The Value of Design in Education: Enhancing Learning Through Design

Starts:  Apr 27, 2014 12:00 AM (CET)
Ends:  Apr 30, 2014 12:00 AM (CET)
Associated with  International Committee

The Value of Design in Education: Enhancing Learning Through Design

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Our 2014 theme – the Value of Design – finds ample expression in Barcelona where design and designers are celebrated.Whereas last year’s amazing conference in San Francisco focused on design thinking and technology, the 2014 conference will underscore the influence of culture, art, and history on the design of places for learning.

Why Barcelona?The post Franco era in Spain allowed the re-emergence of regionalism, and Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the heart, responded enthusiastically.With a robust economy by southern European standards, Mediterranean coastline, and rich architectural heritage, Barcelona is a thriving city with a unique design sensibility.One focus of the Catalonian emergence is the education of their children, as they embarked on an ambitious program of creating learning environments to provide that for that education. They utilized design competitions to select Architects, resulting in a large number of innovative and creative learning environments.

The CAE 2014 Conference will provide as broad a sampling of these stunning buildings as possible, as well as glimpsing a couple of well known architectural gems.

Share the Experience - Bring a Guest!
See Europe with your significant other. If they would like to fully participate and ride in the bus, the full rate will apply. Guests of AIA members will be eligible to receive the discounted member rate. If your guest would simply like to meet us at the three evening events, we will release a lower events-only fee in the next several weeks.

Registration:

After February 15, 2014 the price will go from $645 to $745.

Conference*

Early - Ends Feb. 15

Advance -
Ends March 21

Late -
Ends April 11

AIA Member

$645

$745

$795

Non-Member

$745

$845

$895


2014 AIA CAE Spring Conference
April 27-30, 2014
Barcelona, Spain


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$200

Early- Ends Feb. 15

$300

Advance- Ends March 21

$350

Late- Ends April 11

*Register before February 15th to take advantage of early rates!

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Look for Emerging Professional Scholarships to be released in late January 2014! The Sponsorship Prospectus can be found here.


AIA Continuing Education
Attendees may earn up to 18 AIA Learning Units.

Schedule at a Glance

Sunday, April 27th - Catalan Culture and Architecture
Spend the day exploring historic Barcelona.

The evening will feature a welcome Reception at the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Pavilion with an overview of Catalan culture and architecture by Josep Maria Montaner, who is an architect doctor and professor at the School of Architecture of Barcelona. He has authored some 35 books on architecture and won the National Award of Spain Urban Housing, Ministry to Journalistic Initiative in 2005, for his articles in the newspapers El País and La Vanguardia.

Monday, April 28th - A Day in Barcelona
Experience keynote presentations while touring educational facilities within the city including the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and, to be confirmed, the Bau School of Design.

Finish the day at an evening reception at the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya and a symposium and dialog about innovation in architectural design that will feature architects from several countries.

Tuesday, April 29th - Territory
A second day of presentations and panels will feature include tours of educational facilities outside of the city and will include tours of an award winning kindergarten and a high school.

Enjoy dinner on your own or with new friends.

Wednesday, April 30th - Historic Barcelona
Local tours and presentations in the morning will be held in well-known historic buildings (which will be confirmed in the next several days, followed by a closing reception, lunch and a discussion on pedagogy and space.

Enjoy the rest of the afternoon on your own.

*The schedule is subject to change and will be updated with details as they are confirmed.


Learning by Design: 2014 Call for Entries

As a knowledge partner of Learning By Design magazine, the AIACommitteeonArchitecturefor Education (AIA-CAE) invites your firmtoparticipatein the LearningBy Design Fall 2014 edition.

For 23 years, Learning By Design has been the resource devoted topropagatingthe most comprehensive compilation of awardquality state-of-the-art architectural and interior design projects in the education field.

AIA-CAE and LBD would encourage you to submit your best work, showcase the latest design interventions, and tell the marketplace about the knowledge and process you apply in the creatingsuccessfullearning environments.

All the details, benefits ofparticipation, and an entry formcan be found by downloading aCall for Entries at: LEARNINGBYDESIGN.BIZ.

The first entry deadline is March 4, 2014. Project portfolios for judging are due by April 18th.

Please call216.896.9333or email MarkGoodman,Publisher at mgoodman.lbd@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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