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SUMMARY:CIVENG Black History Month: Designing a Better World. Ali Mangera\,
  MEng Dip Arch RIBA
DESCRIPTION:Pre registration not required.\nAbstract\nThe greatest Russian 
 writer of all time\, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin\, had black ancestry. P
 ushkin acknowledged his ancestry\, enabling him to look at the world with 
 greater objectivity\, simultaneously attached and detached – remote yet 
 distant.\nObserving the world through a different lens as both an insider 
 and outsider is deeply rooted within the MYAA process. Architecture can em
 power communities as much as it can malign and disenfranchise them. Throug
 h a careful and considered approach\, MYAA seeks to harness the power and 
 possibilities architecture has to offer. In doing so\, we address many top
 ical issues of our day: identity\, translocation\, environment and collect
 ive engagement.\nAli’s talk at Imperial College London will illustrate s
 ome of MYAA’s many projects\, from Regenerative Urbanism in London and e
 cological master planning to the design of academic buildings\, and school
 s built from earth in deprived communities.\nAli Mangera MEng Dip Arch RIB
 A \nAli Mangera is an Architect-Engineer uniquely placed to understand the
  intricacies of technology and collaborative design. Ali studied engineeri
 ng at the University of Leeds\, UK and Pennsylvania State University\, USA
  completing a Masters in Architectural Engineering\, before studying Archi
 tecture at the Architectural Association in London. He worked at the globa
 l multidisciplinary practice Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill (Chicago) and Zah
 a Hadid Architects (London) leading and winning international design compe
 titions. In 2007\, Ali co-founded Mangera Yvars Architects\, an award-winn
 ing design practice based in London\, Barcelona\, Riyadh and Tripoli worki
 ng on projects globally. Ali has decades of experience working on a range 
 of schemes\, from Smart Eco-Cities to Mega projects and landmark buildings
 . Ali helped shape MYAA’s focus on technology from complex geometry in p
 rojects – such as the UNESCO Sagrada Familia – to sustainable earth co
 nstruction and climate positive cities. Ali has given talks and lectured a
 t many institutions\, including the Hong Kong Design Institute\, Columbia 
 University\, Cambridge University and the Architectural Association\; he i
 s also an Associate at the Design Council and committed to supporting dive
 rsity and inclusion in the built environment sector. As practice director\
 , Ali is also a Diversity Champion at MYAA supporting practice-wide EDI in
 itiatives. \nAli’s family came to the UK to escape apartheid South Afric
 a. His partner Ada Yvars is from Spain and he has an adopted daughter from
  Madagascar. His background provided insight into issues of migration\, id
 entity\, family structures and transformative opportunities that can chang
 e lives. \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-mangera-9316702/
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/182610/civeng-black-history-month-ali
 -mangera-meng-dip-arch-riba/
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LOCATION:Skempton room 427\, Skempton Building\, South Kensington Campus\, 
 Imperial College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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