Summer Solstice 2014
AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable
17th Annual Summer Solstice Sequence / 2014
STARRING Next Generations
Saturday June 7 Workshop: Intro to architecture / sketching / pizza / UW campus sketching tour
10am-2:30pm at UW Gould 208J: a gathering of Seattle-area high-school students, UW architecture students, & participants in the AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable
10am: Welcome & introductions: how people find their paths into architecture, early discoveries, education, & the day-to-day work of an architect
10:15-11:15: Fundamentals of sketching: materials (provided), visualization, objectives, results w/ Anita Lehmann
11:15-noon: pizza
Noon-2pm: campus sketching tour: teams of architects & architecture students will lead high-school students to view campus facilities including Gould Hall, Architecture Hall, Jacobsen Observatory, Intellectual House, sketching along the way
2:15-2:30: reconvene at Gould 208J for conclusion
Thursday June 19 / June 'Teenth Sequence The Optimism of Architecture: Design Generations Celebrating/Supporting Diversity 5:30-7:30pm HAPPY HOUR POTLUCK at UW Gould 208J w/ 2014 UW ARCHITECTURE DIVERSE SCHOLARS
*STARRING NEXT GENERATIONS: student sketches from June 7 INTRO TO ARCHITECTURE at UW Gould w local K-12 youth
* Diversity by Design travelling exhibit highlighting diverse Seattle-area design practices
*In the company of previous recipients, introduction of 2014 recipients of support for UW Architecture studies from
*Biruk Mulugeta (pictured at left), the Marga Rose Hancock Endowed Scholarship for Diversity
*Yoshinaga Kawamura, the Mitsu & William O. Fukui Memorial Endowed Diversity Scholarship
(presented elsewhere at other dates: the Denice Johnson Hunt K-12 Internship, & the Sharon Egretta Sutton Endowed Architecture Fellowship)
THANKS TO ALL who took part/donated:
at left: Anna Pepper w/ Colton, Titus Uomoto, Rachael Kitagawa, Raul Hirsch, Donald King, M. Mario Campos, 2014 MRH Scholar Biruk Mulugeta, Doug Jennings, 2014 Fukui Scholar Yoshinaga Kawamura, Marga Rose Hancock. Also present: Ron Wilkinson
THANKS to all who help support diversity via UW Architecture scholarships: donate online.
At left: Rachael, Titus, Anna + Colton, Carole Davidson, Abby Crossen + Walter, Mario + Rossie
Partners/Sponsors:
Seattle Urban Sketchers Technology Access Foundation/TAF
UW College of Built Environments UW Department of Architecture