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05 October 2017, 09:54

City of Mostar to host international "Green Design Biennale"

MOSTAR, 5 October (BelTA - FENA) - The City of Mostar will host the international conference entitled "Green Design Biennale", which will last until October 7. It will gather representatives from 12 countries around the world.

The conference is organized in co-operation with the Horizon 2020 "Buildings as Material Banks" project and SGDF, and aims to align a large number of mutually related aspects of sustainable design of cities, facilities and products.

Within this year's Biennale, lectures, symposiums, expert roundtables, international workshops with students, international exhibitions, promotion of construction of the Green Deisgn Center will be held, as well as exhibitions and promotions of organic food production.

The event will gather guests from 12 countries around the world. Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, England, Bosnia and Herzegovina are among them.

President of the Sarajevo Green Design Foundation, Elma Durmisevic has said on Wednesday at a press conference held in Mostar that this is the third international Green Desing, which is traditionally held in Bosnia and Herzegovina in autumn.

She has underlined that the program will begin with the promotion of a European project, which they agreed with the City of Mostar, i.e. construction of a Green Desing Center in the South Camp, which is an integral part of the "Buildings as Material Banks" project.

The project is aimed at exploring new ways of construction, which will support the circular economy, develop new construction methods and enable flexible construction, - Durmisevic said.

She added that the Biennale was conceived as a platform for sharing experiences, ideas and offering inspiration to young engineers.

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