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Former member of Executive Board at ARCHITECT'S COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Architectural Profession on the Verge of Tomorrow – Part Seven Naturally, this does not mean that we should immediately give up our traditional roles related to the design of buildings, cities and built environment at large. Being aware of our responsibility for the future of the planet, we should definitely continue to promote socialized, sustainable development, taking into account the entire life cycle of buildings and, through the CPD systems, constantly improve the level of our competences, which is a condition “sine qua non” for maintaining our credibility as responsible partners in investment processes, whose well-thought-out actions based on knowledge and experience bring measurable, quantifiable benefits. The experience of recent years has also led to the revision of many existing dogmas and paradigms, such as the world market based on "global supply chains". As a result, we may be facing a process of “green reindustrialization” of Europe, which, along with developing sustainable housing, improving the energy efficiency of existing resources (an area of long-term neglect), rebuilding the destruction (hopefully!) in Ukraine and other post-war areas, may become important fields of our activity in the coming years. And how should we teach students, future architects? Quite frankly, this may be the most difficult question, because it refers to an unknown future in a world of increasingly rapid changes. I think that we should continue to focus on interdisciplinary and broadband education, giving architectural students the opportunity to develop individually in the directions of their own choices. At the same time, they must be equipped with the awareness that even a best graduate of a university from the top of the world ranking list is only a diamond in the rough. In order to achieve professional maturity and not fall out in the ruthless competition, an architect must undergo continuous education, constantly expanding both “soft” and "hard" competences. And last but not least, we must not neglect the fundamental issue of professional ethics, which in today's painfully pragmatic world is too easily put aside.

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