Professional Practice Exam

BONUS Q&A SESSION IN   PREPARATION

FOR THE PPE EXAM

TO BE WRITTEN ON 11 & 12   October 2023

Dear Candidate Architects, join the GIfA Preparatory Bonus   Q&A session presented by Arch. Daniel van der   Merwe, Arch. Maria Paschini and Arch. Krynauw Nel

Arch. Daniel van der Merwe has been a practicing Architect since 1992 and is the founding member of Leaf Architects. He was a senior lecturer at the University of   Johannesburg and was at the Cement and Concrete Institute between 2008 and   2013 heading the architectural concrete focus area. Daniel is currently serving a second term as Board Director of the Owl House Foundation and is the current Treasurer of the GIfA Management Committee.

Arch. Maria Paschini is a professional architect, arbitrator, and sustainability   consultant in

Johannesburg. She lectures on sustainability and energy efficiency for the built environment. In 1996,   Maria founded MCP Architect & Arbitrator and has also worked in several different-sized practices. Maria has co-presented the Professional   Practice Workshops for GifA and mentors young women architects/architectural students through the W.H.Y Project.

Arch. Krynauw Nel qualified at the University of the Witwatersrand with a 6-year   B.Arch in 1989. He started Krynauw Nel Associates in its original form in   1994. The practice does a variety of work including commercial, industrial,   residential, and special projects. Krynauw has served GIfA for some 5 years on its Professional Practice Committee and founded the GifA Transformation   Committee also serving on the Professional Practice Committee and now the   Transformation Committee of SAIA.  He is also a Past President of GIfA.

BONUS Question and Answer   Session

Wednesday 4 October 2023

14:00-16:00

ONLINE

WEBINAR – links will be   forwarded to delegates on the day before the course

Additional Benefits

All candidates who pass the PPE exams and are not members of a VA will be enrolled under the correspondent VAs-Region as a Member for free for 1 year.