AIA COF Awards 2003 Research Grant to Study Ties Between Neuroscience and Architecture
College
of Fellows Chancellor Sylvester Damianos, FAIA, announced during the May
9 general session of the AIA national convention that the Academy of Neuroscience
for Architecture will receive the Latrobe Fellowship, a $100,000 grant
to pursue research to answer questions about how the human brain perceives
architecture. The proposal, “Fundamental Neuroscience Research and
Development for Architecture,” a project presented by John P. Eberhard,
FAIA, seeks to define and study links between neuroscience and the built
environment.
The
grant, named for architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is awarded biennially
by the AIA College of Fellows for research leading to significant advances
in the architecture profession. The award was doubled from $50,000 to
$100,000 this year. The jury included Chair Cynthia Weese, FAIA, dean
of the Washington University School of Architecture; Thomas W. Ventulett,
FAIA, principal of AIA Firm Award Winner TVS & Associates; Robert
Geddes, FAIA, Topaz Medallion winner; Robert A. Odermatt, FAIA, former
College of Fellows chancellor and founder of the Latrobe Fellowship program;
and Sylvester Damianos, FAIA, 2003 chancellor of the College of Fellows.
The jury complimented all the grant proposals for promoting significant
research that strengthen the profession.
“We enormously appreciate the support of the College of Fellows,” said Eberhard. “Over the next two years, we expect to expand considerably the knowledge base that allows us to practice architecture.”
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| John P. Eberhard, FAIA, at podium, receives congratulations from the College of Fellows Executive Committee (l. to r.): Chancellor Sylvester Damianos, FAIA; Vice Chancellor Betsey O. Dougherty, FAIA; Secretary Larry Leis, FAIA; and Bursar Ted Pappas, FAIA.
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