SOLD OUT! (as of June 1st, 2018)

Thank you for your interest. Please check out our programming for the rest of the year!

Equity by Design is please to announce its 4th Hackathon will be held at Syracuse University's Fisher Center in New York City.

Equity by Design Hackathon 4: ArchitectuREvolution

A’18 Theme
The New Urban Agenda serves as a multi-faceted platform for Architects to apply our best skills towards imagining and committing to a world that is truly inclusive, where equity is for everyone. The EQxD Hackathon embodies the defining characters of the Agenda - to reinvigorate, to ensure effectiveness, and to create resiliency. Urban development,
while different in scale as Practice development, engenders similar goals of wellness for present generations, openness to embrace diversity and evolving demographics, and a pledge towards sustainability for the future by taking bold steps, together, and today.

What the Hack?

As one of the most anticipated workshops in the past four years, the EQxD Hackathon is a unique experience that is essential to building our skills as designers. Based on the Silicon Valley phenomena and emergence of Design Thinking the workshop is hands on, action-oriented, inclusive and teaches the process framework. Groups of thought leaders, licensed architects, and emerging professionals will assemble in an incubator-like setting to learn and apply radical thinking towards transformational concepts for improving Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Architectural Practice and the Communities we serve. Teams will present their Hacks to industry experts and the winning concepts will be presented at the Happy Hour immediately following.

Why the Hack?

Hackathons provide an energizing and alternative method to discover, unleash, and create through proximity, design thinking, and teamwork. It’s what happens when you incubate
passion with talent and suspend fear. It’s an experimental environment with a broad and diversely experienced group that's ripe for risk taking and leads to transformational results. Time is a fascinating influence in Hackathons. Perhaps an irony we are nostalgic about is that more time equates to better results. Discard that – we are not looking for perfection. We are looking for bold innovation in the here and now.

When the Hack?

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 1:00-5:00pm for Hackathon Workshop and 5:30-7:30pm for Happy Hour Reception and Winners Announcement.

Where the Hack?

Syracuse University School of Architecture has graciously provide in-kind sponsorship for the Hackathon and Happy Hour reception space at the Fisher Center. The entrance to the Fisher Center is located at 19 East 31st Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues

How the Hack?

Thanks for your interest, unfortunately the event is sold out and we can't accept any additional people due to space limitations. Please check out the other programs for EQxD at A'18 and in the Fall.

Who the Hack?

Meet the #EQxDHack18 Panelists + Jurors

Each one of our Panelists has a story to tell about an experience that took them to that place just outside of his or her comfort zone. That’s why they are perfect to collaborate as Jurors for the Hackathon. They share a passion for working on “firsts” and not being afraid to find the path (or the support network) to move from idea to realization. Our panelists will also serve as jurors who are diverse by design, thereby representing a collective and multivalent discussion informed by gender, cultural background, role in AEC industry, and years of experience.

Katherine Darnstadt, AIA - Architect, Entrepreneur, Activist and Founder of Latent Design

Katherine Darnstadt is the founder of Latent Design, a progressive architecture, urbanism, and interiors firm leveraging civic innovation and social impact to design more equitable spaces and systems. Since founding her practice in 2010, Katherine and her firm have been published, exhibited and featured widely, most notably at the International Venice Architecture Biennale, Core 77 Design Awards, Architizer A+ Awards, Chicago Ideas Week, NPR, American Institute of Architects Young Architects Honor Award winner, and Crain’s Chicago 40 Under 40. She currently teaches at Northwestern University.

Danny Guillory - Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion Autodesk

As Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Autodesk, Daniel is working to integrate all dimensions of diversity and includsion into many parts of the organization, inclusing customer acquisition, recruitment, hiring, people development, advancement, investment, and acquisition. He also is interested in the application of people analytics and passionate about the integration of diversity into the development of Artificial Intelligence. Daniel studied at Stanford University, Universite de Paris, and Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany.

Emmanuel Oni - Active Design Fellow Design Trust for Public Space

Emmanuel Oni is an architectural designer interested in using design as a catalyst for social change, and has experience in the arts as a painter and arts facilitator. He participated in international urbanism workshops in Venice, Hong Kong, and Lagos, and Parson’s Design Workshops. He received a Master’s in Architecture from Parsons School of Design and a dual Bachelor’s in Biology & Psychology from the University of Houston.

Frances Choun - Equity Champion and Mentor, Former Leader in Construction

Frances is an established and trusted leader formerly as Vice- President of McCarthy’s Northern Pacific Division. Her visionary leadership has propelled the company forward as one of the largest commercial contracting firms in California. Frances launched her career in Architecture, where she developed an interest in the construction side of the business. As an industry expert, Frances is regularly called upon by local, trade and national media to address new and projected trends, and is considered a pioneer in advancing women in the construction field. Frances was in the pioneering class of the Equity by Design's Hackathon at the AIA Convention in Atlanta. This year, her fervor for hacking continues and she will help us select a winner.

Lilian Asperin AIA, LEED AP BD+C; Session Organizer; Partner, WRNS Studio

As Partner at WRNS Studio, Lilian helps to lead the design process and build teams that deliver aspirational outcomes. In her role as Pacific Council Chair for SCUP, she organizes immersive experiences where the most pressing topics within Higher Education are brought to bear. As a Director of the AIA SF Board and Co-Chair of the Equity by Design Committee, she is engaged in a national conversation focused on equitable practices within the Architecture profession.

Rosa Sheng FAIA, LEED AP BD+C - Event Organizer - Principal, SmithGroup JJR

Rosa is an architect with over 23 years experience, who has been involved in a variety of award-winning and internationally acclaimed projects, from the aesthetically minimal, highly technical development of the glass structures for Apple’s original high-profile retail stores, to the innovative and sustainable LEED NC Gold–certified Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College in Oakland, California. As founding chair of Equity by Design and President 2018 of AIA San Francisco, Sheng authored AIA National Resolution 15-1 in 2015, and served on the Equity in Architecture Commission in 2016. She has presented nationally and abroad including Boston, New York, Lisbon, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Seattle. Equity by Design has been featured in Architect Magazine, Architectural Record, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TEDxPhiladelphia and KQED/NPR.

#EQxDHack18 @ Syracuse University Fisher Center, NYC