AIAS Illinois
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AIAS Illinois is the largest student organization within the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is the local chapter of American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), a non-profit educational organization based in Washington D.C.
The organization has 146 members in the 2006-07 school year. The current faculty adviser is Professor Michael Andrejasich, the Associate Dean of the College of Fine & Applied Arts (FAA).
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Freedom By Design
- 2006-07: AIAS Illinois began its Freedom chapter in the 2006-07 school year. After a slow start, Captain Ryan Murphy led the team of about 10 volunteers to the redesign and interior renovation of the Lifeway Behavioral Health Services, with Owner Daniel Melton in Clinton, Illinois.
- 2007-08: Long story short: we got a project, we got a ton of free lumber to build a ramp and new porch, the client got better, we kept a ton of free lumber and moved it 37 times around the Architecture Annex, where it still sits today.
- 2008-09: An ADA ramp was constructed at a Women and Children's Abuse Shelter during the Fall '08. The 30 person team also participated in the Urbana Disability Expo and helped in a design charette for a proposed Community Center that will be Universally Designed (will be constructed in the C-U area). In the Spring '09, the team worked with the Charleston Transitional Facility to create more accessible conditions at the facility. The projects planned include a storage partition for the main room to create two different spaces (catering to the users' personalities). This partition will also provide acoustical assistance in this large room. We also plan to install grab bars, renovate a kitchen sink to be ADA accessible and design some vocational mechanism for the users.
AIAS Midwest Quad Conference - Spring 2008
Archive
AIAS Illinois hosted the Midwest Quad Conference 7-9 March 2008. There were about 140 students in attendance from 13 chapters, including the National Vice President Tony P. Vanky, Assoc. AIA.
AIAS Illinois (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is pleased to host the AIAS 2008 Spring Midwest Quad Conference. The theme of the conference is "What is [______] Design?" This series of seminars, tours, and keynote lectures will fille in the 'blank' and answer the question, "What is [______] Design?". The seminars, tours, and keynote lectures will highlight issues ranging from sustainable design, digital design, ready-made design, and even restroom design.
Friday
- Business Instructional Building Tour
- Pie the professor / Registration / Social Hour
- Keynote Lecture - Bill Browne, AIA
- Social Event - Ratio Architects
- Social Event - Downtown Champaign
Saturday
- Plenary Lecture: "What is Good Design?"
- Seminar - "What is Restroom Design?"
- Seminar - "What is Social Driven Design?"
- Seminar - Solar Decathlon Panel Discussion
- Seminar - "What is Digital Design?"
- Seminar - "What is Ready-Made Design?"
- Seminar - Solar Decathlon Panel Discussion
- Sponsored Lunch by Jeld Wen
- Tour - Krannert Center for Performing Arts
- Tour - Sustainable House
- Tour - Memorial Stadium Renovation
- Tour - Krannert Center for Performing Arts
- Tour - West Urbana Neighborhood
- Tour - Memorial Stadium Renovation
- Plenary Seminar: 2016 Chicago Olympics
- Social Hour
- Keynote Lecture - Jonathan Hess, AIA
- Beaux-Arts Ball - "What is [_____] Design?"
- Costume Party at "The Office" in Urbana
Sunday
- Breakfast
- Plenary Lecture - "Kingdom Implosion"
- Campus Architecture Tour
Forum Chicago 2002
From December 29, 2002, to January 2, 2003, AIAS hosted the FORUM, the national conference for AIAS, in Chicago, Illinois. The event attracted more than 1300 students, professionals, and architects. The theme for the conference is "City Reborn".
Notable Speaker includes Dr. Donald L. Miller, Sharlene Young, Eric Lloyd Wright, Andrés Duany and Carol Ross Barney.
Annual Events
- Portfolio Workshop
- Get into Grad School Workshop
- Monthly Lunch & Learn
- Graduate Studio Crawl
- Rendering Workshop
- Chicago Firm Tour
- National AIAS Forum
- Midwest Quad Conference
- Community Vision Project (CVP)
- Annual Architecture Beaux-Arts Ball
Chapter History
- Around 2002, AIAS UIUC chapter changed the name to AIAS Illinois.
- Dues: $10 local dues were raised to $14 for the 07-08 year, to raise capital for the newly formed Freedom By Design chapter and for delegate funding (chapter continuity at Grassroots and Forum).
- Faculty Advisor: Currently Mark Taylor, Associate AIA.
Past: Michael Andrejasich, AIA and Arthur Kaha.
Executive Committees
2009-10
- President- Rosemarie Venen
- External Vice President- Chris Cochran
- Internal Vice President- Emily Bateman
- Treasurer- JT Timmerman
- Secretary- Britta Monson
- Freedom by Design Captains- Sarah Hussaini and Ryan Seitz
- International Chair- Jason Soderlund
- Media & Web Chair- John Wieser
- Past President- Emily Bateman
- AIA Illinois Student Director- Emily Bateman
2008-09
- President- Emily Bateman
- External Vice President- Chris Cochran
- Internal Vice President- Jason Soderlund
- Treasurer- Sara Lask
- Secretary- Allison Cobble
- Media & Web Chair- Brian Farrell
- Freedom by Design Chair- Athi Toufexis & Jenna Goebig
- Versailles Chair- John Wieser
- Past President (non-voting)- Rosemarie Venen & Ryan Murphy
- AIA Illinois Student Director- Chris Cochran
2007-08
- President- Ryan Murphy
- External Vice President- Steve Wallon
- Internal Vice President- Monika Piwowarska then Chris Cochran
- Treasurer- Sara Lask
- Secretary- Dagmara Nowak then Emily Bateman
- Media & Web Chair- Juan Suarez
- Freedom by Design Chair- Amanda Wajrowski then Patrick Quinn and Steve Wallon then Athi Toufexis
- Versailles Chair- Rosemarie Venen
- AIA Illinois Student Director Chris Cochran
2006-07
- President- Rosemarie Venen
- Vice President- Amanda Wajrowski
- Treasurer- Katie Erickson
- Secretary- Monika Piwowarska
- Media & Web Chair- Aries Liang
- Freedom by Design Chair- Jon Wright replaced by Ryan Murphy
- Versailles Chair- Vatsal Desai
- AIA Illinois Student Director- Ryan Murphy
2005-06
- President- Kevin Donovan
- Vice President- Chris Jenson
- Treasurer- Daniela Marcus
- Secretary- Nicole Tranel
- Media & Web Chair- David Lillie
- Versailles Chair- Michael Lama
- AIA Illinois Student Director- Ryan Murphy (SIUC)
