New European Bauhaus event
ARISE at ACE Conference on Upskilling x (Education + Practice) - New European Bauhaus
On Thursday 20 April 2023, Paul McCormack, ARISE project manager will present the project's first results and the upcoming pilot actions at the Architects Council of Europe (ACE) free Conference on Upskilling x (Education + Practice) - New European Bauhaus.
In the framework of the European Year of Skills 2023, the European Union aims to promote a mindset of reskilling and upskilling, in order to boost the competitiveness of European companies and help them to realise the full potential of the digital and green transitions. Skills and competences of building professionals lie at the heart of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) – a beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive built environment can only be the result of the work of skilled professionals, in the construction sector, but also throughout administrative and policy decision-making processes. We need to train a generation of professionals that adheres to NEB values and is capable of achieving its ambitions.
The one-day conference will discuss what are the skills, methods, and pedagogies needed for a flourishing and ecologically beneficial architectural practice that addresses the challenges of our turbulent twenty-first century.
The day programme can be found here.
Register for the day here.
The event will be also web-streamed from ACE YouTube Channel.
French-English interpretation will be provided.
The conference is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union with the support of the Faculty of Architecture La Cambre Horta - ULB and VELUX
Presentations and Recordings from the ARISE Partner Meeting, March 8th, 2023
The Open Session of the 7th ARISE Partner Meeting on March 8th, 2023 was titled, 'Learning bites on green and digital skills for the built environment'. This event held in Brussels included a presentation on 'BUILD UP Skills-enabling skills along the building value chain' by Ms Amandine De Coster Lacourt, Project Advisor at the European Commission-European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, (CINEA).
ARISE Programme Manager Paul McCormack also gave an 'Overview of the ARISE project'. A number of the ARISE Partners also explained the Why, What and How of the project.
Watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/re7cKo2NYxE?feature=share
Presentations from the event are also attached.
Learning bites on green and digital skills for the built environment event, March 8, 2023
Learning bites on green and digital skills for the built environment
8th March 2023 - 14:30 - 16:00 (CET)
Event, Auditoire V. Bourgeois – Flagey, Brussels - BE
Moderator: Ruth Schagemann, Architects Council of Europe (ACE) president (TBC)
Registration here.
14:30 - 14:35 | Welcome and opening words |
Master of Ceremony- Ruth Schagemann, Architects Council of Europe (ACE) president | |
14:35 - 14:45 | Words from the ULB dean |
Prof. Marcelle Rabinowicz - The Dean of the Faculté d'Architecture La Cambre Horta-ULB | |
14:45 - 14:55 | Continuous Professional Development courses for architects in Belgium |
Steve Lannoo at NAV (Flemish architectural organisation) |
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14:55 - 15:05 | BUILD UP Skills: enabling skills along the building value chain |
Amandine LACOURT - Project Advisor at European Commission - European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) | |
15:05 - 15:10 | Overview of the Arise project |
Paul McCormack - Belfast Metropolitan College | |
15:10 - 15:20 | Why: European skills framework |
Anna Moreno - BuildingSmart Italy | |
15:20 - 15:30 | What: BIM task-based qualification framework and Units of learning outcome |
Jaap Kolk - Building Changes, Jan Cronwijk - ISSO | |
15:30 - 15:45 | How: ARISE training and feedback session |
Barry Mcauley, Ryan Dempsey - Technological University Dublin, Andrew Hamilton, Eduardo Rebelo - Belfast Metropolitan College | |
15:45 - 16:00 | Question and Answers from the audience and closure |
Master of Ceremony: Ruth Schagemann, Architects Council of Europe (ACE) president |
Skills and Continuous Education for evolving built environment
The architecture and the construction of the build environment evolves and remodels to correspond to the development and changes of the moment in history we live. New ways of living, new technologies, new construction techniques require new skills and knowledge from professionals in the field.
To date, the green and the digital transformation are the two main drive forces in the design and construction sector. Climate change has made mandatory sustainable, circular and energy efficient renovation and new constructions. Cloud storage, digital design tools such as BIM, and virtual reality provide new ways of working. Internet of things, building automation, artificial intelligence, smart assistants facilitate and change the ways we live, work and play.
After a decline in the growth during the pandemic, the construction sector is expected to grow 3,4% higher than 2021. The architectural market value has also shown positive numbers increasing 23% compared to 2020. The expected growth in the sector for the next few years brings the opportunity for professionals to get involved in training in order to get ready for the market demands.
The new demands of an ever changing work environment lead also to the development of new ways of teaching and learning. Professionals upskilling need to be easily available, engaging through gamification, direct through task-based learning content developed into micro units.
In the context of the European year of skills, in this hybrid event, we will present opportunities for life long continuous education on green and digital skills minimising the skills gap and providing a fair and equal chance for all.
