Architecture week
April 14 - 20, 2024
Architecture Week celebrates the profession of architecture and invites everyone—especially K-12 students—to explore architecture and design.
It’s never too early to start thinking like an architect! Architecture Week 2024 is a nationwide celebration recognizing the power of good design, with a goal of inspiring hopeful architecture and design professionals and K-12 students.
This year AIA San Diego is leaning in with events throughout the week geared for students and emerging professionals of all ages and levels to help inspire ways they can pursue design in the future. See our event schedule below, please note not all events are open to all due to limited space with priority given specifically to students.
AIA San Diego’s schedule
Monday, april 15
To start the week, AIA will lead a tour of the entire Park and Market Block Development. Emerging professionals from our programs of architecture including: Universities, Community Colleges and interdisciplinary design schools are invited.
Tuesday, april 16
On Tuesday @ Noon, our Technology And Practice Committee will host a special virtual meeting using the Discord and VR spatial.io platforms. Join local architects from Gensler and Mosher Drew as we share virtually how we use technology on our educational and civic projects. This virtual event is open to all and will be shared especially with our region’s high schools and programs of architecture.
We will be using spatial.io, a collaborative VR experience, as well as the TAP Discord (see link below). Join via the discord link and we will provide info on how to use spatial as we start
JOIN HERE
Wednesday, april 17
On Wednesday at 5p at the Miller Hull Partnership office, the chapter will host a Neuroscience lecture “ The State of the Art” by Kurt Hunker, FAIA. Kurt Hunker is the Chief Design Officer at Davy Architecture and Professor Emeritus at NSAD and AIA Fellow. This lecture will focus on the creation of the Academy of Neuroscience for architecture and San Diego’s central role growing international interest in connecting cutting edge brain science to problems of the built environment. This lecture is open to all, including all high schools and programs of architecture. Lecture will be 45 mins and AIA board members will be available after to meet with students. Learn More…
Thursday, april 18
On Thursday, the chapter is hosting a special presentation to Holly Drive Leadership Academy students, grades 3-6. LPA Design Studios will be sharing about their interdisciplinary practice and the different ways kiddos can get involved in the design profession. This event is closed and not open to the public.
saturday, april 20
To close Architecture Week, AIA is supporting the SDAF Beyond the Built Environment - Dome Sweet Dome Event. All are invited to this fun event, teams of adults and kids will partner to build their own geodesic dome from rolled newspapers. This event is open to all, click on this link to register and attend! Learn More...
