SIGAL Gallery

June 24 – July 25, 2015
 

Architecture in the Schools (AIS), a program of the Washington Architectural Foundation, matches volunteer architects with public school teachers to enrich the learning experience of children. Since 1992, AIS has reached more than 20,000 children throughout metropolitan Washington, DC.

When planning this eight-week program, volunteer architects and classroom teachers collaborate to organize discussions, presentations, and hands-on activities, as well as field trips or neighborhood walks to support a selected theme for the term. The classroom teacher and volunteers co-teach daily lessons and work together to ensure the success of the program. Volunteers, teacher, and students choose a final project to conclude the experience—the culmination of principles and skills learned throughout the program. Students use hand sketches, photographs, and models made of cardboard, paper, and other craft materials to produce the project.

This annual exhibition celebrates their achievements.

Architecture in the Schools is generously sponsored by the Commonweal Foundation, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Humanities Council of Washington DC, The Kinder Morgan Foundation, and the Dorothea de Schweinitz Fund for the District of Columbia of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Credits

Organized by the Washington Architectural Foundation in cooperation with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery and generously supported by ABC Imaging.

SIGAL Gallery & Sorg Gallery
 

Opening Reception
Wednesday, September 9, 6:00PM - 7:30PM

Walking Tour: Nature on the National Mall
Saturday, September 12, 12:00PM - 2:00PM

An Evening with the Curator
Monday, September 14, 6:00PM - 7:30PM

Tour: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Thursday, September 17, 3:00PM - 4:30PM

The District Architecture Center is pleased to host Nature in the Walkable City, an exhibition of artwork by Studio 155 artists who will illustrate – through fine art – how nature enriches urban living and is best experienced on foot.

Beginning with Pierre L’Enfant’s vision for a grand capital, Washington was planned to have nature surround, nurture, and sustain us. Formal and informal landscapes provide pleasure and practical benefits for residents and visitors alike. The large number of trees and parks, as well as the city’s two beautiful, accessible rivers, are a source of delight.

The city has long inspired artists. The 15 artists of Studio 155 offer different perspectives on Washington’s beauty, character, and livability. They depict trees, plants, and wildlife that complement our buildings and streets.

Wild, planted, formal, or accidental plants and wildlife function together within a particular environment of soil, water, topography, sunlight, and climate. Together they enrich the built environment.

Selected Works

 

Above: Eva-Maria Ruhl, Boulder Bridge

 

Above Left: Donald Beekman Myer, FAIA, Corn Capital / Above Right: Michael Rawson, Buffalo & Elms, East Capitol Front

About Studio 155

In 2004, the Corcoran College of Art + Design featured Botanical Treasures of Lewis & Clark: New Art for the Bicentennial, an exhibition celebrating the bicentennial of the explorers’ return from their historic journey. At this time, the partcipating artists formed Studio 155. Since that time, they have exhibited artwork as a group at multiple venues, including the Adah Rose Gallery, Delaware Art Museum, and The Cosmos Club.

Studio 155 members include Debbie Bankert, Roberta Matthews Bernstein, Elizabeth Ward Carter, Wendy W. Cortesi, Jan Denton, Jill Hodgson, Eileen Malone-Brown, Vicki Malone, Donald Beekman Myer, FAIA, Kappy Prosch, Michael Rawson, Eva-Maria Ruhl, Ellen Tuttle, Juliana Weihe, S. M. Wilson.

Credits

Organized by Studio 155 in cooperation with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery and Sorg Gallery. Support generously provided by ABC Imaging. Designed and modeled in ArchiCAD18.

