The Department of Architecture successfully concluded the Second International Conference on Cities, People and Places (ICCPP-2014) and the inauguration was held on 31st October 2014 at the Foundation Institute in Colombo. The chief Guest of this event was Mr. Keith Davis, the country Director of British Council. The inauguration ceremony was concluded with a Sri Lanka cultural pageant and a conference dinner. The conference was held on Nov 1st, 2014 at the same venue.
This International Conference on Cities, People and Places - 2014 (ICCPP2014) invites those interested in cities, people and places to closely examine the ways in which city exists as a ‘people’s place’ and how each city’s uniqueness is constructed upon the ways in which ‘urban life’ prevails and contributes to the making of places. It asks the fundamental question of what are the social, economic, cultural, political and environmental manifestations of seeing the city as a people’s place.
The conference envisages facilitating and constructing deeper understanding of the relations between cities and people so that we can devise ways and means of enabling healthy and fascinating places to live. This will thus serve as a venue for the confluence of international community of visionaries, developers, policy makers, academics and researchers devoted to make cities more sustainable and livable. The Conference will accommodate contributions of participants from different disciplines yet is focused mainly on urban spaces and places.