AIA YAF Connection 19.01 - Climate Action

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Connection

Editorial team Editor-in-Chief Beresford Pratt, AIA, NOMA Pratt is an architect and associate with Ayers Saint Gross. He focuses on higher education design with a specialty in active learning spaces and co-leads multiple J.E.D.I based architecture pipeline initiatives with Baltimore, Maryland K-12 students. He is the AIA Young Architects Forum Communications Director.

Q1 Contributors:

Senior Editor Amaya Labrador, AIA, LEED AP BD+C Labrador is a healthcare project architect in the Houston studio of Perkins&Will. She currently serves on the AIA Houston Board of Directors, the Emerging Professionals Committee, and is the Young Architects Regional Director for the region of Texas. Senior Editor Holly Harris, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C Harris is a healthcare architect and planner at SmithGroup in Chicago, Illinois. She co-leads the AIA Chicago Healthcare Knowledge Community and was selected for the Herman Miller Scholars Program for Emerging Professionals in Healthcare in 2019. She is the vice chair of the AIA Illinois Emerging Professionals Network and serves as the Young Architects Regional Director for the region of Illinois. Senior Editor Matthew Pultorak, AIA, NCARB Pultorak is a Senior Planner/ Estimator for Rutgers University’s Planning Development and Design Team and Owner of Time Squared Architect, LLC in New Jersey. He currently serves as the Young Architects Regional Director for the region of New Jersey, Emerging Professionals Communities At-Large Director of Mentorship, and AIA Jersey Shore’s President-Elect.

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Peter Exley, FAIA Abi Brown, AIA Ron Blitch, FAIA Gail Kubik, Assoc. AIA John Clark, AIA Greg Jameson Monica Blasko, AIA Katie Kangas, AIA Jason Takeuchi, AIA Adele Houghton, AIA Chris Fagan, AIA Katelyn Rossier, AIA Daniel Horn, AIA Charles Ou-Yang, Assoc. AIA Brittany Porter, AIA Kelsey Jordan, AIA Kiara Luers, AIA Kenneth Michel, AIA Knowledge Focus Group Jason Takeuchi, AIA Kiara Luers, AIA Allie Ditzel, AIA Ashley Hartshorn, AIA, Caitlin Osepchuk, AIA


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Sustainability for people: An interview with Eric Corey Freed Chris Fagan, AIA

10min
pages 54-56

Project spotlight: The Knolly project Kenneth Micheal, AIA

2min
pages 52-53

Connection and chill Knowledge Focus Group

2min
pages 57-58

How to implement small sustainable changes at your office that can make a big difference Kiara Luers, AIA

6min
pages 50-51

Cultural knowledge: The forgotten pillar of sustainable practice Kelsey Jordan, AIA

6min
pages 48-49

How to be a climate action advocate as a young architect Brittany Porter, AIA

5min
pages 46-47

Climate action: A multifaceted road to impactful change Beresford Pratt, AIA

13min
pages 41-45

Bring the outside in – An approach to accelerating climate action through design Adele Houghton, AIA

4min
pages 34-35

Leveraging technology for expertise in sustainability Katelyn Rossier, AIA

7min
pages 36-37

Investing in emerging professionals Jason Takeuchi, AIA

8min
pages 30-33

Architects, stop calling it “managed retreat.” Daniel Horn, AIA

6min
pages 38-40

Why materials matter Katie Kangas, AIA

6min
pages 28-29

At a climate crisis crossroads— Envisioning an equitable future Monica Blasko, AIA

10min
pages 24-27

Premium Elevation, LLC John Clark, AIA

7min
pages 18-20

YAF Chair’s message Abi Brown, AIA

3min
page 8

Soft skills for building local resilience initiatives Gail Kubik, Assoc. AIA

7min
pages 14-17

College of Fellows note: Ron Blitch, FAIA

2min
page 9

A better built environment for the changing environment Greg Jameson

6min
pages 21-23

President’s message Peter Exley, FAIA

3min
pages 6-7

Editorial team

1min
page 4

Editors note Beresford Pratt, AIA

3min
page 5
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