join the feedback discussion in the interactive forum

the manifesto for the future forum aimed to set out a student manifesto for future of architectural education, discussing:

1. IN THE FUTURE: How should we as architecture students be interacting with the larger world? Should architecture students be able to provide a public service? Is our work relevant to the public? How could it benefit the public? Should it?

2. IN THE FUTURE: What will be the job description of an architect? Is there one? Should there be just one title- 'Architect'- for the many roles an architect takes? What are we being educated to do- and is it the same thing as what we will do? Should we be 'specialising' in the parts of architecture we are interested in- and should we do this before or after we qualify?

3. IN THE FUTURE: Is the role of architect a local, national or international job? Should architecture offices be in one country or spread across many? Should architecture have a local style- or an international style?

4. IN THE FUTURE: How should architecture be taught? Is the studio a useful tool? How involved with other professions- or clients- should education be? How much is about teaching knowledge- and how much about teaching skills? Should architecture be taught in Universities or on the job?

5. IN THE FUTURE: What should the demographic of architecture be? If we want to change the demographic, how do we manage that? How can we attract school-leavers to architecture? How do we make it more attractive to women etc?

this culminated in an open discussion panel with invited guests

a full report from the forum will be posted here shortly

Download the full forum programme here.
Download the forum poster here.

many thanks to the riba who funded student travel costs.