Risks, opportunities and challenges of AI
Watch this ACA CPD on demand webinar featuring Prof. M. Hank Haeusler as part of our series to build your knowledge and keep in touch with the implications of AI in architecture. This webinar addresses the opportunities, risks and challenges across the three lenses of architecture, architects and architectural business.
Originally held 21 May 2025.
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Architecture, architects and architectural business are three individual entities that are very closely interconnected. Here of course, architecture refers to the buildings in the built environment, architects to the individuals who conceptualise the buildings, and the architectural business the commercial operation that employs architects to deliver architecture. Humans, via their ‘general intelligence’, are in a position to operate in all three fields. Artificial Intelligence, on the other hand, is not (yet or perhaps never) a General Artificial Intelligence (GAI) or ‘strong’ AI that can perform any intellectual task a human being can, but a ‘weak’ AI designed to perform specific tasks within a limited scope.
This CPD talk discusses the opportunities, risks and challenges within AI for all three – architecture, architects, and architectural business – to provide an overview and to assist practitioners in developing their thinking and building their knowledge in the age of artificial intelligence.
OUR SPEAKER
Professor M. Hank Haeusler (PhD) is the Director of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre (ITTC) for Next-Gen Architectural Manufacturing (Arch_Manu), the Lead CI of a CRC-P grant on 3D printing, and Deputy Director UNSW AI Institute. Haeusler was Founding Director of the Computational Design degree at the UNSW Sydney, the world’s first Computational Design bachelor’s degree. As a researcher, educator, entrepreneur, and designer in computational design he authored of 150+ academic publications and raised over A$16 million research funding. He also is Head of Research, Foresight and Innovation at Giraffe Technology, a platform for the AEC sector and has lectured internationally at several universities.
COST & BOOKING
Members $30 incl GST
Non-members $60 incl GST
*One ticket per person.
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For any questions, please contact Katherine Ygosse webinars@aca.org.au.
CPD
Completion of this 1 hour webinar series and submission of the self-checked assessment task for each webinar will deliver 1 formal CPD point.
Learning outcomes – Following completion of this webinar, you will be able to build your knowledge and develop your thinking around the opportunities, risks and challenges of AI across the three lenses of architecture, for architects and in architectural business management.
Units of Competency and Performance Criteria – Detailed Design & Construction Documentation – PC 18
APBSA Core Area – Design
Links will be provided for recording access and CPD questions. Please complete questions after viewing the webinar in its entirety. Certificates will be provided following online submission of answers to questions. Please keep your receipt, completed questions and certificate for your CPD records.