3/17/2015
Demystifying Fellowship
and Portfolio Briefing
March 17, 2015
Agenda
• Welcome – Stephanie Gelb, Chair
• Basic Overview of Fellows Eligibility, Objects and Process – Suzanne Mecs
• Tips on Category Choice – George Miller and Mary Burke
• Sponsor and References – Michael Doyle and Frances Huppert
• Question & Answers
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Advancement to the AIA College of Fellows…
is one of the highest honors The American Institute of Architects can bestow upon a member.
• It recognizes the achievements of the architect as an individual
• It elevates before the public and the profession a model architect who has made a significant contribution to architecture and society. 3
Eligibility
• Registered architects who have been Architect or Emeritus level members in good standing for 10 or more years are eligible for consideration.
• Members in good standing means that dues and CES responsibilities (18 Lus; 12 HSW) must be fulfilled.
• All submissions must include acceptance of the Intern Declaration Statement as follows:
• I affirm that I do not have unpaid intern architects, including working students, and neither does any firm of which I am an owner or manager.
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Statistics
• National
– Candidates 239
– Elevated 147 61.51%
• AIANY Chapter (2014/2015 cycle)
– 30 Nominees submitted
– 17 Elevated
56.67%
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Statistics
Candidates by Cateogry
• Cat 1 66 27.62%
• Cat 2 108 45.19% • Cat 3
16 6.69% • Cat 4 25 10.46% • Cat 5
24 10.04% • Total 239 100.00%
of Elevated
45 68.18%
60 55.56%
10 62.50%
16 64.00%
16 66.67%
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Recommendations Due to Chapter: 3/2015
Portfolio Information Sent: 3/7/2015
Fellows Portfolio Briefing Session: 3/17/2015, 8:0 am‐10:00 am
Initial Portfolios Due to Chapter: 4/8/2015
Committee Review: April/May, 2015
Chapter Nominee Selection: May, 2015
Nominee Workshop: June 12, 2015(subject to change)
Draft Submission due for Chapter Review: Sept. 11, 2015
Final Submissions due to National Jury: Oct., 2015
National Jury Meets: Late Jan. 2016
Notifications of decisions: Early Feb. 2016
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What is a portfolio
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Story about YOU – but not womb to tomb.
WHO you are
WHAT you accomplished
WHEN it occurred
WHY it’s significant
HOW benefited/shared with profession
PROVE IT documentation and support
– Be sure to include the items that are most relevant to your category as noted in Fellows Walkthrough.
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Why am I preparing a April Portfolio?
• The April portfolio will allow the NY Chapter Fellows Committee to make its recommendations to the Board as to whom the Chapter will nominate this year.
• The Committee will give you some early feedback on your category, theme and supporting projects.
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How do I know if I’m ready?
• Has your work had impact beyond local/firm?
• What examples support your achievements? Are supporting projects built or in process? • How has your work has been acknowledged?
– Design Awards
– Speaking engagements, exhibitions, awards juries
– Publications by you or about you/your project
– Other tangible evidence
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One pdf file with the following five elements:
• Cover letter
1‐2 paragraphs in length indicating which category of fellowship you intend pursue for elevation and why your contributions are unique. • One page personal summary of achievements in a narrative form
– Capsule Statement should be a one or two sentence introduction to your area of achievement. The length should be 35‐50 words.
– Supporting Evidence in a narrative form. In about 200 words describe major projects/initiatives that have supported the claim made in the Capsule Statement. •
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Professional Resume – maximum 2 pages Up to 10 Exhibits of your accomplishments – Maximum 15 pages
– Project summaries should explain your specific role in each project. Images can help but should be at a minimum size 3"x5"; maximum of 8 ½” x 11”. – Particularly in categories other than design, exhibits may include articles, exhibition flyers or list of publications or speaking engagements. •
You may also include note(s) of support from AIA members or a potential sponsor, but this is not required
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Mapping April Portfolio contents
to National Jury/October Elements
This chart will help if you wish to look at some of the best examples of final Fellows submissions to help guide your portfolio presentation.
