Call for Submissions: "Winners and Losers" 20x20

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "Winners and Losers: competition entries, proposals, and other ideas, big or small, that did [or didn't] get off the ground" 20/20 Presenters

AYAC - DC+Baltimore will be hosting another 20 x 20 (pecha kucha style) event on April 17th at the offices of R2L:Architects in Georgetown Washington, DC.  We invite fellow young alums in the area to nominate themselves or your peers to participate in this fast-paced presentation format (20 slides, 20 seconds each) and share their recent works pertaining to the theme “Winners and Losers, " presenting competition entries, proposals, and other ideas that did (or didn't) get off the ground.  How do these successes and failures influence our work?  How have we changed our methodology or frame of reference with respect to those experiences?

Please send your or your nominee's contact information along with a brief summary/images of pertinent work to Renee N. Pean (renee.pean@gmail.com) by Friday March 28. For more info or updates check our blog: http://ayac-dcbaltimore.blogspot.com

We look forward to hearing from you!

SAVE THE DATE:
AYAC in DC and Bmore Spring 20/20 Alumni Event
Thursday, April 17th, 6:30-8:30PM
R2L: Architects
3222 N St, NW # 500
Washington, DC 20007 

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