Letter from the Chair
The AAJ Communications Committee is pleased to present the 2017 4th Quarter Journal. Thank you to the committee members for another great year!
This is the season to reflect and give thanks. Our first report is from our Conference Chair, Marayca Lopez i Ferrer, here she summarizes a great 2017 conference. Have a look, there are some familiar faces and memories.
We are also excited to be following up on several initiatives this issue:
- Continuing our series “Get to Know your LG “, we have an interview with our latest outgoing member, Lorenzo Lopez. His continued passion and energy for the AAJ is impressive and admirable.
- As promised, Erin Persky is back reporting on the “POE Tool Kit” She is not done yet, there’s even more to follow next year.
- The Sustainability Committee has brought forth a fantastic case study of a recent correctional project that tackles many of the initiatives in their 2015 Sustainable Justice Guidelines. This is highly recommended reading for all AIA AAJ members
- We also have our ongoing “Design Dialogue “series, with an article by Jeremy Reding as he ponders the role of the specialist and what happens when you have many of them on the same team. He calls it a “Mash Up” and shares a couple of project examples.
Lastly, Steven Loomis and Brittany Naylor Raffin follow up on their recent conference presentation and summarize what considerations go into a well-thought-out evidence storage facility.
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Kindest,
Kerry Feeney
Chair – AAJ Communications Committee 2017
kfeeney@numberten.com
Articles:
2017 AIA AAJ Conference Debrief – Interdisciplinary Justice
By Marayca Lopez i Ferrer, Conference Chair
This year’s conference set a platform for continued interdisciplinary cooperation through an outstanding mix of subjects and speakers. Learn more about the conference highlights and take-aways in this debrief from Marayca.
Meet your departing advisory group member, Lorenzo Lopez
By Erin Persky, Associate AIA, CCHP
Lorenzo provides an inside look at the work of the AAJ leadership group, how they’ve shaped the work of our AAJ community over the past few years, and the growth that he anticipates as the next generation of leaders moves forward.
A POE Toolkit for Courthouses: Data Collection
By Erin Persky, Associate AIA, CCHP
Justice architecture professionals often lament the lack of research specific to justice environments. With this in mind, the goals of the Courthouse POE Toolkit are two-fold: to assess the performance of a particular court building and provide feedback, and to aggregate and compare findings from multiple POEs in order to develop and catalog evidence-based findings.
Sustainable features redefining detention facilities: San Mateo Maple Street Correctional Center case study
By Erica Loynd and Bob Schwartz, co-chairs to the Sustainable Justice Committee
As sustainable initiatives evolve, features accentuating human interaction with the built environment are taking priority. Justice facilities are taking advantage of these attributes and the benefits they offer such as decreases in staff sick days and turnover, as well as reductions in recidivism and physical incidents.
Rise of the mash-up: The new cross collaboration
By Jeremy Reding, AIA, LEEP AP
While design by architects specializing in a specific field has many benefits, there’s also a risk of specialists becoming siloed and missing larger industry trends. Jeremy explores how a collaborative concept from the music industry can result in a richer design that is able to challenge prescriptive solutions and further innovate.
Show me the evidence! A collaborative approach to management and design
By Steven E Loomis, FAIA and Brittany Naylor Raffin, AIA
Police departments and officers are increasingly faced with a mountain of evidence and new rules and regulations that impact operations; it is clear that evidence and property management has become a profession unto itself. Here are a few “best practices” that the authors have incorporated into the design of their latest police facilities.
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