FAB - Future of Architecture and Building

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FAB 2024, South Asia's premier gathering for changemakers and visionaries in Architecture, Building & Design, is set to open in Mumbai on March 27th, 2024 with yet another clarion call for disruptive thinking in design. Anchored to the theme ‘L.I.F.E - Looking Inward For the Environment’, this upcoming edition of the conclave promises to delve deep into the symbiotic relationship between personal transformation and the creation of a sustainable future for our built environment.

FAB is renowned for its role as a catalyst for innovation, experimentation, and evolution by bringing together disruptors from various fields to deconstruct the world we live in order to construct the one we desire. Starting from its flagship conference 3 years ago, FAB transcends boundaries with ground-breaking exhibits, insightful webinars, collaborative studios, and showcases from visionary institutions.

The theme for the 2024 conclave was inspired by a profound dialogue between the acclaimed architect B.V. Doshi and Sarita Vijayan, the Founder of FAB. His words, “Give life a chance." is a compelling invitation to pause and look inward for answers to the fundamental question, "How can we bequeath a better world for the future?”, stated Sarita while speaking about the intent of the 2024 conclave.

Against the backdrop of pressing environmental challenges, the conclave is set to provide a crucial space for deep introspection and transformative change. Its expansive agenda explores philosophy, design innovation, materials, technology, culture, environment, inclusivity, and more.

Conference Highlights:
Insights & Experience Sharing by industry veterans.
Keynote Presentations by Renowned Speakers
FAB 2024 promises to be an unparalleled platform for thought-provoking discussions, collaborative endeavors, and paradigm-shifting insights and some definitive answers to “How can we bequeath a better world for the future?”

SPEAKERS -
Adi Cohen - Founder, The New Movement
Adi Cohen is the founder of The New Movement, an architecture studio that designs one-of-a- kind projects worldwide. She is the host of the podcast ‘Go Out and Talk to Strangers’, a TEDx speaker, a Forbes-featured, passionate creator and a free thinker.

Carolina Tinocco - Architect, Curator, Author & Speaker
Carolina is a Venezuelan-French versatile and culturally diverse professional with over 25 years of experience in ecological transition and social innovation, urban design, eco-design and architecture.

Dr Aseem Inam - Professor and Chair in Urban Design
Aseem Inam is a Professor and Chair in Urban Design in the School of Architecture at Cardiff University in the UK, Founding Director of TRULAB: Laboratory for Designing Urban Transformation, and Honorary Professor at The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London.

Dr Ferdinand Ludwig - Prof. for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture
Ferdinand Ludwig studied architecture and received his doctorate in “Botanical Foundations of Baubotanik and their Application in Design” from the University of Stuttgart. His research and practice focuses on architectural concepts in which plants play a central role. Their functional and conceptual integration not only provides answers to the pressing ecological questions of our time, such as adaptation to climate change.

Dr Melissa Sterry - Founder, Bioratorium
Transdisciplinary design scientist, complex systems theorist, biofuturist, and multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur and innovator Dr Melissa Sterry is known for creating projects that chart unprecedented conceptual, creative, and commercial potentialities.

Dr Iman Ansari - Founding Principal, AN.ONYMOUS
Dr. Iman Ansari, a distinguished architectural and urban designer, historian, and educator, serves as the Founding Principal of AN.ONYMOUS.

Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu - Founder & Director, Tonkin Liu
Anna Liu is an Architect and teacher, with experience in architecture, art, and landscape, encompassing work in the UK, China, Japan, the US where she grea up, and Taiwan where she was born. Mike Tonkin is an Architect, Landscape Architect, and teacher. He established his practice in 1989 and co-founded Tonkin Liu with Anna Liu in 2002. The practice of Tonkin Liu is informed by a nature-focused design process and an ambition to reconnect people to nature.

Nripal Adhikary - Founder, ABARI
Nripal founded ABARI in 2007 to celebrate traditional materials like bamboo and earth in the contemporary architectural context. In the last 10 years, he has built many structures including, homes, government schools, libraries, community centers, monasteries, temples, homes and luxury hotels.