News Brief 5-29-20
President's Message
Asking for Your Input on Ways to Keep AIA Dayton Strong

Greetings! On behalf of the AIA Dayton Board of Directors we hope you, your families, and your colleagues are safe and healthy. As we pivoted to become a virtual organization in March, we worked hard to make sure AIA Dayton continued to provide you with ongoing education and social activities. We have hosted state-wide roundtables discussing practice during COVID, provided online learning units, partnered with other component AIA chapters in Ohio to broaden our offerings, and even hosted several virtual happy hours. We accepted the design challenge and I believe we are stronger for it.

You are aware our face-to-face activities, such as our golf outing, have been postponed indefinitely, and the AIA Ohio convention has been cancelled. Not only will we miss the opportunity to gather, but we will also lose the significant income each of these events would have generated. Our pockets are not deep. We routinely maintain minimal cash reserves as we dedicate our budget to education, student scholarships, and member activities. Compounding the loss of income from these events, our chapter sponsorship revenue fell short of our goal by $10,000.
  
At our June 10 meeting the Board will be exploring new ideas to generate income in this extraordinary time, and we are seeking your advice. Do you have suggestions to generate income? What do you see other organizations doing? Would you attend a virtual golf outing or gala? Would you tip the bartender at our next virtual happy hour? How many virtual dunk tank balls would you buy if Terry Welker, FAIA were on the virtual hot seat? 

Please send me your suggestions, no matter how unusual, and we’ll do our best to bridge the budget gap. As always, I feel fortunate to be part of AIA Dayton. Thank you for your continued support of our chapter and profession, and please feel free to contact me with concerns, questions, or suggestions.

Best regards,
Charlie Setterfield, AIA

Chapter Programs
Intersection of Environmental Ethics and Economics in Project Development

Date: Wednesday, June 3; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Speaker: Matthew Worsham. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Manager, University of Dayton
Platform:  Via Zoom
RSVP: By June 2, 2020
Credits : 1.5 AIA HSW LUs

The sustainability industry has done a good job of communicating the environmental benefits of their products and services, as well as the impact on energy costs. It has not been as effective at communicating the macro-economic implications of pollution and climate change. These have important consequences for building owners and designers from both an economic and an ethical perspective. This presentation will discuss a few key concepts in climate change economics and how they have ethical and material consequences for building operations.

Some key concepts:
· Triple bottom line
· External costs
· Social cost of carbon
· Carbon lock-in
· Carbon pricing

Practical applications include:
· Common problems encountered when optimizing buildings for efficiency
· UD's work on energy efficiency, climate change, and retrocomissioning

The Built Environment and Mental Health: A Discussion on the Premise, Perception, and Promise

Date: Wednesday, June 11; 11:45 AM - 1 PM
Speaker: Lt Col Andrew Hoisington, PhD, Air Force Institute of Technology
Platform:  Joint Meeting with SAME and AIA Dayton, Microsoft Teams virtual program; Microsoft Teams link to be emailed to registrants
RSVP: By June 10, 2020
Credits : 1.0 AIA HSW LUs

People spend over 80% of their lives indoors, and research in the last thirty years has been focused on improving occupants’ physical health in the built environment. The mechanisms through which the built environment influence physical health have been extensively studied. However, the mechanisms through which specific elements of the built environment influence mental health is not well understood. The issue of mental health is a significant public health concern. One in five Americans have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder in the past year, and in the United States the number of deaths due to suicide are similar to the number of deaths due to breast cancer. Limited research has been done regarding relationships between features of the built environment and mental health. This presentation will provide an assessment that integrates historical research across multiple disciplines on the premise, perception, and promises connecting the built environment and mental health.

Chapter News
Update Your Firm Profile

We are updating our firm listings on the  AIA Dayton website . Please complete the form by clicking here . Only one person from a firm should update the form, so please determine who at your firm will complete and submit the form.  The deadline for submitting updated forms has been extended to June 1.

