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In this issue:

RUDC:   Urban Priorities Committee   |  Smartest places on Earth   |  People are the foundations 
AIA:   Speak at AIA Convention 2017   |  White House conference 
News:  Government and architects  |  City planning combats inequality  |  Architecture globally  



RUDC Updates

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AIA Detroit: Urban Priorities Committee

The UPC is a volunteer-driven committee of AIA Detroit applying a design-thinking approach to form and execute projects that enhance Detroit's built environment. Learn more about how they worked with stakeholders towards recent goals, such as the multi-year, multi-step Michigan Avenue Project.

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Smartest places on Earth

Why rustbelts are the emerging hotspots of global innovation

Maybe it takes a couple of Dutch guys to teach Americans about optimism and tell us that not all is lost for American Industry. Agtmael puts it this way: Smart innovation is replacing cheap labor as the competitive edge. How do we take advantage of this trend?

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People are the foundations of cities

"Do we train our students to work at these huge firms on big jobs....that they build a skyscraper in Dubai? Or do we train our students to work in communities? To understand how communities tick?" David Lewis, FAIA, talks about community involvement in the design process in this short video.

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AIA Updates

AIA Convention 2017: Call for proposals

Topic: Urban Planning and Design

If you're a subject matter expert with a great concept for an educational session, submit a proposal to speak at AIA Convention 2017 in Orlando!

One of the session topics for 2017 is Urban Planning and Design: this takes the design concept beyond individual buildings and applies it to entire neighborhoods. This system focuses on high levels of walkability, a sense of place, and social cohesion. It encourages strategies that conserve resources, protect natural areas, and facilitate connections to the surrounding community.

Submit your proposal details by July 15, 2016.

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White House Conference on Resilient Building Codes

At this event, AIA EVP/CEO Robert Ivy spoke on resilient design and construction as better community investment. "Architects and our signatory partners in the Building Industry Statement on Resilience recognize our role as stewards of safe and healthy communities," Ivy said to an audience of government officials and fellow building industry leaders. The AIA made two announcements:

  • The release of the Resilient Building Coalition's progress report, Preparing to Thrive (Learn more »)
  • The AIA's commitment to create a resilience curriculum for the professional development of architects. (Learn more »)

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In the News

Why Local Governments Need an Architect At the Table

Layering design and planning expertise with local knowledge, architects can bring an objective, analytical perspective to the organizations that run their communities. "We can be the ones to say, 'This highway will do great things, but it will separate this whole neighborhood from the services they need. You're going to put more people in cars,' " says J. Christopher Ball, AIA.

by Brian Libby, Architect Magazine

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How Architecture and City Planning Can Combat Social Inequality

The future might seem like a bleak place if you're a fan of science fiction, but somewhat less so if you're architect and Columbia professor Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA. "I'm a big believer in what I like to call discursive public space...where you run into people and run into ideas, and I think that is really fundamental to how a good city works and how innovation occurs."

by Jeremiah Budin, Zoe Rosenberg and Asad Syrkett, Curbed

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The role that architecture can play in the development agenda

As we begin to take on the new Sustainable Development Goals architecture figures prominently in the propagation and implementation of the goals on the global stage. Given the leading role of the architect in how cities are envisioned and designed the architect can directly shape the outcomes of a design process to the betterment of a community’s overall quality of life, sustainability, social equity, health and resilience.

by Martha Thorne and Paloma Duran, Devex Impact

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