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AIA Arkansas2014
Emerging Professionals
The EP committee is a fundamental component to the profession and the AIA AR. It provides a conduit for involvement and leadership in concert with but beyond the bounds of the university or traditional firm structure. We believe in informing the emerging professional in Arkansas about the offerings of the AIA, protecting their voices and position on issues that affect them, partnering with other allied efforts and organizations, and empowering EP’s to lead from their unique situation.
For many, this is their first time serving on a committee and so it takes some adjusting to get oriented within the format. This in and of itself is part of empowering. It introduces those on the EP committee to the format and challenges of working together with others for the common good in a not for profit environment. Furthermore, we are one part of a much larger statewide EP effort. As a direct offspring of the AIA we are enabled by them financially, by their mission/vision/values and by a seat at the table of the board of directors. Our role should always honor this relationship while we do our part in advancing the causes of architecture in the state of Arkansas.
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2014 AIA Arkansas Emerging Professionals Committee
Austin ChatelainStudio ACLittle Rock
2014 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Heather DavisPolk Stanley Wilcox ArchitectsLittle Rock
2014 ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Matt SnyderMASworksNorthwest Arkansas
Chris SheppardTaylor KempkesHot Springs
Kara McElyeaBRR ArchitectureBentonville
Audree CookJames R Childers Architect, Inc.Fort Smith
Brandon RuhlTaggartNorth Little Rock
Adam StowePat Kelly MagruderWest Memphis
Adam DayAMR ArchitectsLittle Rock
James MeyerWER ArchitectsLittle Rock
REGIONAL ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Cory WhalinClements & AssociatesNorth Little Rock
Jeremiah RussellRogue ArchitectureLittle Rock
2015 ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
On January 24th-25th 2014 the AIA Arkansas Board of Directors met at the Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri for the annual board retreat. Other than the annual convention, this is the only time during the year that the entire board can meet in person to discuss our association. Representing the Emerging Professionals this year was Austin Chatelain, Asso-ciate Director and Heather Davis, Assistant Associate Director. During this retreat there were a broad range of topics covered including previous meeting minutes, financial reports, the 2014 budget, legislative updates, national board reports, strategic planning, the Fay Jones School of Architecture, state convention, section updates as well as many other business items. As part of this series of updates, Austin Chatelain gave the Associates’ report which included a very active2013 including activities such as City of Good Neighbors, Envision Little Rock, Tactical Urbanism, PopUp Little Rock, studioMAIN exhibits, the Beaux Arts Ball, and a firm crawl providing opportunities for Associates to plug-in to AIA Arkansas. This Associates’ report also served as a platform for casting vision for 2014 which highlighted a PopUp event to be held in Hot Springs, continued studioMAIN involvement, community engagement projects and empowering through leadership.
AIA Arkansas Board of Directors Retreat
AIA Arkansas Officer InductionSingin’ Cowboy at Thursday evening’s welcome dinner
View from Big Cedar Lodge
Big Cedar Lodge
Pop Up on Park - Hot Springs
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park!april 4th - 6th
Upcoming events Please join usFeb. 28th @ 2 PM
community Planning meeting
@ DELUca’s PIZZeria
Special guestandrew howard
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+ Local Vendors & Artist + Live Music + Food Trucks+ Streetside Cafes & Seating+ Bike Lanes & Urban Gardens
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What if?What if Park Avenue was safer? To cross the street? To stand on the sidewalk? To linger?
What if Park Avenue provided shared access for all modes of transportation - pedestrians, bicycles, mobility devices and cars?
What if Park Avenue had better staying power? More reasons to gather, shop and invite friends?
What if Park Avenue had the amenities that appealed to everyone – from ages 8 to 80?
What if Park Avenue was a Better Block?
Building a Better Block - with Andrew Howard Deluca’s Pizza Community Room
February 28, 5:30 – 7:00
Andrew and co-founder Jason Roberts created The Better Blocks Project. Now being used in over fifty cities and three
nations, the Better Block tactical design process illustrates how simple modifications can powerfully alter the economic, social, and ecological value of a city by gathering designers and community volunteers together to create a one-day urban intervention that sparks the imagination and interest of citizens and leaders alike. Come learn how to better employ two important American traditions: entrepreneurship—the spirit of enterprise, and civic virtue—the spirit of community.
