Bob O’Reilly & David Lummis at Fullerton Park

AIA West Jersey Volunteers Help Rebuild a Local Playground

On Saturday, April 30, members of AIA West Jersey assisted in a community service project of rebuilding a playground at Fullerton Park in Moorestown, NJ.

Fullerton Park is located in the heart of Moorestown and has been a community based park for decades. The original play set and surrounding fixtures were installed in 1992 by local residents in memory of Frank Fullerton, a Moorestown police officer, who was tragically killed in the line of duty in 1979. Time had taken its toll on the playground, and the Township recently identified significant safety and health issues with the playground. It was time for the playground to be replaced.

Leathers & Associates, who specialize in community-built playgrounds, designed the Fullerton Park playground, and provided supervision for the project. AIA West Jersey members were divided into several teams, each working on a section of the playground with other community volunteers.

The playground was completed on the following day and children immediately enjoyed the result of the volunteer’s efforts. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their Saturday for this worthwhile effort.

2011 Scolarship Awards

AIA West Jersey’s Kyle Ryan, Fifth Year student at Tulane University, is awarded top scholarship by the AIA New Jersey Scholarship Foundation

The 2011 AIA New Jersey Scholarship Awards were presented at the 2012 AIA New Jersey Inaugural Banquet and Kyle Ryan of Voorhees, New Jersey, was awarded the top scholarship by the AIA New Jersey Scholarship Foundation.

Kyle Ryan is a part of the AIA West Jersey Section & Region.

All of AIA West Jersey would like to say Congratulations!

The AIA New Jersey Scholarship Foundation Inc. maintains a program of scholarship grants to qualified architectural students from New Jersey or attending architecture school in New Jersey for the purpose of recognizing scholastic achievement, demonstrated talent, and potential for success in the profession of Architecture. Financial need is also a consideration for the award of scholarship funds. It is noted that funds for the program come from contributions and fundraising efforts of AlA New Jersey members, interested sources in the construction industry, and private individuals located in New Jersey.

William J. Cohen - 2011 AIA West Jersey President

Dear Fellow AIA West Jersey Members:

It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as President of the American Institute of Architects, West Jersey Section for 2011. It is hard to believe that the year has come and gone so fast.

When I joined the Executive Board five years ago, I was determined to get involved and make a difference. Despite the downturn in the global economy, our Chapter continues to grow, generate new membership and creative ideas. Our strongest growth has been experienced in our young associates division, now known as the Committee of Emerging Professionals in Architecture (CEPA). Under the leadership of Bob O’Reilly, Jim Del Grosso and Jason Lutz, we have assembled over 40 young and emerging professionals within our jurisdiction. We have provided study aids for the for the A.R.E. exams, mentoring opportunities, assisted with IDP requirements, and created a forum in which CEPA and our members can interact. Our young professionals are the future of our organization and we must continue to support their needs and efforts. Our profession depends upon them.

Over the past 12 months, we have worked hard to re-tool our Section in order to meet the needs of our changing profession. I am proud of the efforts that our Executive Board.

AIA West Jersey Tour Group - Team New Jersey Solar Decathlon Zero Energy Home

2011 AIA West Jersey Fall Trip to the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C.

AIA West Jersey hosted a trip to the National Mall’s West Potomac Park in Washington, DC on Saturday October 1st. Twenty AIA members from West Jersey, South, Shore and Newark/Suburban along with five spouses made the trip to the site of this year’s U S Dept. of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon. It is an award winning program that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build and operate solar powered houses. The winner of the competition is the one that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency. This year’s overall winner was the University of Maryland. Each structure, between 600 – 1000 square feet, was required to be transported for assembly to Washington, DC. Although the weather did not completely cooperate with rain, and wind temperatures in the 50’s it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the group and AIA West Jersey is hoping to repeat the trip to the 2013 Solar Decathlon. Congratulations to Team New Jersey and the students at NJIT on their Zero Energy Home design being showcased at the 2011 Solar Decathlon!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

AIA West Jersey is pleased to announce it’s 6th Annual AIA-WJ Photography Competition is open for 2011. We welcome all to submit – architects, associates, students, and shutterbugs to this juried competition. Selected images will be featured in the 2012
calendar and displayed at our Annual Inaugural Gala in January.

Enrty Deadline:
August 10, 2011

ELIGIBILITY:
Competition is open to all AIA members and affiliates,
associates, students and the general public.

CATEGORIES:
Color – Black & White

AWARDS:
A minimum of 13 winners will be chosen for inclusion in the 2012 calendar, in addition three awards will be presented with cash prizes:

• Best Overall Entry – $ 250 prize
• First Place Color – $ 150 prize
• First Place Black & White – $ 150 prize

