One of MIPIM’s most original panels took place in the Palais today: a “Pechakucha” session, based on this year’s edition’s theme, Housing the World. What made it original: each speaker had just 20 seconds, and up to 20 images or slides, to make their point!
Kim Herforth Nielsen of 3XN Architects notably set the tone by asking if affordable housing could be “sexy”… of course it can!
Kim Herforth Nielsen, Founder & Creative Director, 3XN Architects: “We have to create the city for everyone” #MIPIM pic.twitter.com/UkrtbZCuXf
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Affordable housing can be both sexy and available to all, judging by Copenhagen‘s example:
Ingvar Sejr Hansen, City of Copenhagen: “We want to continue to have 20% of affordable housing in the city” #MIPIM pic.twitter.com/yeQ2YjeJQT
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…and for developers like Bouygues, it has to be sustainable too:
Richard Fagg, Deputy Managing Director, Bouygues Development: “We put sustainability in everything we do” #MIPIM pic.twitter.com/cxBxroNIxD
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The session ended with a public vote, which was won by Simon Takasaki of Takasaki Lauw Architects (top photo), who proposed a way to integrate the immigration issue into urban planning; and Andrew Hay, of Knight Frank, who gave an overview of global demographic and housing trends, notably affirming that “the whole world depends on China’s growth.”
And the Pechakucha prize goes to… Andrew Hay & Simon Takasaki! #MIPIM pic.twitter.com/33Hmh7qots
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Thanks and congratulations to all our brave – and speedy! – participants 🙂 And stay tuned for the full video of this session.
