The School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle is delighted to be hosting Honorary Professor Peter Droege through our Open Architecture Talk series. These talks are free and open for students, practitioners, and the broader community to come together and ‘open up’ our shared places, practices and projects. This public programming is part of our Visiting Architects and Experts project, that draws in a diversity of voices and perspectives to discuss, workshop and critique the built environment.

Title | Beyond Paris: the race to stabilise the climate by design

Beyond Paris describes a local and global action agenda that is effective enough to stabilize the global climate. The presentation covers needed changes in global practice and public perception, and covers the trajectory of local and regional climate mitigation measures through urban and regional design. The final part of the presentation covers the evolution of Peter Droege's work with GIS-based climate mitigation efforts, from local and regional renewable energy autonomy and climate-positive scenario modeling to the Global Climate Geodesign Challenge with the International Geodesign Collaboration of universities around the world. The Context of Peter's presentation is also provided by his current open access paper Beyond Paris - emergency imperatives for global policies and local action - see earthdecade.org

SABE Honorary Professor Peter Droege directs the Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development, active in the transition to regenerative communities and regions. He served as President of the European Association for Renewable Energy, Eurosolar, and Executive Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energy. Peter Droege received the European Solar Prize in Education and initiated the Chair for Sustainable Spatial Development at the University of Liechtenstein. Droege is co-founder of the Global Climate Geodesign Challenge evolved in the International Geodesign Collaboration with Esri Inc. He taught at MIT, Tokyo University and the University of Sydney and has authored and edited books such as Intelligent Environments; Renewable City; Urban Energy Transition; Climate Design; 100-Percent Renewable; Regenerative Region; Regenerative Spaces; Cross-Border Life and Work; Urban Energy Transition 2; Intelligent Environments 2; and Urban and Regional Agriculture.

Venue| Room X803 Nuspace, Hunter St &, Auckland St, Newcastle NSW 2300

Time| 6pm

We look forward to seeing you there!

Image Credit: ‘Renewed Spree’ by Hassan El Ghayesh.

Hassan El Ghayesh was an MSc in Urban Design Program student in Peter's Lusatia in Transition studio, on transforming the 3,000 MW Jaenschwalde power plant and surrounding strip mine in the brown coal region south of Berlin, into a renewable energy, CO2 sequestration and water rehabilitation region.