Dean Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, FAIA joined the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Summit for a session on Contech, standards and the power of productivity. As one of five speakers, Ingalill’s session explored the role of tools in architectural design and the future of practice.
2019 RICS Summit Series Americas
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
555 W Temple St, Los Angeles 90012, CA
The Summit Series Americas brings together thought leaders from diverse regions to share knowledge about current issues in the industry. This year’s theme focused on the Cities of the Future. Topics included investment trends, the changing workplace, the future of cities, globalization and the built environment, sustainability and more.
Ingalill spoke on her background as an architect and facade consultant and how the application of new tools in the design process shape practice. She also touched on her role as an educator and Dean in how best to disseminate specialized computational instruments in schools of architecture while fostering systems thinking. Looking to the future of practice, she explored how Woodbury teaches continuing education practices rather than emphasizing specialized techniques.
Session speakers: Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, Christopher Gray, Mark Fergus, Mallary Q. White, and Scott Johnson
About RICS
From intelligent cities to pioneering technologies and the latest sustainable building methods, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) aims to explore the challenges, opportunities and possibilities for the future of surveying. RICS is a professional body promoting and enforcing the highest international standards in the valuation, management and development of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure. RICS work at a cross-governmental level, delivering a single, international standard that will support a safe and vibrant marketplace in land, real estate, construction and infrastructure.