lunch 9 : call for submissions

AYAC supports lunch - the UVa School of Architecture's design journal - see details of submitting your work below!

The editors of lunch are excited to welcome the submission of abstracts and articles for our upcoming journal, lunch9: In Excess. We encourage you to read the call (below) and consider how your research and projects could contribute to the conversation.

lunch9: In Excess

Excess is everywhere — it is plenty; profit; waste. Growth cannot occur without excess, yet there is a threshold beyond which growth becomes malignant. Nothing succeeds like excess, yet necessity — scarcity — is the mother of invention. We encounter this duality constantly; how we react defines us collectively as a society and individually as creators and agents of change. 

How do we measure, or decide, what is — in quantity or quality — excessive? Are traditional constraints — the actualities of material, labor, technology, and permanence — still at work? Is excess valuable; is it beautiful; is it productive? When and how does excess lead to innovation, or stifle it?

What is design in excess?

We seek ideas, papers, and projects — design and product proposals; visual narratives, critical mappings, and diagrams; experiments, interviews, critiques, etc. —  addressing excess from all perspectives.

Abstracts are due November 15. Full projects and final articles are due January 17. 

Abstracts should be ~350 words, detailing your proposal and the projected length of your piece along with a CV and work sample. The written component of full projects should be no more than 4000 words. Please see our website for full submission guidelines, and visit lunchdesignjournal.submittable.com/submit to submit.

Please don't hesitate to contact info@uvalunch.com, or us individually, with questions or to discuss your ideas. Many thanks to all who submit — we can't wait to hear from you!

The lunch9 team,
Sarah Brummett (seb7az) Sarah Beth McKay (sem9pp) Tammy Teng (ltt5cw) Clayton Williams (cew5vp)

Portfolio Review @ Kogod Courtyrad

Join us for a portfolio review and professional development office hours at the Kogod Courtyard in the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery next Sunday afternoon 11/10 from 2-5pm 800 G Street Washington, DC 20006.

We'll have a group of fellow alums with varied backgrounds there to answer questions and critique portfolios, whether for academic or professional pursuits - open to all disciplines.  

Please RSVP so we can be better prepared to help you - see you there!

Support Initiative reCOVER Crowd-funding Campaign

Through Initiative reCOVER, University of Virginia students and faculty are providing safe, affordable and environmentally conscious transitional housing for those affected by natural disasters.

We are currently raising $15,000 to jumpstart the process of bringing our proven building system to market, both domestically and internationally. With your support, which is being matched dollar-for-dollar up to $15,000 by the U.Va. Licensing & Ventures Group, we can perform the research and analysis needed to make our initiative sustainable.

Please check out the fundraising page below and help spread the word about the campaign "Innovative Housing Helps Natural Disaster Victims reCOVER" and the continued work of faculty and students at the School of Architecture!

Innovative Housing Helps Natural Disaster Victims reCOVER

DC CANstruction - National Building Museum 8/31-9/07

The annual CANstruction event will be taking place at the National Building Museum this year, from August 31st to September 7th.  The design competition allows local firms to show off their prowess building with canned goods while benefiting the Capital Area Food Bank as all of the food will be donated after the event.

AYAC's own Kathleen Smith is competing with her firm Michael Baker Jr. this year with their version of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's addition for the Hirshhorn Musuem.

You can participate in the event by visiting the museum during the first week of September, or by donating money to the Capital Area Food Bank on behalf any of the teams.  Donations go directly to the food bank and do not cover the cost of each team's structure, but donations do act as votes in the People's Choice Award, one of the categories this year.  Please use the links below for more information and to donate:

Michael Baker Jr. "CANtroversy at the Hirshhorn"

DC Canstruction 2013 - Main Donation Page

DC Canstruction's Facebook Page

The National Building Museum

AYAC @ D.Oaks Invitation

RSVP here or in form to the right

Save the Date: Dumbarton Oaks Field Trip - Wednesday August 21 - 5pm

AYAC DC + Baltimore is planning a visit to the lovely Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Gardens on Wednesday August 21 at 5pm.  Kate Hayes (MLA 2013), our very own young alumna and current fellow with Dumbarton Oaks, will lead an informal tour of the facilities, gardens and her research.  For those who cannot make the 5pm tour, fear not! We will be heading to a nearby Georgetown bar for a happy hour around 6pm.  More details coming soon!

