PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

AIA Newark and Suburban Architects A Section of AIA New Jersey

AIA New Jersey is a Chapter and Region of the American Institute of Architects

APRIL 2013

Issue 4

The Rostrum

Official newsletter of the

Newark & Suburban

Section of AIA-NJ

Published monthly

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President’s Message 1

A Chance to Change 2

Emerging Professional Resource

3

Call for Entries - Photographers (or not)

4

Inside this issue: roofing that was informative.

Bill is familiar with various

types of roofing including

EPDM, modified bitumen,

PVC, metal roofing, spray-on

polyurethane foam, hypalon

and liquid applied reinforced

membranes and is a

seasoned roofing consultant.

AIA Grassroots was held in

Washington DC. The Newark

Suburban team visited

Capitol Hill and met with

staffers from Representative

Scott Garrett’s and Rodney

Frelinghuysen’s offices. Over

700 architects from 299

components attended.

AIA’s points brought forth to

the Congressmen were as

follows:

1. Simplify taxes and

protect small businesses

March has flown by. Here are

some of the highlights of the

Month:

AIA New Jersey Leadership

Conference was held March

2nd at the Community

Firehouse in East Brunswick,

NJ. The Firehouse was

designed by AIA New

Jersey’s President Jack Purvis

AIA. It is a very impressive

building.

The Conference focused on

three areas of concern for

AIA, they are:

1. Legal Affairs and

Legislature

2. Membership

3. Education

General Meeting – Joint

Meeting with CSI March 14,

2013 at Parsippany Hilton.

S p e a k e r B i l l T i p t o n

presented a lecture on

2. Save energy and create

jobs

3. Invest in the next

generation of leaders

4. Improve government

procurement to help the

economy.

AIA is a visionary member

organ izat i on prov id ing

advocacy, leadership and

resources for architects to

build a better world. This is

the message of the Institute

in our repositioning effort.

T h e t e n e t s o f t h e

repositioning are as follows:

1. Provide value

2. Drive positive change

3. Lead with vision

4. AIA members face the

future

The AIA vision is “We” not

“I”.

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AIA Newark & Suburban

Board Members

Officers

LOUISE ADDONIZIO, AIA

President

JOHN A. CWIKLA, AIA

President-Elect

STEPHEN ROONEY, AIA

First Vice President

NATASHA SUZANSKY, AIA

Secretary

ALEX GOTTHELF, AIA

Treasurer

KEVIN McCORMICK, AIA

Past President

Trustees

Trustees 2013

YOGESH MISTRY, AIA

BILL MUNOZ, ALLIED

MEMBER

Trustees 2014

PAUL TIAJOLOFF, AIA

RONALD WESTON, AIA

JASON PEIST, ASSOC. AIA

ALOK SAKSENA, ASSOC.

AIA

Trustees 2015

DIEUJUSTE PIERRE, ASSOC.

AIA

FRANCISCO GRIMALDI,

AIA

Section Administrator

JULIE PAGNOTTA

aiaadmin@verizon.net

AIA NS 2012 Committees

A CHANCE TO CHANGE Thanks to Past AIANJ President Michael

Hanrahan, AIA, I represented AIANJ on a committee of allied professionals who over the

course of a year and half realized a need for a chance to change in how our 566 NJ

communities can become healthier. Together we produced a brochure on Healthy

Community Design. The committee decided that the goal would be for each

committee member to present the brochure to

their local Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment and Township/City Council as a

way to explain what it means to have a healthy community and what they as our

political leaders can do to make it happen.

I also saw it as chance for AIANJ architects to explain to our local political leaders what we

do for a living while at the same time helping our home towns become healthier. Below you

will find some of my remarks in this regard made to the West Orange Township Council

last month. Any of you can use these or create your own talking points and take the

opportunity to make a similar presentation

where you live.

We are believers that it takes a bit more than

an apple a day to keep the doctor away! I explained that above all DESIGN has an

impact through better planning and building

of sustainable communities that encourage people to live healthier by making it easier to

walk, bike and incorporate mass transit opportunities. In West Orange, I used the

example of a need to secure fresh fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods and

beverages within easy reach of all neighborhoods.

I explained that an existing depressed and

long overdue redeveloped downtown needed to use this opportunity for a new supermarket

to be placed in a vacant space. It is here where we have a large population of elderly

and new residents who do not have the

means to travel far from their apartments or homes. I stated that the list of benefits for a

healthy community is long, but provides a positive method to reduce obesity, which is

associated with chronic diseases and eventual developmental disabilities. It is this fact that

will continue to drive up medical costs. I could see by the expression on their faces that these members of my local Council were

beginning to understand what I was suggesting. Seeing how the evaluation of the

vacant space would translate into the proper

facility for the population in need.