This is a free listing on the website, so please update your listing.
Other Programs
Free CE Programs

Multiple vendors and organizations are offering free CE programs to AIA members. Below are links with very brief descriptions so you can check out the programs you may have an interest in. (The AIA Houston meeting does carry a registration fee, but is offered to all AIA members as it is a virtual program replacing an what would normally be an in person program.)  
AIA Houston hosts Small Firm Roundtable on May 28 and 29

AIA Houston has extended an invitation to AIA Dayton members to attend their Thriving through Challenging Times conference, May 28 and 29. The program has been organized by their Small Firm Roundtable and will be held via Zoom. A preliminary agenda and registration information are available online. Attendees can choose to attend either day or both days, and any AIA member, regardless of chapter, will receive the member rate.

June 3, 3:00 - 4:00 PM CT - REWORK: Higher Education Facilities Designed for COVID-19 Safety.  

AIA Minnesota is kicking off a series of webinars on the "Future of Design." Each webinar will focus on a particular type of building, and will bring together architects and leaders from other industries to share ideas related to reworking space to address COVID-19 problems in the near-term, and questions to be explored for longer-term planning.

These webinars are free and open to your members! Please share them as you see fit

Free Live VisiSpecs Webinar Hosted by Chalkline

June 4, 2020, 2:00 PM ET  

Webinars are a great way to have your users quickly learn more about the ease of use, ease of upgrading, and fast return on investment. The webinars focus on the process and value of using more efficient spec writing tools, collaboration options, data centralization and access, BIM integrated document options, and delivery options from Owner > Designer > Contractor > Owner/FM.

Architectural Webinar Series - Spring 2020

June 4, 11:00 AM PT - Operable Glass Walls for Flexible Interior Space Division

June 11, 11:00 AM PT - Innovations in Education Design Using Opening Glass Walls

AIA Continuing Education brought to you by NanaWall.

Finding Opportunity in Changing Markets:
ADVANCEMENTS IN MASS TIM BER & WOOD-FRAME BUILDING DESIGN

June 3, 2020 - All Day Virtual Symposium
Registration Fee: $50 (20% Member Discount Available)
Valid for up to 5.5 AIA HSW LUs Credits

Join the WoodWorks Wood Design Symposium for the knowledge you need to make these projects successful. Register today to learn from a dynamic mix of 15+ speakers and panel topics tailored to building designers, developers and contractors.  

Ron Blank & Associates Offers Free Webinars

If you prefer live, interactive continuing education but prefer the comfort of your office, studio or home, webinars may be the perfect fit for your CE needs. We host a full range of topics that meet the live education licensing and organization requirements you have.
 
GreenCE Offers Free Webinars

We offer live instructor-led continuing education webinars. The webinars can offer LEED Specific Hours, AIA HSW CE Hours, and ADA/Barrier-Free CE Hours.
 
AIA News
Have You Met Iggy Peck?

Westcott House partners with Peter Exley, AIA National 2021 President-Elect, to deliver "Iggy Peck, Architect" reading to your home.

Since mid-March, all of the public Frank Lloyd Wright sites have been closed to the public due to COVID-19, and many sites transitioned to virtual programming during this challenging time. One of the recent projects that the Westcott House worked on is "Iggy Peck, Architect", a special  online reading   by Peter Exley, AIA National 2021 President-Elect. 
 
Through this project, the site hopes to reach teachers and parents, who are invited to use the reading in virtual class and during summer months.

To learn more about the Westcott House, go to :
facebook.com/westcotthouse; 
twitter.com/WestcottHouse; 
instagram.com/thewestcotthouse
Join the State & Local Government Network

Keeping abreast of legislative and policy issues is not only encouraged but is easier than ever once you sign up with the State and Local Government Network (SLGN). With access, you can discuss advocacy efforts, pose questions to colleagues, and access resources beneficial to the advancement of our industry. Click below to send an email to Michael Winn, AIA, to sign up for the SLGN.

F REE AIAU Courses for AIA Members
Working 100% from home is new territory for many of us, as is the rapidly changing business environment that’s impacting our jobs, our firms, and our work. To help navigate these uncertain times, we’re offering valuable learning resources—some of AIAU’s best business and tech courses—to AIA members for free.

Learn about virtual practice, successful business strategies, risk management, and more from some of the most innovative architects, firms, and design professionals.

How AIA Contracts Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

For the foreseeable future, the design and construction industry may experience considerable disruptions, such as material shortages, construction delays, work stoppages, and suspended and terminated projects due to the coronavirus pandemic. This article provides some tips on how to handle project delays, suspensions, and terminations with AIA documents, and also provides a list of some insurance issues to consider.

