About the presenter:

Jonathan Cohen, AIA holds a Master of Architecture degree from UC Berkeley. His firm’s projects have won national recognition from the AIA and the Urban Land Institute. He is an instructor in the professional development program of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Since 1996, his seminars have introduced thousands of fellow design professionals to the potential of the Internet and the skills of Web-based communication.

Who should attend:

• Architects/Engineers/Designers: Build project-specific Web sites and collaborate online
  
  
• Building Owners/Facilities Managers: Track your facilities assets and manage suppliers and consultants
  
  
• Construction Managers: Tighten schedules, cut paperwork and connect your supply chain
  
  
• City Planners: Put your zoning and GIS information online. Use the Web for participatory community planning.

Marketing
Create hyperlinked SOQs and proposals using text, pictures, video and sound.

Presentations/Conferencing
Chat with your client in another city as you view a Web page you’ve created, using sound, video and 3D formats like QuickTime VR ™ and VRML.

Research
Tap into the resources of universities, libraries and government archives. Get product information directly from manufacturers, with up-to-the-minute details and specifications. Government Approvals Download planning and zoning information from local, state and federal agency home pages. File for permits online. Participate in virtual public hearings without leaving the office.

Public Relations
Show your work to the world at lower cost and with more flexibility than paper brochures. Display drawings, models and built work on any computer, running any operating system, anywhere in the world! Participatory Design Use the Internet as a participatory medium and a powerful tool to enable community-based design. Make complex visual and spatial concepts accessible to clients and the public. Use the Web's interactive features to create a place for focused discussion and information exchange.

Skills for Web Weavers:
See hands-on demonstrations of easy-to-use Web authoring and site management tools. We'll create pages, illustrate them and place them on an Internet server. Learn to:

• Add interactive elements, such as fill-out forms and discussion groups.
  
• Link to other sites and resources.
  
• Use multimedia in your website: video, sound and narration.
• Immersive and 3D formats that simulate moving through space: QuickTimeVR and VRML.
  
• Incorporate CAD and GIS graphics.

For the first time, design professionals have a powerful, low cost, interactive, communication channel with which to convey the graphic and spatial information that is their stock-in-trade. For architects, the Internet is an opportunity to take on an important new role—that of project information manager. This seminar shows design professionals how to expand their practices with the new communication tools and gives them the background they need to implement an Internet strategy for their firms.