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Young Architects Forum CONNECTION JAN 2011 visit the YAF at ... h p://blog.aia.org/yaf/ AIA YAF CONNECTION 2011 CONTENT PG 01 FELLOWSHIP: PG 13 ARTICLE OF INTEREST: FROM AN ARCHITECT‘S BOOKSHELF EMERGING ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL A book drive looking for architecture books PRACTICE to distribute to minority schools exceeded A look at how to keep up with constant change expecta ons when it ‘s goal of 200 books in the professional prac ce of architecture. was sha ered and over 900 were collected. BOOK REVIEW: PG 04 LEADERSHIP: PG 17 JONATHAN PENNDORF, AIA, LEED BD+C PETER ROSE: HOUSES by WILLIAM Jonathan Penndorf, AIA, LEED BD+C, MORGAN is a Project Architect at Bowie Gridley The programs for the 2011 AIA Na onal Architects in Washington, DC. He is the Conven on and Design Exposi on to be held current President-elect of the Washington, May 12 – 14 in New Orelans, LA have been DC Chapter of the AIA, to serve as President announced and the Young Architects Forum in 2012. He is also the Young Architects had three that were selected. Here is a Forum Regional Liaison for the Mid-Atlan c. summary of what we have to look forward to this coming year. PG 08 MENTORSHIP: SPEED MENTORING: BE PREPARED TO BE PG 19 ANNOUNCEMENTS: PROFESSIONALLY HOOKED-UP A list of announcements that aff ect Young One employee decided to spice things up Architects within the AIA. with their in house mentoring program at Canon Design in Washington DC. PG 11 FEATURE ARTICLE MEET THE YOUNG ARCHITECT’S FORUM A look at the 2011 leadership of the Na onal Young Architect’s Forum. These individuals are representa ves of you to the Na onal AIA. PG 11 FEATURE ARTICLE: THE 2011 NATIONAL CONVENTION The programs for the 2011 AIA Na onal Conven on and Design Exposi on to be held May 12 – 14 in New Orelans, LA have been announced and the Young Architects Forum had three that were selected. january 2011 visit the YAF at ... hƩ p://blog.aia.org/yaf/ AIA Fellowship: From an Architect’s Bookshelf By Jimmy Castellanos, AIA, LEED AP YAF CONNECTION Jimmy graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington 1998 with a BS in Architecture. He is 2011 a licensed architect with Perkins + Will in Dallas Texas. He co-founded the LaƟ nos in Architecture CommiƩ ee, under the Dallas AIA chapter, in 2010, and serves as the co-chair for the commiƩ ee. He was born in Ciudad Juarez Mexico but grew up in the border city of El Paso Texas, which he leŌ in 1996 to pursue his college educaƟ on. “The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous words ring true, especially when intenƟ on meets acƟ on. “From an Architect’s Book Shelf” was envisioned as a book drive to collect books from fellow architects and distribute them to high schools that have a high percentage of minority enrollments and schools that lack an architecture program. As architects, we believe that we can inspire students to pursue a career in the fi eld of architecture, encourage them to go to college; and, by sharing our personal experiences, mo vate them to A report published last year by believe in themselves and overcome sta s cs. the Pew Research Center, enƟ tled This collabora ve eff ort not only became a reality but far surpassed our expecta ons. Our Between Two Worlds, indicates original goal of collec ng 200 books proved that Hispanics are the largest and too modest, as more than 900 books and 350 youngest minority group in the architectural magazines were collected and United States, “One-in-fi ve school children distributed to three local high schools. are Hispanic. One-in-four newborns are Hispanic. By force of numbers alone, the kind When co-worker Yesenia Blandon and I of adults these young La nos become will help sought out to form La nos in Architecture shape the kind of society America becomes in Commi ee (LiA)with the Dallas AIA we knew the 21st century”. I was alarmed to learn that that we wanted to get involved with our local La no youths have much higher dropout rate communi es, especially with those in need. than other youths and that those who do go We both quickly agreed that one way to help to college have a lower level of comple on; was to somehow mo vate students to stay in “The dropout rate for La no youths was nearly school and pursue a college educa on. Since twice as high as the rate for black youths we both come from low income families and (9.3%), three mes the rate for white youths are fi rst genera on college graduates, we (5.7%) and more than four mes the rate for know the struggles and challenges some of Asian youths (3.7%).” When I read sta s cs these young students face. like these and can relate to the challenges they face, it’s hard to stand by on the sidelines. january 2011, pg 01 visit the YAF at ... hƩ p://blog.aia.org/yaf/ AIA YAF CONNECTION 2011 We have the opportunity to pass on one of our valued treasures, a book that once inspired us to become the professionals we are now, to a student in our community. Yesenia, LiA’s co-chair, soon had an idea for design, art, and construc on. With the help of an educa onal program that would entail an Terry Salinas, a LiA member and co-worker, we architecture book drive. She describes how put together a poster that included the details her idea came about, “If there is something of the program and sent it out to fellow LiA architects appreciate, its books. Realizing how members, who became Book Leaders in their much we enjoy reading them, collec ng them, offi ces. The posters were placed throughout and how inspired we get when we open a the city; these included architecture fi rms, book full of intriguing architectural images—I the AIA Dallas Chapter offi ce, and city offi ces. also realized there are so many of them that I As part of the program, we asked donators to did not need anymore. It occurred to me that write a mo va ng message on the inside front if each of us gave away a book that we don’t cover of the donated book. Anyone who fl ips it need any more; we could develop an amazing open will see how our architectural community architectural library for local high schools. We came together to support educa on, to create have the opportunity to pass on one of our an apprecia on of architecture, and to raise valued treasures, a book that once inspired us exposure of our profession as a career path. to become the professionals we are now, to a student in our community.” Thus, the program A er the four weeks, as the Book Leaders began was launched, “From an Architects Bookshelf”. bringing the collected books to our offi ce, we We quickly began cra ing the program and were amazed to see the incredible amount of set a goal to collect books during a four week books that we were receiving. Members from period for a local high school. Dona ons could the Hispanic Associa on of City Employees for include books about architecture, interior Results (HACER) brought over more than 300 children’s books that they had collected; they, too, had far exceeded our expecta ons. We had just witnessed our community coming forward to support educa on and vest in its future! With the help of LiA members, we began the task of sor ng, labeling and boxing the books and magazines that would then be taken to the benefi ciary schools. Early in our planning, we had selected Skyline High School as the benefi ciary school. Located in southeast Dallas, Skyline has an architecture program for january 2011, pg 02 visit the YAF at ... hƩ p://blog.aia.org/yaf/ AIA YAF CONNECTION 2011 It was diffi cult not to feel emo onal when we saw the faces of the young students as they began to take the books out of the boxes and open them. It’s as though they had uncovered a treasure or discovered a world that perhaps did not exist in their minds. students interested in pursuing the design experiences—both the diffi cult ones and those professions. With a surplus of donated books, that have been the most rewarding. Students however, we sought out to fi nd two addi onal were very interested, curious, and had many schools. We selected Williams Preparatory ques ons for us. It was diffi cult not to feel School, a charter school located just north emo onal when we saw the faces of the young of downtown Dallas, with more than 98% students as they began to take the books out Hispanic student popula on. We did face of the boxes and open them. It’s as though some challenges fi nding a third school, as it they had uncovered a treasure or discovered a was diffi cult to fi nd a school willing to accept world that perhaps did not exist in their minds. our donated books. We called administra on offi ces at many schools, but they were just With this program, we sought out to inspire not open to taking dona ons, which was a bit the architects of tomorrow.