« All Events

  • This event has passed.

THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE – PRESENTER AKHEEL KHAN

March 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm

Course information (Content/Overview)

Description: Have you ever wondered how some people, organizations and fields push the boundaries or remain relevant in changing times? First Principles Thinking (FPT) may be the answer: FPT is a method used to rigorously explore the practicality, functionality and necessity of a system when exposed to adverse conditions, thereby revealing only what is crucial to its working. In this workshop, we will discuss why this is necessary in a time where the field of architecture is facing its greatest challenge: remaining relevant.

 

This is an interactive workshop done as a 2-part series once weekly (2.5hrs each) 

Content: The workshop covers the utility of first principles thinking in a time of AI, developing a method for yourself to stay relevant in a time of rapid development, finally creating a reference example of your own which serves as a takeaway from the session.

Content:

Premise: Deriving Words & Equations

  1. Etymology and Semantics
  2. Equations and derivation
  3. First Principles as form of thinking

Example 1: The Concept of Cartography

  • To have direction and reference: Cardinal Points
  • Geometry and metrics – to measure
  • Abstraction and symbolism
  • Observe, hypothesize – a science.

Example 2: The Creation of the Car

  • The desire to move and the necessity of travel.
  • The wheel and mobility
  • Riding the beast
  • Electricity, electromagnetism, and the engine
  • Horsepower and self-propulsion

Example 3: The Discipline of Draughting

  • The problem of the physical world
  • Record and Reproduce
  • Lines
  • The Computer

Example 4: The Art of Architecture

  • The Beginning of Architecture
  • Further reading from WIA: UA

Who is this course for?

 

– Business owners looking to stay relevant

– Designers looking to chart a path for themselves toward developing future-based skills

– Anyone looking to ensure they can reinvent themselves and innovate during a time of technological disruption

 

Venue : ONLINE (via Microsoft Teams)
Time : 4:00pm- 6:30pm (both days)
Duration : Day 1: Thursday, 7th March,
Day 2: Thursday, 14th March,

Registration and payment: On/Before 01 March 2024
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/G4LB9BZt2C3CCHZK6

Cost of workshop
R1170 non SAIBD members
R925 SAIBD members (fully paid-up members only)
Cancellation/refunds will only be accepted a week prior to the set date.  Should no cancellation be received within this period, no refunds will be made for non-attendance.
CPD Category: category 1
CPD Credits: 1
Course validation: SAIBD
Name of VA, ALS hosting the CPD course: South African Institute of Building Design
Contact person for course information and bookings: Ayanda Mbokazi
Tel :031 202 4726
Fax: 086 428 1056
Email address: reception@saibd.org.za
Website: www.saibd.org.za
Banking details/ booking details or other important information:
SAIBD, Standard Bank
Acc. no: 051 406 500
Durban North,
Branch code : 042 826
(Please use “202402 INITIAL & SURNAME” as reference)

 

 

 

Details

  • Date: March 7, 2024
  • Time:
    4:00 pm