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This panel brings together conservationists, architects, and urban planners to investigate what the traditional designs of Southeast Asian buildings and cities offer as a basis of climate action. Were traditional designs superior to modern design from the point of view of environmental stability? To what degree? Why? How does Southeast Asian urban design help or hinder approaches to climate action? What traditional designs and patterns of urban living should be incorporated into policymakers’ responses to climate change?

Speakers:

Ms. Gaik Siang Lim - Topic: "Why Heritage Conservation is Considered Green Development? Drawing examples from George Town World Heritage Site (Penang, Malaysia)"

Mr. Leandro Poco - Topic: "Rediscovering Manila’s ‘Old’ Urbanism through Space Syntax"

Dr. Nirmal Tulsidas Kishnani - Topic: "Reinventing the Vernacular: The Work of Hoang Thuc Hao"

Mr. Sibarani Sofian - Topic: "In Search of New Direction: Culturally Inspired Urban Forms of Indonesia’s Capital City Nusantara"