With the ever-quickening pace of urbanisation, demographic changes and climate change globally, our cities and their buildings are facing immense challenges. In response to this, creative and innovative thinking offer a competitive advantage when solving complex problems, allowing us to question habitual thinking and enabling us to create novel solutions.

This way of thinking and problem solving can lead us towards a more sustainable approach to designing, creating and using the buildings that form the basis for our everyday lives, to the benefit of both our planet and the people that populate our urban centres.

Key takeaways

• Constructing sustainability: How to create sustainable solutions, valuable spaces in between bulidings and circular processes in the built environment
• Innovative partnerships: Establishing holistic partnerships across industries to enable innovate practices and solutions
• Enhancing quality of life: Using buildings, holistic planning and smart technologies to enhance quality of life