The IFLA2020 International Student Charrette for will be held on a virtual platform, offering the participants to the three-day workshop from July 28th to July 30th, 2021. Students from landscape architecture programs (and other related fields) at the undergraduate and master's levels are encouraged to come together to create a variety of creative outputs related to this year's theme, SUSTAINABLE GREEN CLIMATE POST COVID-19.

The Student Charrette is jointly organised by the Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM) and International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA). The Student Charrette will be hosted by the School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS).

Why You Should Participate?

The International Student Charrette is intended to be fun and enjoyable workshop where participants can experiment in a creative virtual environment. The Organising Committee will form teams of 15 students following a student application process. These teams will be led by tutors from both academia and local practitioners. The charrette is an excellent opportunity for students who wish to work collaboratively as a team while being guided by experienced facilitators.

Theme:
Sustainable Green Climate Post Covid-19

The global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects every part of human life, including the physical world. Measures are taken to control the spread of the virus and the slowdown of economic activities have significant environmental and energy impacts. The earth is experiencing global warming and day by day the issue becomes more critical. Efforts to prevent climate change has become the main priority in maintaining our ecosystem services from this serious environmental issue.

The project is an initiative to mitigate the impacts of climate change within urban areas to be more resilient, functional, and future proof. It will help to alleviate the pressing urban issues such as flash floods, urban heat islands, and haze, an annual occurrence which is derived from environmental pollutants. The proposed activities will lay the foundation for a sustainable city by addressing the harsh climatic condition in tropical towns and cities. The outcome of this activities is expected to trigger the issues of global warming by focussing on climate mitigation.

This Student Charrette is a platform to let YOU share your ideas in combatting climate change. YOU need to identify how do YOU fit in this situation and what sort of role that YOU can play. In doing so, YOU are encouraged to share things from your own perspectives and experiences. This would eventually help to map out strategies and actions that can be agreed upon in formulating answers to the problems.

Objectives

The main aim of this charrette is to explore the planning and design of low-carbon and green city landscape post-Covid 19 concepts that enhance the function and value of ecosystem services. Stakeholders such as local authorities will take this chance to consider integrating ideas and solution (presented by the participants) for climate change measures into national policies, strategies, and planning.

Activity Spotlight

1. The participant will design a long term post-Covid 19 landscape infrastructure and create a green parameter that not only aesthetically solves the streetscapes but also reducing airborne pollution and carbon footprint levels.
2. The participant will also work in team to demonstrate a creative and innovative solutions, appropriate and responsive methods, and able to address biotic issues e.g., biodiversity, biophilia, microclimate, water-sensitive, low carbon, green city, etc.
3. The participants will present the final design which may comprise of the following combination:
   1. Drawings
   2. Virtual 3D model
   3. Video presentation

(*Not limited to any multimedia application)