To develop solutions to help vulnerable and disaster-affected communities plan for a better future, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the design firm KVA MATx collaborated on a case study on voluntary relocation. AKAH, MIT’s Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA), the MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) and KVA MATx have been invited to exhibit the project at Giardini, Central Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia curated by Hashim Sarkis.

Award-winning author of The Shadow King, Maaza Mengiste,  delivered the 8th Annual Pluralism Lecture today. Co-presented by  the Global Centre for Pluralism and the University of British Columbia, this year's lecture was introduced by Princess Zahra Aga Khan who serves on the board of the Global Centre for Pluralism.