AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation

NextGen Connections: Infrastructural Optimism
2023-05-04 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Alertus Technologies, 10 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
May 4, 2023
6:00 PM
Alertus Technologies
AIA 1.5 LU, HSW Approved
1.5 LACES Approved
With a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure bill recently passed by Congress and threats of climate change more evident with every superlative weather event, flood, and forest fire, the urgency for architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners to be proactive participants in climate and equity solutions is stronger than ever.
Infrastructural Optimism, Samuels’s recent book and the basis for this lecture, is based broadly on the concept that everyone deserves to believe in a better future – for themselves, our society, and the planet – and that the design and production of infrastructure, our largest public space, should be contributing to that better future rather than detracting from it. To shift the paradigm away from last generation infrastructure, designers must work collaboratively across disciplines, recognize the value of environmental interdependencies, and prioritize equitable investments to improve quality of life for all.
REGISTER HERE
Meet the Speaker

Linda C. Samuels, RA, PhD, Professor of Urban Design, Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Linda C. Samuels is a Professor of urban design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, where she teaches architecture and urban design studios and seminars on Infrastructural Urbanism, urban history and theory, and alternative sustainability metrics. She is the founder and
director of Infra_OPTS, an independent consulting firm in St. Louis and Los Angeles focused on the design, mapping, and metrics of public infrastructure to create more equitable cities.
Before coming to WashU, Samuels was the inaugural director of the Sustainable City Project, a multidisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach initiative at the University of Arizona. Samuels earned her Doctorate in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a Senior Research Associate at cityLAB.
Agenda
6:00 PM | Lecture by Linda C. Samuels, PhD at Alertus Technologies (Across the street from the Center for Architecture & Design).
7:30 PM | Reception at the Center for Architecture & Design

Thank You to our Generous Sponsors

Capital Sponsor:
BKM*
GWWO Architects*
James Posey Associates, Inc.*
Northpoint Builders*
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply *
Site Resources, Inc.*

Corinthian Sponsor:
Ames & Gough*
BCT Architects
Budova Engineering*
Craig Gaulden Davis Architecture*
DoubleEdge Design*
Hope Furrer Associates*
Monkey in the Metal*
Moseley Architects*+
Southway Builders*
Swirnow Building Systems
Ziger | Snead*
Doric Sponsor:
WCBM

* Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsors
*+ Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsor and Event Sponsor

Achieving Registration Together: ARE 5.0 Study Session -Program/Analysis
2023-04-29 10:00 - 12:00 | MD
Saturday, April 22 · 10am – 12pm EDT
The Center for Architecture & Design 100 North Charles Street P101 Baltimore, MD 21201
REGISTER HERE
Preparing for the AREs? You are not alone! Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions.
Preparing for the AREs? Don’t know where to start or need some motivation? Looking for a study buddy or guidance from licensed peers? Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions from March to May 2023.
Each session will be organized around a specific ARE 5.0 exam division and led by members of the Emerging Professionals Committee to include those who’ve recently passed exams and/or subject matter experts. Two-hour sessions will include:
– An in-depth review of resources on specific topics including recommended chapters, videos etc.
– Q & A
– Quiz Games!
These will be conducted in groups and might be a great place to meet the perfect study buddies. A light breakfast and coffee will be provided during each session.
Saturday, March 4: Introduction
Saturday, March 11: Practice Management (PcM)
Saturday, March 25: Project Management (PjM)
Saturday, April 8: Construction and Evaluation (CE)
Saturday, April 29: Programming and Analysis (PA) **rescheduled from April 22
Saturday, May 6: Project Planning and Design (PPD)
Saturday, May 20: Project Development and Documentation (PDD)

Baltimore's Road Wars
2023-04-28 13:00 - 13:30 | MD
Friday, April 28 · 1 – 1:30pm EDT
Online
FREE
REGISTER HERE
Join Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Baltimore Heritage for a special virtual history presentation…
On April 28, join historian and author Ev Paull as he discusses his book, Stop the Road, an up-close-and-personal account of Baltimore’s epic 40-year battle over expressway plans. Meet the unsung heroes, a ragtag band of neighborhood activists, preservationists, and environmentalists who saved Baltimore from its own leadership, thereby protecting Baltimore’s historic waterfront communities of Federal Hill, Fell’s Point, and Canton. But that glorious and unlikely win must be tempered with the equally compelling but inglorious story behind the disastrous Highway to Nowhere. This is Baltimore unmasked and laid threadbare for the most momentous decisions since the building of the B&O Railroad.
Meet the Speaker
Northwest Baltimore resident E. Evans Paull spent 45 years as a city planner working in Baltimore and nationally on urban redevelopment issues. He began his career in the Baltimore City Department of Planning as a generalist planner before specializing in the redevelopment of brownfields. After starting and managing Baltimore’s Brownfields Initiative, he tackled these same issues at a national level, working first for Northeast-Midwest Institute before becoming director of the National Brownfields Coalition and finally running his consulting business, Redevelopment Economics. Although now retired, many of his published articles and papers still appear on the Redevelopment Economics website.

The Role of an Architect in Resilience (1.0 LU|HSW)
2023-04-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Morgan State University’s Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies, 5299 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21214
April 25, 2023 4:00pm
Morgan State University’s Center for the Built Environment & Infrastructure Studies
5201 Perring Parkway, Baltimore
1.0 LU AIA approved for in-person attendees only

