This is the New England affiliate of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice, the national network of architects, justice facilities clients and others interested in the design of courthouses and other justice-related projects. The NE-AAJ is a networking forum for sharing new ideas and best practices among those involved in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of justice facilities throughout New England. Justice facilities include courthouses, corrections facilities, and public safety facilities, such as police and fire stations.

For more information, contact Jenn Campbell, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP (617-727-4015 x387) or Liz Minnis AIA (617-727-4015 x566).

For more information about AIA’s national Academy of Architecture for Justice, please consult www.aia.org/caj.

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Join the NE-AAJ Steering Committee

We are looking for people who have ideas about what NE-AAJ can do to serve members and who are willing to get involved in organizing events.  If you are interested in taking an active role on the NE-AAJ Steering Committee, please write jenn.campbell@state.ma.us or liz.minnis@state.ma.us

What is slated for 2009-2010?

• Tours of courthouses and corrections facilities
• Roundtable discussions
• Guest speaker presentations
• Courtroom mock-up workshop

If you are interested in helping to organize any events, please contact jenn.campbell@state.ma.us or liz.minnis@state.ma.us

Toward A Zero Net Energy Courthouse

Finegold Alexander + Associates and Arup will share their story about designing a Zero Net Energy (ZNE) demonstration project: a 246,000 GSF courthouse in Lowell. The lesson is about how an integrated design process with ambitious sustainable goals may change architecture.

July 30, 5:30 pm, The Architects Building, 52 Broad Street, Boston, MA
RSVP to: rsvp@architects.org

AAJ 2009 Conference: “Beyond the Horizon: The Next Generation of Justice”
SAVE THE DATE!
October 7-10, 2009
Chicago

Other News

• If you have never attended Andrea Leers’ course, the New American Courthouse, at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, check it out. The July 26 -31 course is attended by professionals from across the country and covers the evolution of courthouse design; urban design forces shaping the courthouse; planning for the needs of judges, court staff, and the public; design strategies for the multi-courtroom courthouse; and the interaction of architect, users, and project administrators in the design process. Highlights included tours of local courthouses as well as presentations by Leslie Shepherd, chief architect of the GSA, Ed Feiner, former chief architect of the GSA, and the Honorable Douglas P. Wheelock, U.S. District Court Judge.
• Congratulations to Goody Clancy and Associates Inc, of Boston, which received a Special Citation in the AAJ’s 2008 Justice Facilities Review for their Wheeling Federal Building and U.S. District Courthouse for the GSA. Awards were published in March of 2008.
• For pithy articles and news items on courthouse and corrections design, please see the newest AAJ Journal online
• For ongoing updates regarding Massachusetts justice projects, please see “Current and Completed DCAM Projects” on the DCAM website
• An interesting report on spending on prisons in the US
• An interesting article on a new model of corrections architecture
• AAJ’s 2008 Conference - Sustainability/Design/Delivery/Practice in San Francisco

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