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How the finalists
are selected for the
Guangzhou Award
Article and images from Guangzhou Award Secretariat
“The first [shortlisted] city that I would like to 1. Mr. Greg Budworth, Group Managing Director,
announce is the city of Repentigny…” announced Compass Housing Services Co Ltd; Vice President,
Mr. Enrique Silva, Chair of the Technical Committee General Assembly of Partners, UN-HABITAT;
for the 2018 Guangzhou International Award for Urban
Innovation. Why these 15 cities were chosen was 2. Mr. Luigi Cipolla, Senior Urban Planner, EGIS
briefly featured in “What sort of future is the urban International in Indonesia; Member, ISOCARP (2007- );
community embracing?” (Oct issue). Nevertheless,
how they were chosen is still unknown to most of the 3. Mr. Ali El-Faramawy, Professor, Architectural
readers. This piece will walk through the evaluation Design, Ain Shams University; Executive Director,
process of the Technical Committee. Informal Settlement Development Facility (ISDF),
Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Egypt
Surprise was the first reaction when members of the (2009-2013);
Technical Committee walked into the meeting room
and saw the bulk of material they were going through 4. Ms. Kirstin Miller, Executive Director, Eco-City Builders;
in the next four and a half days. Concern was then
expressed, seeing this number of papers used to print the 5. Mr. Lookman Oshodi, Jury Member, Pilot Projects
applications. (After the meeting, the papers were delivered (2018-2020), METROPOLIS; Project Director, Arctic
to an elementary school in Surabaya for recycling purpose. Infrastructure (AI);
Part of the papers are being turned into dinosaurs and
bats by the pupils.) 6. Ms. Wandia Seaforth, Former Chief, Best
Practices, UN-HABITAT;
“I propose that we start by telling something about
ourselves first – who we are, where we come from, what 7. Ms. Elisa Silva, Director, Enlace Arquitectura;
we do…”, suggested Mr. Nichols You, Executive Director Senior Advisor, CAF-Development Bank of Latin
of Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation after all American;
members were seated. One by one, the names came out:
Part of the application material submitted by cities The regional group that worked on submissions from Africa and Middle East
28 AmCham South China
How the finalists
are selected for the
Guangzhou Award
Article and images from Guangzhou Award Secretariat
“The first [shortlisted] city that I would like to 1. Mr. Greg Budworth, Group Managing Director,
announce is the city of Repentigny…” announced Compass Housing Services Co Ltd; Vice President,
Mr. Enrique Silva, Chair of the Technical Committee General Assembly of Partners, UN-HABITAT;
for the 2018 Guangzhou International Award for Urban
Innovation. Why these 15 cities were chosen was 2. Mr. Luigi Cipolla, Senior Urban Planner, EGIS
briefly featured in “What sort of future is the urban International in Indonesia; Member, ISOCARP (2007- );
community embracing?” (Oct issue). Nevertheless,
how they were chosen is still unknown to most of the 3. Mr. Ali El-Faramawy, Professor, Architectural
readers. This piece will walk through the evaluation Design, Ain Shams University; Executive Director,
process of the Technical Committee. Informal Settlement Development Facility (ISDF),
Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Egypt
Surprise was the first reaction when members of the (2009-2013);
Technical Committee walked into the meeting room
and saw the bulk of material they were going through 4. Ms. Kirstin Miller, Executive Director, Eco-City Builders;
in the next four and a half days. Concern was then
expressed, seeing this number of papers used to print the 5. Mr. Lookman Oshodi, Jury Member, Pilot Projects
applications. (After the meeting, the papers were delivered (2018-2020), METROPOLIS; Project Director, Arctic
to an elementary school in Surabaya for recycling purpose. Infrastructure (AI);
Part of the papers are being turned into dinosaurs and
bats by the pupils.) 6. Ms. Wandia Seaforth, Former Chief, Best
Practices, UN-HABITAT;
“I propose that we start by telling something about
ourselves first – who we are, where we come from, what 7. Ms. Elisa Silva, Director, Enlace Arquitectura;
we do…”, suggested Mr. Nichols You, Executive Director Senior Advisor, CAF-Development Bank of Latin
of Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation after all American;
members were seated. One by one, the names came out:
Part of the application material submitted by cities The regional group that worked on submissions from Africa and Middle East
28 AmCham South China