NextGen Connections: 11th Street Bridge Project
2023-04-20 18:00 - 20:30 | Alertus Technologies, 10 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Photo Courtesy of OLIN
April 20, 2023
6:00 -8:30 PM
Alertus Technologies
AIA 1.5 LU, HSW Approved
1.5 LACES Approved
This lecture will explore a joint project by Olin and OMA, the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C.. This project addresses a set of entrenched divisions that dominate many cities—disparities of income and investment that all too often align with race and are reinforced by geography. D.C. was planned around the confluence of two rivers, the Potomac and the Anacostia. While the more recognized Potomac defines its organic southwestern edge with Virginia, the Anacostia cuts through the city, dividing its southeastern quadrant from the rest.
The west side of the Anacostia River is defined by Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s classical plan, crisscrossed with diagonal avenues whose intersections—called Reservations—mark the locations of civic buildings and public spaces. The east side is less formally organized, with a terrain of hills that fragment its street grid and a riverfront that is bucolic in comparison to the industrialized western bank. The west is dominated by D.C.’s practical and symbolic role as the nation’s capital, while the largely African-American east side is home to more native D.C. residents than any other neighborhood. Today, the west is high income while the east has the lowest income levels in the district.
Over the last fifteen years, the post-industrial Capitol Riverfront along the west bank has become a thriving mixed-use area, while the east side has long been excluded from the city’s economic progress. OMA+OLIN’s winning design for the 11th Street Bridge Park Competition connects two historically disparate sides of the Anacostia River with a series of rooms and active zones, including two sloped ramps that elevate visitors to maximized look-out points to landmarks in either direction. Each ramp terminates in a waterfall that visually reconnects the ramps to the river below. In addition to demonstrating how plants cleanse captured rainwater, the waterfalls above the bridge deck provide cooling breezes and a calming sound. The waterfall below the structure collects surface river water and drops it back into the river, emphasizing the need for river aeration and higher oxygen levels. To encourage visitors to the bridge and neighboring communities, the design includes amenities for comfort and refreshment and an open plaza for markets, festivals and theatrical performances. The form of the bridge creates an iconic encounter, an “X” instantly recognizable as the river’s new image.
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About the Speakers:
Hallie Boyce
A Partner since 2009, Hallie’s focus is the design and planning of landscapes that weave together the elements of art and ecology, creating greater social and physical resiliency for cultural institutions and communities both in the US and abroad. Her passion is creating educational opportunities through the medium of landscape that engage current and future generations towards promoting their stewardship of our world and addressing its key issues of climate change, equity, and environmental justice.
Hallie’s award-winning work includes the design of courtyards, plazas, gardens, parks, campuses, and waterfronts. Recent projects include the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of American History. Hallie has led the design of the grounds of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill; the design of the National Geographic Headquarters Base Camp, a landscape focused on world biomes and biodiversity; the 11th Street Bridge Park, a destination landscape focused on the health of the Anacostia River and its adjacent neighborhoods; and Currie Park, a resiliency hub on the Intracoastal Waterway in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her realized projects include the new U.S. Embassy in London as well as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum and Spirit of Women Park in Columbus, Ohio.
Jason Long
Jason Long is a Partner at OMA who leads its New York office and diverse portfolio in the Americas. Since joining the firm in 2003, Jason has brought a research-driven, interdisciplinary approach to a wide range of OMA’s projects internationally.
A number of projects under Jason’s direction take a creative approach to adaptive reuse and preservation, including POST Houston, the transformation of a former post office warehouse into a mixed-use hub; the conversion of a historic parking garage in New York City into a new synagogue; the renovation of the historic Fitzgerald Building at University of Toronto into the university’s administration center; the adaptive reuse of Jersey City’s historic Pathside Building into Centre Pompidou x Jersey City; and LANTERN, the reimagination of a former commercial bakery into a community arts hub in Detroit.
Jason also leads projects in Washington D.C. that provide an innovative approach to recreation, public health, and equitable development at varying scales: a streetscape design for Washington D.C.’s convention center, the 11th Street Bridge Park connecting disparate communities on either side of the Anacostia River, and a masterplan for the RFK Stadium Armory Campus.

Agenda
6:00 PM | Lecture at Alertus Technologies
7:30 PM | Reception at the Center for Architecture & Design

Thank You to our Generous Sponsors

Capital Sponsor:
BKM*
GWWO Architects*
James Posey Associates, Inc.*
Northpoint Builders*
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply *
Site Resources, Inc.*
Corinthian Sponsor:
Ames & Gough*
BCT Architects
Budova Engineering*
Craig Gaulden Davis Architecture*
DoubleEdge Design*
Hope Furrer Associates*
Monkey in the Metal*
Moseley Architects*+
Southway Builders*
Swirnow Building Systems
Ziger | Snead*
Doric Sponsor:
WCBM
* Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsors
*+ Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsor and Event Sponsor

Tough Sites with Julie Bargmann (1.0 LU)
2023-04-18 16:00 - 17:00 | Morgan State University’s Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies, 5299 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21214
April 18, 2023 4:00pm
Morgan State University’s Center for the Built Environment & Infrastructure Studies
5201 Perring Parkway, Baltimore
1.0 LU AIA approved for in-person attendees only

Demystifying AIA Fellowship
2023-04-18 12:00 - 13:30 | MD
April 18, 2023
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Virtual
REGISTER HERE
Join us for an informal session on preparation for the AIA Fellows application process. Emerging Professionals are encouraged to attend.
AIA Fellows are recognized with the AIA’s highest membership honor for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. Architects who have made significant contributions to the profession and society and who exemplify architectural excellence can become a member of the AIA College of Fellows.
Resources:
AIA Fellowship Information page
Frequently asked questions
Learn more about the AIA College of Fellows here.
Questions?
For questions please email Suzanne Frasier at Suzanne.Frasier@morgan.edu

NextGen Connections: Baltimore Greenway Trails Network: investing in connectivity, wellness, and urban vitality
2023-04-13 18:00 - 20:30 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
April 13, 2023
6:00 PM
The Center for Architecture & Design
AIA 1.5 LU, HSW Approved
1.5 LACES Approved
The Baltimore Greenway Trails Network is a vision for a 35-mile world-class network of urban trails that will link together the diverse neighborhoods, cultural amenities and outdoor resources that make up the landscape of Baltimore City.
When complete, the trail network will connect the city’s popular institutions and destinations—including universities, hospitals, museums, parks, schools, waterfronts and employment centers—with Baltimore’s diverse communities. The trail network will transform the public realm by providing equitable, healthy, low-stress access to open space and reliable transportation and recreation for people of all ages and abilities.
The panelists will share their own perspectives on the proposed connection trails that are needed to complete the network’s loop, and on parks, greenways, community resilience, health, and equity. They will also analyze the logistical and social challenges that face this project.
REGISTER HERE

