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The AIA Interfaith Design (ID) Knowledge Community encourages and supports excellence in the design of worship spaces and their accoutrements. Interfaith Design is an association of professionals whose primary interest is religious facilities in a broad array of traditions. We value an interfaith forum for the exchange of ideas relating to religion, art, and architecture. Join us!

  • 1.  February 15 Webinar: Tri-Faith Commons: A Case Study in Community Engagement (HSW credit)

    Posted 01-25-2024 01:02 PM

    Registration is now open for Interfaith Design's upcoming webinar via AIAU.

    Title: Tri-Faith Commons: A Case Study in Community Engagement

    Date: Thursday, February 15
    Time: 2pm ET
    Price: free for AIA members, $15 for non-members
    Credit: 1 LU | HSW

    Register for the webinar here: https://aiau.aia.org/theme/aiau/details.php?id=1138

    Course Description:

    Tri-Faith Commons is an award-winning international model for interfaith learning, collaboration, and community-building. This unique project brings together a synagogue, church, mosque, and interfaith center on a 38-acre campus in Omaha, Neb. Using Countryside Community Church-the most recent architectural addition to Tri-Faith Commons-as a case study, discover how these diverse communities worked with the design team to find common ground to create a built space that unites populations that have been traditionally perceived to be in conflict. Through a conversation with Executive Director Wendy Goldberg, explore how the project evolved to create four distinct spaces that coexist within an intentionally-planned landscape.

    This course is geared toward a general knowledge audience but may be of particular interest to architects working with worshipping congregations or other forms of community-engaged design practices.

    Photo credit: 2022 Faith & Form International Award Program

    Countryside Community Church was honored with an 2022 Award for Religious Architecture (New Facilities) by Faith and Form a joint awards program by Faith and Form, Partners for Sacred Places, and AIA Interfaith Design. Read more about the project at Sacred Places website here and the Tri-Faith Initiative here.



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    Andrew Witek, AIA
    CannonDesign
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  • 2.  RE: February 15 Webinar: Tri-Faith Commons: A Case Study in Community Engagement (HSW credit)

    Posted 01-26-2024 06:20 PM

    Attempting to enroll for 15 Feb., 2024 Case Study. I saw that the course has $0.00 cost. Yet as t pressed buttons to confirm my

    attendance, lo, some screen popped up to demand a $199.99 + fee !

    Does that mean I cannot attend the Case Study for free without paying some (over) price ?

    I have done over 160 churches in my practice over the past 47 years and have gone to Interfaith events over the decades, but

    being asked to fork over a lot of money to watch one Case Study is a little much, just having paid over $700.00 bucks for dues.

    So, my question >

    If I fail to pay the big fee for the year's subscription am I then shut out of the 15 February Case Study ?'

    I know this is a volunteer situation, but could someone, sometime before 15 Feb. please say "yea" or "nay" ?

    Thank you.



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    John Corkill AIA
    Corkill Cush Reeves Architects
    Bowie MD
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  • 3.  RE: February 15 Webinar: Tri-Faith Commons: A Case Study in Community Engagement (HSW credit)

    Posted 01-26-2024 07:00 PM

    Hi John,

    Glad to see you're interested in the course! The webinar is free for AIA members. I'll follow up with a private message.

    The platform for the webinar, AIAU, is down for maintenance for the next day or so.



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    Andrew Witek, AIA
    CannonDesign
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  • 4.  RE: February 15 Webinar: Tri-Faith Commons: A Case Study in Community Engagement (HSW credit)

    Posted 01-29-2024 11:20 AM

    Hi John and we're sorry you had trouble registering.  The registration system is working properly so I'm not sure what happened.  I will contact you separately.

    Lisa



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    Lisa Berretta
    The American Institute of Architects
    Washington DC
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