2012 Accent on Architecture Community Grant Recipients Shine

AAF is pleased to announce our Accent on Architecture Community Grants program. AAF’s Accent on Architecture Community Grants assist local, non-profit organizations in producing innovative design-education programs for K-12 students. Since 1998 Accent on Architecture Community Grants have supported creative programming initiatives including television programs, symposia, design workshops, and teacher education. They enhance the visibility and public understanding of architecture and strengthen relationships between communities and local design groups.

 

2012 Accent on Architecture Community Grant Recipients:

The Design Connection Partnership Pilot (DCPP)
Architecture Resource Center Inc., New Haven, CT
DCPP is an architecture and design-based STEM1 project serving 475 at-risk urban fifth grade students, teachers, and math coaches from eight (K-8) New Haven CT Public Schools (NHPS).

Dallas Neighborhoods Project bcLAB
buildingcommunityWORKSHOP, Dallas, TX
bcLAB is a 6-week summer program that encourages young neighborhood residents to engage with and advocate for their community through design.

The Art of Architecture
Dallas Center for Architecture
The Art of Architecture is a juried art competition and exhibition for middle and high school students which encourages students to study the visual aspects of architecture and express their observations creatively.

Columbus Design Camp, Columbus IN
Columbus Education Coalition, Columbus IN
The Community Education Coalition of Columbus Con proposes to offer an introductory design studio for primary and secondary education students in the summer of 2012.

Stormwater on the Peninsula
Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, Biloxi, MS
Students will learn how architecture and design influence natural systems; students will help create an analysis tool for the City that evaluates local stormwater infrastructure.

Boston Kids, Boston Architecture
Learning By Design in Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Boston teachers and architects will engage Boston schoolchildren in community design projects connected to core curriculum areas and based on the architecture of their city.

Terrace Town 2012
Monona Terrace Community Programs and Endowment Fund, Inc., Madison WI
Terrace Town teaches elementary students, teachers, and the public how cities are planned, what makes a sustainable city, and how to improve their communities.

Community Design Leadership Program
openhousenewyork inc, New York, NY
Public Workshop, and DreamYard formed a partnership to launch a unique
Youth Community Design Leadership Program for Bronx middle school students.

District Architecture Center Youth Programs
Washington Architectural Foundation, Washington DC
Innovative project-based workshops led by architects that educate young people about the architecture profession through classes in drawing, model-building, site analysis, sustainability and more.

 

2012 Merit Citation Recipients:

Architectural Awareness Program  Career Development Council, Inc., Elmira, NY. This program is an educational experience that teaches principles of architecture, giving students hands-on classroom opportunities and contact with professional architects.

studioENYA
Center for Architecture Foundation, New York, NY
studioENYA is an annual design competition and mentoring program that cultivates a community of architecture college and/or field bound high school students and their instructors.

Urban Investigations
The Center for Urban Pedagogy, Inc. (CUP), Brooklyn, NY
Urban Investigations (UI) are design education programs for public high school students that explore the inner workings of New York City’s environment, architecture, and infrastructure.

MY DOWNTOWN
Community Housing Partners, Christiansburg, VA
MY DOWNTOWN will design/deliver an educational workshop targeting at-risk youth encouraging acknowledgment and appreciation of architecture and provide planning and design tutelage.

My house, only a footprint in the sand
Corpus Christi Texas Prefreshman Engineering Program, Corpus Christi, TX
Students shall explore the concepts of sustainable design in the design of a small home located in a nearby beachfront community.

FEMME 2 STEM – „Site Hype‟ for the HOPE Center
DEMOISELLE 2 FEMME, Chicago, IL
„Site Hype‟ is a pop-up design-build installation created by FEMME 2 STEM participants to activate the site of the HOPE Center before construction.

WORLD OF DESIGN
Denver Architectural Foundation, Denver, CO
The development of an electronically downloadable guide to aid design professionals with K-12 presentations.

King-Post Roof Truss Interactive for Undertaker’s Corner
Foundation for Historic Christ Church, Irvington, VA
Grant funds will support design and fabrication of a king-post roof truss that can be dismantled and reassembled using mortise-tenon joinery in architectural education programs.

Outdoor Community Seating and Recreation Area at PS20
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Students will design an outdoor play area at PS 20, encouraging community gathering and play in an under-utilized space on school grounds.

Sustainability Seen from the Eyes of Elementary School Children
HMC Designing Futures Foundation, Ontario, CA
HMC’s Archlab team will partner with Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District to develop and implement a series of sustainability workshops for elementary school children.

Architecture Elective Course Materials
JR Masterman High School, Philadelphia, PA
To provide architectural guidebooks, sketchbooks, pencils and pens for public high-school students enrolled in a 10-week architectural study course.

KCDC Enviro Quest
Kansas Children’s Discovery Center, Topeka, KS
A fact-finding quest incorporating green building features inside and outside of the Discovery Center. Children will learn about each feature through interactive signage and images.

Keeping the Past for the Future
LANDMARK WEST!, New York, NY
Keeping the Past for the Future is our school-based education program, designed to foster in students a strong sense of engagement in their community through learning about the built environment.

Kids’ ARCHInnovation Jams: How to Use Social Media to Engage the General Public to Expand the Boundaries of Architecture
Lawrence Technological University Detroit Studio, Southfield, MI
Children and their teachers and parents will work with students and faculty from The Detroit Studio to develop “ARCHInnovation Jams” (online forum via social media), through which they engage the public to expand the boundaries of architecture in a social

The Museum of the City of New York: Neighborhood Explorers
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
Neighborhood Explorers Program, which educates students about the history, architecture, and urban design of their East Harlem, NY neighborhood. The program encourages students to observe, appreciate, improve, and sustain their community.

City Vision
National Building Museum, Washington, DC
Established in 1993, CityVision involes 60-70 students in a semeste-long program in which they apply principles of city planning and design to help solve neighborhood problems.

My City, My Home
Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
My City, My Home is an arts-based residency that will teach 150 students about the architecture and architectural history of New Orleans.

SCI-Arc Design Immersion Days 2012
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Design Immersion Days is an immersive four week summer program that introduces high school
students to the academic and professional worlds of architecture and design.

Summer CAMP 2012
Student Activity Foundation for the Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati, Oh
Summer CAMP offers a one-week architecture exposure program to 8th and 9th graders from the Cincinnati metro area and beyond.

The next Accent on Architecture Community Grants cycle will be announced in fall 2012. Please click here to see past award and merit citation recipients. Click here for information and to learn more about AAF’s Accent on Architecture Community Grants program.

Image courtesy of buildingcommunityWORKSHOP, Dallas, TX