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Welcome to the Interior Architecture Knowledge Community's
summer 2008 newsletter. The focus of this edition is
education, including discussions of the
"traditional" architectural curriculum, new degree programs with an
interior architecture specialization, Intern Development Program
(IDP), web-based tools, professional continuing education
opportunities, and learning from each other as peers. This issue
presents multiple perspectives, offers lessons learned, captures
forecasts and provides information to help optimize your
practice.
Featured in this newsletter are articles by Margo Jones, FIIDA,
IDEC, LEED AP, and Annie Chu, AIA, NCARB. "A Win-Win
Scenario: Interns in Office Practice," by Margo
Jones, is a discussion of the evolving role of interns in
architectural and interior design firms as they begin to play a
larger role in the design of project-related work and provide
expertise in the field of building information modeling (BIM),
sustainability, and other developments which are being prominently
featured in institutions of higher education. "What of
mobile emergency relief centers, truck stops and
courthouses?", by Annie Chu, tells the story of the
1:2 Student Design Charrette, a one-day student scholarship program
competition with a $23,000 purse shared amongst the top three tier
teams.
I would like to thank our previous chair, Richard Logan, for his
tremendous leadership in the position over the past year. I'm
excited to take on Richard's responsibilities of chair for this
group, particularly when I reflect on the collective knowledge and
experience this team possesses. Our membership currently stands at
nearly 5,000 members, a testament to the successes achieved over
the past several years. I'd like to take a moment to recognize the
current members of the Interior Knowledge Community and past
chairs:
Advisory Group
Richard Logan, AIA, LEED AP, Chair Emeritus
John Jessen, AIA, IIDA, NCARB, Chair
Timothy Hawk, AIA, Vice Chair
Annie Chu, AIA, NCARB
Steven McCollom, AIA, IIDA
Kendall Wilson, AIA, Member Elect
Mary Burke, AIA, Member Elect
Past Chairs
Kevin Sneed, AIA, 2006 Chair
Diana Brenner, FAIA, 2005 Chair
Hank Hildebrandt, AIA, 2004 Chair
Angie Lee, FAIA – 2003 Chair
Our speaking tour has been incredibly active this
year, presenting throughout the country, and we will continue to
speak at events through the rest of the year. The topics
include:
• Design as a Business Strategy
• How to Work with an Interior Designer
• Grow Your Practice: the Interior Advantage
• FF&E for Dummies
• Codes for Interior Architects
In the spring we saw the release of our book
Significant Interiors, the culmination of
four years of extensive work and collaboration among the members of
our Advisory Group. The book features a select few AIA Honor
Award-winning projects from 2000 to 2005, emphasizing the unique
attributes that makes each project an award winner. It also
identifies through these special projects the overall emerging
trends in interior architecture during the first half of this
decade. In each newsletter, we will focus on one project from
Significant Interiors. For this edition, we have selected "Beauty
in Form and Material", on the interior design of the new offices
for XAP Corporation by the firm Pugh + Scarpa Architecture. This
project provides an example of achieving design excellence within
the tightest of parameters, using a collaborative technique that
allowed for rapid decision-making; a solid example for our students
to study.
As we move towards autumn, we'd like to extend a reminder that the
AIA National Institute Awards are coming up on August 29th. Please
get your submissions in so we can feature your project in the next
edition of Significant Interiors.
While this newsletter features education, the next newsletter will
focus on what you do with it: design. Please submit your articles
discussing the value of design to Steven McCollom at smccollom@garyleepartners.com by
October 15, 2008.
Please email interiors@aia.org if you have any
additional questions, comments, or would like to become more
involved in the Interior Architecture Advisory Group. We are
seeking architects for a number of committee positions including
Research, Outreach, Programs, and Sponsorship.
Sincerely,
John Jessen, AIA, IIDA, NCARB - 2008 Chair
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