mies from the vault

Check out our very first Mess with Mies Competition back in 2010!!

Questions about this year submittals, contact aias@iit.edu.

 

 

Coming Soon – Freedom By Design (FBD)

Large numbers of people feel confined in their own homes. They are unable to get into their showers, ascend steps, open doors or pass through doorways. Most troubling is that many people are unable to flee their homes in an emergency without assistance because the residences are not properly designed for their specific needs. Freedom by Design™, the AIAS community service program, utilizes the talents of architecture students to radically impact the lives of people in their community through modest design and construction solutions. Vital modifications are made to enhance the homes of low-income and disabled individuals by addressing their struggles with everyday tasks such as bathing, ascending stairs and opening doors. Our priority is improving the safety, comfort and dignity of the home’s occupants.

Through numerous AIAS chapters, Freedom by Design™ (FBD) teaches students how to resolve accessibility issues while simultaneously providing them with the real world experience of working with a client, mentorship from a local architect and constructor, and an understanding of the practical impact of architecture and design. You are invited to get involved. The AIAS is seeking mentors and supporters to help us grow this important program. Please help us better the lives of those in need.

So do you think it would be cool to have this program our school that uses architecture and deign to improve peoples lives?

WE DO! This year marks our launch of this program within iitAIAS. It is not without a team of dedicated students and faculty that our future endeavors will be successful. We are asking YOU if you want to be part of this.

Email aias@iit.edu for questions.

professional development going strong

FIRM CRAWLS ARE BACK! Sign up now for the November series of Firm Crawls before the spots dissapear. Priority goes to iitAIAS members so if you are not a member this is the opportune time to join and reap the benefits this organization has to offer.

To RSVP Click Here!

Also mark your calendars for the Alumni Panel, November 11th @ Noon, Lower Core. Bring your lunch and your questions about what its like to be in the real world!

2nd general body meeting

Its that time again folks, time to check out what exactly we have planned for the rest of October and into November! For those of you that are members and non-members, stop by! For those interested in FORUM Phoenix, there will be a mandatory meeting after, so please be in attendance.

If you haven’t seen this years first Membership video check it out below!! It is still not to late to join, remember you will be entered into a raffle in addition to all the discounts and exclusive events we offer our members.

College of Architecture October Events

Updating you on 2 events that the College of Architecture/ IIT will be hosting in the month of October. First is the Chicago Architecture + Design College Day, Saturday October 15th and will play host to 40+ Architecture Schools. This is your chance to check out Undergraduate and Graduate programs; mark your calendars and stop by! October 20th the College of Architecture will also play host to this years first Profession Day, Perkins + Will, HBRA Architects, and Rebuilding Together will be in attendance. Look at the posters below to get more information on these 2 great events! Questions, email Sarah Pariseau (sparisea@iit.edu) or (aias@iit.edu).

Professional Development

iitAIAS launches its Professional Development with 3 confirmed Firm Crawls and more to come. See the post below and RSVP to aias@iit.edu for registration form. AIAS members receive priority but spots are open for non-members as well, just another reason to join!

In a joint venture between iitAIAS and the College of Architecture we will be hosting two lectures  Oct. 5 and 7th. One will be from AIA Chicago and the other will be an informative lecture on NCARB and the process of licensure. Mark your calendars and don’t miss out!!

Question email aias@iit.edu

General Body Meeting

iitAIAS invites you to our first General Body Meeting of the semester! If you want to know who we are and what we do, this would be the perfect meeting to go to!

THIS WEEK

We have 2 events this week. First is our 2nd Board Meeting on its new night: WEDNESDAYS!! 

Come check us out, this is your chance to become more involved and make a change!!

 

 

2nd is the introduction of our September Film Series with a kick off showing this Thursday, September 1st

of My Architect. Bring your friends, your popcorn and take a break; there is a life outside of studio!

Nows The Time!!

For all of you wondering how you can join iitAIAS, follow the 3 easy steps below! I will even do part of the first step for you, click THIS!

Itty Bitty Competitty

For those of you unfamiliar with our Itty Bitty Competitty’s; this is a weekly competition that is meant to take little time for the cleaver thinkers. We provide a simple theme and ask for entries, we then post all entries on this site and allow students to vote, then choose a winner. Easy as pie and you if you win you get a $20 Gift Card!! Who doesn’t like some easy money.

For our first Competitty of the school year we will be accepting submissions until Monday August 29th. To submit, send to aias@iit.edu and file must be 8.5×11 PDF format. Voting will then be open from Tuesday August 30th until midnight Thursday September 1st, with the winner announced on Friday at our Board Meeting. The same schedule will be implemented for every competitty that follows!

So check out the poster below and SUBMIT!!!

Grassroots 2011

iitAIAS just returned from the national AIAS conference in Washington D.C. A weekend full of helpful sessions, keynotes, and lots of new friends! We can’t wait to start the school year off sharing what we learned and hosting some incredible events four our new and returning members. We would like to thank:

DDB Chicago, IIT Collage of Architecture, AIA Chicago, IIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Alex Garrett & Patricia Berryhill (Office of Student Life) and for all those members who bought cookies at our bake-sales!

Without the above support none of this would have been possible! Interested in becoming involved? Looks fun right?! Email aias@iit.edu for more information.

 

 

Testify!

Rotterdam plays host to the newly remodeled Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi), which is currently having an exhibition entitled TESTIFY! The Consequences of Architecture. Below are some notes on the exhibition:

Testify! is all about taking responsibility. Taking responsibility for formulation solutions for complex and urgent social, economic and ecological issues, and for reflecting critically on the consequences of the resulting architecture design. Testify! presents 25 international projects by designers who are committed to shaping a more sustainable society. In the exhibition, the designers invite people to give feedback on their projects. Residents and users were interviewed and asked to say whether, in their opinion, the designers have succeeded in achieving their goals. The projects range from buildings such as homes, schools, libraries and community centers that have already been built, to experiments and interdisciplinary ideas conceived by think-tanks and research groups. Despite their extremely varied practical and conceptual natures, the projects have a considerable number of important features in common. Each of the projects was designed around the specific environmental, social and community features of the locality. Moreover, every designer believes passionately and absolutely in the potential of architecture as a force for positive change. 

‘Architecture is re-inventing itself. No wonder we can be amazed at what it looks like’  - Ole Bouman

‘Reality makes any new building necessarily unfinished and imperfect, though perhaps perfectible in time’ - Lukas Feireiss

‘The users are the witnesses you need in order to find out about the quality of good architecture’ – Ole Bouman

‘If you want to make progress, you have to try something new’ – Arno De Geest

‘It’s much easier to stir up the initial energy for an ambitious project, but much more challenging to truly sustain it over the long term’- Dagmar Quentin

‘This non-space has received a soul, simply through the personal and collective memories of all those involved there’ – Marlies Rustemeyer

‘The main design was not engaged on a spatial or Architectural but on a social level’ – Ulrike Seybold

‘Why not come up with a creative solution to social issues instead of just telling people what they already knew?’ – Rick Lowe

‘It is possible to create an entire integrated experience of artwork, architecture, and nature’ – Iwan Baan

Below are some more photos from NAi