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BWA Brunch 2024
Time and Location TBD
For more information go to
2024 Black Women in Architecture Brunch – Black Women in Architecture Network (bwa-network.com)
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Unity Through Design: Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
In partnership with The Architect Foundation, join DC NOMA, AIADC, and LAIDEA to honor National Hispanic Heritage Month. Celebrate Hispanic culture and architecture with an evening highlighting the contributions of Latinx and Afro-Latinx communities to architecture, design, and beyond!
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A Place for Remembrance and Contemplation at Monticello
Project Spotlight with Peter Cook, FAIA, NOMA: “A Place for Remembrance and Contemplation at Monticello.
We will explore the history of one of America's founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, with a focus on the role of the 607 enslaved persons who made his plantation home, Monticello, possible. We will discuss the goals of the design of the Burial Ground for Enslaved Persons and the Contemplative Site, how their lives are honored, and the impact of input from staff, stakeholders and descendants on the design.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the complex issues of storytelling through architecture and landscape in a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Describe the impact of research on the site planning and design strategies of the Burial Ground and Contemplative Site.
Identify the specific materials utilized at both the Burial Ground for Enslaved Persons and Contemplative Site; and the rationale of for their selection.
Explain various techniques for engagement with staff, stakeholder and descendant communities.
Category: Project Planning & Design
Earn 1LU Elective
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/942753670607?aff=oddtdtcreator
DCNOMA Member Only Annual BBQ
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/937426336407?aff=oddtdtcreator
NFF/Intern Happy Hour
Come Celebrate & Network with our Local NFF fellows and Interns! DCNOMA is having a celebratory happy hour to honor our local NFF Fellows and any interns in the area! If you are interning this summer or have some interns in your office, please invite them to come and network + celebrate with us at MG2’s office in Tyson’s Corner! This event is open to all as we want to have people for the interns to network with!
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/938987064587?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Juneteenth with DCNOMA at the NMAAHC
Join DCNOMA to celebrate Juneteeth by visiting The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The museum will be opening a new space in its Rhimes Family Foundation Visual Arts Gallery. “Reclaiming My Time,” the first exhibition in the space devoted to contemporary Black designers, will open Friday, May 31. “Reclaiming My Time” will feature chairs and other work by designers who engage with ideas related to rest, repose and histories of labor and leisure. The space includes 15 objects from the museum’s collection, spanning seating, lighting, photography and graphic design. More details about this exhibition are available at nmaahc.si.edu/reclaiming.
Chapter General Body Meeting
First in person chapter meeting since new DCNOMA board. Will be discussing upcoming events, renewing memberships, and joining committees.
Pilates with DCNOMA
Come join us for pilates tomorrow (4/25) or Sunday (4/28)!
Pilates classes by Milan
Project Pipeline Summer Camp
Project Pipeline is a week-long architectural camp hosted by the DC chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects. This year, we are partnering with the National Building Museum. The camp is designed to introduce middle school and high school students to the field of architecture and design.
Learn more about DCNOMA’s Project Pipeline Camp here.
Check out the NOMA national website for even more information.
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DCNOMA Family BBQ
Come join your DCNOMA family for our annual Family BBQ. Bring your kids, significant others and spades partners. Be prepared to have fun!
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NBM Spotlight on Design: Neri&Hu
How does design embody collective longing, constructing and revealing relationships between places, cultural history, and public memory?
Neri&Hu’s interdisciplinary design practice exemplifies architecture’s potential for cultural preservation and poetic place-making. Founded in Shanghai in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, their research-based projects range from master planning and architecture to interior and product design, capturing the collective imagination amidst rapid development and disappearing cultural contexts.
Neri&Hu’s lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with the 1882 Foundation’s Asian American Historic Context Study for Washington D.C. The Historic Context Studies document the places and spaces of significance for Asian American historical experiences. Joining in conversation with Michelle Magalong, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Historic Preservation program and President, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP), and moderated by Jenn Low, landscape architect and Design Director at Openbox, the panel will explore how community storytellers, historians, and architects can collaborate to illuminate public histories, particularly in places of cultural significance.
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NBM Landscapes of Exclusion (Partnership with ASLA)
Based on the award-winning book by William E. O'Brien, the film underscores the profound inequality that persisted for decades in the number, size, and quality of state park spaces provided for Black visitors across the South. Even though it has largely faded from public awareness, the imprint of segregated design remains visible in many state parks. Emphasizing the events leading to integration in the 1960s, this film features commentary by author William E. O'Brien and the architect Arthur J. Clement, who attended a segregated state park as a child. Dramatic images and live footage bring this painful history into contemporary focus.
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DCNOMA x AIA|DC Mixer
Join AIA|DC and DCNOMA for a fun and fabulous spring mixer! Come mix, mingle, drink, and network with members of both organizations and others in the design and engineering industry. Whether you want to join in for a game of Family Feud (AIA vs. NOMA, anyone?) or just show up for the food and drink, we guarantee you’ll make some new connections while having a great time. There will also be an opportunity to donate to DC NOMA and the Washington Architectural Foundation to support scholarships and student initiatives.
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DCNOMA Monthly Chapter Meeting - March
Join us as we give our chapter and committee updates and celebrate Women’s History Month as we honor Riding the Vortex and hear about their work.
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DCNOMA Monthly Chapter Meeting - January
Join us as we kick of the year with DCNOMA! We will give a forecast of our year as well as have guest speaker Anna McCorvey speaking on some of her work. See you there!
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Black Women in Architecture Virtual Brunch
Join Black Women in Architecture at their annual brunch!. This year’s Black Women in Architecture (BWA) Networking Brunch will be Virtual+ held Sunday October 24, 2021. We realize that conditions may not allow us to all gather face to face; however, we do value that networking events such as the BWA Brunch is a success because it allows like-minded women in the design professions to connect and fellowship. However, we must consider that as we want to be in-person, that, if you choose, to do so safely.
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NOMA Homecoming | Detroit 50
1,500+ architects, designers and allied professionals
1000+ students from accredited schools of architecture
70+ exhibitors from nationally recognized firms, organizations, and universities
40+ teams competing in the Student Design Competition
30+ member firms competing in the Professional Design Awards
29+ professional NOMA Chapters competing for the competitive Chapter of the Year
2,500+ members to consider for the coveted Member of the Year
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AGU Net Zero Tour
AGU will be conducting a tour for up to 10 people from our chapter. AGU achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating and endeavors to make the tour experience a healthy and interesting experience. AGU is located at 2000 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009 - a short walk from the Dupont Circle Metro stop. If you drive, street parking is limited however there are paid garages in the neighborhood.
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