CUBES at the World Urban Forum

CUBES at the World Urban Forum in 2018

In February 2018, Professor Marie Huchzermeyer attended WUF9, the ninth World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur, which focused on urban inclusion and implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Along with other organisation in Habitat International Coalition (HIC), CUBES co-organised a side event on the Social Production of Habitat. A short report on this event with the full presentations or inputs from the speakers, including Prof Huchzermeyer, have been posted here.

CUBES at the World Urban Forum 2014

In April 2014 CUBES Director Dr Sarah Charlton attended the World Urban Forum (WUF), a biennial gathering of urban and city experts, including governments, donors, NGOs and academics in Medellín, Colombia. There she co-hosted a side event titled "State-sponsored mass housing programmes: Outcomes for households" in collaboration with colleagues from the UK (University of Sheffield), Mexico and Angola, and presented research on RDP housing in Johannesburg. Back at Wits she presented her experiences at WUF and what it was like to encounter the city of Medellín, a high density, high poverty area which has been lauded for overcoming a violent history plagued by drug cartels and developed as one of the most innovative built environments in the world. See photographs from her presentation to the School of Architecture and Planning.