Architectural Education: Learn, UN-Learn, RE-Learn ... Rethinking Architectural Education on South Asia (25 July 2020).

July 25, 2020

Architectural Education: Learn, UN-Learn, RE-Learn ... Rethinking Architectural Education on South Asia (25 July 2020).

Institute of Architects Pakistan-Karachi Chapter (IAP-KC) and the Board of Architectural Education (BAE-IAP) are excited to announce the webinar series, “Rethinking Architectural Education in South Asia” to be held every Saturday, 5pm PKT (+5 GMT), first three sessions on 18th July and 25th July, 8th August, 2020.

This online event takes upon the curiosity revolving around ‘new normal’ amidst the current situation and the need to adapt, redefine, and evolve the Architectural Education in South Asia.

Panelists include both international and national architects within academia and the profession, creating a dialogue to determine a direction which can ultimately bridge the gap between the utopia of academia and reality of practice. The series is an open dialogue between panelists which will be followed by a series of questions from the audience.

The second session titled, Learn, (Un)Learn, (Re)Learn , takes upon the curiosity revolving around ‘new normal’ amidst current situation and the need to adapt, redefine, and evolve the Architectural Education in South Asia. Panelists include both international and national architects within academia and the profession, creating a dialogue to determine a direction which can ultimately bridge the gap between the utopia of academia and reality of practice.

The panel for the second session comprises of esteemed Architects and Academics such as Ar. S.M. Jahangir Khan Sherpao (Pakistan), Ar. Dr. Prof. Anila Naeem (Pakistan), Ar. Prof. Ashraf M. Salama (UK), and Ar. Prof. Hasan-Uddin Khan (USA). This will be moderated by Architect Nabah Ali Saad and Architect Sami Chohan.

Watch discussion on Facebook: https://fb.watch/7l3UeBFy-V/
Download Report of the Webinar Series:

Michael Crosbie interviews Ashraf Salama on possible outcomes in a post-coronavirus world.

How Might the COVID-19 Change Architecture and Urban Design? Ashraf M. Salama, a professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland, and the director of the Cluster for Research in Architecture and Urbanism of Cities in the Global South, has been following how these disciplines might be changing. He’s recently written a publicly peer-reviewed paper on some of his findings: “Coronavirus Questions That Will Not Go Away: Interrogating Urban and Socio-Spatial Implications of COVID-19 Measures.” I sat down with Salama to discuss some of the issues he raises, and what their implications might be for the built environment in the future (7 May 2020) (Feature image taken from CommonEdge by Andy Yueng, as part of his “Urban Density” drone series).