 |
Gaétan Siew, elected President of the UIA in Istanbul |
 |
Paris, 20 July 2005
Mauritian architect Gaétan Siew, was elected President of the International Union of Architect during the UIA General Assembly which took place in Istanbul (Turkey), from 8 to 10 July 2005. He took up his duties during the 103rd session of the UIA Council, on 10 July 2005, and succeeds to Jaime Lerner (Brazil).
Born in Mauritius in 1954, Gaétan Siew graduated from the Marseille School of Architecture in 1979. He is in private practice in Port Louis since 1981. His projects and realisations include tourist and commercial facilities, urban planning and redevelopment programmes in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean, France and India. Striking examples are his master plans for the international airport in Mauritius, for the Chinese neighbourhood in Port Louis and the terminal of the Seychelles international airport.
Elected President of the Association of Mauritian Architects in 1985, he played an active part in the island's urban development and environment and heritage protection programmes. He is a member of the Economic and Social Council of Mauritius and member of the Government of Mauritius's Technical Committee on Engineering and Architectural Services at the WTO.
On the international scene, he was member of the UIA Council from 1993 to 2002, and was elected first Vice-President of the Union, during the General Assembly in Berlin, in 2002. From 1998 to 2005 he was Secretary General of the African Union of Architects (AUA).
Gaétan Siew has served as juror for several international architecture competitions. He has been a frequent speaker at international conferences worldwide.