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How is my portfolio reviewed?
• Process is similar to national jury.
• Submission List is evenly divided among the committee members; a primary and secondary reviewer is assigned for each portfolio. • Portfolios are sent to the whole committee
• Members must review the submissions assigned to them, and can comment on others that have been submitted.
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Review Process (continued)
• Committee meets together with submissions projected. The primary reviewer provides initial comments and recommendations, others comment.
• Comments and recommendation are recorded and compiled.
• Decisions made to Nominate or Defer this year.
• Comments circulated back to all candidates to help nominated candidates to further develop submission for the National Jury or to improve portfolio for future Chapter nomination.
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• It should be sent as a SINGLE PDF attachment through our Fellows Committee drop box. • Create the PDF by printing and then scanning the complete package or compiling various electronic documents into a single PDF. Please name your file with our last name as the first word (for example: Mecs_portfolio 4_2015.pdf)
• The full file should be no more than no larger than 20MB (you may need to compress it or downsize images to meet the limit). • Follow the three step process to send your file electronically – Log on to the internet and upload the file to the drop box at https://www.hightail.com/u/AIANYFellows
– Please give your upload email a subject line that includes your last name and write a message if you like; include contact information in case we have any question about the file or the submission.
– Wait to be sure your file is fully uploaded and you receive the confirmation screen.
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• MOST IMPORTANT: Fellowship Awards Page • Submission Preview , Submission Criteria, Sponsor Responsibilities, Helpful Tools
On the National Web Site: go to www.aia.org
> then Practicing Architecture > then Awards > then Fellowship
OR Type in: http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/AIAS075320
• Best examples submissions are online; older and others are available from the National Archives (Nancy Hadley, [email protected]).
• Suzanne Mecs ([email protected]) and Committee members
• Kathleen L. Daileda, Hon. AIA, Director, AIA Awards, [email protected] or [email protected]
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New York Chapter Fellows Committee page
http://aiany.aiany.org/index.php?section=Fellows_Committee
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Object / Category
• There are 5 Categories. A candidate can apply in only one.
• When selecting a category on the final application you will pick from a drop down list and be able to identify one of the bolded words in the category description to add some specificity about direction.
• The jury is looking for acknowledgement that a candidate's achievements have affected or influenced the profession on a broad scale. This form of acknowledgement may be shown in different ways depending on the candidate's category of nomination, including, but not limited to the examples
on the handout.
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Categories
• 1 – Design, Urban Design, and Preservation
• 2 – Education, Literature, Research, or Practice
• 3 – Led the Institute/Related Organization
• 4 – Advancement of Living Standards
• 5 – Alternative Careers, Volunteer Work, Service to Society
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• Design, Urban Design, and Preservation
‐ Exhibits MUST include 5 built projects where candidate is “Largely Responsible for Design”
‐ Jury doesn’t judge design
‐ Jury looks for peer recognition through awards, articles, etc.
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Category 1 – Sample Statements
• 1‐Design
– Christopher Grabé’s work is based on a continuous exploration of the themes of transparency, natural light, an expression of structure, clarity of organization, and an honest exhibition of program elements and building components. His work elevates and enriches both the lives of the users and the public via the creative and social connections established within and connections with their natural or urban sites.
• 1 – Design
– John Grady has played a seminal role in defining exhibition design. His design approach, emphasizing the integration of architectural structure with interpretive content, has influenced a field that was largely unexplored when his career began.
• 1‐Promote Design
– Frank Lupo is an award winning and internationally recognized architect whose elegant designs are testament to his commitment, leadership and promotion of sustainable principles as potent design tools. His dedication to mentoring is equally regarded.
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• Practice
‐ Having a good firm is your job
‐ How are you sharing with the profession?
• Specialty Practice
‐ Show that through design the field is better
‐ Might not have Honor Awards – OK
• Education
‐ Show impact through teaching tools; student work; demonstrate influence on former students.