SPONSORED BY:
Pop Up on Park was conceived as a way to bring community support to the revitalization of the northern gateway neighborhood of Park Avenue, in historic downtown Hot Springs.
Initially a team of young architects, city of-ficials, local professionals, artist, and com-munity leaders met together to discuss not only the current difficulties and opportunities surrounding neighborhood, but also what they envisioned for the future of the neighborhood. In addition to these initial efforts a public plan-ning meeting was held at a local pizzeria, with special guest Andrew Howard. Mr. Howard is the founder of the Better Block organization. He gave a lecture on various strategies and successful examples of pop up type events that his organization had helped facilitate. He then discussed the positive effects those loca-tions enjoyed after the events took place.
Over 100 members of the community partici-pated in this presentation. Afterwards a com-munity round table took place in order form desires and ideas for the event. From that meeting a date was set and work began for the event. Over the next month permits were applied for, and supplies were gathered.
Despite the disapproval from the highway department, a modified version of the event took place anyway. The festivities included local vendors, live music, outdoor dining, and art displays. Many from the community par-ticipated and enjoyed the event. Momentum from this event continues to build everyday within the Park Ave. community.
West Memphis Christian School Career DayA fellow co-worker and I volunteered at West Memphis Christian School for their Career Day. We discussed with the kids what an architect does, how a project is taken from an idea to a finished building, and educated them on what they can expect if they decide to choose architecture as their major in col-lege. We also showed them final renderings of recent projects we had worked on, brought project display boards, models, and sup-plies for them to see. The kids were all very interested in our profession and had a lot of questions at the end of the presentation. - Adam Stowe, Assoc. AIA
In conjunction with Main Street West Memphis, I developed a plan for a potential “Pop-up” event in the heart of downtown West Mem-phis that would bring about awareness to an underdeveloped block along Broadway St. Although the plan was not able to be realized this fall, plans to hold the event are in full force for this coming spring. This event will take an abandoned block along West Memphis’ most historic street downtown and turn it into a com-munity plaza for a day with enhanced street frontage, venders, a mini golf course, art wall, and a stage for live music. - Adam Stowe, Assoc. AIA
West Memphis: Bring Back Broadway
I participated in helping a group of high school girls compete in an interior design charrette proj-ect. It was a segment of the 4-H ‘O Rama that is hosted every year. It was held at the University of Arkansas of Fayetteville. This year I was able to get involved with one group of girls and show them what Design in the ‘real world’ is all about. It was very rewarding to me to help young adults to get a better idea of what they may want to do for the rest of their life. I feel that sometimes the world has an obscure vision of what design really is and it was great to get out there and actually show them.
The girls won first place out of the six groups that competed. And went on to the National level in January and took first place there as well! - Audree Cook, ASID
4-H O’Rama Interior Design Charrette
Tornado Relief Effort - Mayflower
At 7:06 p.m. on April 27, 2014 a tornado touched down roughly 6 miles east of Paron AR and tracked north-northeast. The tornado soon struck a residential area at EF3 intensity killing three people. The storm continued causing more damage removing roofs from homes and crossing Lake Mau-melle. It proceeded through unpopulated areas until crossing the Arkansas River and immediately striking the Plantation Subdivision, just southwest of Mayflower AR at EF4 intensity killing one person. The tornado continued at EF4 intensity through Mayflower crossing Interstate 40 obliterating homes and sweeping them from their foundations as cars were tossed hundreds of yards away. The tornado moved into the town of Vilonia as a high-end EF4 which was struck by a deadly EF2 tornado only three years prior. There it struck the recently built Vilonia Middle School destroying the top floor and causing most of the walls to collapse. With winds estimated as high as 190 mph and the circulation spanning 0.75 miles, the tornado moved through the town center. There it completely destroyed many strip centers, gas stations and restaurants. Nine people were killed in Vilonia.
Overall, the tornado remained on the ground for an hour, from 7:06pm to 8:06pm and traveled 41.3 miles. Sixteen people lost their lives due to the tornado, making it the deadliest in Arkansas since an F4 killed 35 on May 15, 1968. One hundred and ninety-three others were injured.