Meet the Speakers
Moderator
Klaus Philipsen, FAIA
Klaus Philipsen, FAIA, is president of ArchPlan Inc., an architecture and urban design firm in Baltimore specializing in community revitalization, adaptive re-use, historic preservation and transportation planning since 1992. He has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for using his profession to affect communities through advocacy.
Klaus is or has been engaged in the nonprofit sector such as a statewide growth management group which he helped found (1994-2016) an urban land trust for which he is president, a non-profit design center in Baltimore which he co-founded, as chair of the Urban Design Committee of both the local Chapter of the American Institute of Architects until 2017, (AIA) and the national Regional and Urban Design Committee of AIA (RUDC); He was for 10 years a member of a Borough Council in Stuttgart. He currently chairs the Housing Subcommittee of the Social Determinants of Health Task Force at UMB.
Klaus earned a Master’s degree of Architecture in Stuttgart, Germany in 1975. He has also worked as an architect and planner in Stuttgart, Germany and London, England and has resided in the US since 1986. He has taught architecture and urban design as adjunct faculty at two local universities, writes the blog “Community Architect”, is a frequent speaker at conventions and events and a contributor to a statewide radio show in matters of urban design and transportation. He wrote a monthly architecture review in a local business paper, wrote the book “Baltimore, Reinventing an American Legacy City” and regularly publishes articles on his blog “Community Architect.”

Panelist
Theo Ngongang
Theo currently serves as Deputy Director and Chief of Policy for Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT). A close advisor to the Director and member of the senior leadership team, Theo is responsible for setting the overall policy direction for BCDOT. He manages several divisions, including planning, transit, sustainable mobility, citywide bike master planning and supervised the development of the first Complete Streets ordinance and its manual.
Prior to returning to Government, Theo was the Director of Design, Planning + Economics covering Maryland for AECOM. In that role, he was responsible for business development, recruitment, and marketing activities, with a focus on growing the urban planning practice of the firm in Maryland. In that capacity, he successfully secured and managed two planning contracts totaling over $500K Theo has served in various leadership capacities in City and State governments, from Assistant Director at the Department of Planning to Chief of the Planning and Project Development Division of the Baltimore Department of Transportation (DOT).
Earlier in his career, Theo acted as Central Business District Planner in the Baltimore City Department of Planning and as Regional Planner for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). Theo started his career in the design field in Chicago, Illinois, working for several architectural firms.
Theo brings more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors in city/regional planning, transportation planning, public policy, and public administration. He holds a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, a Master in Urban Planning and Town Management (DESS) from Université de Paris-XII (Institut d’Urbanisme de Paris) and a Bachelor in Architecture (Diplome d’Architecte DESA) from Ecole Speciale d’Architecture in Paris, France. He serves on numerous boards and is a graduate of the Greater Baltimore Committee’s LEADERship program class of 2014.

Panelist
Steve Preston
Steve Preston serves as the Park Design and Construction Manager at Parks & People. He oversees the design and delivery of park projects in Baltimore, including such efforts as the renovation of Henrietta Lacks Park, renovation of school yards throughout the city, and creation of numerous post-demolition parks, all of which equate to 17 acres of park space created/restored, with another 14 acres in the works this year alone.
Steve works closely with the communities he serves on, each project aiming to realize their vision; He is proud to be able to connect residents to new and reinvigorated parks and green space. To date, this effort has reconnected 20% of city residents within the underserved “Black Butterfly” with these invaluable resources. Steve has Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Landscape Architecture from Penn State University and has worked for the Parks & People foundation for the last 8 years.

Panelist
Maitreyi Roy
Maitreyi Roy serves as Executive Director for Bartram’s Garden, home of famed 18th century botanist John Bartram (1699-1777). Since 2012, Maitreyi has worked with the board, staff and community leaders to restore and transform Bartram’s Garden as a historic and cultural asset, advancing an ambitious strategic action plan and establishing the Garden as a vibrant civic commons and outdoor living room and class space for the Southwest Philadelphia community.
Maitreyi has served as senior vice president at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society overseeing its nationally recognized urban greening programs and as a landscape architect with the Boston Parks & Recreation Department on revitalizing and restoring its neighborhood parks.
As a 2007 Eisenhower Fellow, Maitreyi traveled to urban centers in Europe to study best practices in urban open space policies and landscape design.
Trained as an architect in India, Maitreyi’s interest in open space issues took her to the Design School at Harvard University where she earned a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture.

Panelist
Kate Foster
Kate Foster serves as the Mid-Atlantic Director of Trail Development for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, based out of the Baltimore field office. In that role, Kate’s focus is on advancing RTC’s TrailNation projects in the Philadelphia/Camden region, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Kate is an ordained Presbyterian minister, and has served churches in Memphis, TN and Baltimore. Prior to joining RTC, she founded and ran a mission and service-learning program that offers community engagement training for church leaders and places volunteers from all over the country with Baltimore-based community and neighborhood groups. She is particularly interested in equitable development and ensuring that historically excluded voices are centered in the process of designing and developing public spaces.
Kate is an avid hiker, gardener, and fitness enthusiast (who also sometimes rides her bike). She holds a Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. She has been published in numerous publications, including Duke Divinity School’s Faith and Leadership and The Huffington Post.

Panelist
Kyle Leggs

Kyle Leggs serves as the Planner for Southwest who has worked for the Department of Planning for 25 years. Throughout his tenure, he has managed the capital budgeting process, represented the department in the areas of Transportation Planning, Emergency Preparedness, and has worked extensively over the years as a District Planner for Southwest Baltimore. He is also a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel holds an M.S. in Transportation from Morgan State University, a B.S. in Social Science from Coppin State University, and is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

Agenda
6:00 PM | Panel Presentation + Discussion
7:30 PM | Reception

Thank You to our Generous Sponsors

Capital Sponsor:
BKM*
GWWO Architects*
James Posey Associates, Inc.*
Northpoint Builders*
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply *
Site Resources, Inc.*
Corinthian Sponsor:
Ames & Gough*
BCT Architects
Budova Engineering*
Craig Gaulden Davis Architecture*
DoubleEdge Design*
Hope Furrer Associates*
Monkey in the Metal*
Moseley Architects*+
Southway Builders*
Swirnow Building Systems
Ziger | Snead*
Doric Sponsor
WBCM*+

* Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsors
*+ Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsor and Event Sponsor