Read more about Dumbarton Oaks here.

20 x 20 : Community Engagement 2.0 TONIGHT!

Join us for food, drink and presentations of recent work by fellow young alums at McGraw Bagnoli Architects TONIGHT from 6:30-8:30.  The MBA office is located at 1726 Connecticut Ave NW #400, Washington, DC 20009, a couple of blocks north of Dupont Circle.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

DC+Baltimore AYAC

Hands on DC - Work a Thon Recap

Our first AYAC service event, with Hands on DC at Jefferson Middle School, was quite the success.  With a handful of UVa Alums in tow, we got a lot of work done alongside an amazing number of volunteers from all over DC.

Here is a shot of the team preparing the fence for paint. We spent the early part of the day 

removing the rust that covered most of the chain link before we started rolling.

Sara Allen Harper and Christoph Wilhelm covered a lot of ground with their mad painting
skills, HoDC provided some great shirts to splatter with paint.

Christoph Wilhelm (Arch '10) , Avery (honorary young alumnus), Kathleen Smith 

(AYAC, Arch '12) and Sara Allen Harper (AYAC, Arch '11) .

Christoph brought his friend Avery to help us turn the fence magenta, and enjoy a pizza lunch in the school's cafeteria.  We were forced to take our break just before noon when it started to rain in earnest on us.  Luckily it cleared up while we ate so that we could finish the last sections of the fence.

The finished product!

Overall the fence looked a lot more welcoming at the end of the day without the rust and weeds.  Despite the rain, the whole day was great fun and well worth it when we got to hear from a Jefferson student and his principle about what our small offering means to the school and its students.

Stay tuned for more 13 in '13 events with the AYAC!

Update: 13 in '13 Hands On DC Work-a-thon Location

DC|Baltimore AYAC is looking forward to volunteering with you this coming Saturday, May 18th! 
We have been assigned to Jefferson, located at 801 7th St SW  Washington, DC 20024. The site is metro accessible. 

• Schedule: Please arrive between 8:30 and 9am to register and receive your project assignment. We will work from 9am-2pm and will break for lunch at noon.

• We recommend that you wear closed toe shoes and comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty. 

•       Volunteers can complete a waiver when they arrive on Saturday.

• You do NOT need to bring any special supplies or gear to the event.

Hands On DC would also like to invite all volunteers to an After Party later that day at Lounge 201 at 7:30pm.

Looking forward to seeing A-School young alumni and friends volunteering this weekend!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "Community Engagement 2.0" Pecha Kucha Presenters

AYAC - DC+Baltimore will be hosting another Pecha Kucha / 20 x 20 style event June 11 at the offices of McGraw Bagnoli Architects in Dupont Circle Washington, DC.  We invite fellow young alums in the area to nominate themselves or our peers to participate in this fast-paced presentation format and share their recent works pertaining to the theme “Community Engagement 2.0.”  Please send your or your nominee's contact information along with a brief summary/images of pertinent work to Sara Allen Harper (sara.allen.harper@gmail.com) by Monday May 20.

We look forward to hearing from you!

13 in '13 Service Event: Hands On DC Work-a-Thon

May 18th, AYAC DC|Baltimore will be holding it's first volunteer event, see more information here: https://www.firstgiving.com/handsondc/hands-on-dc-may-18-event

Follow-up info will be sent via email.

Pecha Kucha Planned for June

Stay tuned for details of the 2nd Annual AYAC DC+Baltimore Pecha Kucha night Tuesday June 11, 2013!