AIA Los Angeles announces call for faculty exhibition design proposals for 2020 2x8: DOMUM Competition

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AIA Los Angeles is seeking local faculty to design and build this year’s exhibition for the annual 2x8 student competition. The theme “DOMUM” centers on the urgency of California’s housing crisis. The exhibit will curate ideas from schools of architecture, allowing students the opportunity to present their work to a professional jury as well as the AEC industry. The exhibition provides visibility to students and showcases their work, as well as the pedagogy of their institutions, to the greater architectural community.

BACKGROUND: 2x8 is an annual exhibition & scholarship program showcasing exemplary student work from architecture & design institutions throughout California. Celebrating the state’s unequaled diversity in pedagogical directions, each of the participating academic programs select two projects that embody their core vision. As many as twenty schools...