 

Coordinating Committee: Donald Beekman Myer, FAIA; Michael Rawson; Eva-Maria Ruhl
AIA|DC Review Committee: Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA, Executive Director; Daniel Fox, Assistant Director
Exhibition Coordinator, Exhibition & Graphic Designer: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA
Digital Information Coordinator: Bradley W. Johnson
Educational & Public Programming: Beth Judy; Katie Spencer
Installation Team: Tim Anderson; Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA; Bradley W. Johnson

SIGAL Gallery
 

CAE Fall Social & Exhibit Opening
Wednesday, October 7, 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Keynote Lecture & Closing Reception
Monday, October 26, 6:30PM - 8:00PM

This exhibition spotlights design excellence in K-12 educational facilities around the world. Collectively, the projects convey high quality environments which are innovative in their approach to providing flexible and adaptable design solutions for teaching and learning. Each project demonstrates a well-considered approach to community place-making; integration of sustainable building features that support environmental literacy; flexible and adaptable spaces that support multiple modes of teaching and learning; and a focus on space that fosters the development of the whole child.

Credits

Organized by the Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE/DC) in cooperation with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery. Support generously provided ABC Imaging. Exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19.

Sponsors

Benefactor Sponsorship

• V/S

 

Supporting Sponsorship

• Brailsford & Dunlavey      
• Quinn Evans Architects                     
• Smoot Construction                          
• Spartan Surfaces
• Whiting-Turner Contracting

 

Contributing Sponsorship

• Perkins Eastman  
• cox graae + spack architects 
• Bretford Manufacturing
• Hess Construction

SIGAL Gallery + Sorg Gallery
 

AIA|DC is pleased to present The Awards Show, the first annual exhibition combining award-winning projects from three of its most celebrated competitions: Unbuilt Awards, Washingtonian Residential Awards, and Chapter Design Awards. Each year, AIA|DC organizes these competitions to award architectural practitioners, educators, and students within the community who demonstrate excellence in design.

The exhibition features 34 award-winning projects, divided into three competition-focused sections, respectively: explore theoretical and unbuilt commissioned projects in Unbuilt Awards; single family, multifamily, and mixed-used residential projects in Residential Awards; and architectural, interior, historic, urban design, and master plan projects in Design Awards.

Image Credits

Unbuilt Awards: mcdowellespinosa, Delirious Detroit by mcdowellespinosa
Washingtonian Residential Design Awards: Pepper Watkins, Shop / House at Naylor Court by E/L Studio
Chapter Design Awards: Michael McLaughlin Studios, The Crossing by Travis Price Architects / Spirit of Place - Design Institute

Credits

The Awards Show is organized by AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery and Sorg Gallery. Support generously provided ABC Imaging. Exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19.

AIA|DC Review Committee: Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA, Executive Director; Daniel Fox, Assistant Director
Exhibition Coordinator: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA
Digital Information Coordinator: Bradley W. Johnson
Communications Coordinator: Asya Snejnevski
Programs Director: Katie Spencer
Installation: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA; Bradley W. Johnson

SIGAL Gallery Storefront

 

Fire is central to the winter experience. The hearth, a symbol for this time of celebration and community, can represent an architectural antidote to the impending dark and cold winter months. It is around fire and hearth that friends and families—even whole communities—gather to cook, share stories, and bond in its warmth and glow.

Walk by the District Architecture Center this holiday season to be warmed by the light of the Wonderland storefront display.

About the Designers

Cooper Jones and Maureen McGee recently moved to DC from San Francisco where Jones worked for Iwamotto Scott Architects and McGee worked for Andrew Mann Architecture. The husband-and-wife team collaborated on several design projects in San Francisco between 2013 – 2014, including two winter storefront installations for Faye’s Video and Espresso Bar in the Mission District.

Excited to be living and working in DC, Cooper now works for Jones & Boer Architects while Maureen works for McGraw Bagnoli Architects.

Credits

Organized by AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery storefront. Designed by Cooper Jones and Maureen McGee, winners of the Wonderland 2015 competition. Support generously provided ABC Imaging.

