The Studio 62: Kids Don’t Try This at Home
by Tim Alatorre
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Posted on March 4, 2011
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AIA, Bilgi Denel, Cool MOW, Emerging Architect, Howard Weisenthal, John Lange, materials, Revit, Sandy Miller, Serim Denel, Terry Hargrave, Young Architects
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Jason A Silva, AIA, LEEP AP, class of ’96 or ’97, Partner and Design Principal at Dreyfuss & Blackford, AIA California Council, Young Architects Forum Regional Liaison for Northern California. Need we say more?
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Show Notes
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- Update on FAA sketch day in SLO
- Neal Breton from San Luis Art Supply was there
- Next sketch day in Morro Bay, a local artist will also be there to teach
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Cal Poly News
- Hearst Lecture this Friday:
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Laurie Johnson: Laurie Johnson Consulting
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Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 4:00pm
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Business Rotunda (03-213)
- For additional information, visit Laurie Johson Consulting’s web site.
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- AIAS fundraiser was today, but we can still give them a shout out…
- The fifth iteration of the third year “Best of Show” will take place on
- Friday, March 11th, 2011, between 8:30am – 6:00pm in the Berg Gallery.
- Invited guest jurors for this event will include Adriana Cuellar, Karen Lohrmann, Marcel Sanchez, and Enrico Como.
COOOOL MOW (material of the week)
- Solucent
General News
- College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UMINN / Steven Holl Architects
- Ikeas’ own Wind Farm
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20032930-54.html
- Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is teaming with Stockholm-based O2 for a nine-turbine wind farm in its home country. Candace Lombardi reports that the initiative, scheduled for completion next year, adds to the company’s previous renewable power investments in France and Germany
- The Speed of Urbanization
- http://weburbanist.com/2011/02/21/then-now-the-stunning-speed-of-urban-development/
- It takes 21 years in America to reach drinking age, but Dubai has managed to transform itself from desert to metropolis in the same time period. Steph reports that the dramatic growth of contemporary cities can be seen in photos of the same skyline over just a few decades. Shanghai, Bangkok, even London’s skyline have been dramatically transformed in recent decades
Rapid Fire Questions:
- Cal Poly or Berkeley? Poly
- Autocad or Revit? Revit
- Parallel bar or T-Square? Parallel
- Facebook or LinkedIn? LinkedIn
- Arch Record, Arch Digest, or Architect? Architect
- Drafting dots or tape? Drafting dots
- Yellow trace or white? white
- Ad Markers or Prisma? Ad (The old smelly ones)
- Pen or Pencil? both
- Mac or PC? PC
- What’s the Meaning of Life? 42
SCORE: 522HD
Interview
- Tim is excited that Jason is a Revit guy!
- embraced it early on, most recently he’s done entire projects in the program
- it’s a powerful tool that you can really leverage
- UC Davis Medical Center Parking Garage
- Why did you want to be an architect?
- started at a young age, always knew he wanted to be an architect
- he grew up with parents that rehab-ed and remodeled constantly
- got into design and construction in High School, building decks for family and friends and things grew from there
- architecture was the way to go
- Why did you attend Cal Poly?
- he applied to Berkeley and Cal Poly, got into both but decided on Poly
- Poly was a place he felt more at home for pushing boundaries and experimenting with design
- What are your most memorable experiences from your time in San Luis Obispo?
- scotch, beer, Tom Waits and ate night burning models flying off the third floor of John Lange’s studio enough said
- Washington Alexandria program and San Francisco program
- http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hvQlfTtsDnQ/RiOPj9SPfvI/AAAAAAAAAAs/WuTE7_CQ8sw/s1600-h/1993+mystery.jpg
- What did you do following graduation?
- moved to San Francisco, worked in 6 different offices in about 4 years, to get lots of experience, mainly small firms, lots of moving around during that time where there were lots of jobs after the lull
- did lots of ADA upgrade work, auto dealerships, some residential planning, commercial, some institutional, office work
- What was the path that led you to being a partner with Dreyfuss & Blackford?
- he’s been there for 10 years
- the firm has been good about moving and changing with the times
- it was about fitting into the leadership of the office
- Can you talk a bit about your path to becoming licensed?
- was licensed in 2002
- getting them done so he could be called an architect, some healthy competition with other peers to make it through the exams
- Tell us a bit about your position for AIA California Council
- Young Architects Forum Regional Liasion for Northern California as well as to AIA National
- young architects are those licensed for 10 years and under
- this is a bit of an under-represented group of the profession
- there are 18 regions across the nation, California was split in half due to the large number of members
- reaching out to young architects throughout the state, understanding their needs and interests, bringing that to AIA National for representation as well
- Young Architects Forum Regional Liasion for Northern California as well as to AIA National
- How can younger professionals better contribute to the success of an architecture firm?
- realize there is a business side of the office, IDP is a great way to open the door to get involved and understand some of the business aspects of the firm
- How can those of us entering the profession better prepare ourselves for the day to day of working in an architecture firm?
- Ask to go to lunch with leadership, ask questions
- ask questions in general, show an interest in regularly learning about the practice
- What are you plans for the future?
- total world domination!
- reaching out to other professionals and specialists to build round table discussions and events
- anything to make the future better in the long term
- What advice would you give to current Cal Poly Architecture students?
- find things that you love and mix them into the architecture that you do
