The “Asunción 500 Years” Forum brought together architects from more than 30 countries to discuss architecture, urban planning, and construction, with a view to optimising redevelopment of Paraguay’s iconic capital city. The Asunción 500 Years Forum finished yesterday, and was described as a “great success”.
The opening ceremony was attended by First Lady Leticia Ocampos, Minister of the Interior Enrique Riera Escudero, Minister of Industry and Commerce Javier Giménez García de Zúñiga, and Minister of the Senatur (National Council of Ministers of Tourism and Tourism), Angie Duarte.
The event was declared of National Tourist Interest by the National Secretariat of Tourism (Senatur) and is organised by the Pan-American Federation of Architectural Associations, which seeks to exchange opinions and experiences among professionals from across the Americas.
Tourism Minister Angie Duarte hailed the event as a golden opportunity to take a giant leap forward and achieve the goal of making the capital a place of pride, as part of the 500th anniversary of its founding. She noted that it brings together professionals from more than 30 countries and offers a visionary approach that encourages discussion on how to transform Asunción into a more sustainable and modern city, while respecting our heritage, our identity, and our roots.
In turn, the president of the Pan-American Federation of Architectural Associations (FPAA), architect María Samaniego of Ecuador, expressed her eagerness to learn more about Asunción and collaborate on projects that will strengthen the capital’s historic center.
At this point, she indicated that one of the Federation’s objectives is to offer support and technical expertise as architects to assist in the conceptualisation and development of projects that have a direct relationship with the city’s development and heritage, and to consolidate the historic center as a landmark within the city.
The Pan-American Federation of Architectural Associations is an institution that formally and territorially represents all the national architectural associations of the Americas; a multinational entity that communicates in the four languages spoken on the continent. It is a network of networks for American architecture.
The FPAA member countries are Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Jamaica, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Canada, the United States and Mexico, reports the National Secretariat of Tourism.
