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BURC
BORDER URBANISM RESEARCH CENTRE

What we intend to do?

Urbanism at Borders [U@B] Global Research Group meets every year in October to discuss various issues on border urbanism. U@B is an interdisciplinary research group from around the world. We meet, discuss, share our thoughts and publish monographs with a reputed publisher. We disseminate what we learn through our global research partnership - all are in-kind. Although this is not entirely a volunteer group, we often aim to collaborate in funded research - smaller or bigger groups with inter-disciplinary subject areas. More to follow here!

CHAIR: Dr Quazi Mahtab Zaman Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment, Robert Gordon University, Scotland

BURC Country Chapter Directors:

Bangladesh Chapter: Arafat Hussain, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka

Austria Chapter: Iris Altenberger, Robert Gordon University and Meixner Karen, TU Graz, Austria

Brazil Chapter, Bruno Padovano Sao Paolo

India Chapter: Dina Sidhva, Edinburgh, University of West Scotland, Scotland, UK

Hungary Chapter: Vilmos Katona, Hungary Chapter, University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Greece Chapter: Valina Geropanta, University of Crete

Egypt Chapter: Yehya M. Serag, Faculty of Engineering and Technology - Future University in Egypt

Norway/Portugal Chapter: Kirsti Øygarden

Pakistan Chapter: Abid Mehwish, Habib University Karachi, Pakistan.

Spain Chapter: Maria J. M. Sanchez, Robert Gordon University and Guido Cimadomo, Malaga,

Singapore Chapter: Chung Simone, , National University of Singapore

Turkey Chapter: Erkan-Ocek Ruya, , Yildiz Technical University

South Africa Chapter: Hendrick Denver, University of Johannesburg

Republic of Ireland Chapter: McKeever Orla,, University College Cork

Italy Chapter: Toscani Chiara, Politecnico di Milano

Nepal Chapter: Suraj Paneru and Raju Subedi

Kazakhstan Chapter: Nyussupova Gulnara, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Iraq Chapter: Huda Salman, Robert Gordon University

USA Chapter: Edmond Gauvreau, FAIA, F.SAME

USA/Scotland Chapter: Peter Exley, FAIA

UK Chapter: Prof Richard Laing, Northumbria University

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5-7 September 2018

Aberdeen conference was the foundation of the long-term global inter-disciplinary partnership, aiming to host conferences by various country partners. The second conference will be held in Malaga, Spain in October 2019. For more information on Aberdeen Conference: https://www3.rgu.ac.uk/news-and-events/conferences/urbanism-at-borders

FIRST CONFERENCE 2018: ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

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SECOND CONFERENCE 2019: MALAGA, SPAIN

OCTOBER 23-25, 2019

Second Conference Urbanism At Borders. Malaga, 23-25 October 2019

The multifaceted digital and economic divides are transmuting our understanding of the relationship between socio-economic orders and challenge the existence of the territoriality. The straight line that connects two points in the territory is at the same time the optimization of resources and the cause of the crisis of any pre-existent territorial syntaxis (Farinelli, 2007). To comprehend what befalls on the boundaries and peripheries of these straight lines we need a change of scale: to look for the -often hidden- relations between different fragments of the territory, the city, of its citizens.

The hidden relations of this territoriality comprise thresholds, and are ‘places’ in themselves, overwhelmed with changing meanings, configurations and positions in very rapid periods of time; occasionally losing their inherent meaning. At the same time, the identity of boundaries between social, cultural and ethnic groups are dynamic, momentary and offer a different kind of borders inside our built environment, which need to be analyzed.

Concurrently, a (city)place without polarities is a place(city) without competitions – society contests against smaller denominators of other social entrants by manifesting socio-economic gaps and urban voids. The societal contests generate fragmentations that encroach the equilibrium locally as well as the country-wide distribution of wealth and development. Ethnicity is a historical formation, so do the emerging political and economic transformations that prompt a range of eccentricities in urban conditions. Economic dynamics are a powerful shaper of urban form and society. Policies as political tools are instrumental in mediating between various urban eccentricities.

The upcoming 2nd Urbanism at Borders Global Conference in Malaga 2019 do not only aims to debate on the various existing realities where these polarities happen but also aim to advance knowledge through various researches capable of defining these eccentricities, questioning the bottom-up activism, critically reviewed the maverick governmental policies, or of any other interventionist urban theories. Also, if grounded in architecture and urbanism practices, the conference will look for radical proposals related to multidisciplinary actions in the fields of art, activism, human rights, law, amongst others.

Full details on the conference can be accessed here.

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THIRD CONFERENCE (CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPER & DESIGN IDEA): Sao Paolo + Scotland. ONLINE IN ZOOM. July 2024

Call for School of Architecture, Design and Technology Consortium

Fragmented, make-shift and poor shelters are how migrant depends on their protection from harsh weather, sheltering children and elderly Humanitarian agencies use tents as a quick solution, however, innovation and creativity could offer great ideas, such as self-assembly, Kits & Parts, DIY package – all rests on the idea architects, architecture technologists, and other allied design professionals could offer. We call for designers to produce ideas of DIY shelter designs on A1 posters – detailing out plans, sections, elevation, and the techniques of DIY in detail.

Please send a digital file, one A1 pdf, with clear drawings and the necessary descriptions to convey the ideas. You can add photos of models.

Methods: You are to form a partnership with 2 more schools creating a design consortium of 3 schools.

Three best designs will be published in the proposed book and will receive a certificate of excellence. Send your ideas by 30 May 2024 to Helen Aggasild, h.aggasild@rgu.ac.uk

CALL FOR PAPERS

An abstract of 300 words maximum with 􀆟a title and keywords should be submitted (see a template at the end) on or before 15 January 2024. Send your abstract to Helen Aggasild (h.aggasild@rgu.ac.uk). The detailed format of the paper will be available after shortlisting the abstract on 20 February 2024. The registration will be due upon receiving the confirmation 􀆟by 30 March 2024 (£50 early bird; £75 late, non-paper delegates: £25).

CONTACT BURC

Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen< Scotland, United Kingdom

+44(0)1224949135

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