AIA Kansas City: The American Institute of Architects

Nick Serfass, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards will present on a range of licensure topics relevant to students, interns, supervisors, architects and people in the architecture profession. The presentation will review the steps necessary to achieve licensure to become an Architect and other programs to get the most out of your career in architecture.

Topics will include:
 Background of NCARB
 The entities involved in the licensure process
 How to establish an NCARB Record
 How to progress successfully through the Intern Development Program (IDP)
 What to expect with the Architect Registration Examination (ARE)
 Recent changes to NCARB programs
 Value of the NCARB Certificate

He will remain on-site after the presentation to help address specific questions on an individual basis.

NICK SERFASS, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP Assistant Director, Intern Development Program, NCARB

Nick Serfass is the Assistant Director of the Intern Development Program at NCARB. In this position he helps support and guide the IDP as it continues to evolve with the architecture profession. Mr. Serfass previously held the position of Project Architect for a large firm in Virginia. During his time at this firm, Mr. Serfass helped lead an in-house IDP group, which was awarded the AIA/NCARB IDP Outstanding Firm of the Year distinction in 2007. His efforts focused on demystifying the IDP process and preparing new candidates for the ARE.

Mr. Serfass holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Miami. He is licensed to practice architecture in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the state of Florida. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, has achieved the qualification of LEED Accredited Professional, and holds the NCARB Certificate for national reciprocity.

This lunch program will be worth 1.5 LU credits. Please feel free to bring your own lunch.

On Knowing and Not Knowing the role of intuition, fear, and guesswork in the development of creative work.

This presentation will focus on innovative collaborative structures between architects and artists. From artist-led housing developments to public 1% programs, art is now playing critical roles in the way we think about designing and planning. We plan to discuss these multi-disciplinary approaches to design and will highlight various efforts made by local architecture communities to integrate art and architecture in exciting new ways.

speakers:
Josh Shelton, AIA, el dorado inc.
Kirk Gastinger, FAIA, Gastinger Walker Harden Architects

This program is worth 1 LU and please feel free to bring your own lunch.

Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project presents SOFA KINGDOM IN THE VALLEY OF COMIC SANS
An Installation by Timothy Amundson and Charlie Mylie
Urban Culture Project Space / 21 East 12th KCMO 64105
Third Friday reception: Friday, February 19, 6-pm
Hours: Thursdays + Saturdays, 12-5pm
On view through March 6, 2010

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CUMULUS (Part II)
An Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program Focus Exhibition

Paragraph gallery / 23 East 12th KCMO 64105

THIRD FRIDAY RECEPTION: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 6-9PM
Featuring live performances, collaborative activities, evolving installations
Hours: Thursdays + Saturdays, 12-5pm / On view through March 4, 2010

SOFA KINGDOM IN THE VALLEY OF COMIC SANS
An Installation by Timothy Amundson and Charlie Mylie
Urban Culture Project Space / 21 East 12th KCMO 64105
Third Friday reception: Friday, February 19, 6-pm

Sofa Kingdom in the Valley of Comic Sans, a new, site-specific installation by Kansas City based artists Timothy Amundson and Charlie Mylie, opens at Urban Culture Project Space, 21 East 12th Street, Friday February 19, 6-9pm. It runs through March 6, 2010.

Amundson and Mylie, both artists in UCP’s Studio Residency Program, are generating “an interactive, performative space of play.” This multi-media environment is envisioned as a platform for “improvisations, cooperations, and transformations,” whereby “actors become sculptures, performative games become improvisational dance, paintings become platforms, drawings become instructions, objects become tasks, formal sculptures become architectural interventions, and viewing becomes experience.” Over the course of the evening, such array of transformations will unfold, with such materials as wood, fabric, guitars, electric fans, fermenting wine, pedestals, lights, plants, paint, play-dough, diverse found objects, and human beings as cast as active players in a real-time theatrical event. Full press release attached and at:
http://www.charlottestreet.org/2010/01/tim-amundson-and-charlie-mylie-present-sofa-kingdom-in-the-valley-of-comic-sans-at-urban-culture-project-space-opening-feb-19-6-9pm/

CUMULUS (Part II) An Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program Focus Exhibition Paragraph gallery / 23 East 12th KCMO 64105 THIRD FRIDAY RECEPTION: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 6-9PM
Featuring live performances, collaborative activities, evolving installations
Hours: Thursdays + Saturdays, 12-5pm / On view through March 4, 2010

Cumulus, a multi-media, multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring select projects developed by current UCP Studio Residents, continues with the addition of new artworks and projects. New features debuting at the Third Friday opening on February 19, 6-9 pm at Paragraph, 23 E. 12th. include The Wizard Ningxt, an eccentric character embodied by Aaron Storck, who will offer stir-fry, drinks, and poetry to gallery visitors from temporary housing structure at the gallery’s entrance, and a rotating exhibition curated by Erica Mahinay within Paragraph featuring works by Storck, Caleb Taylor, Samantha Persons, Lori Yonley, Kat Dison, Luke Rocha, Darwin Arevalo, Erica Mahinay, Charlie Mylie and Timothy Amundson.