Sustainable Places 2022-September 2022
ARISE Programme Manager Paul McCormack will be making an online presentation at the Sustainable Places event in September, 2022.
https://www.sustainableplaces.eu/sp22-sustainable-energy-skills-in-the-construction-sector-3/
European Sustainable Energy Week 2022
There will be an ARISE presentation at the European Sustainable Energy Week on September 21, 2022 from 12.00-13.30 CET. The title of the session is: Leveraging digitalisation and construction skills towards 2030 energy goals.
https://european-sustainable-energy-week.b2match.io/agenda?session=c2Vzc2lvbjoxMjMwNzA%3D&track_id=21187
BIM Co-Ordinator Summit, Dublin, September 8, 2022
The BIM Co-Ordinator Summit in Dublin on September 8, 2022 will include ARISE Programme Manager, Paul McCormack, Barry Mc Auley from ARISE Partner, TU Dublin and Dr James Harty from ARISE Partner, KEA, Denmark as speakers.
https://www.bimcoordinatorsummit.net/
ARISE Webinar-May 18, 2022: Using digitalisation to overcome vocational exclusions for training
The ARISE project are holding an ARISE webinar on May 18th, 2022-11.00-12.30 (CET)
Title: Using digitalisation to overcome vocational exclusions for training.
This webinar will present BIMcert and ARISE toolkits which provides an agile work/learning marketplace where speed and agility are critical and where the workforce needs to be provided with the tools to do their job in a continuous cycle of learning commensurate with the demands of their daily workload.
A BIM qualified building workforce is required across the UK and Europe to meet the energy challenges of construction.
The toolkits ensure that blue-collar workers and some middle and senior-level professionals across the building value chain have the required BIM, interconnect IT and technological skills, as well as practice.
Webinar Schedule
11:00 - 11:10 Introduction–Revolutionising the learning process
Paul McCormack Belfast Met
11:10 - 11:20 Digitalisation accelerating vocational engagement
Barry McAuley TUDublin
11:20 - 11:30 Task Based learning
ANNA Moreno IBIMI
11:30 - 11:40 Beyond Blended–adaptive learning
Andrew Hamilton/Eduardo Rebelo Belfast Met
11:40 - 11:50 Micro Pathways modules, accreditation and certification
Jan Cromwijk ISSO
11:50 - 12:00 Authentication–blockchain
James Harty KEA
12:00 - 12:10 Measurable success
Dijana Likar IECE
12:10 - 12:20 Summary–what success looks like
Paul McCormack Belfast Met
12:20 - 12:30 Question and Answer session and Event closure
Paul McCormack Belfast Met
Registration link-Registration (gotowebinar.com)
You Tube recording:
https://youtu.be/S54aVPZ3v3g
EUSEW 2021: Energy Talks 25 - 29 Octobre 2021
The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) took place on 25-29 October 2021 under the theme: ‘Towards 2030: Reshaping the European Energy System’.
This year, as last year EUSEW went digital. The event comprised a 3-day digital Policy Conference, the EUSEW Awards, the second European Youth Energy Day as well as 1:1 video meetings, virtual stands and other networking activities. Participants had access to online side events and Sustainable Energy Days, digital events that took place all over Europe.
ARISE project coordinator Paul McCormack presented in the section #energytalk '10 key policy recommendations on #digitalising the #construction sector for a clean #energy #transition'. He explained why the construction industry must empower their staff to enable them to design a digital transformation roadmap for the sector.
Sustainable energy skills in the construction sector joint workshop 2.0 at #SP2021

ARISE will develop an on-demand mobile-friendly training project portal forc and sustainable energy in the construction sector. The project will also create a "cryptocurrency" of development skills and learning in the digital built environment to stimulate engagement and quantify skills development and learning.
You will find the registration of the workshop at this link.
You Tube recording:
https://youtu.be/xlZseb0UzMQ
Gathering 21 Virtual Conference - 21st - 23rd Sept 2021
Gathering 21 Virtual Conference - 21st - 23rd Sept 2021
Construction Innovations for Future Generations
Thursday 23rd Septembre Paul McCormack, ARISE H2020 coordinator, presented the project at CitA Ltd BIM Gathering in Ireland
The event acts as a focal point for all stakeholders, both from home and abroad to come together to share their research, case studies and experiences of working with Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Technologies.
The 5th BIM Gathering conference was hosted virtually due to the continued presence of COVID-19.
This year the theme of the Gathering was:
“Construction Innovations for Future Generations”.
Despite the challenges we face with the continued presence of COVID-19 there is positivity with the rollout of vaccines and the response of the Irish Government to fund a Build Digital Project (2021-2026) providing coordination and leadership to deliver increased digital adoption across the entire Irish construction and built environment sector.
This year the Gathering focused on what has hindered digital adoption to date and the innovations and interventions that will be necessary to unlock greater productivity in our sector. This includes a cultural shift in attitude towards BIM adoption; enabling a digitally enabled safer and healthier work environment; use of BIM collaboration standards as the new norm; getting BIM and off-site production to work and in hand; innovative procurement and contract vehicles; highly skilled workforces; smarter cities, smart buildings, and data; new and emerging technologies; more involvement of women in BIM and construction, and a paradigm shift towards a circular economy.
https://www.bimgathering.ie/