Speakers

“The cure for climate depression is the climate movement.”

"Architects today have greater responsibilities for our work than our predecessors."

“Architecture is a social, living, dynamic and open activity in which it’s necessary to recognize people as 'subjects of action' and not as 'objects of intervention'”

"Some of the answers to the environmental challenges of the future might be found in traditional crafts"

"Having guts always works out for me.”

“Sustainability? Answering the needs of people and nature”

“​​We realized that access to water was getting worse, whereas telephones, pavement, security—all the other infrastructure—was improving. We became convinced that the city needed to develop an alternative way to get water.”

“I think architecture is social by definition. It is a service.”

“I see beauty in data. I challenge the impersonality that data communicates, designing engaging visual narratives that re-connect numbers to what they stand for: stories, people, ideas.”

“After this pandemic, we will fully engage with the next challenge, which is climate change”

"Until recently, it was generally said that the work of a designer was to find solutions to given problems. That is not true today. Our society is no longer based on stable and lasting values. It is in full evolution."

“When you are open to new opportunities, you find yourself with people that can change your life.”

“The greater the autonomy, the greater the possibilities to maintain your dialect alive.”

“Don’t stay quiet and speak loudly! I want my work to give the wearer unbounded confidence, and I want the garments to be personal, profound, and full of potential.”

"I believe that sustainability has everything to do with justice, providing solutions for a better world."

“Architecture should be about what it can do, not what it can look like.”

“Today, the inhabitant is the last link in the production chain. But the inhabitant’s expertise can be – not a result or an argument – but a resource in the composition of the architecture.”

"We’re reconnecting with the old ways and educating the world about them."

"We use living organisms to transform waste into materials that are compatible with nature."

"We need to offer alternatives for families and businesses who want to handle their waste responsibly."