment, community development and participatory design to support in the production of participatory neighbourhood plans…

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Designing Inclusion: Built Environment responses for Refugees and Forced Migrants, Manchester – 18th November 5:30pm-7:30pm November 7, 2017

Designing Inclusion: Built Environment responses for Refugees and Forced Migrants BOOK your tickets here: http://tinyurl.com/yd7ce83m *** Date: Saturday 18th November Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm Venue: BDP, 11 Ducie St, Manchester M1 2JB Much of the dialogue in the built environment sector focuses on designed ‘solutions’ of ‘shelter’, beyond this what are the conditions that refugees and forced migrants can integrate into new environments and thrive? How to create a sense of belonging in a time of transition and what are…

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Isis Nunez Ferrera – A big thank you from ASF-UK October 8, 2017

We bid farewell this summer to one of our longest standing associates, Isis Nunez Ferrera, who stepped down from the organisation after seven years. Isis has been a key leader in ASF-UK, using her knowledge and skills in participatory design and planning, to develop and facilitate engagements focusing on settlement upgrading, housing rights, urban resilience and community- led reconstruction. From facilitating workshops in Brazil, Kenya, Ecuador, Colombia and Nepal, to establishing and being convener of the Resilience by Design programme since 2014, she…

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Challenging Practice Stage A Seminar in Manchester, 18-19 November 2017 September 22, 2017

Challenging Practice is an independent-learning programme that seeks to enable built environment professionals to develop the knowledge required to engage with vulnerable groups in an urban context, and to engage reflexively with the challenges of international development in the urban global South. ASF-UK will be running a Stage A weekend seminar in November 2017 to enable participants to reflect on their knowledge gained from the preparatory readings of the Introduction through case studies, facilitated discussions, interactive scenario building, and role plays. Title: Challenging Practice Stage A: Learning in Action Dates: 18-19th November, 10am-5pm…

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Book your Tickets! Urban Regeneration: For Who? – 27 July 2017 – London July 18, 2017

Who is Regeneration for? Taking from ASF-UK’s work on ‘Reclaiming Regeneration’ and their recent workshop in Cape Town, ASF-UK is hosting an informal debate. The ASF-Exchange event will be around the practical challenges and opportunities of Citizen participation in Urban Regeneration. With speakers from ASF and other organisations, we will host this  discussion aimed at built-environment professionals and people interested in shaping their cities. GET TICKETS HERE FREE Members £5 Non-Members FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK EVENT ITINERARY 6.30: Interactive activity 7.15:…

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Architecture Sans Frontières International – General Assembly – India 2017 June 21, 2017

This year’s Architecture Sans Frontières International General Assembly was held in India, in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), from the 17th – 23rd April 2017. The GA is an annual meeting that aims to gather ASF-International’s member organisations from all over the world. From the current 34 members, sixteen were present, including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, India, Jordan, Nepal, Portugal, UK and Spain. ASF-UK was represented by Emily Wright and Joana Marques, Associates from the Challenging Practice…

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Resilience by Design – June Update June 19, 2017

ASF-UK is back in Bungamati, Nepal, working with the community of Chohel Nani following three months community engagement and a multi-disciplinary ‘Resilience by Design’ workshop in September 2016. Many thanks to ARUP who have offered a £10,000 donation from the Arup Disaster Relief Fund for the next phase of the Resilience by Design Nepal project. The team are very grateful for the support from ARUP which will be utilised to develop the project in the coming months to provide developmental support…

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Registration now open for the upcoming Challenging Practice Workshop: Learning in Action June 3rd-4th, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa May 16, 2017

Challenging Practice: Essentials for the social production of habitat Challenging Practice Workshop: Learning in Action June 3rd-4th, 2017, Cape Town, South Africa Registration is now open for the upcoming ASF-UK Challenging Practice Workshop which will be held on the 3rd-4th June, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa. Challenging Practice: Learning in Action is an independent – learning programme developed and tested internationally by Architecture Sans Frontières – UK. The two-day workshop is geared to community groups and built environment professionals who…

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