AIAS Grassroots!

Just this past summer, several of our AIAS officers went to Washington, DC for a fun-filled leadership conference called AIAS Grassroots!


What is Grassroots? 
It is an annual leadership conference for all AIAS members, and it is to educate each member on how to be a leader, how to organize an amazing AIAS chapter, and also a great way to meet your fellow AIAS members from all across the country! Even Canada!


Not only does this conference offer leadership tips and great friendships, there are also opportunities to participate in the government of AIAS such as funny roll calls, discussing important issues to students. Grassroots is held annually every summer in Washington, DC. Among lectures and workshops, there are also seminars, tours, quad discussions, and networking! 


Interested in participating in conferences like these? Contact us! :)
Also, check out the photos below!

First day of conference! Inauguration of 2011-2012 AIAS Board of Directors

Kulapat Yantrasast from wHY Architecture speaking on the connection between food and architecture; interestingly enough this was right before dinner! His lecture was right before dinner!

Our AIAS Berkeley Publicist 2011-12 Tiffany Yuan with past Publicist 2010-11 Jen Tai at the AIA Dinner

AIAS members listening to AIAS President Nick Mancusi and Vice President Laura Meador (top) speak at dinner

In front of the AIA building in Washington, DC! Left to right: Tiffany Yuan, Jen Tai, Whitney Liang

AIAS Members walking by the White House on the Monument Tour

Continuing the Monument Walk Tour to the Washington Monument

Next stop: WWII Memorial. AIAS members playing the water fountain! Sadly we got kicked out - we're not supposed to wade in the fountain.....oops...

All of AIAS Grassroots 2011 Attendees! :)

Spring 2011 West Quad

AIA and AIACC Leaders talk about advocacy for architecture at one of the workshops

New School of Architecture and Design is located in Downtown SD

Bing Lin, senior, poses while taking a tour around Downtown San Diego

West Quad attendees: (left to right) Whitney Liang, Jinah Choi, Bing Lin, Yu Chen, Katherine Duong

group charrette activity at the conference

Spring 2011 West Quad hosts and attendees!

The NewSchool of Architecture + Design hosted the Spring 2011 AIAS West Quad Conference. 5 AIAS members from the Berkeley chapter spent 3 days, April 14-17th, in sunny San Diego with over a hundred other AIAS members and architecture students from all around the western states. It was a weekend filled with networking, architectural tours of the city, lectures, design charrettes, exchanges of horror studio stories, and bonding time over drinks at night. West Quad Conference is held every semester by a different AIAS chapter of the West Quad. These conferences are a great chance to meet other architecture students outside of Wurster. Have you ever thought about how our architecture education is compared to other schools? Do other architecture students use Rhino as much as we do? Is it normal for us to pull this many all-nighters in studio? Quad Conferences are the best time to meet new architecture friends and ask all of these questions! We can't wait for the next Quad Conference in the fall, and we would love to have more members join us!