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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.
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TH29 Not Your Grandfather's Drafting Class: Transforming High School Architecture Education
05/15/2008, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM


Learning Units: 1.50-Entry level

Training Units: 0.375-Training Area 16 (Professional and Community Service)

Tens of thousands of high school students take architectural drafting each year. Although these students become highly proficient in computer-aided design, many lack an understanding of architectural concepts and the skills to look critically at the built environment. Panelists discuss how they created a ground-breaking project that has dramatically changed how 1,500 Chicago high school students learn about architecture. Hear about the partnership between AIA members, a nonprofit organization, teachers, students, and universities. Learn how this program can also transform your community's schools.

Learning Objectives:
  • Summarize the key characteristics of typical high school architectural drafting programs as currently taught in the United States
  • Identify successful changes and current initiatives in high school architecture education
  • Discuss the role that AIA members can play in a public/private/educational collaboration to bring about change in their community's high schools
Speakers: Yamani Hernandez; Jennifer Masengarb; Krisann Rehbein; and Travis Soberg, AIA, LEED AP

Provider: Chicago Architecture Foundation

TH29 Thursday, 2-3:30 p.m.