i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects
Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture with emphasis in Interior Architecture
o Visionary Event Spaces: Celebrating Prairie Avenue
Invited by the Prairie Avenue Neighborhood Alliance, six projects from the Event Spaces
studio were exhibited at the Prairie Avenue Art Gallery in September 2009. In an attempt
to establish the social, cultural and political impact of the Prairie Avenue Historic District
of Chicago, in contemporary Chicago, these projects offer a diverse series of solutions
using the Glessner house and adjacent sites as a theater for ephemeral practices. The
panel included architects, historians and members of the Glessner House museum board,
including AIADO faculty member Odile Compagnon.
o Joan Kaufman—American Society of Interior Designers
Joan is the Interior Design Director with Interior Planning & Design, Inc., and is a Profes-
sional member of ASID, IIDA, and FSII, and has passed the NCIDQ exam. Her work experi-
ence as an interior designer includes positions and several Chicago architectural firms
and an office furniture dealership before founding her own interior design firm in 1990.
She has been an active member of ASID since 1988 and will be talking about the benefits
of ASID Student Membership, including scholarships and awards, leadership training
events, graduation events, and the ASID job bank.
o Richard Ferrer—Notes of Assimilation and Consciousness
Undergraduate student Ferrer shared a travelogue based on his notes on random re-
ceipts, tickets, books, pieces of paper, or whatever was around during specific events,
many of which have not been read until this presentation. These notes encompass his
time in the Marine Corps, living in Japan, traveling to other countries and cities like Thai-
land, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, East Timor, Australia, Morocco, Rome, Paris,
Barcelona, and Cuba, leading up to joining the BIA program in 2008.
o Alissia Melka—Teichroew & Jan Habraken
Alissia (byAMT Design Studio, Brooklyn) and Jan (Studio Jan Habraken, Brooklyn) will
gave a Midday Musing during their visit to Jess Giffin’s course on Independent Design
Practices. Together their work ranges from licensed tabletop pieces and accessories to
furniture, exhibit design and curatorial projects.
o Max Underwood
Max Underwood is a President’s Professor at Arizona State University and a licensed
architect. The focus of his scholarship intertwines the art of teaching with the realities of
innovative design practice. Beginning with his experience working for the famed design-
ers Charles and Ray Eames, and graduate work at Princeton University, he has visited,
researched and placed his former students in many of the leading business, design, film
and architectural practices around the world.
o Chris Reilly and Taylor Hokanson—The DIYLILCNC Project: CNC &
Open-Source Hardware Research
The DIYLILCNC project is a set of open-source plans for an inexpensive, fully functional
3-axis CNC mill that can be built by an individual with basic shop skills and tool access.
Chris Reilly and Taylor Hokanson developed the project to show what you can accomplish
with the tools AIADO has to offer. In addition to the slide presentation, there was a func-
tioning DIYLILCNC on hand for students to examine and operate.
Other Midday Musings featured, including AIADO faculty: Florian Graf; May Hawfield and Garret Eakin;
Simon Herron and Susanne Isa; Sung Jang; Richard Kasemsarn; Chris Palmer; Duke Reiter; Helene Re-
nard; Jan Tichy; and Zoka Zola.
Architecture Program Report | 72