AIA Ohio News
Design for Safety Ideation Charrette
Educational Design in a Post-COVID-19 Environment

AIA Ohio invites Architects, Designers and Students to participate in an Ideas Charrette that explores how learning environments will respond to a post-Covid-19 world. 

Participants will be challenged to explore concepts that are integral to the built-environment, but will need to be reconsidered in light of the “new normal” that exists in the aftermath of a global pandemic.








While the convention has been cancelled for this year, there will still be some form of an awards program and a business meeting in the fall.  The deadline for design awards submissions has been extended to July 1st.  Please click on the links below to make your submissions.
AIA Ohio Honor Awards - NEW AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT

Architects are outstanding for more than the projects they design. They deserve recognition for their leadership, public service, mentorship and their work to make the profession of ever-increasing service to society. AIA Ohio has a NEW HONOR AWARD category this year: the Emerging Professionals Award. The AIA Ohio Emerging Professional Award identifies and promotes exceptional accomplishments of Associate Members and Young Architect members and their continuing development within the profession.


The Deadline for Submitting has been extended to June 12
AIA Ohio Design Awards - 2020 Guidelines

The AIA Ohio design awards program seeks to promote and focus attention on quality design, sustainability, and AIA's 10 principles of livable communities. The jury will evaluate all projects based on the aesthetic, functional, contextual, social and sustainable characteristics of the design. The jury will also evaluate submissions based on their successful response to one or more of AIA's 10 principles of livable communities. The program opens April 1 - start thinking now about projects you can submit.

The Deadline for Submitting has been extended to July 1
In The Media
Hospitality After COVID-19: An Architect’s Perspective

What does hospitality look like in a post-COVID-19 world? We must identify short-, mid-, and long-term design strategies and technologies that will provide the comfort, service and graciousness of current hotel design, enhanced with safer, cleaner and healthier environments. To reduce guests’ anxiety triggered by COVID-19, hotels need new design features that emphasize palpable cleanliness. Hotel operators must take action to create a safe, healthy environment and reassure guests that their health and safety is their top priority.
 
Read More: Hotel Business
The fraught return of working at home

As a kid growing up in Hawai‘i, Megan Lehn would buzz her parents on their intercom system when she got home from school every day, to say hi and to tell them what she was eating for a snack. They’d reply from the third floor, where they shared an office. Working from home afforded Lehn’s parents the flexibility to take her to school and soccer practice, but they instituted clear boundaries when they were on the clock. As Lehn explains it: “Just because I’m home doesn’t mean you can bring up your Oreos and ask me a bunch of questions about Oreos.”

When Lehn bought a house in California a few years ago and started working for a company with an entirely remote staff, she found herself adopting her parents’ attitude toward separating work and life. One room became her work space, which she set up to look like “any other office”: dual screens, filing cabinets, wireless mouse, ergonomic everything.
 
Read More: Curbed
These are the 10 best sustainable buildings of 2020

Buildings generate nearly 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions—and since two-thirds of the buildings that exist today will still be around by the middle of the century, architects need to rethink their design now to have a chance of meeting goals for a net-zero economy. The industry is shifting, and sustainability has become a standard part of architecture. But some projects go further than others. Each year, the American Institute of Architecture Committee on the Environment selects the 10 best designs. Here’s the  list for 2020 .

Read More: Fast Company
LEED, other building certification systems, look to adjust to COVID-19 era
When Minneapolis architect Doug Pierce first envisioned a few years ago a new building standard that could help measure the resiliency of a structure or community, he had imagined design that could help structures withstand extreme weather, economic upheaval and even sea-level rise. But worldwide pandemics weren’t high on his list.

No playground? No problem. Philly architect built a treehouse in his rowhouse yard, and you can, too. | Inga Saffron

Consider the architect in the time of COVID-19. Locked down. With a 3-year-old.

Alex Gilliam and his wife, Renee Schacht, who run a small, nontraditional architecture practice called  TinyWPA,  have been working from their Brewerytown rowhouse since Philadelphia imposed a quarantine in mid-March. Or rather, trying to work. Like parents everywhere, their days have been hijacked by childcare responsibilities, even though they’ve set up shifts for work and parenting. With no daycare, no playground, and no playdates to fall back on, their attempts to occupy their energetic son, Scout, were testing their imagination and patience.