2007-08 ACSA Annual Report

ACSA MISSION

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

COVER IMAGE 2007-08 ACSA Faculty Design Award “Interactive Public Space”

by J. Meejin Yoon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ASSETS

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To advance architectural education through support of member schools, their faculty, and students. This support involves:

Current Assets

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Accounts Receivable, Net

Accrued Interest Receivable

Prepaid Expenses

MEMBERSHIP 58%

Total Current Assets

$124,935 90,924 13,323 19,348 248,530

16% • • • •

Serving by encouraging dialogue among the diverse areas of discipline; Facilitating teaching, research, scholarly and creative works, through intra/interdisciplinary activity; Articulating the critical issues forming the context of architectural education; Fostering public awareness of architectural education and issues of importance

Investments

PROGRAMS 15% 26% PUBLICATIONS 11%

66,375

Cash—Permanently Restricted

30,000

Total Assets

1,499,375

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

CONTRIBUTIONS 2%

NAAB CONTRIBUTIONS 25%

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PRIVATE CONTRACTS/GRANTS 13% 12%

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Property and Equipment

21%

This advancement shall be implemented through five primary means: advocacy, annual program activities, liaison with collateral organizations, dissemination of information and response to the needs of member schools in order to enhance the quality of life in a global society.

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1,154,470

MISCELLANEOUS 1% REVENUE EXPENSES TOTAL $1,906,474 TOTAL $1,909,943

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable

Accrued Expenses

Deferred Revenue

$43,423 17,766 67,871

129,060

Net Assets

Total Current Liabilities Unrestricted Unrestricted - Board Designated Permanently Restricted

36,368 1,303,947 30,000

Total Net Assets

1,370,315

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

1,499,375

ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE 2007-08 ANNUAL REPORT

Kim Tanzer, RA ACSA President 2007-08

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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The ACSA has had a productive year, due to the hard work of our staff, the ACSA Board, and our many volunteers across the country. We have worked to reinforce our contributions to the knowledge base on which architecture students and architects depend; to recognize excellence among our colleagues by drawing parallels with other disciplines; and to contribute, as one of the discipline’s primary voices, to international discussions about the importance of architecture and architectural design in creating a sustainable world.

While we have moved to capitalize on new opportunities, preparation for the 2008 Accreditation Review Conference also kept us focused on our core mission: advancing architectural education. This annual report gives a brief overview of the activities and performances of the ACSA. We look forward to building on these successes in 2008-09.

Architecture’s knowledge base.

Architecture typically responds to specific circumstances, making each design solution unique. As a result we do not often articulate the strong evidence basis of much of our decision-making, nor do we aggressively advance or share our knowledge. In 2008 we sought to shore up our knowledge base through our conferences and the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE), and develop new venues.

At our 96th Annual Meeting in Houston, we hosted an ACSA poster session, intended to focus on stable disciplinary subsets, cutting across our conferences’ traditional thematic organization. Participation nearly doubled for this year’s peer reviewed poster session, and we look forward to an increased emphasis on the value of visual evidence, as demonstrated in this format.

Recognizing excellence.

Following a proposal put forth by Marvin Malecha, former ACSA President and 2009 President of The American Institute of Architects, we initiated the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors, to demonstrate the importance our discipline places on the contributions of our most esteemed educators. A college of fellows is an important concept in many academic disciplines and in the architecture profession.

Members of the ACSA College include all winners of the ACSA Distinguished Profes-

sor Award and the AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education. In the future, this group will work to develop their own means of inducting new members and to initiate other projects in coordination with the ACSA.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2007-08 AISC Student Design Competition Second Prize: “MEDIA[space]” • Woodbury University • Faculty Sponsor: Jeffrey K. Williams & Paolo Sanza

Peer review is a central element of the academic system, from selecting and promoting colleagues, to evaluating research as it relates to our knowledge base. For years ACSA had been plagued by a rumored deficiency in our peer review venues. To investigate this concern, we developed a peer review calibration task force, charged with review ACSA venues (various conferences and publications, including the JAE) in comparison to those of other disciplines. We found that our venues are far more competitive than previously recognized, and consistent with those of related disciplines. An annual update of this report can be found at www.acsa-arch.org.

