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Saturday, 13 June 2009 14:55

On June 17, the Neighborhood Design Center will launch, on behalf of the AIA Columbus, a design competition for a new center for architecture.

The meeting will be held in our future home at 390 East Broad Street at 4:00PM prior to the reception and Chapter meeting following in the Canzani Center on CCAD's Campus. Competition brief and collateral materials will be available on the AIA Columbus website on June 17.

June 17th - 4pm
390 East Broad Street - Enter from the Broad Street side

Following the kickoff, we ask that you join us for a reception and our Chapter Meeting presentation on Evidenced Based Healthcare Design by Rosalyn Cama, FASID.

Thank you to the following companies for their generous support as we begin this long term project.

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June Chapter Meeting: Evidence Based Design

Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:08

Evidence-based Design enables design professional and their clients to optimize design decisions via a process of gathering, evaluating and applying current best evidence from research and practice. This lecture will guide attendees through a four step, cross disciplinary design methodology that fosters healing, quality performance, and safety in the design of the healthcare environment.

Four Learning Objectives:
1. Gather qualitative and quantitative intelligence
2. Map strategic, cultural and research
3. Hypothesize, outcomes, innovate
4. Measure and share outcomes

Rosalyn Cama, FASID is the President and Principal Interior Designer of the interior planning and design firm CAMA, Incorporated in New Haven, CT. CAMA Incorporated's mission is to partner with its clients, in support of their strategic plan, in the creation and management of their interior environments.

CAMA, Incorporated, founded in 1983, has completed design work for many institutional, corporate, professional, clients, however, its main area of activity has been in healthcare and academic settings for higher education. CAMA, Incorporated has participated in projects at more than 25 major hospitals across New England and the United States. Current healthcare clients include Yale New Haven Hospital, Medical College of Georgia, University Medical Center at Princeton and El Paso Children's Hospital. Ms. Cama has lectured at New York University and Cornell University and is often sought as a spokesperson/author for the profession in the area of healthcare interior design. She has written "Evidence Based Healthcare Design" which was released by John Wiley and Sons in March 2009.

The firm has been honored for its design excellence many times since its inception. The first of many awards was bestowed in 1983 for renovation concepts to the 1883 Queen Anne style Victorian house that is the firm's headquarters. Later awards, often in partnership with the project's architectural firm, were received for work at Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, the Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, RI, Friend's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA as well as the New Haven, Connecticut Law Offices of Neubert, Pepe and Monteith and the University of Connecticut, Biology Building, Storrs, CT.

Ms. Cama has served as the twenty fourth President of the American Society of Interior Designers, (ASID). ASID is the oldest and largest professional interior design society in the world. Ms. Cama also serves as chair of the board for the Center for Health Design. The Center for Health Design is a leading research and advocacy organization of forward thinking healthcare and design professionals who are leading the quest to improve the quality of healthcare through building architecture and design. The Center's mission is to transform healthcare settings; including hospitals, clinics, physician offices, and nursing homes into healing environments that contribute to health and improve outcomes through the creative use of evidence based design.

Wednesday, June 17th
Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art & Design
5pm Reception
6pm Program begins

Thank you to EMH&T for sponsoring this month's Chapter Meeting.
EMHT

AIA Members free, Guests $20.
To register, click here. Registration closes Monday, June 15th at 1pm.

Columbus Architecture Foundation Seeking New Board Members

Thursday, 07 May 2009 17:52

The Columbus Architecture Foundation (CAF) is a not-for-profit charitable organization formed in 1974 to encourage knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the built environment in the Columbus metropolitan area. The Foundation has been affiliated with AIA Columbus, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, for 35 years, with the joint missions of educational outreach and advocacy for high-quality design of the built environment.

The Columbus Architecture Foundation has organized and carried out several major projects which have been well supported by the Columbus community including:

Publication of Architecture: Columbus, a 305-page, large format reference work published in 1976 and considered by many to be the definitive reference book on Columbus architecture.
Creation of the Central Ohio Architectural Archive, a repository at the Ohio Historical Society for archival records, papers and other documents from architectural firms significant to the development of Columbus.
Development of a traveling exhibition, "Defining The Dream," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Columbus Chapter of the AIA.
Publication of The AIA Guide to Columbus, an update to the 1976 publication which blends architectural interest with historic significance by documenting approximately 160 buildings in the Columbus metropolitan area.

Building Tour Nomination

Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:17

Whether for interesting concepts, new construction components, or overall fantastic design, for members who are still relatively new to the profession or members who are just curious, every building is a great learning tool.

Please consider nominating a project currently under construction (or will be in 2009) in our chapter area. Tours will be free, and open to all members. We will encourage members to bring a colleague who may otherwise not get to a construction site, as a guest. AIA and CES units are available for participants of each tour.

Organized by the Emerging Professionals Committee.

Click here for the form.

It really takes this level of dedication, doesn’t it?

Saturday, 18 April 2009 08:52

by Timothy Hawk, AIA - 2009 AIA Columbus President

I am sitting at my desk again. It’s the first really nice, sunny Saturday in April and it reminds me of the old days at the KSA when I would reject the numerous requests from suitemates to go play, and then walk across the oval, envious of the others frolicking in the nice weather. I was headed to studio because I just had to finish that one last plan for the critique that I anticipated from Rob Livesey. In all of my years, I don’t remember ever just stopping on the oval to relax and mill around. Truly. Never did.

Flash forward twenty years. And her I sit. Check that...here we all sit. I’m guessing that most architects are working today. If they aren’t at their desk, they are dreaming about how to initiate change, how to solve that detail, how to land the next project, how to get LEED accredited, etc.

Today is especially interesting, since our firm is hosting an Architect’s Registration Exam review session. There are three architects from Lincoln Street Studio here....Ruth Gless, AIA; Frank Elmer, FAIA; and Joe Moss, Associate AIA. Joe serves on the board as the director for the emerging architect. Ruth is also a board member and Frank is the chair of the Columbus fellows committee. Joe is signing in folks and coordinating and Ruth and Frank are teaching. These people are giving up their Saturday of sunshine to coach our “youth” on how to best understand the issues at stake as they prepare for the exam to become an architect. And all of us have chosen this endeavor at the expense of our families, the sunshine, video games, and television. We even passed up a nice conversation with our spouse this morning. My wife is at home, admiring my passion towards architecture and wondering what makes these crazy architects so dedicated to the cause.

It’s something that is in us all. We thrive on architecture. We want our society to improve. We see opportunities for our citizenry. And it just takes a lot of time and dedication.

So, the next time that you see Ruth, Frank and Joe...tell them thank you for their dedication to the profession. They deserve it.

The Changing Face of Diversity in the Architecture Industry

Monday, 23 March 2009 13:27

by Curt Moody, FAIA (AIArchitect)

Just as the buildings we design tell a story—of the growth, change, dreams, and development of our clients and communities—so too do the blueprints of the architecture industry. Minority firms especially have realized an expansion of opportunities since I started my firm more than 25 years ago. Having endured numerous challenges because of our predominantly minority demographic, we have made significant progress in building our reputation to be increasingly recognized as an integral part of the industry landscape. As every sector now faces an uncertain economic future and companies are slimming budgets to retain their resiliency, lessons learned from the rise of minority entities can be applied across markets and ethnicities alike. Read More

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