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Category 2 – Sample Statements
• Object 2. Literature – Through his work as a journalist, James S. Russell provides essential knowledge to professionals on design, technical and practice issues. For general‐interest publications, he has enhanced public understanding and appreciation of architecture.
• Object 2. Practice –historic preservation
– Richard Southwick's innovative work in the professional practice of historic preservation has demonstrated by example his strong advocacy for the sustained life of our historic structures and the reinvigoration of our neighborhoods.
• Object 2. Specialty Practice – Technology
– Through active membership in National AIA committees, nationally‐
distributed publications, and nationwide speaking engagements at professional and academic conferences, Carl Galioto has advance the art and science of technical innovation in architecture across America.
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• Led Institute
‐ Jury looking for “So What?” factor
‐ Provide quantifiable results
• Led Related Organization
‐ Not enough just to lead it
‐ What did you do to connect it to the AIA?
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Category 3 – Sample Statements
• 3–Led Related Organization
– Belmont Freeman’s dynamic leadership of Storefront for Art and Architecture, his award‐winning practice and lauded scholarship demonstrate his commitment to community service, design and research as inseparable professional and intellectual pursuits. • 3‐ Led the Institute
– Through national leadership, service, and advocacy, Peter J. Arsenault has advanced the profession of architecture by furthering green building design practices, leading the development of sustainable communities, and educating the profession and the public nationwide.
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Public Service
Government industry or organization
• Need to document the benefit to the AIA
• How is your work affecting policies?
• How are you making things easier for architects in the profession?
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Category 4 ‐ Sample Statements
• 4‐Public Service Work
– Through design excellence, innovation and leadership, Joanna Pestka has raised the quality of design for numerous libraries, education and cultural institutions in New York City. Her efforts will enrich public architecture for years to come.
• 4‐Government/Industry
– Donald Fram is the Port Authority of NY & NJ’s steward for design excellence and sustainable design, instituting policies and programs that enhance public environments in some of the world’s busiest aviation and transportation facilities.
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• Show how contributions are significant because the nominee is an architect
• Volunteer work not used as marketing tool
• Must be clear you are NOT gaining commissions through volunteer service
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Category 5 – Sample Statements
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5‐Service to Society: – Raymond Plumey, is an advocate for community service and historic preservation, as both a practitioner and a community activist in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City. His community activism and pro‐
bono professional services are intended to help benefit the quality of life of those less fortunate in this still economically distressed neighborhood. He has practices extensively in this neighborhood, was internationally recognized and was afforded an opportunity to study and work on historic preservation in France.
5‐ Alternative Career
– Bernard Marson was the key force behind the 1970’s transformation of New York City’s SoHo from a delicate sweatshop district into an artists’ loft community. Taking on a narrow‐minded city administration almost single‐
handedly at great professional risk, Marson led the way in the creation of today’s treasured center for artists’ studios and the development of the first cast‐iron historic district.
5‐Service Volunteer Work
– A passionate humanist, Juan Cotera believes in every individual’s right to experience architecture in its finest expression, and has worked for five decades to elevate people and place, regardless of resources, to this ideal.
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Categories
• 1 – Design, Urban Design, and Preservation
• 2 – Education, Literature, Research, or Practice
• 3 – Led the Institute/Related Organization
• 4 – Advancement of Living Standards
• 5 – Alternative Careers, Volunteer Work, Service to Society
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Sponsor and Reference Letters
• One Sponsor who is:
– Critic, Taskmaster and Coach
• 7 Reference Letters who support your statements of achievements.
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Exhibits Support Object
• Object is the category of submission – your thesis
• Exhibits are the supporting evidence
• Every submission will have one object and at least 5 (or 7 for obj. 2‐5) and no more than 15 exhibits.
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Built Projects
Competition entries
Books or articles written by nominee
Examples of projects or initiatives undertaken
• Exhibits must have description of your role and an independent attestation that you filled that role
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