Achieving Registration Together: ARE 5.0 Study Session -Construction/Eval.
2023-04-08 10:00 - 12:00 | MD
Saturday, April 8 · 10am – 12pm EDT
The Center for Architecture & Design 100 North Charles Street P101 Baltimore, MD 21201
REGISTER HERE
Preparing for the AREs? You are not alone! Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions.
Preparing for the AREs? Don’t know where to start or need some motivation? Looking for a study buddy or guidance from licensed peers? Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions from March to May 2023.
Each session will be organized around a specific ARE 5.0 exam division and led by members of the Emerging Professionals Committee to include those who’ve recently passed exams and/or subject matter experts. Two-hour sessions will include:
– An in-depth review of resources on specific topics including recommended chapters, videos etc.
– Q & A
– Quiz Games!
These will be conducted in groups and might be a great place to meet the perfect study buddies. A light breakfast and coffee will be provided during each session.
Saturday, March 4: Introduction
Saturday, March 11: Practice Management (PcM)
Saturday, March 25: Project Management (PjM)
Saturday, April 8: Construction and Evaluation (CE)
Saturday, April 22: Programming and Analysis (PA)
Saturday, May 6: Project Planning and Design (PPD)
Saturday, May 20: Project Development and Documentation (PDD)

Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-04-01 10:00 - 12:00 | MD
Baltimore-based architects Carlos Almeida (AECOM), Jerome Gray (Jerome C. Gray Architect), Eric J. Jenkins (University of Maryland), Omar Calderon Santiago (Perkins Eastman) and Gabriel Kroiz (Morgan State University) have organized a small group of sketchers called Baltimore SketchWorks. They invite everyone to help celebrate sketching and the architecture of Baltimore through sketching tours, lectures, and exhibitions. Their first initiative is series of monthly sketching workshops in and around Baltimore.
These architects, with varied backgrounds, practices and career paths, believe in those the inherently human and universal qualities of sketching that link mind and body. While architects in the 21st century must embrace and use the most advanced digital technologies and tools, architects also know that there is a need for “both/and” thinking and working and that practice requires varied tools for varied situations. A sketch’s inaccuracies, mistakes, and “beautiful ugliness” not only allow for, but advances, the design search and connects us to one another. As architect Toshiko Mori notes, “I think the essential aspect of drawing [is that it creates] an immediate relationship between human beings; drawing survived everything. When I go to the world, 90% of places don’t have computers. So, to be able to interact with people, you have to draw. And then people can draw back. It’s still a universal language.”
This session, led by Jerome Gray, will be part of the Urban Sketchers meet-up for sketchers at all experience levels and backgrounds. The main theme is how sketching can help us explore and understand historic buildings and public spaces and their importance to a community. For more information, please visit urbansketchers.org
Workshop 4 – Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching
Date: Saturday, April 1
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: This session will take place in the neighborhood of Fells Point. The precise meeting location will be sent to registrants.
Bring: pens, pencils or watercolors along with sketch and/or watercolor paper
On Saturday morning, April 1st, Jerome Gray, AIA, will direct a sketching workshop called “Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching”. The meet-up– the fourth in the Baltimore SketchWorks monthly sketch sessions– will provide beginners and the more experienced with tools to use sketching and historic research resources to understand how buildings and places are designed and methods of documenting histories on online encyclopedias and social media (and to just enjoy creating art!).
Limited to 20 participants. To sign up, please contact either Eric Jenkins (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com) or Jerome Gray (jgray@jeromecgrayarchitect.com).
Baltimore SketchWorks is an evolving, informal group of Baltimore-based architects and sketchers who celebrate architectural sketching in Charm City. The first initiative of this celebration is a series of once-a-month sketching sessions. For more information, please see the group’s Instagram feed: baltimore_sketchworks or contact Eric Jenkins, AIA (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com). They invite everyone to participate.

Achieving Registration Together: ARE 5.0 Study Session - Project Management
2023-03-25 10:00 - 12:00 | MD
Saturday, March 25 · 10am – 12pm EDT
The Center for Architecture & Design
100 N. Charles St., Suite P101, Baltimore, MD 21201
REGISTER HERE
Preparing for the AREs? You are not alone! Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions.
Preparing for the AREs? Don’t know where to start or need some motivation? Looking for a study buddy or guidance from licensed peers? Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions from March to May 2023.
Each session will be organized around a specific ARE 5.0 exam division and led by members of the Emerging Professionals Committee to include those who’ve recently passed exams and/or subject matter experts. Two-hour sessions will include:
– An in-depth review of resources on specific topics including recommended chapters, videos etc.
– Q & A
– Quiz Games!
These will be conducted in groups and might be a great place to meet the perfect study buddies. A light breakfast and coffee will be provided during each session.
Saturday, March 4: Introduction
Saturday, March 11: Practice Management (PcM)
Saturday, March 25: Project Management (PjM)
Saturday, April 8: Construction and Evaluation (CE)
Saturday, April 29: Programming and Analysis (PA) **rescheduled from April 22
Saturday, May 6: Project Planning and Design (PPD)
Saturday, May 20: Project Development and Documentation (PDD)

Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-03-25 10:00 - 12:00 | MD
Baltimore-based architects Carlos Almeida (AECOM), Jerome Gray (Jerome C. Gray Architect), Eric J. Jenkins (University of Maryland), Omar Calderon Santiago (Perkins Eastman) and Gabriel Kroiz (Morgan State University) have organized a small group of sketchers called Baltimore SketchWorks. They invite everyone to help celebrate sketching and the architecture of Baltimore through sketching tours, lectures, and exhibitions. Their first initiative is once-a-month sketching workshops in and around Baltimore. While AIA Baltimore will release a complete schedule soon, the workshops will include “Light, Shade, and Depth” with Carlos Almeida and “Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching” with Jerome Gray.
These architects, with varied backgrounds, practices and career paths, believe in those the inherently human and universal qualities of sketching that link mind and body. While architects in the 21st century must embrace and use the most advanced digital technologies and tools, architects also know that there is a need for “both/and” thinking and working and that practice requires varied tools for varied situations. A sketch’s inaccuracies, mistakes, and “beautiful ugliness” not only allow for, but advances, the design search and connects us to one another. As architect Toshiko Mori notes, “I think the essential aspect of drawing [is that it creates] an immediate relationship between human beings; drawing survived everything. When I go to the world, 90% of places don’t have computers. So, to be able to interact with people, you have to draw. And then people can draw back. It’s still a universal language.”
Workshop 3 – Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching
Date: Saturday, March 25
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: see sign-up information below
Bring: pens, pencils or watercolors along with sketch and/or watercolor paper
On Saturday morning, March 25th, Jerome Gray, AIA, will direct a sketching workshop called “Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching”. The meet-up– the third in the Baltimore SketchWorks monthly sketch sessions– will provide beginners and the more experienced with tools to use sketching and historic research resources to understand how buildings and places are designed and methods of documenting histories on online encyclopedias and social media (and to just enjoy creating art!).
Limited to 20 participants. To sign up and learn the exact meeting location, please email either Eric Jenkins (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com) or Jerome Gray (jgray@jeromecgrayarchitect.com).
For more information, please see the group’s Instagram feed: baltimore_sketchworks or contact Eric Jenkins, AIA (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com). They invite everyone to participate.

