The AIA Justice Facility Review (JFR) is the annual publication of the American Institute of Architects, Academy of Architecture for Justice (AAJ). The AAJ promotes and fosters the exchange of information and knowledge between members, professional organizations, and the public for high quality planning, design and delivery of justice architecture.
The JFR Program offers examples of a broad range of design strategies and depicts the latest trends in the design and construction of justice facilities in the United States. The JFR is a source book for best practices recognizing the year's best examples of justice design.
NACM Seeks AAJ Input on Future Court Operations, Programming, Planning & Design Issues
On behalf of the National Association for Court Management (NACM), two nationally respected court managers have been surveying court professionals from around the globe on future changes to court operations. Their on-going and expanding surveys consist of a series of possible operational scenarios and asks participants to give their best assessment as to the probability of each scenario occurring by the year 2025. (A subsequent survey will likely extend that time horizon.) With significant changes likely to court facility operations and public interface, will come significant, perhaps even wholesale, changes to architectural programs, planning and design.
Therefore, over the past year AIA/NACM liaisons Chuck Oraftik and Jim Beight have been collaborating with these NACM leaders and offering AAJ assistance. As one part of this collaboration NACM is now seeking the input of design professionals through participation in their research survey. Please take the time to review and complete this survey here.
Some survey scenarios may have very limited impact on court programming, planning and design while some could have a very significant impact. So AAJ participants should feel free to respond to all or any portion of the scenarios, offer additional scenarios and provide any suggestions or commentary. The goal is to get a broad range of opinions that extend beyond the perspective of court managers. It should only take a few minutes to complete, so we hope that a sizable number of samples will be returned from AAJ members. The results will be shared with all AAJ participants and should provide each us with unique and advanced insights into the next paradigm for court facilities. Please contact Chuck Oraftik, FAIA with any questions chuck.oraftik@hok.com.
Justice Market Emerging Professional Nominations
In an ode to AIA’s “Emerging Professional” program and AAJ’s commitment to cultivate the next generation of justice leaders the AAJ Communications Committee plans to feature a “justice market emerging professional” in each of our quarterly journals.
Because the justice market is so specialized, our dependence on planning and programming professionals, and in recognition that some individuals don’t discover their interest in justice sector architecture or planning until after spending time in other unrelated market sectors, AAJ has expanded the definition of a “justice market emerging professional”:
An Architect, Designer, or Planner with between 0 – 12 years of experience with justice sector projects who demonstrate leadership qualities by getting involved in the justice profession by writing articles, speaking at conferences, and participating in AAJ committees, etc.
Please send your suggestions for emerging professionals for us to feature in upcoming editions of the AAJ Journal. Forward a resume and brief description of your nomination’s accomplishments to April Pottorff, AIA.
Resources
Free AIA Continuing Education for the Hearing Impaired
Previously, the free webinar series were only accessible to live users. This practice excluded hearing impaired members from benefitting from these free continuing education opportunities. As part of a new initiative of the AIA Knowledge Communities, several newly transcribed webinars will also include 10-question quizzes to test for knowledge gained. Any score of 8 or higher will qualify for 1 Continuing Education Credit or AIA LU.
Sustainable Justice 2030: Green Guide to Justice
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Earn 1 AIA HSW LU for reading the Sustainable Justice 2030: Green Guide to Justice and successfully completing the quiz.
This white paper is a proposition for the role of the justice system in contributing to the continuing viability of our society. Intended to complement other public initiatives with the year 2030 as the planning horizon, we aim to articulate a vision for how green justice buildings can serve a green and sustainable justice system as a foundational element of a sustainable society. As architects, our planning and design efforts are framed by the vision of our clients; this paper is intended to illustrate a vision for the year 2030 that is holistic and elevated in aspiration to create a more just and sustainable society. |
A BIM Approach to Evidence-Based Courtroom Design
You might be interested in the new book entitled “A BIM Approach to Evidence-Based Courtroom Design” by Debajyoti Pati, PhD, FIIA. Book is available on Amazon.
Access some research summaries authored by Debajyoti Pati, PhD, FIIA:
AVIT Infrastructure Guidelines for Courts
"Joint Publication of AIA/AAJ and InfoComm" — Design guidelines for architects, AV/IT specialists, judges, court administrators, and others concerned with courthouse and courtroom construction and renovation.
The next presentation of this information will be at the show GovComm on December 4-5, 2013. Physical copies of the booklet will be given to the first 100 attendees to Peter Kiefer’s keynote.
Download the booklet for free now »
Upcoming Events
Save the Date
2014 AAJ Fall Conference: November 5-8, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Visit the AAJ Fall Conference page for future updates about the event.
2014 JFR Call For Entries: look for this to open in early December.
WEBINAR: The Firm of the Future: Big Picture Trends Shaping the Future of Architecture Firms
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 | Earn 1.25 AIA LUs | 1-2:15pm ET | Learn more
Yogi Berra’s wisdom that “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future,” points out the reality that nothing is more important to the leadership of architecture firms in these tumultuous times than stepping back from the day-to-day struggle, scanning the horizon, and taking the long view. This webinar will examine “megatrends” that are profoundly influencing what successful design firms will look like in the future, including:
- Demographics: the most powerful, pervasive—and maybe predictable—of all forces
- Projects: the beginning of a wave of sweeping changes in project delivery
- People: the impending labor shortage—in quantity and quality—as well as generational challenges and opportunities
- Transitions: both leadership and ownership that will challenge firms far into the future
WEBINAR: COBie for Designers
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 | Earn 1.0 AIA LUs | 1-2pm ET | Learn more
The Construction-Operations Building information exchange (COBie) allows designers to extract scheduled asset information to help owners identify the assets in their facilities and to eliminate multiple transcriptions of scheduled assets that occur throughout the project life-cycle. COBie starts with an outline of room and equipment schedules. Into that outline installed equipment, product data, signage schedules, warranties, maintenance plans, and replacement parts are captured.
This presentation describes how an investment in COBie can result in reduced overhead costs and the delivery of an improved product for the owner. This presentation will also cover the requirements of the new Corps of Engineers’ Unified Facility Guide Specification 01 79 00 that requires the delivery of COBie on design-build and construction contracts starting October 2014.