AIAS-MN
AIAS Minnesota is a student group at the University of Minnesota for anyone with an interest in Architecture. We hold biweekly meetings where we invite influential speakers to come and inform us about issues pertaining to architecture. We also attend local events such as firm crawls, participate in design charrettes, and use our design skills to help out community members in need through our Freedom by Design team. AIAS Minnesota is part of a national group that holds regional "quad" conferences twice yearly, and a national "forum" held every year, over the weekend of New Year's Eve.
Mission:
- To promote excellence in architecture education, training and practice.
- To foster an appreciation of architecture and related disciplines.
- To enrich communities in a spirit of collaboration.
- To organize students and combine their efforts to advance the art and science of architecture
Freedom By Design
Is the community service program for the AIAS Chapter at the University of Minnesota. We are a registered student group at the university.
What we Do:
We utilize our talents as design students to positively impact the lives of people in our community in need through modest design and construction solutions by addressing their struggles with thoughtful design solutions to provide them with safety, dignity, and comfort. While we serve any community members in the Twin Cities area in need, most of our work tends to deal with accessibility and safety issues for our low-income and disabled neighbors.
Priority:
Our priority is improving the safety, dignity, and comfort of our community neighbors' living, learning, working, and playing environments through design.
Group Members:
Any students (from any discipline) that are interested in positively enhancing the lives of their Twin Cities neighbors and community members are encouraged to join Freedom by Design and AIAS.
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