New Media and the Future of Practice
Posted: December 12, 2011 | Author: Lorna Parsons | Filed under: Architecture & Design, Good Practice, Web2.0 & Social Media | Tags: architecture, practice, RSAW, stickyworld, web tools | 1 Comment »I delivered a workshop (of sorts…) to around 30 architects at RSAW’s annual conference at Chapter Arts in Cardiff on 9th December.
The idea behind the workshop was to firstly take a look interesting web-based projects. In doing so, I hoped to get delegates to see the internet as more than just email and practice websites. Amongst other things, I shared Mapumental, FixMyStreet, GoGenie, SuchTweetSorrow, Give Me Back My Broken Night, Tales of Things, and Substrakt’s BAApp.
You can view the slides for my presentation over on SlideShare.
I went on to explain how certain web tools are helping to enable community-led planning (based on the recent work I’ve been doing around Neighbourhood Planning) with Slider Studio. We looked at StickyWorld in more detail along with some other ideas that have come out of the study.
This was followed by an open discussion about technology in practice. A particularly hot topic was the idea of monitoring comments and feedback through web channels and how best to manage this. I would welcome any questions that we didn’t have time to cover in the session here. Use the comments box below.
Practice makes Perfect
Posted: November 18, 2011 | Author: Lorna Parsons | Filed under: Architecture & Design, Good Practice, Networking, Web2.0 & Social Media | Tags: architecture, conference, new media, practice, RSAW, workshop | 5 Comments »I’ll be running a workshop at the RSAW conference in Cardiff on 9th December 2011. The focus of the event is very much a response to the current economic climate and a broad array of speakers will address certain themes:
- As the recession continues to bite, how are emerging architects finding new approaches to winning and carrying out their work?
- How are the established players reacting to the new challenges?
- Are the old models for building architectural practices out of date?
- Do we need to look at new, more flexible ways of making design happen?
- Is collaboration the answer?
Having discussed with the organisers what delegates are hoping to get from the event, the focus of my session will be to look at new media and growth industries for ideas and inspiration for the future of architectural practice.
Through my afternoon breakout workshop, I’ll be showcasing some interesting and exciting projects from the creative and media industries to inspire delegates to think differently about their approach and service. I’ll be sharing my experience of using social media as a powerful communication tool and demonstrating practical examples of the ways that web-based tools can save money and add value to working practice.
If you’re an Architect or if you work in practice and would like a day of inspiration, I suggest you book yourself in. It should be a great day. All the details are over on RSAW’s regional page of RIBA.
