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10/29/2009 : Emerging Architects Forum 2009 TONIGHT!
Come and join your colleagues for an engaging discussion followed by a reception at the Wild Colonial!
The Pen vs. The Layer The Relevance of Hand Drawing in Today’s Workplace
When:
Thursday, October 29th 2009, 6-9 PMWhere:
Grant Recital Hall, Brown University behind the Orwig Music Building on the corner of Hope Street and Young Orchard Avenue)Students Free
$10 AIA members
$20 non-members
2LU
Please RSVP to execdir@aia-ri.org
401-272-6418
Due to a stipulation in University policy admission fees must be sent in beforehand or collected after the Forum. Please send checks to AIAri PO Box 9325 Providence, RI 02904 or use PayPal below. It is important that you RSVP for this event
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Please join the Emerging Professionals Committee and the IDSA of Rhode Island at the Wild Colonial for an after forum reception.
Drinks+Discussion+Drawing+Free Food!
No CEU’s required, Open to all!
The Wild Colonial Tavern 250 Water Street, Providence, RI 02903
October 29th 9:00-11:30PM
Architectural creation in today’s workplace can be constructed through a variety of tools, simple drawings, models made of chip board, scrap bits of mixed media arranged in pleasing compositions, computer modeled renderings, and architectural computed aided drafting. Each yields a different effect that adds to the formation of an architectural object in the constructed environment. With the advances in modern technology, architects have been able to utilize newer and faster tools that aid them in designing more complicated structures requiring more coordination and attention to the building process.
With this now standardization of producing through digital means architects have been fully embedded in the computer creation of architecture, using drafting and rendering software to produce faster and realize the project in virtual settings that can impact real world conditions. With these digital tools being fresh on the minds of young architects as they come into the workplace where they are positioned to produce drawings and become architects to further the profession into a new direction. What of the tools of yesterday? Where do hand draw perspectives go? What of Charcoal renderings that create a sense of mystery as the shading is ever so slightly built up on the edge. What happened to the times that were lost in that amazing water colored pocche?
So where do the priorities lie in the minds of up and coming professionals as they change into the architects of the digital age? Are there clear sides drawn by these camps or is there a balance in the argument. With this quandary we look to those who practice what they preach, professionals in the architecture community that both educate, practice, and inform the current and upcoming groups of young professionals and students as the profession continues to evolve ever so as the art of building becomes more complicated and rewarding as we continue to define the built environment.
Please join the Emerging Professionals Committee and the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Institute of Architects at Brown University’s Grant Recital Hall October 29, 2009 for an evening of discussion to further the knowledge and interest that defines our professionals, students, and educators as they seek to affect the built environment.
James M Evrard Assoc. AIA
Associates Director, AIAri
Chair,Emerging Professionals Committee
Questions or Concerns? please email to je@kitearchitects.com
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