9 Nov – 18:00 – Conference
10 Nov – Workshop – all day

23 nov – 18:00 – Conference
24 nov – Workshop – all day

January
February

25 Ian – 18:00 – Conference
26 Ian – Workshop – all day

Armina is an architect and PhD researcher developing a business model for architects and designers at the Doctoral School of Architecture Ion Mincu in Bucharest. She founded the aBC—a Business of Creativity community, and cil*SCHOOL, a mini-MBA program for creative industry leaders.

Andrei is an architect and co-founder of the Cirrus Studio, where he actively experiments with the area of ​​renderings with the help of programs that integrate artificial intelligence.

Zoran is an architect and visual storyteller and has extensive experience in formulating digital solutions in the field of multimedia and broadcasting, from videography to interactive installations and scenography. Zoran has been in our team since the first edition and he is an important mentor when it comes to the 3D software side of every edition.

Andreea is the Executive Director of the Association for Values ​​in Education (AVE) and a mentor for The Challenge Academy community when it comes to coordination, but also Fundraising and understanding the use of resources in any project.

This workshop aims to provide architects with the foundational tools, business acumen and strategies to start and run their architectural practices effectively. Through a combination of theory and practice, students and young entrepreneurs will learn how to merge creative processes with business acumen, culminating in a real-world challenge to test their skills. 

 

Workshop participants will leave with a toolkit of business strategies tailored explicitly to architecture. Participants will receive templates and resources for strategy, business models, client profiles, planning, and marketing and will be involved in networking opportunities with peers and industry experts.

This workshop aims to explore architectural concept generation methods and more, using existing Artificial Intelligence programs. Participants will learn to build an effective prompt and understand the advantages and limitations of the software, both in concept generation and improving the design process. 

 

The workshop is in its second edition, and after the results of the first one, we decided to resume it in the 8th edition, both because of the major importance that these software can have in the way we can improve our work pace, and because software advances, it changes, and things look very different in this area every month, and we have to keep up with them. In this workshop we will work in Krea, Midjourney and MNML.

The 3D course has always been the basis of the theoretical part of every edition of The Challenge Academy. This time we return to Archicad, where participants will learn to work well and structured, whether they already have knowledge of the program, or they just started their journey of learning it. The final part of it focuses on the Adobe Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign - in which the participants will learn how the three programs work in order to prepare the diagrams of the project, the renderings, but also the final plans. This course will be held online, during the month of January.

This workshop aims to prepare for the implementation of a large-scale, often very complex projects, similar to those we encounter every day in the field of architecture. The workshop offers a crash course on managing expectations and relationships with all stakeholders in the project and addresses the branches of budgeting, contracting and teamwork within the project. 

 

Andreea will guide us through various phases of project management and we will try to answer together questions such as: What does a good goal sound like? What is a project? How do we communicate effectively as a team within the project? and what does a project manager actually do?

Armina Popeanu

BUSINESS OF ARCHITECTURE

9 Nov – 18:00 – Conference
10 Nov – Workshop – all day

This workshop aims to provide architects with the foundational tools, business acumen and strategies to start and run their architectural practices effectively. Through a combination of theory and practice, students and young entrepreneurs will learn how to merge creative processes with business acumen, culminating in a real-world challenge to test their skills. 

 

Workshop participants will leave with a toolkit of business strategies tailored explicitly to architecture. Participants will receive templates and resources for strategy, business models, client profiles, planning, and marketing and will be involved in networking opportunities with peers and industry experts.

Armina is an architect and PhD researcher developing a business model for architects and designers at the Doctoral School of Architecture Ion Mincu in Bucharest. She founded the aBC—a Business of Creativity community, and cil*SCHOOL, a mini-MBA program for creative industry leaders.

Andrei Cumpănășoiu

AI IN ARCHITECTURE

23 Nov – 18:00 – Conference
24 Nov – Workshop – all day

This workshop aims to explore architectural concept generation methods and more, using existing Artificial Intelligence programs. Participants will learn to build an effective prompt and understand the advantages and limitations of the software, both in concept generation and improving the design process. 

 

The workshop is in its second edition, and after the results of the first one, we decided to resume it in the 8th edition, both because of the major importance that these software can have in the way we can improve our work pace, and because software advances, it changes, and things look very different in this area every month, and we have to keep up with them. In this workshop we will work in Krea, Midjourney and MNML.

Andrei is an architect and co-founder of the Cirrus Studio, where he actively experiments with the area of ​​renderings with the help of programs that integrate artificial intelligence. 

Zoran Popovici

ARCHICAD & ADOBE SUITE

Ianuarie
Februarie

The 3D course has always been the basis of the theoretical part of every edition of The Challenge Academy. This time we return to Archicad, where participants will learn to work well and structured, whether they already have knowledge of the program, or they just started their journey of learning it. The final part of it focuses on the Adobe Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign - in which the participants will learn how the three programs work in order to prepare the diagrams of the project, the renderings, but also the final plans. This course will be held online, during the month of January.

Zoran is an architect and visual storyteller and has extensive experience in formulating digital solutions in the field of multimedia and broadcasting, from videography to interactive installations and scenography. Zoran has been in our team since the first edition and he is an important mentor when it comes to the 3D software side of every edition.

Andreea Nistor

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

25 Ian – 18:00 – Conference
26 Ian – Workshop – all day

This workshop aims to prepare for the implementation of a large-scale, often very complex projects, similar to those we encounter every day in the field of architecture. The workshop offers a crash course on managing expectations and relationships with all stakeholders in the project and addresses the branches of budgeting, contracting and teamwork within the project. 

 

Andreea will guide us through various phases of project management and we will try to answer together questions such as: What does a good goal sound like? What is a project? How do we communicate effectively as a team within the project? and what does a project manager actually do?

Andreea is the Executive Director of the Association for Values ​​in Education (AVE) and a mentor for The Challenge Academy community when it comes to coordination, but also Fundraising and understanding the use of resources in any project.