In nearby Oppenstein Park, 12th and Walnut, Elaina Wendt Michalski will debut Exit, composed of two life-size figure sculptures, based on homeless youth. Made of unfired clay, these figures, left vulnerable to the elements, are inspired and informed by Michalski’s interaction with members of Synergy Services, a youth homeless shelter in the Kansas City area. In additionm Lori Yonley will welcome visitors once again to Give and Take, an ever-revolving collection of 5×5 collaborative drawings, and on the street Kurt Flecksing and Sean M. Starowitz will again fire up the S’mores Vending Cart, supplying a taste of campfire nostalgia and accumulating funds to award to future artists’ projects

You are cordially invited to the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance Board Meeting
Please Join us Friday, February 19, 2010
Special Presentation: Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders
James Terry, Principal TranSystems

For more information: call 816-471-6808
(Seating is limited)

Need help studying for the ARE? Come out to AIA Kansas City to learn all about Site Planning & Design! Justin Gaa of GLMV Architecture will be leading this informative session. Hurry and sign up today!

The Building Enclosure Council of Kansas City is pleased to announce our second session of 2010 on February 24th. We will be gathering at 6pm with the presentation starting shortly afterwards. Please note that the session will be located in the NEW office of the AIA-Kansas City at 1801 McGee on the first level.

Our speaker will be Bob Banicki, President of Roof Products Incorporated.The session will focus on: Roof Leak Prevention and Retrofit Solutions.

This presentation will focus on causes of roof leaks and the ways they can be avoided. Most roof curbs (the devises that are used to install roof mounted equipment) are specified improperly; a lack of coordination between the architect, specification writer, and the mechanical engineer translates into roof-mounted equipment being installed with curbs that do not mate with the equipment or match roof design. Attendees will learn how the typical roof curbs for HVAC units, exhaust fans, and skylights are often the main sources of roofing problems. During this presentation, the technology of proper roof curbs to solve roofing leaks will be discussed and attendees will be provided with ways to prevent problems and save money in new construction and retrofit applications.

PRESENTER: Robert K. Banicki, President, Roof Products Inc., – Robert K (Bob) Banicki is a native of Chicago, IL where he began his career in 1966 manufacturing structural roof curbs and promoting them directly to architects. Robert Banicki was instrumental for the original Roof Curb specification for pre-fabricated Roof Curbs division 07720 Roof Accessories and many of the various designs of roof curbs that mate with all the different roof systems. He is widely recognized as the most foremost authority in the prefabricated roof curb field. Robert has been associated with the trend to specify curbs architecturally, instead of in other sections to assure proper fit to eliminate the major causes of roof leaks.
Robert Banicki is a member of the Construction Specification Institute.

The Session is open to all trades and professions related to building design, construction, maintenance and property management.
Since space may be limited and snacks provided, please RSVP by no later than noon on February 22nd

Please join Kimberly Blom-Roemer of R2 Photography, LLC, an Affiliate Member of the KC AIA and the Vice President of the ASMP-KC/Mid-America chapter for this session on working with an architectural photographer.

This presentation is based on the Best Practices developed jointly by the AIA and the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) to illustrate the fundamental principles involved during a typical architectural photography assignment. By defining key terms, answering commonly asked questions and using easy-to-follow case study examples, this presentation will guide you through the entire process of working with an architectural photographer:

Topics covered: – Selecting Projects to Photograph for Your Portfolio – Selecting an Architectural Photographer – Understanding the Estimate for a Photographic Assignment – Preparing for the Location Shoot – At the Location Shoot – Post Production – Controlling the Cost of a Photographic Assignment – Licensing Photographs for Publication – Continuing the Alliance – Preparing for Professional Photography: A Checklist

This program is worth 1 LU and lunch will be provided.

KULAPAT YANTRASAST:

Kulapat Yantrasast, a native of Thailand, is a principal of WHY Architecture, based in Los Angeles. Newsweek magazine’s article on architecture noted wHY Architecture as one of the innovative architectural practices of the new generation. WHY Architecture completed, in 2007, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the first new art museum in the world to receive the LEED certification for environmental design. Prior to WHY Architecture, Kulapat was a close associate with Tadao Ando and responsible as project architect on many projects during 1996 – 2003. He lectures regularly in the US and worldwide. He was also awarded the prestigious Silpathorn Award in 2009 from the Government of Thailand.

ACUPUNCTURE ARCHITECTURE:

Towards architecture of creative forces, vitality and overall sustainability. A discussion and exploration of WHY Architecture’s approach and strategies employed in their projects and built works that attempt to address the multiple issues on contemporary architecture’s agenda; moving beyond the visual, sustainability – what and how? and why exactly shall we build? New ideas begin by first asking wHY

The lecture is free and open to the public.

The KU Department of Urban Planning is pleased to present a series of monthly professional continuing education luncheons in collaboration with Metro KC-APA, the Kansas Chapter of the American Planning Association, and the Kansas City Design Center.

This event is being registered for 1.0 AICP CM Credit.
Cost: $20 for each luncheon ($90 for entire series)
Registration deadline: Thursday before each session by noon

To register: RSVP below and follow this link for payment.

Frank Lenk is an economist and Director of Research Services for the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC). MARC is working with local governments, transit providers, community partners and the public to develop a new long-range transportation plan for the Kansas City region, Transportation Outlook 2040.

By adapting to change and adopting policies that attract development to centers of activities and major corridors, the Kansas City region can change from one that is hollowing out in the middle to one where all parts share in the region’s prosperity — where all parts are healthy.