THE CLEMSON AIAS WEBLOG: 9/1/13

Friday, September 6, 2013

Grassroots 2013

AIAS to Grassroots 2013-

We arrived in D.C. on a Wednesday night and decided to rent bikes (which we THOUGHT were super cheap at the time) to ride around the mall area. The next day was the beginning of the conference and we started every morning off with a cup of coffee and a beat-box. Juicy-J (Joel Pominville) and N-Zilla the Killa (Nick Tafel) are notorious for their raps at AIAS roll calls and it was AWESOME! After we got the crowd pumped up, we spent most of the day listening to speakers (some of them counted towards IDP credit) or participating in sessions with all the students to share ideas about everyone’s chapter. There was a barbeque at the AIA national headquarters on Friday night and a tour of the memorials after that. Saturday night was the big party on the ferry and everyone got dressed up and ate hors d’oeurves like sophisticated architects. However Matt Barstow did break it down on the dance floor, which was pretty crazy. Overall, the trip was a huge success. We learned a lot, met some incredible people from all over the country, and had an absolute blast!

Check out this video from of us rapping Grassroots:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0-GEr3mztJweGRrVU9rVVRUVDg/edit?pli=1

What We're All About

The Clemson AIAS endeavors to promote mentorship, professionalism, civic engagement and supplemental educational opportunities to the students of Clemson University School of Architecture. By actively seeking out and collaborating with complimentary organizations, both within the field of architecture and beyond, the Clemson AIAS strives to create a well-rounded citizen architect. We mentor our membership by facilitating peer-to-peer learning through our Studio Culture Initiative, by engaging our devoted architectural alumni via the Clemson Advancement Foundation for design+build and our close relationship with state and local AIA. We promote professionalism through our interaction with stakeholders in the built environment with lectures and other social events. We engage our community through Freedom by Design, a national AIAS program that provides architectural students the opportunity to address the needs of disabled individuals through design+build, and by crossing the aisle to other student groups to accomplish institutional goals beyond the reach for any single organization. We supplement our educational experience by hosting workshops and professionals in the field to further bridge the gap between academia and practice. In this manner we are a dynamic and responsive voice for our members and for the realm of architecture as a whole.