Ghost Signs of Baltimore
2023-03-24 13:00 - 13:30 | MD
Friday, March 24 · 1 – 1:30pm EDT
Virtual Event
FREE
REGISTER HERE
Have you ever noticed the fading signs painted on buildings all around Baltimore and wondered what they used to say or why they were on a certain building? They are called ghost signs and photographer Lashelle Bynum has been meticulously researching and documenting them over the last few decades. She has photographed nearly 300 ghost signs in Baltimore to date. Please join us to hear Lashelle talk about her quest to discover and uncover the history of Baltimore’s ghost signs.
Meet the Speaker
Lifelong Baltimorean Lashelle Bynum is a photographer and researcher of her city’s ghost signs and Black history. She is also a board member of Baltimore Heritage and has contributed as a guest in several of the organization’s Five Minute Histories videos.

Allied Members Committee Meeting
2023-03-09 16:00 - 16:30 | MD
The Allied Professionals Committee extends the spectrum of membership to those in allied professions and services and reinforces collaboration between AIA Baltimore and allied professional organizations.
Contact a co-chair to join:
Shante Fields Marshall Fields Consulting
Fallon Williams Pella Mid-Atlantic

Achieving Registration Together: ARE Study Sessions
2023-03-04 10:00 - 12:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Preparing for the AREs? Don’t know where to start or need some motivation? Looking for a study buddy or guidance from licensed peers? Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions from March to May 2023.
Each session will be organized around a specific ARE 5.0 exam division and led by members of the Emerging Professionals Committee to include those who’ve recently passed exams and/or subject matter experts. Two-hour sessions will include:
– An in-depth review of resources on specific topics including recommended chapters, videos etc.
– Q & A
– Quiz Games!
These will be conducted in groups and might be a great place to meet the perfect study buddies. A light breakfast and coffee will be provided during each session.
Register for one or all sessions. AIA Baltimore members $10; non-members $15.
Saturday, March 4: Introduction
Saturday, March 11: Practice Management (PcM)
Saturday, March 25: Project Management (PjM)
Saturday, April 8: Construction and Evaluation (CE)
Saturday, April 29: Programming and Analysis (PA) **rescheduled from April 22
Saturday, May 6: Project Planning and Design (PPD)
Saturday, May 20: Project Development and Documentation (PDD)

The AIA Baltimore Health & Wellness Committee’s 7th Annual Design Showcase
2023-03-01 18:00 - 20:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
The AIA Baltimore Health & Wellness Committee will be hosting its 7th Annual Design Showcase- Good Design=Good Health.
[REGISTER HERE]
The AIA Baltimore Health & Wellness Committee will be hosting its 7th Annual Design Showcase- Good Design=Good Health on Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 from 6-8 PM. This exhibition is intended to be a fun way for architects, engineers, urban planners, interior designers, contractors, and others to show the local community how they have been creating healthy spaces. The goal of this exhibition is to showcase designs that promote health and wellness in a variety of ways.
The theme of the showcase, Good Design=Good Health, paints a broad stroke of healthy design. Cities and communities that foster healthy living, mental well-being and social connectedness don’t just happen. It takes forward thinking and innovative designers to create spaces that elevate a community’s way of life. For our showcase, we are encouraging architects, engineers, general contractors, landscape architects, urban planners, and artists to submit projects and designs that broadly speak to community health. From the urban planner who designed new bike lane routes throughout the city, to the landscape architect’s healing garden for children, to the contractors bringing the adaptive reuse vision to life, to the architect’s design of community schools bringing to life one’s vision of academics and healthcare access coming together under one roof- everyone brings their own idea of a healthy environment and how to create it.
What you can look forward to: The AIA Baltimore Health & Wellness Committee is interested in bringing members of the design community together with a forum to showcase their designs with peers, while also being afforded the opportunity to observe the creative work of others. On this night we will come together to celebrate our successes, share best practices, strategize solutions, and discuss adaptation.
Continuing education credits: approved for1.5 LU|HSW for AIA CES and ASLA LACES
Heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer, and wine will be provided.
Submissions: We are seeking submissions from the design and construction community for projects that speak to the idea of a healthy city or healthy environment. The promotion of good health comes in so many shapes and sizes; we want to celebrate them all!
• Eligibility: Projects must have been designed or constructed within the past 3 years. Projects may be of any size or value.
• Format: A suggested template for the PowerPoint/PDF slides is attached. These are to be submitted electronically to AIA Baltimore one week prior to the event (Wednesday, February 22nd). Firms may make up to two submissions if interested.
Entry forms can be submitted to admin@aiabalt.com
AIA Baltimore will provide access to upload files as entry forms are received.