The Emerging Professionals committee responded by calling for volunteers to assist in the ongoing cleanup effort being organized by the Arkansas Dream Center. On June 07 we spent time in the Plantation Subdivision of Mayflower cleaning up debris for a family who did not have home owners insurance. After partnering with other churches and groups, we worked alongside an estimated 60 volunteers.
PopUp in the Rock - Park HillstudioMAIN
Beginning in 2012, studioMAIN and Create Little Rock have come together each year and adopted a few blocks to transform for a weekend with PopUp in the Rock. Pop Up in the Rock is part of a national movement called the “Better Block Project.” Our goal is to enhance a forgotten, desolate or car dominated street into a more community-oriented area for a weekend with the goal of inspiring permanent change. This group of young professionals engages with community members to determine specific needs and institute changes such as bike lanes, shops, dining pop-ups and entertainment. By transforming just a few blocks into a thriving, complete locale, Pop Up in the Rock exemplifies the idea that developing potential, even block-by-block, can make our city better.
This year, Pop Up teamed with the Park Hill neighborhood to transform the car-dominated JFK Boulevard into an active, pedestrian friendly locale. The results were phenominal, and we are optimistic that this temporary demon-stration will spur permanent change in Park Hill.
planning meeting @ studioMAIN
temporary crosswalk on JFK Boulevardfood truck & live entertainment area
for more info, visit: facebook.com/PopUpintheRock
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North Little Rock Mayor Joe Smith with Pop Up Park Hill Co-Chairs Bethany Berry & Heather Davis
Central Arkansas Transit Authority (CATA) provided a free shuttle service from the downtown Little Rock transit center.
Donated wooden pallets became temporary bus shelters.
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4th Year Studio Design Charrette
On the Friday afternoon of September 26, The Uni-versity of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture 4th year design studio took over studioMAIN in order to present their semester long design projects to local Emerging Professionals. Lead by Assistant Profes-sor Mark Manack and Visiting Assistant Professor Alison Turner, this semester’s design project asks the students to imagine and design a new Arts Magnet High School located on the 400 block of Main Street in downtown Little Rock. James Meyer, Jonathan Opitz, James Sullivan, Adam Day and Brandon Bibby represented the Emerging Professionals and spent sev-eral hours going through each student’s site sketches and design providing focused feedback on community and the site’s contextual relationships.
studioMAIN
360 Degree Leadership Workshop
At the core of our journey as emerging professionals is the need for quality leadership. Leadership from our employers, from our peers and from ourselves. Recognizing this need and the lack of education around this subject of leadership lead us to design a workshop that addresses this. By reach-ing out to the John Maxwell Team, who is known world-wide as the authority on leadership, we were directed to Mike Harbor of Harbor Resources. Mike is a certified John Max-well Leadership Coach whose purpose and calling in life is to ignite a leadership revolution by lifting growth-driven people and organizations higher in purpose, excellence and action. He did not disappoint.
The two hour workshop was based around the 360 Leader book by John Maxwell. In this teaching Mike discussed common Myth’s of leading and some of the many challenges leaders face. He also taught us how to lead up, lead across and down while creating an environment that unleashes this leadership within us. I believe Mike’s workshop was a har-monious contrast to our standard convention CEU’s. By all accounts, his presentation resonated well with our members into an area of our professional experience that is rarely if ever openly discussed.
Emerging Professionals and the Northwest Arkansas Section AIA are teaming up with the Fay Jones School of Architecture and the Ozark Literacy Council to bring awareness to literacy AND design by installing Little Free Libraries in our communities. ALL Arkansas AIA members who live in Northwest Arkansas were invited to participate. The nwaAIA spon-sored a competition to collect designs for the Ozark Literacy Council with entries due Octo-ber 6th. From these entries, sponsors of the Ozark Literacy Council will select the design they wish to have fabricated and installed at their residence or business. Each selected team will receive a $500 stipend to go towards the materials and construction of the library (with competition winners receiving a little extra). Designers will forge relationships with their new ‘clients’ to have their library completed and installed by April 30, 2015, when all of the designs will be celebrated at a large event in the Fayetteville Town Center. This has been a great way for architects and designers to build their portfolio as well as a presence in their community. Emerging pro-fessionals in northwest Arkansas have been instrumental in seeing this movement seen to fruition. Lori Yazwinski, nwaAIA chair, organized the design competition, Kara McE-lyea’s, nwa associate director, enthusiasm and involvement helped procure competition entries, and Matt Poe, another local emerging professional from Modus Studio, fabricated his Little Free Library for the fundraiser event.
