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Join us in #Sheffield on the 14th–15th June 2024 for our next Challenging Practice seminar! This seminar is focusing on the theme of inclusion and exclusion in space. It is a key component of our flagship independent-learning programme, Challenging Practice: Essentials for the Social Production of Habitat. Benefits of Participation: - Learn about our Inclusion by Design programme. - Develop an understanding of inclusion and exclusion within the built environment, and how these relate to intersecting social identities. - Gain knowledge of diverse approaches, methods, and tools to address social exclusion in space. - Reflect on the implications of prioritising lived experiences in built environment practice. - Network with professionals and students who share a common interest in issues of inclusion and exclusion within the built environment.  - Benefit from the guidance and expertise of experienced ASF-UK facilitators. - Receive a Challenging Practice Stage A certificate upon successful completion of the seminar. - Gain priority access to the next Challenging Practice Stage B workshop. Find more info and book here: https://lnkd.in/ewp82JTA #architecture #urbanplanning #urbandesign #urbanpractice #cpd #inclusionbydesign

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We Asked. You Told Us. We Listened. When building the Good Growth in Practice programme, we spoke to diverse-led SME owners about the challenges they face in growing sustainably. Now, we’re building a programme that responds directly to their needs: 🏗️ Early-Stage Foundations: strong networks, access to paid work with clear routes to commissions, critical business development guidance and administrative support. 📈 Growth-Stage Support: finding and retaining aligned senior talent, better business forecasting, professional development pathways. That’s why we’re creating a programme that delivers: 💫 Practical Solutions: direct access to public & private sector clients, expert-led applied business development masterclasses, operational systems and templates. 🤝 Real Connections: client mentorship and sponsorship, peer support networks and industry partnerships, collaborative opportunities. This isn’t just another support programme—it’s built WITH practices, not FOR them. The future needs a different kind of built environment professional, and we’re designing a curriculum at The London School of Architecture to empower them. Supported by the Greater London Authority & The Crown Estate Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eiW3Gr83 #CurriculumForChange #Architecture #Innovation #Equity #PracticeGrowth #BusinessDevelopment #GoodGrowth

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With the link below, I’m sharing a few insights on the following: What role do higher education institutions play in creating civic minded citizens? How are colleges and universities still impacted by the pandemic? How are building longevity and sustainability impacted by certain procurement strategies? What are some of the systemic challenges currently facing community colleges?

Our Policy Lead, Stephen Caulfield, was in Glasgow yesterday for #LearningPlacesScotland 2024. This conference and exhibition brings together learners, educators, designers, consultants, and manufacturers for discussion and collaboration on how we deliver high-quality learning spaces for all.   Though there is much work still to be done, we are encouraged by the growing recognition of the role that school and college estate design has on the experiences of people with Additional Support Needs (ASN) - and how trends towards expansive, open-plan (and noisy) spaces is negatively impacting the experiences of people with differences in sensory profile and social communication.

Paul Vick is lecturing on the above topic at The Gresham Society in the City of London with examples from the practice’s work on Th 23rd May 1500-1545 online. How badly is it all going in terms of climate change and development solutions? Nearly 40 years ago, the Brundtland report identified political and economic issues (rather than technological ones) as the greatest challenges affecting climate change - so has anything improved since then? The answer might lie further back in time when de Tocqueville in the early C19th maintained that power may be more distributed than we think. We have agency, individually and together, to affect change.  In today’s world there are already design solutions and approaches that we can use to tackle climate change, and this is both empowering, and a form of power and profitability. Founder of Paul Vick architects, Paul Vick, tackles some shibboleths in a talk that looks at whether we are asking the right questions about profitability and value. They discuss some of the approaches they use to understand value and if they really are mutually exclusive; and how good design thinking can create value from the knowledge we have, and the knowledge we continue to gain. One such question the architect focussed on was ‘what is the value of creating a building that helps you live longer (for you, your users, clients)’ And ‘How do you create and innovate in a world which is often complex, uncertain, unaccounted and unaccountable?’ Where ‘art’ is the changing of perceptions and ‘design’ problem solving, good architecture addresses both. The talk illustrates with projects the practice has and is undertaking to create this profitability. There are questions it has going forward for us all. 23.05.24 1500-1545 online. Approx 20minute talk plus Q+A. Free to register, please do so:  https://lnkd.in/edKbQFWf For the full article: https://lnkd.in/ePAhBJVG #themercerscompany #greshamcollege City of London Corporation The Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers #huxleyadvising

Taking place on the eve of what would have been Stephen Lawrence’s 50th birthday, the launch of “Building Inclusion: A Practical Guide to EDI in Architecture and the Built Environment” by Marsha Ramroop FRSA FIEDP, comes at a significant and fitting time for the sector. Acting as a call to action for leading experts, industry professionals, advocates, postgraduate students, academics and EDI networks to gather, reflect and move forward to bring about tangible change in the sector. The SLRC honour the profound impact that Stephen’s legacy and the Lawrence family’s fight for justice and equity have made within this sector and continues to do. By highlighting the deep-rooted structural inequalities and taking action to help aspiring, yet underrepresented architects to overcome barriers to unleash their potential. Building Inclusion: A Practical Guide to EDI in Architecture and the Built Environment is a combination of advice and frameworks for inclusive behaviours, as well as the policies, procedures and practices to deliver these outcomes. The book will be available to buy on the evening with a percentage of the proceeds from the book going to the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation. #buildinginclusion #architecture #stephenlawrence #stephenlawrenceday #diversity #inclusion

Mentoring young architects, teaching soft skills, building company culture developing communities and promoting minorities in the profession, Lise Bornstein, AIA, Partner at KFA Architecture, talks shop with Christian Giordano, AIA, Mancini Duffy. Stressing the importance of teaching practical business knowledge, she states, “You can be a phenomenal problem solver, designer and detailer, but if you don’t know how to market, if your soft skills are lacking, if you don’t know how to resent, listen, communicate and budget your time effectively, then that (design/problem solving) talent is not as effective as can be. “ Explaining why her 75-person firm has chosen to essentially stick the Los Angeles market, their belief is that architects are best poised to serve communities if they are actually living in those communities. Another interesting fact about KFA is that they are more than 50 percent female. She notes that the key here is having people in leadership to represent the diversity you’re seeking for a firm. She laments the fact that in the U.S., just 35 percent of women are licensed and 7 percent are partners. And for minorities, these numbers are much lower. Wrapping up the interview, Bornstein states, “As we build out our cities to be livable spaces, as architects, our most important role is to make sure we are listening and being an advocate for the human experience in our cities.” #architecture #DEI #urbanevelopment #buildingdesign