Ross Donaldson served as CEO and Chairman at Woods Bagot from 2006-16 through its emergence as Australia’s largest and the world’s sixth-largest architectural practice. He serves on the AIA’s national climate action Taskforce. He sits on Curtin’s School of Design and Built Environment Advisory Board and helps practices and young practitioners with defining their future.  

Title- Architectural Futures: Climate, Liveability, and Computation 

 

 Synopsis:  Architects must now take a much greater level of responsibility for the performance of our buildings, not only in dealing with the climate crisis but also to elevate the behavioural performance of buildings and cities for their users. To fully deliver on our responsibilities to the communities we serve, we must draw on the full potential of the computational tools emerging.