Little Free Libraries
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A primary focus of this Little Library is to enhance the communities in-teraction with its form and provide opportunities for motion, repose, and creative thought. The operation for accessing the books is much like that of opening a book; the book cases are grasped and slowly rotated open to reveal the books inside. The vertical fins are much like the pages of a book, when bound together provide rigidity unifying the entire structure, and when approached from the front begin to reveal the texts within. Upon further exploration the user can find the benches that are contained within the base of the Little Library. The benches slide easily out of the base to provide a perfect location for rest, conversation or indulgence in the book of your choice.
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Water Proof Container
involves direct interaction with participants by engaging them in the actual installation. Turn the Page Library requires a wheel to be turned in order to access the books within. While turning the wheel gears and chains will be visible to show exactly how the library lifts out of its protective shell and becomes accessible.
RECYCLED BIKE PARTS will serve well as the book shelves, gears, wheel, etc. A new and interactive way to see how these parts can be used.
REPURPOSED, Salvaged, metal or wood will be reconstructed to serve as the structure .
WATER/WEATHER proof container can be constructed with concrete or similar re-salvaged pieces used for the structure component.
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LANTERNL I T T L E F R E E L I B R A R Y
DISCRIPITION OF PROJECT:The lantern is a flat-pack wood and fabric design maximizing interior space relative to the alotted shipment
volume. Once unfolded and assembled, the lantern provides light and shelter from the elements as
passers-by browse the collection. Translucent fabric, stretched over a wooden frame and hardened with resin,
forms a weatherproof and daylight-transmitting shell. At night, solar powered LED lighting illuminates these
tranlsucent panels, evoking a paper lantern. Waterproofed hanging fabric shields the book shelves during
inclement weather. The library even exceeds it's shipment height of six feet by way of extending steel legs to
accomodate adults and children, alike. Two benches constructed of cross-laminated wood are also included.
The lantern is constructed from commonly available and salvageable materials that can be gotten from
charity building suppliers, demolition debris and discarded or donated objects.
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SPOREThis concept represents a playful analogy for the knowledge in the library’s books being carried away by patrons like a grain of pollen. It will be ceramic and wood construction.
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Envision Little Rock
Following in the success of the 2013 Envision Little Rock Ideas Competition, Envision Little Rock 2014 refocuses on a rapidly growing area of southwest Little Rock. This interdisciplinary effort, presented by studioMAIN & Keep Little Rock Beautiful was sponsored by Otter Creek Merhcants Assoc., the City of Little Rock and the AIA Arkansas Emerging Professionals with the aim of re-starting to create a new identity. This competition proposes that we utilize innovative design and planning concepts to retrofit the area to create a more diverse, cohesive urban & suburban fabric within walkable and identifiable public spaces. Representing the Emerging Professionals are James Meyer and Adam Day who have met with the Otter Creek Merchants Association to discuss the communities hopes for the area as well as put together a website and graphics to generate entries into the competition. The competition is currently in the registration period with a deadline for submissions on Januaray 1, 2015. Winners to be announced by jury in March 2015.
studioMAIN
AIA Gulf States Emerging Professionals Symposium
On November14-15, James Meyer, Amanda Sturgell, Heather Davis, and Holly Admire traveled to the Regional Emerging Professionals Symposium, held at Tunale University in New Orleans. As Regional Associate Director, James Meyer played a key role in the planning and organization of the symposium. Among the 100+ registered attendees, all states in the region were represented. Thursday’s symposium featured a wide variety of speakers and panels focusing on community engagement and creative placemaking, collaborating with non-profit groups to fund and support important public works, the importance of a supportive owner / architect team, and creating resiliant architecture - all in the interest of bettering our built environment.
