SEE Academy
Come to Dubai and learn inside the thing.
Cohorts spend a concentrated period at the institute, learning in the net-zero building and the district around it. Sustainable urban development is easier to understand when you can stand in one.
A week that is mostly not classroom.
Cohorts spend the majority of the programme in the building and the district, with classroom sessions used to consolidate what the site has already taught. It is the difference between studying a case and standing in it.
What the week involves
Classroom work is the smaller half.
- The building as case study
- Its systems, its performance data and the design decisions behind a renewable surplus rather than a break-even.
- The district as field site
- Residential blocks, biodomes, water and waste systems, and the residents who live with all of it.
- The immersive hall
- Augmented and virtual reality sessions covering scenarios that cannot be walked through in person.
- Practitioner sessions
- Time with the engineers and specialists who built the community, discussing what they would do differently.
Universities bring cohorts every year.
Partner institutions send student groups as part of their own programmes, which is why the format is built to slot into an existing curriculum, not replace one.
Bring a cohort.
University groups, corporate teams and government delegations all run this. Tell us the group size, the dates and what they need to leave understanding.
Plan a cohort