Panel Discussion ‘Future in Construction’

How does the city look like? Who is part of its development? How can we engage in the process of forming our city?
 
In the panel discussion ‘Future in Construction’ the architectural topics the exhibition ‘African Modernism’ challenges will be re-actualize in the contemporary urban context of Kigali.
 
Wambete Soita is an architect and a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design (FAED) at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). He will, under the title ‘Architecture and Ethnography’, elaborate on the relation between these two disciplines in the context of Kigali.
 
Natacha Muziramakenga head of Rwanda Arts Initiative will give an introduction to architecture, preservation and public space and the entanglement of these three topics.
 
Sarah Mohland the director and one of the founders of African Design Center and MASS Design Group will speak about the role of design and architecture in the urban environment.
 
After the key talks of the speakers the audience is invited to discuss about the future of the city.
 

Agenda

  • Panel Discussion ‘Future in Construction’

  • Film Screening: African Metropolis - Six Stories from six African cities