2007-08 AISC Student Design Competition Honorable Mention: “Urban Filtration” • California Polytechnic State University • Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Fowler IV, James Doerfler, Mark Cabrinha & Kevin Dong

Design for a sustainable world.

The environmental design disciplines—architecture, communications design, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, and product design—bear a tremendous responsibility in creating a more sustainable world. This is both an obligation and an opportunity. To advance this message most powerfully, the ACSA initiated a process to create the National Academy of Environmental Design, now incorporated in Washington, DC. We have worked with colleagues in the disciplines mentioned above, both academics and practitioners, to build the organization, to demonstrate our potential to contribute meaningful and timely research, and to disseminate this research to the public and to policy makers. More information about the National Academy of Environmental Design can be found at www.naedonline.org.

Advocating for architectural education.

Working with more than 100 colleagues from schools across the country, ACSA prepared for the 2008 Architectural Review Conference, hosted by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Thanks to the efforts of many, and especially to ACSA’s representatives on the NAAB Board, we put forth proposals to assure that architectural education has the flexibility necessary to respond to emerging opportunities without losing track of our responsibility to assure our students receive the solid foundational knowledge they need to become future architects.

The ACSA staff remains among the hardest working, most dedicated group of individuals I have encountered, and we are deeply fortunate they work on our behalf.

Thanks to their efforts, and those of predecessor ACSA Boards, the organization remains on sound financial footing. Recognizing the turbulence ahead, the ACSA Board is proceeding thoughtfully as we plan next year’s activities.

We also recognize our member schools, our colleagues, and our students and their families, may encounter financial difficulties in the coming months. We hope the bonds of friendship, collegiality, and our shared sense of purpose will serve us well in the coming year.

ACSA STUDENT COMPETITIONS

ACSA CONFERENCES

In 2007-08, ACSA held three student design competitions:

In 2007-08, ACSA held three major meetings in North America, plus a series of academic fall conferences in Austin, Washington, DC, and Cambridge, Ontario.

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security NEW VISIONS OF SECURITY: RE-LIFE OF A DFW AIRPORT TERMINAL International Student Design Competition American Institute of Steel Construction ASSEMBLING HOUSING Student Design Competition Portland Cement Association CONCRETE THINKING FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD International Student Design Competition

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ACSA/Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Administrators Conference “Preparing for the Inconvenient Truth” University of Minnesota

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96th ACSA Annual Meeting “Seeking the City: Visionaries on the Margins” University of Houston

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2008 ACSA Teachers Seminar “Deep Matters: The Path to Meaningful and Provocative Architectural Research” Cranbrook Academy of Art

PRESIDENT Kim Tanzer, AIA University of Florida

CANADIAN DIRECTOR George Baird University of Toronto

VICE PRESIDENT Marleen Kay Davis, FAIA University of Tennessee

NORTHEAST DIRECTOR Stephen White, AIA Roger Williams University

PAST PRESIDENT Theodore C. Landsmark, M.Ev.D., JD, PhD Boston Architectural College

EAST CENTRAL DIRECTOR Patricia Kucker University of Cincinnati

TREASURER Graham Livesey University of Calgary

WEST DIRECTOR Stephen Meder University of Hawaii at Manoa

SECRETARY Carmina Sanchez-del-Valle , D.Arch, RA Hampton University

SOUTHWEST DIRECTOR Russell D. Rudzinski University of Arkansas

SOUTHEAST REGIONAL DIRECTOR Kenneth Schwartz, FAIA University of Virginia

STUDENT DIRECTOR Tony Vanky, Assoc. AIA American Institute of Architecture Students

WEST CENTRAL DIRECTOR Keelan Kaiser, AIA Judson University

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Michael Monti, PhD Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture