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A Message from 2024 AIA New York President Greg Switzer, AIA, NOMA, NCARB
Architects hold the vision and skills to shape the physical landscapes in which people dwell, work, connect, and recreate. We also have the power to advocate for and act on opportunities to optimize the well-being of our fellow citizens. In order to fully realize our potential as a force for positive change through the built environment, we must contribute powerfully and proactively to the collective reimagining of urbanity, ensuring that social inclusion and collective well-being become focal points in our architectural design processes and outputs.
At the core of our work as architects lies an audacious faith in the transformative power of design. Our neighbors, elected representatives, and society at large already encounter and turn to architects as community leaders and innovative problem solvers. This year let’s embrace our own role and potential as changemakers, even as we humbly acknowledge that the voices and wisdom of those close to design challenges and opportunities are crucial complements to our own expertise and starting points.
The 2024 AIANY presidential theme, “Belonging and Beyond,” centers on a crucial aspect of human well-being that improves physical and social-emotional health and resilience for individuals and communities. “Belonging” refers to a deep connection with social groups, physical places, and individual and collective experiences. This year’s theme calls for us to be intentional about inclusion by listening and workshopping ideas worth advocating for and amplifying. “Belonging” asks for us to focus especially on the areas of affordability, exclusion, displacement, homelessness, climate change, and other patterns preventing people’s sustained connection to physical places and each other.
We are creative professionals well-equipped to uphold standards of excellence and integrity while prioritizing widespread well-being. As the first Black leader to guide this historic chapter in its 167 remarkable years of influence, I’m filled with enthusiasm that belonging will be our focus this year. 2024 will be a year of reflection and exploration as we educate ourselves and initiate opportunities for visionary dialogue, solution-seeking, and sharing with clients and the wider public. Workshop forums will deepen members’ internal connections while also enhancing the visibility and impact potential of the Center for Architecture as a vibrant cultural institution in the heart of New York City.
In the spirit of community leadership, inclusion, and innovation, I invite and encourage you to join the President’s Circle, which offers numerous benefits, points of connection, and recognition. For details, please contact the Development Office at 212-358-6117 or email development@aiany.org.
Support the 2024 President’s Circle!
Sponsorship comes with opportunities for recognition at presidential programs, exhibitions, and other initiatives over the course of 2024 at AIA New York. Please see more information on sponsorship benefits and a reservation form for contributions.
To join the 2024 President’s Circle, please contact development@aiany.org or call 212-358-6117.
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AKF Group; BDP Holdings; Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners; Desai Chia; Diller Scofidio + Renfro; DKB Group, LLC; FXCollaborative; Gensler; Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; McKissack & McKissack; OFS Solutions; RAMSA; Sciame; Susan T. Rodriguez Architecture; Thornton Tomasetti; Weiss/Manfredi; WXY; Zetlin & De Chiara
List as of 4/23/2024
Support the 2024 President’s Circle!
Sponsorship comes with opportunities for recognition at presidential programs, exhibitions, and other initiatives over the course of 2024 at AIA New York. Please see more information on sponsorship benefits and a reservation form for contributions.
To join the 2024 President’s Circle, please contact development@aiany.org or call 212-358-6117.