Irina Schneid, AIA, Founder & Design Director of the Impact Wrkshp, and the Summer 2019 fellows working on the 2019 Impact Project: Hammock Room. Learn more about the Hammock Room project.

In the Fall 2019/Spring 2020 season so many of you expressed an interest in doing more impactful design work and inquired about what opportunities are available to do this type of work. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Irina Schneid, AIA, Founder & Design Director of the Impact Wrkshp, a program that is creating those opportunities.

Impact Wrkshp is a social impact organization for women in design. The program connects design students with local communities and helps them bring participatory art projects to life within those communities. Irina, with the help of her all-woman, interdisciplinary team of leadership and advisors, has created a summer program that offers recent graduates mentorship, while giving them the opportunity to sharpen design skills with community based social impact projects.

The Impact Wrkshp mantra is:

We believe that every student, of every age, in every community, is entitled to question and create. When provided with the tools and mentorship to harness design as a catalyst for learning, students are empowered to both imagine a more equitable world and to build one.

Irina also shared a bit about the most recent project completed by the program.

This year our virtual fellowship project, Covid:KIT, addresses the social and emotional toll of prolonged isolation and re-occupation of public space. We propose a series of sidewalk installations which deploy social distancing guidelines as tools for bringing people together (safely) rather than keeping them apart.  Our kit includes the design of outdoor gaming circles, artistic rest spots and sensible spacers which activate the sidewalk as a space of joy and celebration amidst uncertainty and isolation.     

Applications for the Summer 2021 program will go live in February. We will make an announcement once applications are live. For now, we are excited to share the program with all of you so it’s on your radar for next year. We are also happy to shine a light on Irina and the amazing crew of women that make the Impact Wrkshp program possible!

Learn more about the Impact Wrkshp at impactwrkshp.com and follow their work on Instagram @impact_wrkshp.

If you don’t already know, Move Over Bob (@moveoverbob) is a platform that highlights the exceptional work of women in the construction and design industries. They have expanded the content they are offering with a shiny new and robust website that officially launched this week!

We love the work that they are doing as it falls in line with our mission to promote the exceptional work of women in our industry - bringing the work, and these practitioners, to the forefront of larger conversations about what is great design, who is making it, and what is possible for young women in construction and design.

Check out the Official Move Over Bob Website at www.moveoverbob.com.

Also, check out our feature, here!

We had a lot of fun working with Maile Pingel and Angela Cacace to make this happen. It’s no secret that we want the Mentoring Seminar Series to continue to grow and reach larger audiences. Teaming up with initiatives like Move Over Bob, and other like minded practitioners, allows us to connect more mentors and mentees in our field. We are changing the conversation!

Here’s a great article we found with some lessons to implement in your careers. Our mentors have touched on each of these lessons, but there’s nothing like a good article to put all of the lessons in one place for you to save/bookmark and easily reference on those days you need a reminder.

Check out the article here:

https://www.evolvingarchitect.com/blog/10-valuable-lessons-learned-in-my-first-10-years-working-in-the-profession-of-architecture

We hope you find it as useful as we did!

The Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) is pleased to offer three scholarships to the Groundbreaking Women in Construction (GWiC) annual conference.

Groundbreaking Women in Construction (GWiC) is an annual conference geared towards women in all stages of their career to develop their leadership skills, expand their influence and boost growth potential.  This year’s conference will be virtual from August 24-28, 2020. Sessions include topics very much in line with SEAoNY’s Diversity Committee, including unconscious bias, gender pay gap and equity & inclusion. 

Each scholarship winner will be granted complimentary admission to four educational sessions of their choosing.

For more information about the conference and a full agenda, visit https://www.enr.com/groundbreaking-women-in-construction

Applicants must be a current SEAoNY member and submit a statement (250 words max) on “What session are you most interested in and why?” All applicants shall be emailed to admin@seaony.org by close of business on August 5th. 

You heard it here first! Job will not be posted online until Friday July 31st.

Malloch Taylor, a high-end residential firm in NYC is seeking:

Project Representative w/ min. 4 years of experience in managing complex and high-intensity projects to a fine level of detail.

Malloch Taylor designs houses, estates, apartments, and townhouses in NYC and beyond. We provide full architectural services, to a very high level of detail and coordination. Our clients require outstanding creativity and the best level of quality. The firm works with enthusiasm, focus, and a positive attitude to collaborating with accomplished consultants, vendors, and contractors.

Starting immediately. Email info@mallochtaylor.com for details and to schedule an interview