Thank You to our Generous Event Sponsors
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Watercolor Painting Workshop
2023-02-25 14:00 - 16:30 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
This workshop is an introduction to classic watercolor techniques used for botanical subjects such as color mixing, reserving paint and glazing. Participants will work on completing a painting of a beautifully colored and textured houseplant and will learn how they can create their own botanical paintings at home! Join us for an evening workshop designed to help you slow down, look closely, and let your creative juices flow. Ages 8+ welcome. All workshop materials plus an afternoon snack are included in the ticket price.
Suzy Kopf is an artist, art writer, and college professor. She teaches water media, museum studies and professional development for artists at MICA and Johns Hopkins University. As a writer for BmoreArt, she interviews and writes about the contemporary art of Baltimore. She is a multidisciplinary artist who scrutinizes the paper ephemera of midcentury consumer culture to probe the enduring mythos of the American Dream. Conscious of how much byproduct can result from art-production, Suzy strives to have a “no waste” practice, recycling materials back into her work and making her own paint.
Houseplant subjects are on loan from Baltimore small business, Stem & Vine and will be available for purchase following the workshop. Take your new green friend/art model home with you!
Register here. Friends of Baltimore Architecture Foundation $65; general public $75.

Baltimore + Rotterdam: Designing Cities Conversation Series
2023-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Hosted on Zoom
This series is a sequel to the previous webinar series from spring 2022. The spring 2023 theme is: Infrastructure as a Barrier. The 2023 series intends to critically look at the theory gained through the 2022 series and provide practical input to current urban challenges.
Architects, designers, and researchers from Baltimore (Maryland, USA) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands), discuss “How do architects design spaces for people?” together with the audience — in 4 round tables facilitated by international moderators. Each round table dynamically explores designs that value infrastructures, cities, public spaces, communities, and individuals. Each webinar will explore a specific theme. This is a unique opportunity to hear how different types of firms approach design in two cities with similar historical legacies (working class cities with port industries).
This series is designed and coordinated by Cristina Murphy, Assistant Professor at Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning (MSU SA+P) and Adjunct Professor at Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design’s Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center.
Dates: Every Tuesday from February 14 to March 7, 2023, 12pm ET (US) / 18.00 CET (NL)
Format: Online webinar — moderated panel discussion and Q&A.
AIA continuing education credits: 1.0 AIA LU|HSW per webinar.
Registration: Admission is free but donations to support student travel to Rotterdam are appreciated (donation page accessible via link above).
February 14 Urban Ecology: Approaches for Environmental + Social Justice
Urbanization is domesticating our ecosystems. Cities are spatially heterogeneous, complex adaptive systems. Furthermore, contemporary cities tend to be big in size and ecological footprint, fast in growth in population and land, and irregular in landscape configuration. Although the dynamic trajectory of cities can never be controlled, its evolution can be guided toward desirable directions through planning and design that are based on urban ecological knowledge and sustainability approaches. Register here.
February 21 Collective Reuse: The Art of Reuse through Community Participation
Adaptive Reuse is the use of buildings and materials for purposes other than originally intended. Although adaptive reuse has a long tradition in arts and crafts, more recently environmental awareness and design for sustainability have revitalized the role of a trash-to- treasures approach, providing a wide array of contemporary urban design which is an important part of today’s city sustainability. In this session, we will explore the roles of adaptive reuse in the urban environment, focusing on repurposed objects (also) found in urban public spaces in order to (re)define the city. Register here.
February 28 The Generous City: Infrastructure and the Highway to Nowhere

Cities and infrastructure can have an incredible impact on the lives of people. In the 1950s, the United States undertook an ambitious national interstate highway project with the goal of building roads to connect American cities. The design was, however, intertwined with racial prejudice creating segregation and impoverishing communities. In the Netherlands, cities like Rotterdam were rebuilt after the war and focused on cars as opposed to people. Urban highways have largely had a negative impact on urban life. This is the opposite of a “generous city”. In this session, architects from the Netherlands and the US will discuss how cities and their infrastructures can consciously contribute to empower people through generosity-by-design. Register here.
March 7 The Power of Design! Working with Stakeholders to Design Human Spaces
In order to improve the way we live, we ought to design healthier and safer cities and smarter buildings. To do so, collaboration is key. Our world faces challenges that are too great to be tackled by a single discipline. Baltimore and Rotterdam, like many cities around the world, face challenges related to food segregation, water resiliency, and poverty (also connected to homelessness), to name a few. More than ever, inviting users, customers, governance, and other stakeholders into the process of design is fundamental. These “new” stakeholders need to be brought in as active co-designers, to confront the big issues and develop actionable ways to improve experiences and to co-create new solutions. How can we, the designers, guarantee the welfare of citizens, through the creation of the built environment? Collaboration is discovering and using unique perspectives and benefiting from collective exploration. Register here.

AIA Baltimore Mentorship Roundtable
2023-02-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Morgan State University’s Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies, 5299 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21214
Join architecture professionals for a portfolio review session + networking opportunity at Morgan State University.
AIA Baltimore is bringing architecture professionals to Morgan State University for a portfolio review session + networking opportunity! If you are a student, or an industry professional interested in reviewing, register to join us.
We welcome reviewers at any point in your career. Are you a recent Morgan State grad? Emerging or Senior Professional? Your feedback is valuable.
[REGISTER HERE]

SOLD OUT! Groundhog Day Party
2023-02-04 19:00 - 23:00 | MD
Come and party in Penn Station’s analog Switch Room which formerly controlled all regional rail traffic.
Join fellow BAF members, local history buffs, and party-goers to celebrate another year with festive music and dancing in a unique and usually off-limits venue. This year’s annual BAF party will be held in the former Switch Room located in Baltimore’s iconic Penn Station.
Music, food, and beverage will be provided to full-price ticket holders.
This event is SOLD OUT!

Thank You To Our Generous Event Sponsors
Major Sponsor

Walter Shamu

Sponsor
WBCM
Pella Mid-Atlantic Windows & Doors

Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-01-21 10:00 - 12:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Baltimore-based architects Carlos Almeida (AECOM), Jerome Gray (Jerome C. Gray Architect), Eric J. Jenkins (University of Maryland), Omar Calderon Santiago (Perkins Eastman) and Gabriel Kroiz (Morgan State University) have organized a small group of sketchers called Baltimore SketchWorks. They invite everyone to help celebrate sketching and the architecture of Baltimore through sketching tours, lectures, and exhibitions. Their first initiative is once-a-month sketching workshops in and around Baltimore. While AIA Baltimore will release a complete schedule soon, the workshops will include “Light, Shade, and Depth” with Carlos Almeida and “Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching” with Jerome Gray.
These architects, with varied backgrounds, practices and career paths, believe in those the inherently human and universal qualities of sketching that link mind and body. While architects in the 21st century must embrace and use the most advanced digital technologies and tools, architects also know that there is a need for “both/and” thinking and working and that practice requires varied tools for varied situations. A sketch’s inaccuracies, mistakes, and “beautiful ugliness” not only allow for, but advances, the design search and connects us to one another. As architect Toshiko Mori notes, “I think the essential aspect of drawing [is that it creates] an immediate relationship between human beings; drawing survived everything. When I go to the world, 90% of places don’t have computers. So, to be able to interact with people, you have to draw. And then people can draw back. It’s still a universal language.”