Sorg Gallery
 

Tour: Bethune Dining Hall Annex at Howard University
Saturday, January 23, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Tour: Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
Saturday, January 30, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

The 2015 Chapter Design Awards were originally exhibited in The Awards Show, the first annual exhibition combining award-winning projects from three of its most celebrated competitions: Unbuilt Awards, Washingtonian Residential Awards, and Chapter Design Awards.

The annual AIA|DC Chapter Design Awards competition invites submissions in four distinct project categories: Architecture, Interior Architecture, Historic Resources, and Urban Design and Master Planning. 2015 Chapter President Steve White, AIA also awarded Presidential Citations for projects in the following categories: Sustainable Design, Urban Catalyst, Universal Design, and Design and Wellbeing.

This year a “People’s Choice Award” social media campaign collected votes for one favored project. The winning project Healy Family Student Center at Georgetown University by ikon.5 architects. Congratulations!

Of the 200-plus submissions this year, 24 projects were chosen by a panel of distinguished jurors, including:

Architecture:

Alexander Lamis, AIA: Robert A. M. Stern Architects, New York
Jason Smith, AIA: KieranTimberlake, Philadelphia
Joan Sorrano, AIA, HGA, Minneapolis

Interior Architecture:

Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz: BNO Design, New York
Audrey O’Hagan, AIA: Audrey O’Hagan Architects, LLC, Boston
John Mack: HLW International, New York

Historic Resources:

Dominque Hawkins, AIA: Preservation Partnership, Philadelphia
Sherida Paulsen, FAIA: PKSB Architects, New York
Travis McDonald, Jr.: Poplar Forest, Virginia

Urban Design and Master Planning:

Rebecca Barnes, FAIA: University of Washington, Seattle
Claire Weisz, FAIA: WXY Studio, New York

Image Credits

Left – Bruce Damonte Architectural Photographer, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies by STUDIOS Architecture
Middle – Michael McLaughlin Studios, The Crossing by Travis Price Architects / Spirit of Place - Design Institute
Right – Ulf Wallin Photography, Bethune Dining Hall Annex at Howard University by EYP

Original Credits

The Awards Show is organized by AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery and Sorg Gallery. Support generously provided ABC Imaging. Exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19.

AIA|DC Review Committee: Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA, Executive Director; Daniel Fox, Assistant Director
Exhibition Coordinator: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA
Digital Information Coordinator: Bradley W. Johnson
Communications Coordinator: Asya Snejnevski
Programs Director: Katie Spencer
Installation: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA; Bradley W. Johnson

SIGAL Gallery

This exhibition spotlights winning photos from the #iseeDC2015 Instagram photo contest organized by the AIA|DC Design Excellence Committee with support from FotoDC/FotoWeekDC. 

Of the 1,300-plus photos posted between October 15 and November 15, 110 were selected by a jury for the exhibition. Of those 110, 56 were printed for display. Each photo captures a place in our nation’s capital and exhibits special meaning to those who participated in the contest.

The Committee’s aim for the contest—and exhibition—is to connect the community with architecture and to “open our eyes” to architecture, design, and urbanism through heightened awareness of our environment and surroundings.

The winning photos were selected by a jury comprised of:

• Jen Burnett, Instagrammer (@jenburnett)

• Albert Ting, Instagrammer (@pootie_ting)

• James Tilghman, AIA, M12 Design PLLC

Congratulations to the winners!

Credits

Organized by the AIA|DC Design Excellence Committee in cooperation with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery.

Sponsored by FotoDC/FotoWeekDC.

Additional sponsorship provided by Baskervill and Kinsley Construction.

Support generously provided by ABC Imaging and Graphisoft.

#iseeDC2015 Instagram Photo Contest and Exhibition Planning Committee : Steve Kunin, AIA, LEED AP; Dani Hoge, Assoc. AIA
Exhibitions Manager: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA
Digital Information Coordinator: Bradley W. Johnson
Communications Coordinator: Asya Snejnevski
Programs Director: Katie Spencer
Installation: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA; Bradley W. Johnson

Exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19.

