Concurrent Education Session

SUN-D09: AFRICA: Onwards and Upwards!

Sunday, October 6, 2024

3:45pm – 5:00pm ET

Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Hitesh S. Mehta, FASLA

President
HM Design
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Session Guide

Speaker(s)

Arthur M. Adeya, ASLA

Board Member/Co-Founder
Kounkuey Design Initiative
Nairobi, Nairobi Area
Carey J. Duncan, ASLA

PrLArch (SACLAP) MLA (Cornell) MRP (Cornell) Bsc (TRP) Wits ASLA AAPM ILASA
Carey Duncan Design; Mohamed VI Polytechnic Univsersity
Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer

This panel will showcase innovative and groundbreaking rural and urban landscape architecture African projects that address climate emergency, gender equality, ancestral wisdom, and resilience. This panel will also share the challenges faced by landscape architecture education in Africa, as well as cutting-edge knowledge-sharing efforts on the internet by IFLA Africa.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn how landscape architects are addressing resilience, stewardship, and climate emergency in urban and rural environments.
Gain insight on how participatory planning methods are helping create social justice and putting into practice sustainable development through application of local knowledge.
Understand the challenges and successes of African landscape architecture educational programs, especially in countries where licensure is not an option.
• Learn how IFLA Africa is helping create networks and platforms—the African Landscape Network (ALN) and the African Journal of Landscape Architecture —for collaboration, not only for professionals but for students as well.