AIA Virginia is pleased to announce the jury for the 2019 AIA Virginia Prize. The competition — which took place over the weekend of Jan. 25–28 — challenged students to design a pop-up diner with a small kitchen, short-term supply storage, and a dining counter for standing and sitting customers. Students were asked to consider the energy, water, and waste flows in their solutions. [Read the full competition brief.]
Each school’s faculty reviews the submissions and sends up to 10 finalists to Richmond for final consideration by the jury.
Jury
Nick Serfass, FAIA, Executive Director, RVATECH | Jury Chair
Lori Garrett, FAIA, Senior Principal & Director of Higher Education Studio, Glavé & Holmes
Sandra Hunter, AIA, Design Manager, Loudoun County Dept of Transportation and Capital Infrastructure
Donna Phaneuf, FAIA, President + Lead Design Principal, Via Design
Burt Pinnock, AIA, Principal, Baskervill
Patrick Thompson, Assoc. AIA, Associate, Commonwealth Architects
The Prize is expected to be awarded in April.
About the AIA Virginia Prize
Conducted simultaneously at Hampton University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, the competition is a design charrette that engages students at all of the accredited schools of architecture in Virginia. Students are given the competition program on a Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. They work over the weekend to create a design solution and submit it by 9 a.m. the following Monday. The top submission wins a $3000 prize.
Launched in 1980, the competition is intended to promote collaboration between the profession, students, and professors in Virginia. Historically, the charrette has taken place in January, however over the last several years, the competition has been hosted in September to accommodate an ongoing scheduling conflict at one of the schools. Now that the conflict has been resolved, the Prize weekend has shifted back to the spring semester to better align with the demands of the academic calendar.
Development of the competition brief rotates between the four schools annually — the 2019 Prize challenge was developed by Virginia Tech.