2007 2x8:Vert

2x8: Vert at the Pacific Design Center
Student Exhibit, Forum and Opening Reception

See the 2007 2x8 Projects

AIA Los Angeles
2x8 Vert Exhibition
March 19 - April 26, 2007
In conjunction with WestWeek

Student Forum
Discussion of winning projects with 2x8 jurors
Michael Webb
Larry Scarpa, AIA
Alice Kimm, AIA
Joe Day
March 29, 2007 at 3:30 pm
PDC Conference Center, Blue Building, 2nd Floor

2x8: Vert
Opening Reception
March 29, 2007
6:30 pm - onward

Pacific Design Center, Blue Building Lobby
8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood CA 90069

Join th e 2x8 team in a spiffy 2x8:Vert T-shirt!
Assorted sizes; color is green (vert) with our very striking logo t-shirt

Press Release

Archives:
2006 2x8:Swell
2005 2x8:Motion

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Participating Schools:
Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona / College of Environmental Design
SCI-Arc [Southern California Institute of Architecture]
University of Southern California / School of Architecture
Otis College of Art and Design / Department of Architecture/Landscape/Interiors
UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Woodbury University / Architecture & Design
Art Center College of Design / Environmental Design Department
UCLA Extension Arc_ID
Pasadena City College Architectural Program
LAIAD
Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design
California State University, Long Beach
East Los Angeles College / Department of Architecture
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
New School of Architecture
California College of the Arts
University of California, Berkeley
Citrus College

About 2x8

(Los Angeles, CA) – The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles is pleased to announce the opening of 2x8: Vert, on March 29, 2007 at The Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. This year’s exhibition will be held in conjunction with Westweek, the west coast’s leading resource for interior design, where design professionals are invited to view the latest collections from the industry’s top home furnishing manufacturers.

The 2x8 is an annual exhibition sponsored by the AIA/LA, showcasing exemplary student work from architecture and design institutions throughout California. Celebrating the unequaled diversity in pedagogical directions, each of the participating academic programs select two projects that exemplify its core vision. Through this important exhibition, we hope to forge an invaluable link between this emerging talent and the professional world, giving rise to significant collaborations and alliances vital to the improvement of our built environment.

This year’s fifth annual 2x8 exhibition is entitled Vert. Open to many interpretations, “Vert” encompasses the wide variety of processes and pedagogies the participating institutions offer. Its French translation is “green”, which applies to a philosophy of sustainability; Vert is also the root word of Vertical, a direction suggesting up and down, conversely often used to support an orientation that is manifested side to side; meanwhile, its Latin translation simply denotes having an upright position or utilizing joints. Each of the institutions will be given the freedom to incorporate, define or manipulate the title phrase at their discretion, creating a remarkable range of ideas and imagery illustrated in the selected projects. In addition to these presentations, student-run forums at the exhibit space will extend a critical discourse on design and its impact in the local and global community.

Archives: 2006 2x8:Swell 2005 2x8:Motion Click on image to download .pdf

Thank You to Our 2x8: VERT Sponsors PLATINUM SPONSORS

Archives:
2006 2x8:Swell
2005 2x8:Motion

Click on image to download .pdf

Thank You to Our 2x8: VERT Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS