The Studio 19: Designing Freedom

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Current Cal Poly Architecture students Hazel Cruz, Brent Gibbons, Ryan Blue, Hallie Travis, and Katie Murphy join us to discuss the exciting new Cal Poly AIAS Freedom by Design chapter.

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Show Notes

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Cal Poly News

• Hearst Lecture Series:
  • Chris Haegglund, BAR Architects
  • Friday, May 7th, at 4:00pm
  • Business Rotunda, Room 03-213
• Chumash Architecture Show! (History of the Show)
  • http://architectureshow.calpoly.edu/
  • Chumash Auditorium, Julian A. McPhee University Union
  • Opening Reception: Friday, May 28th, 2010 5:00 pm
  • Exhibition: May 29th & 30th 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
• 5th Year Crits (All located at the Berg Gallery) See our calendar for updates
  • Prof. Barry Williams
    • Title: Linkage
    • Date: May 10th
    • Time: 11AM – 5 PM
  • Prof. Doug Jackson
    • Title: Trans-Form
    • Date: May 14-15th
    • Time: opens 5pm

Rapid Fire Questions

• Cal Poly or Berkeley? CAL POLY!
• Autocad or Revit? Revit
• Parallel bar or T-Square? Parallel
• Facebook or LinkedIn? Facebook
• Arch Record, Arch Digest or ARCHITECT? Architectural Record, we love Joe!
• Drafting dots or tape? Dots/tape (tied)
• Yellow trace or white? Yellow (1 white)
• Ad Markers or Prisma? Prisma
• Pen or Pencil? Pen (1 pencil)
• Mac or PC? Mac/PC/Both

FINAL SCORE: KOOB (book spelled backwards, Tim is crazy)

Interview

• A little bit about everyone:
  • Hazel Cruz: 2nd year, transfer student, Captain for 2010-2011 Freedom by Design group this upcoming year.
  • Brent Gibbons: 2nd year, transfer student from Cuesta, from Gilroy, running for AIAS president
  • Ryan Blue: 2nd year, originally from TX, running for AIAS Treasurer
  • Hallie Travis: 1st year, from San Fran, currently the Freedom by Design fundraiser, running for AIAS Secretary
  • Katie Murphy: 2nd year, from Ventura County, currently Freedom by Design Project Manager
• What is “Freedom by Design”
  • Social arm of AIAS, they work with the community seeking out projects to help senior citizens or accessibility issues within the community.
  • Becoming the first Freedom by Design Chapter at Cal Poly, as well as in California. It’s a year long application process, meeting guidelines, submitting recommendation letters, etc. in order to establish this new Chapter.
  • http://www.aias.org/advocacy_service/freedom_by_design.php
  • http://www.aias.org/FBD/docs/FBDBrochure(LowRes).pdf
• How did they get involved?
  • Brent learned of the program from AIAS while he was at Cuesta, but due to the high turn over rate it wasn’t feasible to establish at Cuesta.
  • After transferring to Cal Poly, it became more of a reality, along with the support from the local AIA California Central Coast Chapter
• How do they, as students, get these projects built:
  • Teaming up with design and construction mentors helps makes the projects not only feasible but a reality with it comes to permits, design, labor, etc.
• Why are they involved in Freedom by Design?
  • Being able to see the process and have a real hands on, “learn by doing” approach
  • They’re using the skills they have to help people in the community and make a huge difference.
  • They’re able to bridge students and community
  • Studio can be really isolated, so getting out into the community and seeing the “real world” application of their skills is a really important opportunity
• What kind of projects do they do?
  • Small scale, from installing grab rails, or modifying a counter height.
  • Large scale, installing a deck with a ramp, widening a door to allow for wheelchair accessibility.
  • Much of the time and materials are donated, as the projects are entirely student driven from funds, to design to construction.
• What kinds of fundraising do they do:
  • Contacting local businesses, donating funds events at local markets and restuarants.
• Goals for licensure?
  • YES! They’re all planning on it… even if they don’t fully understand the process right now. After all, that’s why they’re in the program: to become Architects!!!!!
  • Tim puts Haley on the spot again for not being further along in her ARE process… (all in good fun)
• Thoughts about the future of Cal Poly and the Architecture Program:
  • Bigger, better and more projects!
  • Hope to see the Freedom by Design Chapter takes off and sustains itself for the long haul, beyond all of them and the time they’re at Cal Poly.
• PLUGS:
  • AIAS Mixer, May 21st after the Hearst Lecture, also debuting the “F-Stop” reopening
  • #/calpolyaiasfreedombydesign
  • Cal Poly AIAS Freedom by Design

• PSA about the title of Architect, “Junior Architect”, “Architect in Training”, “Architectural Intern”. Saying “I’m in Architecture” may not be okay. http://www.architectmagazine.com/legal-issues/trust-me-im-an-unlicensed-architect.aspx