AIA 08 ArchiCAD
Where We Work
Explore the radical transformation taking place in the workplace, not only from the perspective of place and furniture but also location and proximity to home.
Where We Live
Examine case studies of the work of architects addressing issues related to home and housing.
Our Place in the World
Discover alternate roles for the architect through national and world leaders who know what is expected and what is demanded of those who wish to lead.
How We Come Together
Investigate new forms of communication as we look at how we reinforce and build upon traditional environments.
Our Place on the Land
Explore restorative and regenerative approaches to high performance buildings as one of the opportunities for architects to embrace as a continuing challenge for the profession into the future.
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TH21 To Boldly Go Where Everybody Else Has Gone: Access in New Houses HSW
05/15/2008, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM


Learning Units: 1.50-Entry level

Training Units: 0.375-Training Area 6 (Code Research)

Basic home access (visitablility) is a strategy to provide affordable, sustainable, and accessible design for many new homes. Key architectural components, the movement's history and status in the United States and Europe, common misconceptions, and case studies will be discussed. Best practices in design, construction details, cost data for incorporating the features, and costs of omitting them will be detailed. The relation of home access to sustainability as recently recognized by LEED-ND will be highlighted.

Learning Objectives:
  • Identify and contrast the most common misconceptions held by many professionals and laypeople that impede the spread of basic home access
  • Compile the list of key features that lead to basic home access and how to incorporate them in a variety of house types
  • Design an affordable, small-footprint house that contains all the elements of basic home access
Speakers: Sherry Ahrentzen, PhD, Assoc. AIA,; Katherine Austin, AIA; Eleanor Smith; and Edward Steinfeld, PhD, AIA

Providers: AIA Committee on the Environment; AIA Housing and Custom Residential; Arizona State University; Concrete Change; IDEA Center, University of Buffalo-SUNY; and Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family

TH21 Thursday, 2-3:30 p.m.