Workshop 2 – Light, Shade, and Depth
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Location: The Center for Architecture and Design, One Charles Center
100 N. Charles Street P101, Baltimore, MD 21201 (entrance on W. Fayette Street)
Bring: pen/ink, pencil, watercolors (beginner sets are fine, but brands such as Daniel Smith are Winsor & Newton very good)
This session, led by Carlos Almeida, is for both beginners and those with more experience and will focus on three-dimensional, spatial sketching. Starting with a brief discussion about pens, ink, and paper, Carlos will discuss different sketching techniques to see, capture and perhaps understand space. Carlos’ work can be found on Instagram @sketchviews and Facebook Sketchviews Carlos Almeida.
For more information, please contact Carlos Almeida Sketchviews@gmail.com

40TEN Site Tour: Baltimore's First Modern Mass Timber Construction
2023-01-17 16:30 - 18:00 | MD
January 17, 2023
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EST
4010 Boston Street Baltimore, MD 21224
REGISTER HERE

Come join us for a construction walkthrough of 40Ten, the first mass timber office building in Baltimore.
Come join us for a construction walkthrough of 40Ten, the first mass timber office building in Baltimore. We’ll talk about heavy timber structural systems, embodied carbon impacts, and construction methods. This building also uses one of the fist local examples of electrochromic glass.
This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Baltimore’s first modern mass timber office building. Projected to open in early 2023, the building will feature exposed timber structure, expansive glass lines, 15’ high floor to ceilings, expansive common area amenity space and a roof top deck all designed to meet the needs of the modern office environment.  The 4-story building will feature three stories of mass timber construction above a concrete podium, with Glulam post & beam framing supporting DLT panels.  Attendees will tour the site with members of the project team, who will share information on detailing and construction techniques utilized throughout the building.
The Project Team
28 Walker Development – Developer
Moseley Architects – Architecture & MEP
StructureCraft – Structure & Timber Build
Harrison Acoustics – Acoustical consultant
About the Stage – Lighting Consultant
Chesapeake Contracting Group – Contractor
Kimley Horn – Civil
After the event, join us at Love and Regret around the corner for a drink.
Please note everyone will have to sign a waiver before coming to the site (this will be emailed to all registrants). Hard hats, vests, and closed-toed shoes are mandatory.
1.0 AIA LU|HSW approved

40TEN Site Tour: Baltimore's First Modern Mass Timber Construction
2023-01-17 16:30 - 18:00 | 4010 Boston Street, Baltimore, MD 21224, 4010 Boston Street, Baltimore, MD, 21224, United States
Come join us for a construction walkthrough of 40Ten, the first mass timber office building in Baltimore. We’ll talk about heavy timber structural systems, embodied carbon impacts, and construction methods. This building also uses one of the fist local examples of electrochromic glass.
This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Baltimore’s first modern mass timber office building. Projected to open in early 2023, the building will feature exposed timber structure, expansive glass lines, 15’ high floor to ceilings, expansive common area amenity space and a roof top deck all designed to meet the needs of the modern office environment.  The 4-story building will feature three stories of mass timber construction above a concrete podium, with Glulam post & beam framing supporting DLT panels.
The Project Team
28 Walker Development – Developer
Moseley Architects – Architecture & MEP
StructureCraft – Structure & Timber Build
Harrison Acoustics – Acoustical consultant
About the Stage – Lighting Consultant
Chesapeake Contracting Group – Contractor
Kimley Horn – Civil
After the event, join us at Love and Regret around the corner for a drink.
Please note everyone will have to sign a waiver before coming to the site (this will be emailed to all registrants). Hard hats, vests, and closed-toed shoes are mandatory.
1.0 AIA LU|HSW approved
Register here.

Baltimore Design School Portfolio Review - volunteers needed
2022-12-20 12:00 - 14:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Join the Future Architects Resources (FAR) Committee for a Portfolio Review event Tuesday, December 20th at the Center for Architecture and Design. Senior architecture students from the Baltimore Design School are looking for professional input on their college admissions portfolios.
Come at noon for light lunch and networking. Portfolio review begins at 1:00pm.
Sign up to participate here.

Climate Priority Setting for 2023
2022-12-13 17:00 - 20:00 | Phillip Merrill Education Center, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD, 21403, United States
Join AIA Baltimore’s Committee on the Environment, AIA Maryland, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for a structured conversation on 2023 legislative priorities around climate action. We’ll discuss the wins of 2022, and the opportunities for 2023. Our conversation will include:

changes the Climate Solutions Now act made to Maryland’s climate priorities
ideas that were not included in the final Climate Solutions Now act, and what potential changes could be made in 2023
other building performance and climate focused bills that will be a priority this session
the legislative process and key delegates and senators that may be instrumental in passing climate-focused legislation

After the discussion, stay for a tour of the Phillip Merrill Education Center, headquarters of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The center, which opened in 2001, is one of the world’s most energy-efficient buildings, incorporating natural elements into a fully functional workplace which has minimal impact on its Bay- and creek-front surroundings. The first building to receive the U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum rating for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), the center and its sophisticated systems have won international acclaim as a model for energy efficiency, high performance, and water conservation. Our tour will focus on the MEP systems and talk about building electrification and water reduction and how these 20-year-old systems are performing.
5:00 – 5:30pm networking
5:30 – 6:30pm discussion
6:30 – 7:30pm building tour
1.0 AIA CEU|HSW approved
Register here.