As architects and planners, we have begun to realize that recently we have seen more and

more people join a movement back to our cities; towns and villages where we believe the

incorporation of smart and sustainable design

principles may if we look hard enough, can be found. We are looking at preserving the urban

centers that promote managed growth while enhancing the individual neighborhood identity

and all the time presenting outstanding architecture.

We believe that government officials at every

level can contribute to the existing momentum by passing laws and formulating initiatives that

create environmentally sensitive pedestrian friendly livable and accessible communities.

We all can give shape to The American Dream in

the design of our neighborhoods where we live, the buildings where we work, the places where

we play, celebrate and reflect.

As an architect and a planner I have been

involved in creating spaces for worship, hospitals

for healing, schools for learning, places to eat, and places to shop all over this great country of

ours. Together with my colleagues our hope is to bring a better life into brick and mortar reality of

a healthier community. Buildings are architecture and architecture forms the communities we call

home. The quality of life we enjoy depends on well designed buildings in vibrant communities

like ours. Our architecture helps communities

create and maintain jobs.

I ended my presentation with the need for

members of the West Orange Township Council to become educated on how we can better OUR

community based on good design and planning

concepts.

I have ordered some more of these brochures

and if you would like a few to take to your local officials for a chance to explain what you do for a

living, send me an E-mail and I will put them in

the mail to you the very next day.

Jerome Leslie Eben, AIA

AIANJ Regional Director, ’11-‘13

jebenaia@aol.com

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President’s The areas of concentration are

as follows:

1. Engage young architects

2. Communication

3. Technology

4. Gender inclusiveness and

diversity.

For more information go to

www.AIA.org/repositioning

Upcoming Events:

April 11 – AIA Fellows Seminar

- NJIT

Continued from page 1

May 1 – General Meeting

Roundtable with Congressman

Rodney Frelinghuysen

May 2 – Trade Show, with

Architect’s League – at the

Glenpointe Marriott in Teaneck,

NJ

May 6 – Golf Outing

June 20-22 - AIA National

Convention, Denver Colorado

Thank you to everyone. We

look forward to seeing you at

our next General meeting.

Louise C. Addonizio AIA, PP,

LEED BD+C, NDICQ qualified,

President AIA Newark Suburban

2013

Emerging Professionals

The Emerging Professionals

Companion, an online resource for interns to gain

experience, has been updated and reformatted

into an interactive PDF.

With an architect supervisor or mentor, interns can

complete EPC activities for IDP credit, whether or not

employed. The EPC is a

free resource for interns. Once documentation is

approved by the intern's

supervisor or mentor, the activity is submitted for final

approval through the online reporting system accessed via

the intern's NCARB record. The

intern's supervisor or mentor will give their final certification

for the activity by approving the online record through My

NCARB.

C h e c k i t o u t a t www.epcompanion.org

Golf for a

Cause... AIA Newark &

Suburban Architects and the Construction

S p e c i f i c a t i o n s Institute of New

Jersey will host the 17th Annual Charity

Golf Outing on Monday, May 6th

2013 at Forest Hill

F i e l d C l ub i n Bloomfield, NJ.

All proceeds benefit 1st Cerebral Palsy

Center of New

Jersey, a non-profit organization which

cares for and educates children

and adults who have a wide range of

physical disabilities. Last year the Golf

Outing raised over

$3,000. Since 1997 the event has raised

close to $90,000 in financial support for

this deserving and wonderful charity.

This has enabled 1st CP Center of NJ to

construct an outdoor

play area, purchase computers and make

other meaningful contr ibutions to

i m p r o v e t h e i r environment for

l e a r n i n g a n d enjoyment.

Sign up to play, eat

or sponsor here.

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CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS

Inspired by architecture? Prove it and show it

off. Make plans now to visit your favorite,

inspiring architectural site during National

Architecture Week, April 7–13, for your

chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card! (See

contest rules.)

From churches, hospitals, and libraries to

homes, stores, and mixed-use areas, AIA

National wants to see what inspires you. No need for professional photographers, but

they can certainly enter, too. The idea is that everyone have some fun and appreciate the

great works that architects have designed.

Ready? Taking part in the contest is easy:

Visit your favorite or most inspirational

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Add the hashtag #archweek13 to the

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AIA National will select five of the most

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