DEADLINE:
Entry(s) must be received by August 10, 2011

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

• Entry Fee is nonrefundable for up to (5) prints per entry:
  $25.00 members & affiliates, $15.00 for students, and $40.00 non-members
• FEE and completed Entry Form MUST accompany all images entered.
• Unlimited number of entries.
• Subject must have an architectural theme or contain an element of the human-made environment; should be single images not composites or collages made through digital manipulation. Photographic interpretation will be judged, not the architecture. Location of images is unrestricted.
• Entries must have been taken and owned by the participant.
• Entries preferred in digital format.
  Any print entries MUST still include submission of digital images.
• Print entires to be 8×10 images mounted on 11 x 14 presentation quality white mat boards (No Foam Core), with the following information adhered to the back of each mounted print:
  name, print title, location of image or description.
• Digital images must be on CD. Photographs may be originally shot in digital format or may be high resolution scans of 35 mm. Images should be scanned at 300 dpi (ppi) at the final output
  size and saved as a JPG or TIFF file, maximum size 10 MB.
• Participants grant reproduction rights and permissions to AIA West Jersey to use all submitted images (in either print or electronic form) for organizational calendar, website, exhibition,
  publications, fundraising and promotional purposes. All mounted print entries become property of AIA West Jersey.
• Submission of entry implies acceptance of all above conditions.

QUESTIONS & INFO:
Contact Kimberly Bunn, AIA – photo@aiawestjersey.org 856-234-7367

Enrty Deadline:
August 10, 2011

  To Enter, click the button above to download our entry form, then complete and mail the form along with entries and check payable to AIA West Jersey to:

AIA-WJ Photo Competition
c/o Ignarri-Lummis Architects
601 Chapel Avenue East
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

For FedEX & UPS delivery:
OFFice number: 856-428-8877
Weekday deliveries only

AIA South Jersey has extended an invitation to AIA West Jersey Members and Associates to attend their monthly Membership Meeting on March 1, 2011, at Tre Figlio, in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey.  The Membership Meeting is a dinner meeting being sponsored by Northeast Precast, and Amy King, Senior Sales Engineer at Lutron Electronics Co. will be giving a presentation on Light Control and LEED:  How Light Control Helps Achieve LEED Certification in New Construction and Major Renovations of Commercial Buildings.  The presentation will be worth (1) HSW Learning Unit and (1) GBCI CE Hour.  The cost to attend the dinner meeting is $25.00.  If you should have any questions or need directions, please call (609) 965-3303.

Thank you all and we hope to see you there!

Registration:

• Register Now 
• Sign in using your AIA account information (if you don’t have an account, you’ll be prompted to create one)
• Select your registration category (Component President, Component President-elect, etc.)
• Check the box with the applicable event fee
• Select Add to Cart
• Select sessions and select the location you plan to attend.  You must select a location.
• Complete your registration as directed

If you experience difficulties with online registration please download a registration form and return via email to register@aia.org or fax to 202-639-7624.  If you have questions contact 800-242-3837.

Event Summary:

Continuing the Grassroots tradition, component presidents and presidents-elect, emerging professional, knowledge community leaders, members of the AIA national board of directors, AIA national component staff, executive directors and component staff will hone their leadership skills and attend workshops that are specifically designed for them.

Members will be given the opportunity to provide input on AIA initiatives and share information and ideas with their counterparts from around the country. The agenda also includes a dynamic legislative conference and workshops designed to help members become effective chapter and civic leaders.

Attendees will:

• Share best practices and knowledge to help shape a more robust Institute

• Reveal successes realized in the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan, celebrating local and state accomplishments

• Advocate for the profession on Capitol Hill

• Optimize the Member Congress experience

The Grassroots Ad Hoc Committee, led by 2011 President-elect and Grassroots Chair Jeffery Potter, FAIA, is working diligently to design a more information rich and inspirational conference that will meet the special leadership needs of AIA’s member groups.

Significant innovations underway include:

• More Opportunities to Network. AIA national committee meetings and other member group meeting should be scheduled only on Tuesday, February 1 or Saturday, February 5.

• An Advocacy Luncheon on Wednesday. Get a head start on how to advocate the Institute’s legislative agenda to members of Congress.

• More Leadership Development Training. There will be additional opportunities to make your Grassroots experience more valuable by attending one of six half-day professional development workshops on Wednesday, February 2 or Saturday, February 5.

• Spreading the wealth of the Awards Celebration. Award recipients will be acknowledged throughout the conference as inspirational case studies of innovation and achievement.

Join your fellow leaders, Wednesday, February 2 through Saturday, February 5 in Washington, D.C. for programming designed to encourage collaboration, engagement, and inspiration.

Join Us at the Inaugural Banquet on January 29, 2011

AIA West Jersey will be holding it’s Presidents’ Inaugural Banquet on January 29, 2011 honoring incoming president William J. Cohen, AIA and Past President William J. Fearon, AIA.  The banquet will be held at the Mansion on Main Street in Voorhees, New Jersey.

At the banquet, the St. Joseph’s Carpenter Society will be awarded the Community Service Award.  The Community Service Award is awarded annually to a person or organization that has made a significant contribution to the built community. 

AIA West Jersey will be presenting the prestigious Louis Goettelmann Award to Mr. Van B. Bruner, Jr. FAIA, for his commitment and exemplary service to the profession and the West Jersey Chapter of AIA.

Ticket price is $75 per person.  No tickets will be sold at the door.  Reservations must be in by January 10, 2011.  For more information, contact Robert O’Reilly, AIA at (856) 857-9408, or bob.oreilly@ArchArchitects.com.

We hope to have you join us for an enjoyable evening and to welcome the new AIA West Jersey officers.