Abu Zabi, United Arab Emirates Jun 29, 2022 (Issuewire.com) - The 6th Edition of the Future Landscape and Playspaces Summit took place on 28-29 June 2022 at the Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers with the participation of more than 150 industry leaders and experts.
The first day of the Summit was a great success as speakers delivered world-class presentations and case studies on key topics including the strategic overview of future communities, and the integration of public spaces with local identity and needs.
The Summit started with a keynote presentation about landscape lighting in Abu Dhabi City from Eng. Zainab Mohamed Alhosani, Abu Dhabi City Municipality.
Simon Bogalo, Lead Designer from CONVIC provided an international keynote presentation on the evolution of the community youth space. He added, “Active recreation contributes positively to confidence, social skills, community development, health and well-being, and overall quality of life.”
Later in the morning, key stakeholders from Abu Dhabi City Municipality, ALDAR Properties, and AECOM shared their insights on creating more sustainable and inclusive future communities in an executive panel discussion moderated by Marlon van Maastricht, Head of Landscape Architecture, Khatib & Alami.
Three remarkable international case studies were presented in the afternoon from Zechariah Tomlinson, International Manager, Landscape Structures (BinHendi Play) on Making inclusion invisible; Evgeny Smirnov, International Relations Development Manager, Punto Design on Streetscapes – redefining street and pedestrian designs; and Joao Branco, Senior Architect, OASE Spain on using the water element as a design tool to build happy places.
Zechariah Tomlinson, International Manager, Landscape Structures (BinHendi Play) added, “Play is a basic human right”, it is important that making everything we design can be played by many children as possible today.
Mr. Mohamad BinHendi, Deputy Chairman of BinHendi Enterprises said “For us, the main purpose of BinHendi Play is to put a smile on the kids' faces and adults, and what makes us different is a lot of our playgrounds could be used by people of needs, adults and children at the same time. We are happy to be part of the Future Landscape and Playspaces Summit, the team was happy, a lot of people, a lot of happy faces around, the energy is good, met a lot of nice people from Al Ain Municipality, Architects, and Designers.
Joao Branco, Senior Architect, OASE Spain shared an exclusive case study and provided an overview of OASE’s international projects worldwide, including the Guinness World Record for the longest choreography of the fountain water show.
The second day of the Summit was opened with a keynote presentation on designing for our future – climate resilience, nature and innovation in cities from Nadine Bitar, Executive Advisor & Chair – Links WG, International Federation of Landscape Architects.
The session was followed by an international case study on the future of playgrounds – beyond simple play equipment from Rohit Anand, Managing Director, Bin Sabt Sports & Leisure.
Discussions on open realm and architecture, contractor perspective, reimagining streets as landscapes and drivers of economic growth, growing through innovation, and water restoration rounded out the afternoon session on the second day of the Summit.
This summit gathered over 150 attendees within two days through an interactive platform designed for all those who are involved in the landscaping and playspaces industry.
The Summit is organised by Advanced Conferences & Meetings (ACM). The Summit key sponsors include CONVIC, OASE, Bin Hendi Play, Punto Design, Gulf Contracting & Landscapping, Citiscape, Bin Sabt Sports & Leisure LLC, EMCON, Consent, Gulf Perlite, RAKNOR, and Alyaf Geo Composites.
For further information about the conference, please visit http://www.futurelandscapeandplayspacesabudhabi.com/
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