Feature Articles
Emerging Professional Profile
This issue features Erin Costino Persky who has been actively involved in AAJ for several years. Take a look at her personal background, past experience, how she got involved in justice planning and/or design, her area of expertise/focus, and what she hopes to contribute to the justice market.
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The Future of Courts 2025: The Future of the Courthouse?
By Phillip Knox and Peter Kiefer
When we began a year and a half ago surveying court professionals on their vision of the future of courts, we were unprepared for the variety of fascinating stories and questions that would arise. The condition of our nation’s courthouses is an interesting story; the perception of court professionals regarding courthouses and future construction is a good question.
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Our KODAK MOMENT: Balancing Our Social Responsibility with Profitability
By April Pottorff, AIA
Last September I participated in a Correctional Summit where professionals and peers within the justice design and construction community discussed what our industry has accomplished, shared ideas on how to better serve our clients, looked at current industry trends, and anticipated new challenges that are on the horizon. Planners, designers, constructors, vendor/suppliers, and a publisher participated. Although this was my first time to attend many of the attendees have participated in the Summit for many years.
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The Societal Price of the Status-quo
By Meredith Berman
At this moment in time, the corrections industry faces the often-unasked question facing a free market economy: how much is enough? The necessity of this question is illustrated in the prison industrial complex, which asks how it is ethical that one group of businesses benefits from the incarceration of others. While those that lack a sufficient understanding of the corrections system usually ask this question, pieces of its essence are worthy of discussion. As an industry, it’s time to question the acceptability of selling status quo products and services that are socially damaging, but corporately profitable.
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Design Implications of PREA for Adult Facilities
By Laurence E. Hartman, AIA
Is it too simplistic to think that, like the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) is another noble intent of the Federal government whose impact on planning and design is not initially understood. I remind myself not to be so cynical. PREA addresses the very serious issue of sexual abuse of those incarcerated in our secure facilities.
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The Justice Facilities Review 2013 Publication is Available
Resources
Now Available: Download Presentation Materials from the AAJ Fall Conference
Time for a refresher course! Conference presentations and materials are now available for download from the 2013 AAJ Fall Conference in Portland, Oregon. You can view the 2013 Conference Wrap-Up, including a photo album and reports from our emerging professional in attendance, on the AAJ KnowledgeNet Conference Wrap-Up page.
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. |
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.
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Upcoming Events
Save the Date
2014 AAJ Fall Conference: November 5-8, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Please visit the AAJ Fall Conference page for future updates.
National Association for Court Management Annual Conference: July 13-17, 2014, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Please visit the NCAM website to register. Limited spots are available.
Court Technology: AIA/InfoComm AV/IT Infrastructure Guidelines
InfoComm 2014: June 14 - 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Attention architects: Get the inside scoop on the recently published AV/IT Infrastructure Guidelines for Courts book developed jointly by members of the American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Justice and InfoComm International(R). Attend this seminar and you'll examine new technologies impacting future court operations, and explore project delivery of converged AV/IT infrastructure to support these emerging requirements. You can find out more information at http://www.infocommshow.org/.
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2014, from 8:00 am -12:00 pm
Certificates of Completion for AIA members will be available upon request at the InfoComm Education office. Anyone requesting a Certificate of Completion must have their AIA member number available.
2014 AIA AAJ Convention
Public Architects Committee, Academy of Architecture for Justice, and Technology in Architectural Practice Joint Reception
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Fee: $55
Enjoy food and drinks while meeting clients and practitioners in justice, public, and technology architecture. Join the AAJ members as they announce their award recipients. Additionally, there will be the annual celebration of the TAP-BIM Awards program and its current recipients. The evening event is an opportunity for AIA members to network with peers while celebrating the best in BIM design and justice facilities.
Practice Management Webinar: Emerging Practice: Digital Printing and the “Maker Economy” – Transforming Practice
Thursday, July 17, 2014 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern
3D printing or Additive Manufacturing is a disruptive innovation that could potentially create new markets and value networks for both emerging and established practices. As the technology becomes part of mainstream architectural services and project delivery, what kind of changes would this bring? This webinar explores the advantages and caveats of 3d Printing technology in architecture and design practices through a series of three presentations provided by design scientist Melissa Sterry, Royal Academy of Dutch Architects Professor Janjaap Ruijssenaars and speaker number three (pending).
