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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.

2024 COD Conferences

Arkansas

April 3-7 | 21c Hotel | Bentonville and Eureka Springs - Registration is sold out.

Brazil

Thu, Oct 17 - Sat, Oct 26, 2024
Sao Paulo > Brasilia > Rio de Janerio.  Registration will open in late April.

2024 Sponsorships

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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.  Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-23-2022 01:21 PM

    There has to be an enormous, critical reason to build a new building in the next five to 10 years. We ought to find every way possible to create longer use of what we've already built and adaptively reuse the built environment that we own, rather than build a new one, because right now we can't afford the carbon. 

    https://commonedge.org/bob-berkebile-that-was-the-brilliance-of-leed-it-included-everyone-in-the-conversation/



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    Kira Gould
    Kira Gould CONNECT
    Oakland CA
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    24.06.07 CODAIA24


  • 2.  RE: Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-24-2022 05:24 PM
    Hello;
    Do you remember your College physics? Can you tell us what Boyle’s Law and Charles law say? These are the basic gas laws.
    Thanks,
    Ray Strang


    Original Message
    24.06.07 CODAIA24


  • 3.  RE: Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-25-2022 05:35 PM
    This is an easy one and love the simplicity of the formula
    P1xV1 over T1 equals P2XV2 over T2. You can change the variables around to get any result you need.
    Pressure
    Volume 
    Temperature
    This is middle school stuff for me (mexican school)

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    Guillermo Monter-Cervano AIA
    Klawiter & Associates
    Santa Monica CA
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    Original Message
    24.06.07 CODAIA24


  • 4.  RE: Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-26-2022 01:24 AM

    Kira, right on!  Our schools of architecture need to teach their students how to do just that!



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    Mike Mense FAIA
    Architect, Writer, Planner, Painter
    mmenseArchitect
    mensenyc on Instagram
    Hamilton Heights, NYC
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    Original Message
    24.06.07 CODAIA24


  • 5.  RE: Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-26-2022 10:33 AM
    Thanks.
    Is the atmosphere a fixed volume or can it expand and contract when heated? Is it a fixed volume in your equations? Seems like an easy question since it expands and contracts every day!
    Ray Strang


    Original Message
    24.06.07 CODAIA24


  • 6.  RE: Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-24-2022 05:38 PM

    While logically convincing, from a global perspective not building new buildings appears to be quite unrealistic given the projections of population growth.

    Better to influence how to minimize impact of new construction. 



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    [Klaus] Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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    Original Message
    24.06.07 CODAIA24


  • 7.  RE: Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-26-2022 05:09 AM
    Edited by Zigmund Rubel FAIA 05-26-2022 05:14 AM
    AIA reported remodeling being 50% of US billings: https://www.aia.org/articles/6502007-renovation-claims-50-share-of-firm-billing.  This is in inline with population growth: https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/population/?msclkid=44b56f18e4c81e25f0150d97db89c629.  

    This is in line with your suggestion.
    Respectfully

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    Zigmund Rubel FAIA
    A Design+Consulting
    Greenbrae CA
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    Original Message
    24.06.07 CODAIA24


  • 8.  RE: Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-26-2022 10:34 AM
    Nikolaus
     why is it either or?  While I disagree with you, I think we can and should be doing both.  In some parts of the world construction of new human shelter is necessary.  In the U.S., let's exhaust our opportunities for extended use and adaptive reuse before we build anything new.

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    Mike Mense FAIA
    Architect, Writer, Planner, Painter
    mmenseArchitect
    mensenyc on Instagram
    Hamilton Heights, NYC
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    Original Message
    24.06.07 CODAIA24


  • 9.  RE: Bob Berkebile Q&A in Common Edge

    Posted 05-26-2022 05:44 AM
    Dear Mr. Philipsen:
    At least in the US, the population growth is not because of births, but because of longevity: https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2100/. Fortunately, or not, we're all living longer.  Your point about population growth is true in Africa and parts of Asia, but as a trend, women are having fewer children per person in the US and more developed countries.  The US has a population growth of less than 1% https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/population/?msclkid=44b56f18e4c81e25f0150d97db89c629.  I believe Kira and Bob Berkebile's point is valid, we really need to question building new and determine how we can leverage what we have.  I'm not sure if you saw, but remodeling claimed 50% of Architect's billings in the US, the first time ever: https://www.aia.org/articles/6502007-renovation-claims-50-share-of-firm-billing).  

    I think we need to refocus on how we grow to consider our real needs and not projecting the past forward, in my humble opinion.  
    Thoughtfully.

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    Zigmund Rubel FAIA
    A Design+Consulting
    Greenbrae CA
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    24.06.07 CODAIA24