2022 AIA Baltimore & BAF Annual Meeting & Holiday Party
2022-12-09 12:00 - 14:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Register Here

Celebrate The Season. This event is an opportunity to celebrate the holidays, network with fellow AIA Baltimore members and Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) supporters, and learn how to become more involved in the chapter and BAF programs.
Enjoy networking with fellow professionals in the field and see the Baltimore Center for Architecture and Design, the new home of AIA Baltimore and The Baltimore Architecture Foundation, along with other professional design organizations. This event will feature delicious local fare and lunchtime refreshments.
Parking At The Center: The most convenient place to park for our event is the Southway Parking Garage located at: 100 W Fayette St, Baltimore, MD 21202. For more convenient parking options near One Charles Center click here.
Agenda:
12:00 – Annual Meeting
1:00 – Networking
2:00 – End of Program
Donations:
Please consider making a donation to The Center Fund and the Maryland Architects PAC.
Sponsor This Event
Major Sponsor ($500) – Company logo included on PowerPoint; website; marketing materials; Company banner/signage can be displayed at registration.
Sponsor ($250) – Company name included on PowerPoint; website; marketing materials
To become a sponsor, please contact Margaret Stella Melikian at mstella@aiabalt.com

USGBC MD Presents: Lexington Market Building Tour
2022-12-01 08:30 - 22:30 | MD
December 1, 2022,
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EST
Lexington Market 400 W Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
REGISTER HERE

See how sustainability has played a central role in the redevelopment of the longest continuously operating indoor public market in the U.S.
AT-DOOR REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS TOUR. REGISTRATION CLOSES NOV. 30 AT NOON.
See how sustainability has played a central role in the redevelopment of the longest continuously operating indoor public market in the U.S. at USGBC Maryland’s tour of Lexington Market! Located in West Baltimore and tracing its origins to 1782, the 60,000+ square foot facility recently hosted its soft launch opening at the end of October and is currently tracking LEED certification.
Sustainability strategies include:

Emphasis on walkability, bike-ability, and utilizing preexisting multi-modal transportation infrastructure
Cultivating community resilience through infill development
Maintaining open space
Heat island effect reduction
Light pollution reduction
Indoor and outdoor water efficiency measures
Enhanced commissioning

Don’t miss this opportunity to see sustainable innovation at work at this historic redevelopment!
Speakers

Jon Constable – Development Director, Seawall Development
Peter Di Prinzio – Development Director, Seawall Development
Ben Holland – Assistant Project Manager, Lorax, LLC

In-person Health and Safety Statement
The safety and well-being of our community is our top priority. USGBC continues to monitor policy and procedures and is working actively to remain in compliance with federal, state, and local agencies to implement best practices aimed at managing the spread of COVID-19.
To protect the health and peace of mind of our attendees, USGBC has implemented the following preventive measures:

All in-person attendees of USGBC in-person events must be vaccinated in advance to participate. Full vaccination is defined as having received two shots of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccine or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson product (or a comparably approved vaccine for international attendees) and must be dated at least 14 days in advance of the event.
Facial mask wearing is required for all indoor activities and encouraged for outdoor activities except when actively eating or drinking.
Attendees are asked to observe social distancing protocols and respect other’s personal space
All attendees are required to review and agree to USGBC’s Event Attendee Release & Liability Waiver (included in the registration)

Additional measures may be implemented as necessary. Direct any inquiries related to USGBC’s commitment to fostering a safe environment for all USGBC event participants to Leigh DeWitte (ldewitte@usgbc.org).
Visit the links below for more information about federal, state, and local mandates and recommendations to maintain safety.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization

CEU Week: The Impact of Biophilic Design on Student Success
2022-11-21 18:00 - 19:30 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Biophilia is the theory that human beings are innately connected to nature and living organisms. It is a universally human reaction to feel relaxed and more sensory aware in natural spaces. Through evolutionary adaption we now find beauty and calmness in the natural elements that once nourished and protected our remote ancestors. Biophilic design applies cues from nature to the build environment to achieve an enhanced sense of well-being and improved performance. Decades of research studies have proven biophilic design has produced significant user benefits; for example, shorter hospital stays for patients, improved cognition in children and restored attention.
Biophilic design has never been assessed in learning spaces, until now. Craig Gaulden Davis Architects assembled a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, educators and designers in an AIA-funded study to determine the contribution of biophilic design to student stress reduction and academic performance in a 6th grade Math class at a Baltimore City charter school.
1.0 LU HSW AIA approved
Register here. AIA Baltimore members $10; non-members $20 (plus Eventbrite fee)

CEU Week: Lunchtime Learning "Designed to Protect"
2022-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
1.0 LU|HSW, 1.0 PDH LACES
Site security is a major concern in today’s unpredictable world. Public spaces and facilities are susceptible to accidental as well as deliberate vehicle infringement. Although design professionals must now be increasingly sensitive to site safety and security, these requirements also provide opportunities to enhance the design and functionality of a space.
This course covers the essentials of selecting security bollards that provide adequate protection while adding exceptional aesthetic value to a project. This course first examines the needs of a modern outdoor environment and how an assessment can be completed to evaluate a project’s security needs. Next, the course will cover common testing standards as well as the necessary foundation engineering options required to meet those standards. Finally, the course highlights lighting and material options that can be selected to integrate seamlessly into the design of a landscape.
This program is presented as part of Maryland ASLA’s Lunchtime Learning series. Tickets are available for virtual or in-person attendance. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
If you have any questions, please email Katherine Somerville, Education & Outreach Manager.
Register here.

CEU Week: Designing Flexible Interiors with Sliding Doors & Movable Walls
2022-11-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Hosted on Zoom
With more workers shuttling between home office and hybrid offices, both spaces need to accommodate flexible layouts that quickly adjust to changing functional needs. Sliding Doors and Movable Walls provide ideal solutions that support wellness and enhance the functionality of interior spaces. This CEU covers the range of Sliding Door and Movable Wall typologies, their suitability, and their specification process.

Learning Objective 1:
Boost health, safety and wellness aspects of interior spaces with sliding doors and walls
Learning Objective 2:
Understand functionality of different door and wall options and how to select the proper system for a spatial requirement
Learning Objective 3:
Understand material and design options
Learning Objective 4:
Maximize design goals while staying on budget
1.0 LU|HSW approved
Register here. Free.
