[nndl] Fw: AIA DESIGN VOICE Event Invitation - 29 January '09

Fw: AIA DESIGN VOICE Event Invitation - 29 January
'09
Greetings,
Friends of ours met an architect, Eva Schone, who talked about
her project. "The event described below is the launch of a
project she's started. The first paragraph is a blurb from a
short article on KUT news a couple of days ago plus a link to the
audio, the second is a description she sent me in an e-mail, and below
that is the official flyer for the event. Please forward to your
lists, nhood organizations, and anyone else you think would be
interested." A new volunteer project, called “Design Voice,” shows that
the creative workforce can make a difference in urban development in
Austin.When we talk about pro-bono work, we tend to think of
attorneys helping clients who cannot afford legal aid. But the world
of pro-bono design is sizable and growing, and Design Voice wants to
tap into that. The group is a partnership between architects, artists,
designers, and community organizations who will volunteer their time
to improve the quality of life in the city. http://kut.org/items/show/15466 >

 
DESIGN VOICE is an
initiative I started with the great support of the firm I work with
(Hurt Partners Architects). Since the idea was to take a
multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to the entire quest we
solicited the support of our professional organization, the American
Institute for Architects, and hooked up with Real Community Austin
(Ann Graham and Greg Esparza) and with HousingWorks Austin who have
helped us greatly spread the word about our efforts throughout the
creative community and non-profit world. DESIGN VOICE operates under
the umbrella of the AIA, but aims to be very inculsionary and open to
the community at large, the art world, and we'll try to assist and
learn from the many great non-profits who are involved in housing
and community building. Real Community is a group that aims to
facilitate events for various organizations throughout the
community in a new event series, called chainLink. Our
DESIGN VOICE event is the first chainLink event.
I think that explains it in
a nut shell and we'll explain it in more depth at the
event. 
 
 
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:02 PM
Subject: AIA DESIGN VOICE Event Invitation - 29 January
'09

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hosted by AIA DESIGN VOICE

Thursday, January 29, 2008 @
6:00-7:30pm

Center for Architecture

801 West 12th Street

Austin, Texas 78701 

Dear Colleagues, Please join us Thursday, January 29th for an event hosted by AIA
AUSTIN and co-sponsored by HousingWorks Austin and Real Community
Austin  to kick off a new AIA Austin initiative: DESIGN
VOICE.  

DESIGN VOICE aims to provide a
forum for the architectural community to connect and collaborate with
the community interested and engaged in housing advocacy, development
and community building and to offer an additional creative resource to
the community.

This event will also be the first in
the Real Community chainLINK. The chainLINK series seeks to
link the active creative voices engaged in community building all over
Austin, and bring them together in an open, ongoing conversation at
multiple venues - a chain of talks, exhibits, screenings and diverse
projects that further the cause of building Austin
community.

Where do you
want to LIVE? 

Join a conversation about how our city can create housing that
reflects the community you want Austin to be. The January
29th program includes: 

An
introduction to DESIGN VOICE and the 1% pro bono design program by
Public Architecture

An
introduction Real Community Ning, a new online social network to
connect Austin community builders  http://realcommunity.ning.com - please join AIA
DESIGN VOICE on this online network http://realcommunity.ning.com/group/design_voice >

• An introduction to
  HousingWorks Austin

• Real
  Community Moshpit- A speed introduction to organizations
  engaged now in housing and community building
  including:

• Austin
  Community Design and Development Center 

• City of
  Austin Neighborhood Housing & Community Development

• Design
  Build Alliance

• Architecture for Humanity
• Capital
  Metro 

• Uplift
  Austin 

• Beth
  Ferguson--Metamorphosis Arte/Austin Green Maps 

• St.
  Johns Neighborhood Association 

• Exhibit
  opening of the 99K Design Competition Houston which challenged
  architects to design a house for $99,000.  >link

This event is
free and open to everyone-not just design and housing
professionals-the conversation about housing in Austin is something
that concerns all of us. Please RSVP
to:  [at]  or by phone at 512.452.4332
and please help us spread the word.

Thanks and
hope to see you there!

AIA DESIGN VOICE aims to
provide a forum for the architectural community to connect and
collaborate with the community interested and engaged in housing
advocacy, development and community building and to offer an
additional creative resource to the community.

Real Community Austin is a growing network of individuals and
organizations committed to a collaborative, artful approach to
'building' community.  >link The Real Community chainLINK series seeks to link the active
creative voices engaged in community building all over Austin, and
bring them together into an open, ongoing conversation at multiple
venues--a chain of talks, exhibits, screenings and diverse projects
that further the cause of building Austin community. HousingWorks Austin is a non-profit organization endeavoring to
keeping homes affordable for Austinites through research, education,
practice, and public policy change.  >link

 
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