Hello and welcome to my blog for the AIA AAJ 2014 conference! It's a privilege to receive the Emerging Professional Conference Scholarship from the AIA. The theme this year is Architecture for Social Justice and judging from the 3 day schedule it looks like there is a plethora of interesting and informative subject matter. I am personally looking forward to attending as many sessions possible geared toward the Corrections side of Justice Architecture. I am also totally pleased to be earning AIA credits to continue practicing architecture as a licensed professional. This is in fact the first time I will ever have had to renew my license. To give some career background about myself and my interest in corrections architecture, I have worked for a company called Dewberry for the past 6 years and we have some incredible talent, experience and portfolio when it comes to justice facilities. You name the type of justice facility (court house, prison, public safety), Dewberry has done it. The architects I work with know this stuff in their sleep and I am trying to learn best practices from them so that I may some day be fluent and on the cutting edge in the world of Justice Architecture. I have had the opportunity to be involved with over a dozen Justice facilities in the past 6 years, working closely with some of the innovators of corrections architecture. The complexity of planning and securing a prison building is extremely interesting. The intention of law is to protect society and serve justice to criminals, and our role as architects is how we make designs that contribute to socially conscious environments while keeping our society safe. See you in November!
RCE