N' Studio Podcast

Welcome back to the N' Studio Podcast! Geneva and Quinn sat down and shared stories of Arch Hall with 6th year grad student, Will Dendinger. They share their experiences of their studies at Architecture Hall, how they navigated out of tough situations, his experience with Thesis work, and how to stay positive during final critiques. Be sure to follow us on instagram for updates on everything AIAS Nebraska! Thanks for listening! 

Welcome back to a very special episode of N'Studio, today Quinn closes out our 2020 Vision Series with Tim Hawk, FAIA. As an AIA leader and innovative practitioner, Tim has increased design awareness and advanced knowledge exchange among architects and allied professionals through improved digital access, collaborative models, and educational programming. Tim currently serves as the chair of the government advocacy committee at the National level for AIA and is one of the authors of the 2020 Architect's Policy Platform. In today's episode, Tim discusses the role architects play in improving the built environment by addressing economic, climate, and community needs in the U.S.

Across the country, not just in urban areas, America has a multi-generation affordable housing problem. Unfortunately, it is one of the biggest issues with public policy implications that Congress has largely left unaddressed. Thankfully, the same cannot be said for architects, who, like Wayne Mortensen, have been working overtime to solve this problem. Geneva and Quinn sat down this week with Wayne, a Nebraska native, former AIAS Nebraska President, and former AIAS National President, to discuss how he is bridging the gap between architecture, urban design, and social work. He has made unprecedented strides in his career and community-oriented leadership roles. He is a champion for urban communities and their recovery, and his spirit and human-centered practice lends a voice to those who, unfortunately, lack one. Earlier this year, Wayne was awarded the AIA Young Architects Award and has moved back to Lincoln to step into the role of CEO for Neighbor Works Lincoln. When many people have lost hope of ever finding a job or owning their own home again, it is good to know that AIAS played a central role in cultivating Wayne’s career as an architect of communities.

Burning Questions with Jason Griffiths explores the topic of climate change and how engineered lumber can help architects and designers achieve a more sustainable world. Our guest, Jason Griffiths received his Master’s in Architecture with distinction from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UK, in 1994 and began a career that mixed practice with teaching and competition work. After his first competition win, he was invited to teach with Sir Peter Cook on the Bartlett’s M. Arch. and Dip 9 Unit with Professor David Greene. During the 90s he built a portfolio of competition prizes and teaching positions in London and Oxford. He co-directed graduate studies at the University of Westminster and was senior lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. In 2003 he moved to North America and taught at the Tech de Monterrey, University of Texas at Austin, Iowa State University and Arizona State University. He has also held visiting positions at ESTAM in Madrid, the AA Visiting School in Chengdu, Sharda University in Delhi and Nirma University in Ahmedabad and from 2017-19 was professor of summer immersion at The School of Architecture at Taliesin in Wisconsin. Griffiths has lectured widely throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Griffiths’ teaching career is paralleled with architectural competition work winning prizes in eleven competitions including first prize in both the AA FAB 2009, Temple of Laughter, Millennium Café competitions. Other competition prizes include Future Visions of Kyoto, Aomori Housing, Shinkenchiku Residential Design (three times) and the Oklahoma Memorial.

In 2018 he established PLAIN Design-Build to integrate engineered lumber construction with design-build pedagogy at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He is responsible for the first three CLT buildings within Great Plains region with projects for The Baxa Fellowship Residence, the South Sioux City Orchard Facility and the Santee Sioux Child Resource Center. Other projects include Emerge at the Bauman Tree Farm in Eugene, Oregon, and Mazo in Wisconsin along with recent projects in Delhi and Ahmedabad.

His work with PLAIN has been recognized by 2017 WoodWorks/ Wood Products Council Wood Design Award, the 2019 and 2020 ACSA Design-Build Awards. Griffiths also received a 2017 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovations grant and 2020 Nebraska Environmental Trust grant.

Griffiths’ book Manifest Destiny – A Guide to the Essential Indifference of American Housing” Published by the Architectural Association Press explores a visual anthropology of the North American suburbs. Following its publication Mr. Griffiths received the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) book award (Typology) at the Frankfurt Book Fair and was included as one of the ten entries in “2011 year in review: Best in architecture” by Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne. Other publications include chapters in recent issues of 306090 through Princeton Architectural Press, Volume Magazine, Mas Context and regular contributions to UnCube. He has also been published in AA Files, Architecture, JA, JAE and the Sunday Times.

Griffiths’ professional practice is based on a multidisciplinary approach to architecture working through buildings, competitions, public art, writing and photography. Built work includes The Lowest House and the Duerinckx Residence along with public art and furniture installations for the City of Tempe. He has exhibited work in London and North America including the solo exhibition Not What We Bought at Project Row Houses in Houston.

A message from our Nebraska AIAS chapter president, Quinn McFadden. 

This week Geneva and Quinn sat down with Emily Roesler to talk about her experiences in the design field as an emerging professional and the many hats she wears. Emily is an associate designer at DLR Group, an AIA Lincoln Associate Director, AIA Nebraska Associate Director and Emerging Professionals Committee Chair, and AIA Central States Associate Representative for Nebraska. Through all her roles within the architecture community, her goal has remained the same, giving back to communities through architecture. She has been one of AIAS Nebraska's biggest supporters and we can't thank her enough for her commitment. 

Correction: The Scarlet Hotel is a Marriot-Affiliated Hotel and has the potential to serve as a learning space for University of Nebraska Lincoln students pursuing majors in hospitality, tourism, and restaurant management. 

This week Quinn and Mason sat down with Craig Babe, an Associate Professor of Practice at UNL and AIAS Nebraska's faculty advisor. Craig has worked alongside Diamond Schmitt Architects in Toronto, Michael Graves & Associates in Princeton, and Hopkins Architects in London. Craig's academic interests include formal architectural design, urbanism, architectural theory and the pedagogy of architectural education.   

Episode 7 is here! Quinn, Geneva, and Mason sat down and talked about what they enjoy about AIAS and why it is important to join as an architecture student. Be sure to follow us on Instagram @ unlaias to stay up to date with all of the events at UNL. 

For our sixth episode, Quinn sat down and had a conversation with the President and Vice President of AIAS Nationals. 

For this weeks episode, we sat down with one of our professors, Bud. He talked us through how he got to where he is today and some of the things that inspires him.