Scaling up Traditional Architecture and Urbanism:
Challenges and Opportunities
4,5, and 6 December 2024
International Convention on Traditional
Architecture and Urbanism at Heenat Salma Farm
Scaling up Traditional Architecture and Urbanism:
Challenges and Opportunities
4,5, and 6 December 2024
International Convention on Traditional Architecture and Urbanism
at Heenat Salma Farm
The Convention
The Convention will be a flagship event organised by Caravane Earth Foundation and INTBAU Qatar. It will be a focal point for leading experts, practitioners, and policymakers from around the globe to engage in meaningful discussions, explore new approaches, and develop implementable strategies within the realm of scaling up traditional architecture, urbanism, and craftsmanship.
Any sustainable built environment is guided by three main factors:
The philosophy that guides the thinking and design process behind the envisaged city. This will enable the form of the built environment to embody the philosophical.
The choice of materials under a traditional system is local and natural, resulting in harmonious symbiosis with the natural surroundings. These materials need not undergo any industrial processes to be used in construction, and therefore offer the highest degree of sustainability and ecological resilience.
The method used for the realization of the buildings is craft and masonry-driven and not industrial. This process saves many steps in the construction process and supports the continuation and survival of the creative knowledge vested in the individual craftsperson. In turn, they embody the cultural DNA of their nation or group of people.
The three factors above are the same as those used in practically every ancient city in the world. They are a testament to the resilience and attractiveness that these cities hold to many millions of people from around the world.
Traditional architecture is ecological architecture and embodies forms that act as “linguistic metaphors” for society through non-verbalised communication that enhances a positive sentiment towards the place that said society calls home.
The Programme
Scaling Up Traditional Architecture and Urbanism:
Challenges and Opportunities
- — Policy Making, Laws, and Regulations.
- — The Construction Supply Chain: Materials, Suppliers, Fabricators, and Logistics.
- —Guilds, Vocational and Educational Programs.
- —Analysis of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Impact of Construction and Urbanism: Modern vs. Traditional.
- —Funding Institutions and ESG Frameworks.
- —Advocacy, Lobbying, and Public Relations.
- —The role of Architects, Master Builders and Planners.
- —The availability of master builders and crafts people.
- —The Role of Real Estate Developers.
The Speakers
The speakers and the programme to be announced soon
Qatar Chapter
Established in 2022 under the Caravane Earth Foundation, INTBAU Qatar works on the preservation and promotion of traditional architecture and urbanism of Qatari and the Gulf and seeks to present these traditional methods as viable models for contemporary living.
The world is facing three overlapping crises: environmental, social, and cultural. These crises reinforce each other. First, mass production that values quantity over quality devalues craft production. This comes with a loss of traditional wisdom and leads to environmental damage in the form of the loss of soil, water, and animal and plant species. This has a profound effect on society, leading to cultural breakdown and conflict as well as poverty and health issues.
Caravane Earth and the Qatar Chapter are aligned with INTBAU in their vision of creating humane and harmonious buildings and places that respect local traditions. While the world looks for extensive exploitation and technologies to solve its self-made problems, INTBAU Qatar believes that tradition and traditional approaches in architecture and living are the best solution for these global crises.
Plan Your Visit
Heenat Salma Farm
Convention Programme: 9 am – 7 pm
Exhibition working hours: 3 pm – 9 pm
4,5, and 6 December 2024
Registration will open shortly.
Heenat Salma Farm is the flagship project of Caravane Earth. It is the centerpiece of our initiative encompassing all elements of our mission.
Heenat Salma is a multidisciplinary project dedicated to holistic methods in agriculture, architecture, and community development. We have successfully transformed a local conventional farm into an organic permaculture centre that grows desert-friendly plants and vegetables, diversifies local food production, and contributes to a renewable, home-grown food supply in Qatar and beyond.
Heenat Salma Farm Farm 280, P.O.Box 90205, Um El Qahab Shahaniya, Doha, Qatar
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