2024-05-20T01:37:17-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150427701/heatherwick-s-humanise-campaign-inspires-joyful-architecture-degree-at-uk-university Josh Niland 2024-05-15T18:01:00-04:00 >2024-05-19T15:27:24-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/39/391c06478c07592815ae053fe9b77257.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The UK&rsquo;s <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/58089907/loughborough-university" target="_blank">Loughborough University</a> has accepted <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/354290/thomas-heatherwick/30" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a>'s challenge to &lsquo;humanize&rsquo; and create &lsquo;joyful&rsquo; architecture with a new academic offering: A master's degree aiming to give students the opportunity to take part in a burgeoning movement created to solve a global &ldquo;urban crisis&rdquo; over the next decade. The 115-year-old university will become the first to affiliate itself with the <a href="https://humanise.org/" target="_blank"><em>Humanise</em></a> campaign academically with new supplementary course content exclusive to its new Master of Architecture &amp; Design program.</p> <p>Courses will leverage research into architecture, neuroscience, and human psychology in accord with Heatherwick&rsquo;s philosophy of design, which was recently the subject of a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150390834/thomas-heatherwick-wants-architects-to-improve-mental-health-through-interestingness" target="_blank">new treatise</a> of the same title. The program's official launch is slated for the fall of 2025 and includes a series of lectures and workshops exploring the idea of emotion as a function of design, an announcement from the university read Tuesday.</p> <p>Dr Robert Schmidt III of the School of Architecture, Bui...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150421068/leading-architects-become-harvard-alums-with-this-executive-development-program Sponsor 2024-03-21T14:55:00-04:00 >2024-03-22T13:45:07-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/72/72870cd204d197ad4e29fbe49a31e5cb.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><strong><em>This post is brought to you by <br><a href="https://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education</a></em></strong></p> <p>Created for global leaders in the built environment,&nbsp;the <a href="https://bit.ly/4csi9jm" target="_blank">Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate (AMDP)</a> at the Harvard Graduate School of Design leverages the school&rsquo;s resources to help participants reach the absolute pinnacle of their profession. The intensive one-year program with five weeks spent on campus brings participants into contact with industry leaders from around the world via on-campus sessions, site visits, and project-based learning, culminating in graduates being granted Harvard alumni status.&nbsp;</p> <p>This article features insights from three program alumni, Trusted Inc. Founder and CEO Michael Peters, Class of 2015, Unico Developers Principal and Co-founder Fernando Levy Hara, Class of 2010, and Raouf Advisory Founder and Chief Advisor Hussam Raouf, Class of 2017, to get an inside look at this unique educational and professional growth opportunity.</p> &ldquo;The Most Exclusive Real E...