Global Studio began in Turkey when it offered sessions in the 2005 UIA Congress, and the Zeyrek studio. Since then it has held programs to promote participatory design and planning in disadvantaged communities: in Vancouver's downtown Eastside (’06), Diepsloot township, Johannesburg (‘07, ’08, ‘09) and Bhopal (’12). Since 2005, over 600 participants including urban professionals, community organizations, and students and academics from 66 universities, over 30 countries and 10 disciplines have attended its programs.  Over the past year Global Studio has been busy with a traveling exhibition, in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Urban Development at Columbia University.

The Global Studio - CSUD exhibition, People Building Better Cities: Participation and Inclusive Urbanization traveled to 5 countries in the first half of the year.  `

The Global Studio are excited to announce the exhibition program for the rest of 2013:

INDIA: PBBC India opens at Studio X Mumbai on September 20, and includes a panel discussion with some of Mumbai's key urban actors. PBBC will also be shown in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and possibly other Indian cities.  Devangi Ramakrishnan is coordinating the Indian tour.
CHINA: PBBC China opens on September 28 at Studio X Beijing and coincides with Design Week in Beijing.  Anna Rubbo will attend the Mumbai and Beijing exhibitions and take part in the public programs.
USA: Returning to the US, PBBC will be shown at the University of Cincinnati in conjunction with the Livable Futures Conference in November and finish the year at the AIA Center for Architecture in New York, December 3 - January 4. The New York public program will be posted soon but we are pleased to announce that artist/urbanist Candy Chang (GS 2006, 08), a ‘Leader in Public Interest Design’ will join us on December 7, and UK academic/author Professor Nabeel Hamdi  (see The Placemakers Guide to Building Community; Small Change) will take part in the December 11 panel discussion.

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