This morning, I headed off to the CoP (Council of Presidents) meeting. I was the delegate that represented NC State. We had Roll Call, where the Vice President would call out each school and you had to show that you were present.
She calls other schools and most people say "here." "present." and stay seated.
But not me...
She calls North Carolina State University and I stand up, put my arms in the air, and yell "Yay architecture!!" Everyone laughs.
For the NC State students that are reading this....you should be incredibly proud of yourselves for being a part of AIAS. I can't count the number of people that came up to me during this meeting and wanted to congratulate our chapter for having grown so much this past semester. We have put ourselves back on the map!
Someone asked four schools to stand up, and NC State was one of them. They wanted to congratulate us for having 30+ more people join our chapter from last year.
As your co-president, I am SO PROUD of us! I hope that this continues.
Nationally, there are 5,169 members. That's a lot! Our chapter is 69 of them!
At this meeting, Jeff Potter was there. Who is he? He is the current AIA President. He gave a speech and answered questions. I didn't have a chance to meet him personally, but it still amazes me that I was in the same room as him.
I sat next to someone who's name-tag said Jesus. I immediately thought "woah!" He is from a school in Puerto Rico. How awesome!!
After the meeting, I headed off to the Burton Barr Library designed by Will Bruder. As we're walking to it, there's this.......thing? in the middle of downtown. I'll tell you what people called it (but only in person, haha) What do you think of it?
For a public library, I would be there all of the time! It was such a great space to be in. The tour was led by Will Bruder himself.
^Southern facade.
^This is the texture on part of the west facade. Pretty cool texture, huh? When they were screeding the concrete they used a 2x4/6 to push up the concrete every 18 (roughly) inches. I thought that was extremely interesting.
^Pigeons love this building because they rest on the copper and.....pee. See all that white stuff? Eew. You think I'm being kidding, but that's what I was told.
^Northern Facade.
Entry. (one on west and east)
I was freaking out as I climbed these stairs in heels...
Southern wall.
Doesn't it seem like the ceiling is floating?
The columns don't touch the ceiling.....pretty amazing, don't you think?
Back to the Sheraton Hotel for General Session.
Roll-Call (Kelly mentioned this earlier...)
I began to write down the funny ones. Who knew architects could be so funny??
One girl walked up to the stage and yelled out "Trust Fall!" and fell backward, right into the President's lap.
UNC Charlotte stood up and said "In NC, you yell "Timber!" when a tree falls. What do you yell in Phoenix when a cactus falls?" "AAAHHHHHH!!!"
Teddy Cruz gave a lecture that night.
Looking forward to tomorrow!!
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