{"id":680,"date":"2024-11-12T14:01:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/?post_type=ace-work-groups&#038;p=680"},"modified":"2024-12-05T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:06:33","slug":"urban-and-housing-transformation","status":"publish","type":"ace-work-groups","link":"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/ga\/work-groups\/urban-and-housing-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban and Housing Transformation Working Group (UHT WG)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ace-section ace-section is-style-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aims and scope<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aim of the WG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bring the Urban Competences of ACE under a single lead \u2013 Quality of Urban Life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Underline the positive impact of quality architecture in climate change mitigation and prevention, sustainable urban mobility, housing, urban design, heritage preservation, adaptive re-use and the promotion of social cohesion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investigate and discuss the positive overlaps across WGs and Thematic Areas, connected to the New European Bauhaus (NEB) flow, targeting the built environment at all levels: buildings, neighbourhoods and the city scale.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect to complementary domains and organisations to architect\u2019s line of work (built heritage, urban planning, landscape, mobility, civic movements, political and public administration).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deliver concise implementable design objectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Main areas of interest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New European Bauhaus (NEB).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban transformation processes and affordable housing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural Heritage and Adaptive re-use of buildings and landscapes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Climate change, urban resilience, and mobility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img.png 364w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-233x233.png 233w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-76x76.png 76w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-152x152.png 152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ace-section ace-section is-style-cream-light\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planned focus and key activities<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New European Bauhaus (NEB) \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support the NEB and promote quality in design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban Transformation &#8211; Urban renewal and regeneration\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Key references include: OMC Reports, Davos Baukultur quality indicators system, land-use done right! (Landluft Austria), EU Urban Agenda.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Responsible treatment of built and unbuilt landscapes by architects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quality and affordability of the living environment, principles for investments&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Climate change response &#8211; natural disasters prevention and preparation through planning and architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limiting towards zero of land-intake for settlements expansion, facilitating urban re-use of built plots and buildings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digitalisation in urban management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainable mobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Housing as main driver of urban quality\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Social access and participation of residents to the transformation processes \u2013 (BXL Contracts de Cartier model and CLT &#8211; Community Land Trusts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quality indicators systems for the main levels: city, neighbourhood, building<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Density and mixture of uses as the road to sustainability \u2013 respecting quality factors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural Heritage and Adaptive Re-use of buildings and landscapes\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reinforce membership and ACE&#8217;s role in the EU networks such as the EU Cultural Heritage Alliance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrate cultural heritage values in contemporary use and needs, following a critical perspective on protection instruments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote adaptive re-use as current strategy for preservation, sustainability and circular economy. Further focus on Ares of Urban Transformation (brownfields, urban regeneration)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The European Culture Plan and the actions of the EU Urban Agenda Culture Partnership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Main tasks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-3f53e140-97fb-4662-ad42-98bb3cc03d49\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Draft recommendations for a better living environment and investments quality indicators set and collect a data base of similar initiatives &#8211; promote architecture specifically as a key factor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participate in calls and events, based on ACEs current policy. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Revise the ACE Publication on Quality of Life. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Meetings: 10\/12 per annum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership: 22 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"ace-section ace-section-board is-style-default wp-block-ace-experts\">\n    <h1>Members<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"ace-members ace-no-expand\">\n        <ul class=\"ace-members-list\">\n                            <li>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Eugen-Panescu-490x734.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <div class=\"ace-member-info\">\n                        <h3>Eugen<br \/>Panescu<\/h3>\n                        <p class=\"ace-member-country\">Romania<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"ace-member-function\">Chair<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10897-corinne_girard_young.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                    <div class=\"ace-member-info\">\n                        <h3>Corinne<br \/>Girard-Young<\/h3>\n                        <p class=\"ace-member-country\">France<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"ace-member-function\">Co-Chair<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n        <nav class=\"ace-members-nav\">\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ace-nav-prev\"><\/a>\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ace-nav-next\"><\/a>\n        <\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"work-group-categories":[134,131,133,130,123,129],"thematic-scope":[70],"class_list":["post-680","ace-work-groups","type-ace-work-groups","status-publish","hentry","work-group-categories-adaptive-reuse","work-group-categories-affordable-housing","work-group-categories-cultural-heritage","work-group-categories-housing","work-group-categories-neb","work-group-categories-urban-issues","thematic-scope-achieving-quality-in-architecture-baukultur"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Urban and Housing Transformation Working Group (UHT WG) - Architects&#039; 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