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OPERATING FROM VANCOUVER
At the 2012 AIBC Annual Meeting, held on Saturday May 12 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, the following candidates were elected to a two-year term on AIBC Council; the new group of council’s officers, as elected by the council, are shown within parentheses:
- Laurence W. (Chip) Barrett MAIBC (Registrar)
- Michael Green MAIBC
- Cal Meiklejohn MAIBC
- Gordon Richards MAIBC
- Lynne Werker MAIBC (Treasurer)
They are joined by the following elected members entering the second year of their term:
- Robert Chester MAIBC
- Eszter Csutkai MAIBC
- Paula A. Grossman MAIBC (Vice-president)
- Scott Kemp MAIBC MRAIC
- David N.M. Yustin MAIBC (President)
The remaining council members are:
- Owen Pawson BArch LL.B. (Lieutenant Governor Appointee)
- Dr. Richard Peddie Ph.D. (Lieutenant Governor Appointee)
- Tim Spiegel B.Sc. (QS) PQS (Lieutenant Governor Appointee)
- David Toole (Lieutenant Governor Appointee)
- Leslie Van Duzer B.A., M.Arch. (University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Director)
Non-voting liaison representatives to council consist of:
- Michael Currie AT (Architectural Technologist Liaison)
- David Boswell BD (Building Designer / Residential Designer Liaison)
- Jenny Chow IA (Intern Architect Liaison)
- Jim Toy BA BArch RID LEED®AP (IDIBC Liaison)
NARRATIVE FRAGMENTS by Richard Henriquez
Opening Reception
June 7th - June 30th
Windsor Gallery 3025 Granville Street
by Architecture for Humanity New York
The Homeless Shift Project is a grassroots initiative that was created by a team of community-based designers at Architecture for Humanity New York, in partnership with a local women’s shelter. The project seeks to make a positive impact on a condition known as “recidivism,” which is when a client moves into housing but later returns to the shelter system. To reduce recidivism, the project utilizes two inextricably linked components to better prepare the women to address the challenges of living independently: socially responsible design strategies and new programmatic elements.
An extensive research component led to the design of a “model apartment” prototype, to be built within unused space in the existing shelter. This model apartment will act as a teaching and learning space for the women to strengthen their skills for daily living, learn to effectively live with others, and gain experience in responsible problem solving. The apartment seeks to reconnect the women with a sense of permanence and “home,” and provides them with a space in which they can learn to create a home environment that matches and supports their goals for their life beyond the shelter. This new space and programming will help close the gap that the women experience between life within the shelter and life outside the shelter, serving as an important step in the process of re-adjustment or “deinstitutionalization.”
Additional information: The project lead was EmilySprague, photos by Jeffrey Donenfeld, and renderings by WKSHP.
Emily just defended here graduating thesis at UBC SALA. Good luck getting this project up and running!
Award recipients for Master of Architecture graduates for the current academic year are noted below. Congratulations to the award recipients and to all our graduates!
Tyler Brown
Vaughan Berg Memorial Prize
Kathy Chang
Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence Nominee
Jennifer Cutbill
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll
Dylan Gilmore
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll
Kali Gordon
Merrick Architecture Graduating Prize
Evan Hauptmann
John Gaitanakis Prize in Architecture
Arthur Leung
American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Medal
Ryan Marshall
Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence Nominee
Thesis Prize
Esteban Matheus
Architectural Institute of B.C. Medal
Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence Nominee
Prix de Rome in Architecture Prize for Emerging Practitioners Nominee
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll
Andrew Neuman
Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence Nominee
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal
Amy Oliver
UBC Architecture Alumni Henry Elder Prize
Sam Ostrow
Alpha Rho Chi Medal
Carey van der Zalm
Abraham Rogatnick Book Prize
Design Sundays at the MOV. Video clips are up on Youtube.
Each prof’s personality and tendencies are sooo obvious in such short clips!
MArch Thesis Exhibition
Event Details for TONIGHT!
Laura Kozak
MASA Thesis Review.
Sharkitects Playoffs.
Visit our Photo Gallery for the rest.
Sharkitects Playoffs 2012!
Photos are now up.
Date: 04 May 2012
Architecture Thesis Exhibition
Opening Reception Friday May 4, 2012 at 7:00pm
Location: The Ol’ downtown studio.
Cash Bar
Snacks
This is an exhibition of student work, representing the Spring 2012 graduating class of the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Master of Architecture program.
Austin preparing to load his directed study masonary arches to failure.
Stay tuned for the collapse!
Closeness and Distance
by Simon Williams
Increased Dopamine through Design
by Stephanie Warren
Manufactured Disasters
by Emily Sprague
Absorbent Building
by Tessa Sodini
