Brett Steele - Dean USC School of Architecture

Brett Steele – freshly minted Dean USC School of Architecture in Las Angeles - joins the podcast to discuss their perspective on preparing architects for the future. Before USC, Steele oversaw 14 degree-awarding programs in four academic departments, two world-renowned museums, and the Center for the Art of Performance across town from UCLA School of Arts and Architecture. Steele explores the role of the architect in the face of mass urbanization, AI, and the multitude of unknown challenges facing our schools, cities, and planet.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how Steele emphasizes the importance of adaptation in a world that produces more knowledge than ever.
2. Discuss how Steele believes the greatest thing schools can install in design related students is having the confidence to adapt and continue learning as they face ongoing and unknown challenges.
3. Explain the approach Steele supports when it comes to the mass urbanization that is rapidly developing globally.
4. List some of the benefits Steele believes architects can benefit from when exploring alternative, non-full time student education programs.

Credits: 0.5 AIA LU/HSW

Speaker: Aaron Prinz