Malaysian Architectural Education Conference: The Future of Architectural Education

The Malaysian Architectural Education Conference (MAEC 2012), organised by the Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), and advised by the Malaysian Council of Heads of Architecture Schools (COHAS) will be held on 4th and 5th October 2012. With the theme “The Future of Architectural Education”, the conference aims to bring together internationally and locally renowned architects, educators and scholars to present their views, debate current modes, and investigate possible new directions in architectural education in Malaysia.

 Architectural education is now shifting due to multiple factors that pose unprecedented challenges to our profession and lives. These factors include the population growth, the information knowledge revolution, the changing social and cultural realities, the globalization of the economy, the arising new technologies and materials, the increasing environmental degradation/consciousness, the pressures of urbanization and migration, among many others. So, how can architectural curriculum integrate a critical understanding and approach to the issues and events that will most likely impact society, architecture and ourselves in the years ahead? How can educators of architecture prepare themselves to face these challenges?

http://frsb.upm.edu.my/maec/