SIGAL Gallery & Sorg Gallery

Opening Reception: Monday, March 28, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
 

In an age when architects have come to rely heavily on computer-aided design and drafting systems to translate their visions onto paper, Hany Hassan, FAIA possesses the increasingly rare talent of producing hand-drawn designs.

A born artist, architect Hany Hassan has dedicated his career to professional practice while at the same time pursuing a lifelong passion for drawing. It was during his studies at Cairo University that he first came to understand visual communication as a key element of the architect’s role. Drawing – the architect’s first language – continues to benefit his work, providing clarity to clients and constituents on the overall vision and choreography of a project’s design.

For Hany, drawing is a practice that is both personal and sacred. Each illustration begins with a long meditation on the subject – an experience that is deeply engaging and essential to his process. Today, drawing remains the cornerstone of Hany’s work, both in the US and abroad.

This exhibition features selected sketches, drawings, renderings, and watercolors spanning 30 years from the collection of Mr. Hassan, Partner at Beyer Blinder Belle (BBB) and Director of the firm’s Washington, DC office.

About Hany Hassan, FAIA

Hany Hassan, FAIA, is a practicing architect living and working in Washington, DC. His expertise spans architectural and urban design for new construction and the renovation of historic structures. Over the course of 40 years, Mr. Hassan has served as a passionate steward of our cultural heritage through the revitalization of historic buildings and sites of civic importance. A native of Cairo, he has long been inspired by the architectural icons of Egypt for their simplicity, strength, power, and for their absence of ornamentation. His work is characterized by simple yet bold contemporary interventions that respect the original building through a harmony of proportion, scale, and character.

As Director of Beyer Blinder Belle’s Washington, DC office, Hany has worked on significant public architecture projects that positively shape the nation’s capital. He believes that the most successful and rewarding civic projects balance the highest level of creativity with public input. Guided by personal conviction and exceptional communication skills, Hany articulates his ideas with poise and uncommon ease, engendering collaboration and consensus. His prolific hand sketches, drawings, renderings, and watercolors provide a valuable tool in enabling clients and stakeholders to better visualize and understand a project’s design.

Hany received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cairo University in Egypt. His academic experience includes teaching Design and Architecture at Cairo University in Egypt, lecturing at New York University for the Masters Program of Real Estate Development and Investment, and heading a housing research project for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a National Peer for the General Services Administration’s Design Excellence Program, former Board Member and Officer of the Washington Architectural Foundation, and Board Member of the DC Preservation League, where he also serves on the Project Review Committee. 

Credits

Organized by AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery and Sorg Gallery in cooperation with Hany Hassan, FAIA.

Support generously provided by ABC Imaging. Additional support provided by Graphisoft; exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19.

Special thanks to Hany Hassan, FAIA and Shamie Sahandy for their cooperation in making this exhibition possible.
 

Architects have always explored artistic expressions of new technology, and through these experiments the spaces of our future are conceived. Hybrid Realities: Sensing Space in the Modern World is an exhibition that examines how architecture can draw from the emergence of digital life, and reevaluates how we sense and engage with the environment around us.

The exhibition is organized around three main ideas: Emergence, Anti-Gravity, and Multiplicity. Emergence inquires: How can communication and interaction be translated to physical space?; Anti-Gravity inquires: How can seamless and scaleless digital experiences be translated into physical space?; Multiplicity inquires: How can digital and environmental datasets be meaningfully translated into physical space?

The exhibition includes works by Asli Tusavul, Bart//Bratke, Daina Swagerty, Institute for Computational Design, Julio Barreno, Op-Al, and Sho / Ultra Low Res.

Organized and curated by the AIA|DC Technology Committee in cooperation with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery.

Sponsored by Microdesk.

Generous support provided by ABC Imaging.

Special thanks to Rolled Almanza and John Abowd.