Dear CE–TEP Members, Climate and Environmental Advocates,
Warm greetings from the CE–TEP Team. We wish you a wonderful day. We cordially invite you to participate in the 52nd Climate & Environment Technical Exchange Platform (CE–TEP ) Event, organized by MERA.
Topic:
“Designing with What We Have: Local Resources, Climate-Responsive Architecture, and Community Resilience in Myanmar”
Speaker: U Htoo Aung, Architect, Director of Blue Temple & Housing NOW
Key Points:
- Rethinking Sustainable Construction: Sustainability is not only about material selection, but also about how buildings are designed, constructed, used, and maintained.
- Designing with Local Resources: Exploring how computational design, structural optimization, and prefabrication can improve the use of locally available materials, including small-diameter bamboo.
- Climate-Responsive Architecture: Using passive design strategies, such as natural ventilation, shading, and roof design, to respond to Myanmar’s environmental conditions.
- Community Knowledge and Resilience: Strengthening local construction capacity through community participation, practical building methods, and accessible technical knowledge.
- From Design Research to Implementation: Examining the opportunities and challenges of applying resource-efficient and climate-responsive construction approaches in real projects
- Beneficiaries : Local communities, architects, engineers, construction workers, bamboo craftspeople, students, researchers, community-based organizations, and professionals involved in sustainable construction and disaster recovery.
- Areas of Subject : Climate-responsive architecture, sustainable construction, local material utilization, bamboo construction, resource efficiency, community resilience, and construction knowledge transfer.
Value:
- Encourage a broader understanding of sustainable construction beyond the selection of environmentally friendly materials.
- Share practical approaches to combining architectural research, local resources, and construction knowledge.
- Highlight opportunities for improving material efficiency, climate responsiveness, and building durability.
- Promote interdisciplinary collaboration between architectural, engineering, environmental, and community-based organizations.
Date: 31 October 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 3:00 – 5:00 PM (MMT)
Venue: Zoom platform https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81182072789?pwd=2CiP8kRHSXVdaqjeAWOCtdEm92X3AV.1
Zoom ID: 811 8207 2789
Zoom Password: 719572
This CE–TEP initiative is held bi-weekly on Saturdays by MERA Myanmar and will continue to introduce engaging and diverse topics. Therefore, we kindly invite you to follow MERA Myanmar’s social media platforms for updates:
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📢 If you are not yet a member of CE-TEP, we encourage you to join by filling out the membership form below:
👉 Membership Form
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📢 For further information, please contact us at:
✉ Email: mern.myanmar@gmail.com
☎ Phone/Viber:
- Admin Officer: 09456999119, 09797358140
- CEO: 09444033065
- CE–TEP Team: 09264542041
Warm Regards,
MERA CE–TEP Team