Saturday’s hands-on session included a design charrette, where participants broke into small groups to explore 3 areas of the Central City neighborhood, then document and recommend solutions for improving the area in 48 hours, 48 days, and 48 months.
ARE Study Material Donation
December 18, 2014In an effort to help all Arkansas interns on their road to licensure, the EP committee set out to gather and entrust donated study materials to our state’s Library system. The goal is to gather two full sets of study material from each AIA section of the state. The first set of material will be housed in the reference section of the local library. The second set of materials will be inserted into Arkansas’ inter-library loan system making it available via mail order from anywhere in the state. Taking the ARE exams can be a grueling and discouraging journey. Our hope is to take some of the pressure off by making study materials easier to find and more widely available. At the time this narrative was written, we have only donated one set of study materials. This is an ongoing effort and we would appreciate your personal commitment to seeing this happen for the benefit of our profession.
studioMAIN
Founded in 2012, studioMAIN continues to serve as a catalyst for emerging professional involvement and community outreach.
studioMAIN is a volunteer design collective focused on encouraging collaboration between the creative fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Urban Design, Furniture Design, Industrial Design, Public Art, and the Construction Industries by providing a catalyst-forum for community based design and advocacy. studioMAIN also fosters ongoing partnerships between the design and construction professions with the academic programs of the UofA Fay Jones School of Architecture and the Construction Management and Applied Design departments of UALR.
studioMAIN works toward educating the general public about the role and value of good design in their daily lives, and the positive effects good design provides to a person, a city, a region and even ecosystems. studioMAIN develops opportunities for emerging design and construction professionals to gain actual ‘hands-on’ experience through providing pro-bono services to other organizations and individuals. The studioMAIN space is made available for learning seminars, professional continuing education classes, study groups, gallery and exhibition space, meetings of allied fields as well as providing an outreach location for the general public to learn more about design-thinking and thoughtful problem solving. Our efforts often challenge conventional decision-making that is informed only by status quo thinking.
studioMAIN’s ongoing mission is to improve quality of life through applying good design to achieve an improved built environment.
Since 2012, studioMAIN has received over 7,500 volunteer hours from
design professionals and community members, with the majority of
those hours representing emerging professional engagement.
In addition to the selection of projects featured in this booklet, check out the
full year studioMAIN-driven projects at:
issuu.com/studioMAIN/docs/2014
and follow studioMAIN at:facebook.com/studio.main.ar
2014 Budget
2014 EMERGING PROFESSIONALS BUDGET: $ 3,000.00
Donation: Envision Little Rock Design Competition $ 750.00
Leadership Books for EP Committee $ 500.05
360 Degree Leadership Workshop - AIA Convention $ 750.00
AIA Gulf States Emerging Professionals Symposium - Travel Stipend $ 611.60
2014 Emerging Professionals Report - Booklet Printing $ 380.65
Conference Calls $ 7.70
BALANCE: $ 0.00
2015 EP Committee Goals:
1. Increase overall engagement / awareness of EP opportunities
Create and actively maintain Facebook page for AIA Arkansas Emerging Professionals
• forum to share activities and opportunities taking place throughout the
state, creating awareness of need for EP engagement
• showcase EP Committee, introduce section representatives, create
awareness of leadership opportunity for EPs
• focus on EP needs: added benefit of AIA involvement for EPs
2. Facilitate Mentorship
Pilot organized mentorship effort to develop in upcoming years
• engagement opportunity for all levels of AIA membership
3. Strengthen AIAS relationship
Organize an event or presentation to acquaint current students with AIA-EPs.
• extend goals 1 and 2 to the student level
CONTACT:
HEATHER DAVIS, 2015 Associate [email protected]
ADAM DAY, 2015 Assistant Associate [email protected]
or your local AIA Arkansas Section Chair or EP Committee Representative
VISIT:
AIA Arkansas | www.aiaar.org
AIA Northwest Arkansas Section | http://aianwa.tumblr.com
AIA Arkansas EPs | facebook.com/AIAArkansasEmergingProfessionals
studioMAIN | facebook.com/studio.main.ar
PopUp in the Rock | facebook.com/PopUpintheRock
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