Pre-assessment
Pre-assessment (Zoom Poll) to be completed while waiting for session to start.
Mindfulness Break
Masterclass:
Virtual Job Shadowing Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) April 8, 2021 Note: This session will be recorded for internal purposes
Peer Facilitators: Eileen Xiao Jeffrey Lee Industry Representatives: Susan Speigel Christie Mills
Land Acknowledgement "Toronto is in the 'Dish With One Spoon Territory’. The Dish With One Spoon is a treaty between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas and Haudenosaunee that bound them to share the territory and protect the land. Subsequent Indigenous Nations and peoples, Europeans and all newcomers have been invited into this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship and respect."
Zoom Etiquette - Be Respectful
During the presentation: Your mic will be on mute, but you may unmute during the discussion time. Feel free to leave your camera on, but it is not necessary. Have a question? During the presentation, please use the raise hand function or type it in the chat box
Agenda: ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Icebreaker Introduction Career Paths - 10min Design Process - 10min Path to Licensure - 5min Mindfulness Break Breakout Room Activity - 15min ○ Importance of Effective Client Communication
● Q&A ● Concluding Remarks
Icebreaker: Let’s get to know one another! Jamboard Link
Your Peer Facilitators
Eileen Xiao
Jeffrey Lee
Peer Facilitator 4th Year Architectural Science
Peer Facilitator 5th Year Aerospace Engineering
Learning Outcomes As a result of the job shadow, students will be able to: 1. Understand the core missions, values and culture of a given organization 2. Make connections between what they are learning in the classroom and practical application in the workplace 3. Identify core components of a job they are shadowing, including skills required, day to day functions, long-term and short-term outcomes, and success metrics 4. Discuss approaches for thriving in a professional environment
1 min
Susan Speigel PRESIDENT
My name is Susan Speigel I am an Architect I have been practicing in Toronto for over 30 years The SSA design studio rooted in community building and innovative thinking to push forward actionable projects. As SVP on the OAA Council I can push my ideals forward from the top down as well as the bottom up of activism. I taught at the IwB for 10 years. I am a Change Agent in the current wave of new practices which blends Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism, Social Activism, Systems Design, Community Based Design, Environmental Ecology, Design Research, Teaching and Writing. My work crosses many disciplines. I call what we design.
1 min
Christie Mills EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Christie Mills is an architect and was recently appointed to serve as the Registrar for the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA). She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture. She actively practised for 15 years and was a Principal with Moriyama & Teshima Architects (MTA) before commencing work with the OAA in 2017. As Registrar since March 2020, she leads a team to help the OAA meet its regulatory mandate and carry out the legislated Objects of the Architects Act.
10 min
Career Paths
HOW DO I THINK I am an Activist Architect I am always questioning I cast a very wide net to look at the whole picture and the biggest view I can imagine WHAT DO I DO I build inside and outside. Inside users are only 10% of the user while the Public Realm, the outside, the relationship of the building to the street matters 90% more WHY DO I TEACH (George Brown College) As an Architect with a social conscience, I ask big questions that I answer with good work in the real world I believe in a younger generation of thinkers and makers WHAT I BELIEVE - RADICAL THINKING In order to rise above ordinary thought we have to pull our presumptions apart and put them back together making outrageous programming in inspirational products
OUTRAGEOUS THINKING
LEADS TO..
RADICAL (or innovative) DESIGN STRATEGIES
"EXISTING” infrastructure RADICALLY RETHOUGHT = NEW BRILLIANCE
Radical Thinking = Outrageous Programming = JOY
Turned every negative challenge into a positive
• Retail at grade • Transparent pedestrian access from the front to the rear • Car entrance monitored to respect
1111 LINCOLN STREET MIAMI Herzog & de Meuron
pedestrian traffic • Condo and housing at upper levers • Event spaces • Some parking • Viewing platform for whole city skyline
Radical Representation
Impossible situations are often great opportunities, brilliantly disguised Centre of the Magnet
10 min
Design Process Malvern Early-On
Site Measurements
Site Visits
Precedents
Concept and Schematic Programs
Sections
Concept Sketches
Scheduling
Colour Palette
Materiality
Material Variation
Material Variation
Detailing and Construction Document
Drawings → Reality
5 min
Paths to Licensure
2 min
Questions? To everyone who is attending the session, we will send a follow-up email with a takeaway resource document
Importance of Effective Client Communication Jamboard link
Breakout Room Instructions - Importance of Effective Client Communication
6 min in Breakout room
STEP 1: Put into 1 of 2 breakrooms, an OAA member in the room will describe a predetermined object (will not disclose the name of the object) STEP 2: While the “Client” describes the object, the student will do their best to create the drawing through Jamboard replicating the object, creating one final drawing (designate one person to draw and one person to present). You will have a total of 5 mins to draw STEP 3: All students will return to the breakout room The correct image will be displayed by the Peer Facilitators
2 min
Importance of Client Communication
2 min
Final Image
Post-assessment
Zoom Poll should be popping up soon! Thanks
5 min
Q&A To everyone who is attending the session, we will send a follow-up email with a takeaway resource document
Thank you! Contact us: Peerfacilitator@ryerson.ca Website:
www.ryerson.ca/pnp