West Quad

Spring West Quad Summit

"Leadership thru Civic Engagement"

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Registration:
The fee is $20 for AIAS members and $30 for non-members. Please make all checks payable to New School of Architecture Design with AIAS in the memo line. Registration forms will not be processed without a check.

Fill out your registration online now.

Please mail a printed copy of the online registration form with payment to:
New School of Architecture and Design
ATTN: AIAS
1249 F St.
San Diego, CA 92101

Accommodations

The Hotel St. James was originally built in 1913 as San Diego's first "high-rise luxury hotel" at a cost of $300,000 by the late Henry Harms Preibisius. The 11-story downtown hostelry once claimed to be the tallest building with the fastest elevators in San Diego. Through the years, it has served as everything from a tourist hotel to a single-room-occupancy and, during WWII, an R&R resort for military personnel.

In its current incarnation, the St. James can be described as a romantic boutique hotel with whirlpool tubs in several of the 99 rooms and suites. You'll still recognize the place by the oversized logo running down the side of the building and the newly refurbished two-story sign on top. The renovated St. James, now Ramada Inn is located in the heart of San Diego's downtown Gaslamp Quarter, a culturally diverse historic district dating back to the 1850's. Today the Quarter is home to over 100 locally owned restaurants, boutique stores, art galleries and bars and boasts a vibrant night life.

Rooms and Rates

• Single Rate: $99 plus tax
• Double Rate: $99 plus tax
• Triple Rate: $109 plus tax
• Quad Rate: $119 plus tax

Ramada Inn & Suites: Gaslamp/ Convention Center
830 6th Avenue
San Diego, California 92101

For reservations, please call: 619.531.8877 or direct: 619.398.2861
Reservation Fax: 619.231.8307
E-Mail: reservations@stjameshotel.com

When booking, be sure to mention AIAS and our conference and request our special rate. Reservations should be made through Ira (pronounced Eera) or Dennis. Attendees are responsible for any and all charges, including but not limited to booking and canceling their own rooms.

RESERVATION DEADLINE: Our room block is only being held until March 1st! This means available rooms are only guaranteed until this day. After March 1st all rooms will be open to public reservation. Attendees making reservations after the 1st will still be granted the above reduced rates if rooms are available.

Schedule

Thursday, March 25: Welcome

• 5:00 - 7:00 PM: Open Registration / Hotel Check-in
• 6:00 - 8:00 PM: Dinner On Your Own
• 8:00 - 11:00 PM: Opening Social Event at Local Bar (Optional)

Friday, March 26: Leadership and Action as a Student

• 8:00 - 9:00 AM: Breakfast on Your Own
• 9:00 - 10:00 AM: Tour of New School of Architecture and Design Studio Spaces
• 10:00 - 10:30 AM: Welcome and Intro to Conference
• 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: West Quad Breakout Session
• 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch at New School (provided)
• 1:00 - 2:30 PM: 3 Case Studies from 3 Regions on Civic Engagement - Universal Design, Social Equity, Sustainable Community
• 2:30 - 3:00 PM: "Making Your Voice Heard" Presentation
• 3:15 - 4:00 PM: Discussion on Student Opportunities for Engagement
• 5:00 - 7:00 PM: Dinner with special guests, our AIA Regional Directors
• 7:30 - 9:00 PM: "Designing for our Communities" Keynote Lecture
• 9:00 - 12:00 PM: Night Out in the Gaslamp District

Saturday, March 27: Beyond Campus... Civic and Community Engagement

• 8:00 - 9:00 AM: Breakfast on Your Own
• 9:00 - 9:30 AM: "City Planning" Morning Power Lecture
• 9:30 - 10:00 AM: Q and A with Lecturer Break
• 10:00 - 11:00 AM: Guest Panel on Civic Engagement
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: "Defining the Citizen Architect" Roundtable Discussion
• 12:00 - 1:30 PM: Lunch on your own
• 1:30 - 2:30 PM: Workshop "Building relationships between AIAS Chapters and AIA Components
• 2:30 - 3:30 PM: "Leadership in Architecture" Presentation and Discussion
• 3:30 - 4:30 PM: "Reverse Crit" - A practicing architect presents their work for student critique
• 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Downtown / Gaslamp Architectural Walking Tour
• 6:30 - 8:00 PM: Dinner and Free Time On Own
• 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM: Social Event Night Out

Sunday, March 28: Developing the Model... Reflections on Summit

• 9:00 - 10:00 AM: Breakfast (Provided) - Recap of Weekend and Initial Goals
• 10:00 - 10:30 AM: Disseminating Our Findings "Lessons Learned"
• 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Charette on Conference Proceedings
• 12:00 PM: Hotel Check-Out / Depart

This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND CREATIVE WORKS

To help seed our conversations for this Summit, we are calling for all of you to submit Essays, Excerpts from Research Papers, Graphic Studies, and other design related Creative Works that speak to the theme of 'Civic Engagement' and the notion of a 'Civic Architect.'

• Written works should be no more than 2 pages, submitted in word format.
• Graphics limited to 8.5 x 11 size, under 1 mb.
• Files should be word, pdf, or jpeg format.

Please submit works to west@aias.org by March 12, 2010. Selected works and authors will be published and recognized in the conference book and may even form a topic for discussion during the Summit.

Tyler Ashworth, LEED AP
University of Idaho
E west@aias.org

The West Quad consists of the U.S. states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and the State of Kuwait.

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