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The Committee on Design (COD) was founded to promote design excellence among members of the AIA, the broader design community, and the public at large, both nationally and internationally.

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2023 COD Conferences

Last year, COD held two domestic design conferences investigating The Authenticity of Place.  The first conference was held in New Orleans, LA.  View the short video of the venue tours and download the conference program book. The second conference was held in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, September 21-24, 2023. Download the Minneapolis guidebook and view the conference video. 

  • 1.  Containers, not?

    Posted 08-15-2019 12:52 PM

    > The Sinister Brutality of Shipping Container Architecture

    > https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/opinion/shipping-container-homes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share



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    Mike Mense FAIA
    New York NY
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  • 2.  RE: Containers, not?

    Posted 08-17-2019 11:52 AM
    A former colleague liked to use the term "mice nuts" to characterize the trivial or inconsequential. I think he would enthusiastically apply it to this NYT piece. Like a Lego block,  a shipping container can be made into most anything one can imagine. It is not inherently evil or inherently beneficial.  The fact that shipping containers are used to create environments that can brutalize (?) is not the result of the shipping container.  The fault lies......



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  • 3.  RE: Containers, not?

    Posted 08-18-2019 06:21 AM
    Thank you for posting this article.  Several years shipping containers where used as a destination in a multi stop around the world sailboat race. They made a lovely Instant City. I saw a similar thing in Quebec City for its 400th year Anniversary. Instant- City.
    For each use the containers where heavily modified by use and building code that they could have almost been stick built. 
    When playing the Archigram role of Instant City, temporary use containers are fine.  
    For any other use they are the symbols of " Hip and Cool" nothing more and nothing less.
    Even the simplistic symbolism of Habitat had to face the reality of building.

    Peace

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    David DeFilippo AIA
    Architect
    Tsoi Kobus Designs
    Boston MA
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