WIA Brooklyn Monthly Meeting

May 19, 2025
6:30 pm–7:30 pm

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Nov 13, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn + BKEP
BKEP "Ask Me Anything:" Parallel Pathways
6:30 pm–8:30 pm
FXCollaborative
235 Duffield Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Exploring Nontraditional Careers in Architecture
Marketing | Leadership | Medicine | Mentoring
AIA Brooklyn’s Emerging Professionals Committee invites you to join six dynamic professionals as they share how architectural training can lead to unexpected and impactful career paths – from government and medicine to construction strategy, academia, and entrepreneurship. This panel explores how design thinking, technical expertise, and curiosity can redefine what it means to “practice” architecture today.

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Dec 8, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn
2025 BKDA: Brooklyn Design Awards Celebration + Holiday Gala
6:00 pm–9:00 pm
501 Union
501 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Festive and fun, the Brooklyn Design Awards Celebration and Holiday Gala is back this December.
Celebrating the high caliber of design in Brooklyn, AIA Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Design Awards recognize exceptional designs by Brooklyn architects anywhere and architecture in Brooklyn by architects from anywhere.
Projects receiving awards have been rigorously reviewed by an invited technical panel for sustainability and resilience as well as an invited design panel of leading industry professionals. Each award recipient will represent the highest standard of excellence in each category.

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November
Nov 10, 2025
Women in Architecture Regional Celebration: One Night, Seven AIA Chapters
6:15 pm–8:30 pm
Cannon Design
300 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
For the first time ever, Women in Architecture leaders and members from seven AIA New York chapters—Brooklyn, Bronx, Long Island, New York, Peconic, Queens, and Westchester + Hudson Valley—are coming together under one roof. This isn’t just another networking night. It’s the launch of a united voice for women in our profession—a chance to connect, collaborate, and shape the future we envision.
Imagine the energy of architects and designers from around New York State meeting face-to-face, sharing ideas, and building a network that spans the entire region. In one evening, you’ll meet chapter leaders from Women in Architecture Committees, exchange strategies, and take part in interactive groups designed to spark relationships that can shape your career for years to come.
Don’t just hear about this moment later—be in the room when it begins. Join us and be part of the story as we lay the foundation for the next evolution of Women in Architecture in New York State and beyond!
Speakers:
AIA Bronx WIA Co-chairs:
Sara Jazayeri, AIA
Leila Pena, AIA
Brooklyn WIA Co-chairs:
Alice Allan, AIA
Gemma Devesa Gasco, AIA
AIA Long Island WIA Co-chairs:
Graciela Carrillo, FAIA
Ebru Hunter, Assoc. AIA
AIA New York WIA Co-chairs:
Wells Megalli, AIA
Rosalind Tsang, AIA
AIA Peconic WIA Co-chairs:
Lori Beppu, AIA
Maria Fumai Dietrich, AIA
AIA Queens WIA:
Jacqueline Velez, AIA
AIA Westchester + Hudson Valley WIA:
Carol Kurth, FAIA, ASID
Organized by
AIANY Women in Architecture Committee

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Nov 11, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn COTE
Passive House Tour at 475 Building Supply
6:00 pm–8:00 pm
475 High Performance Building Supply
369 Warren Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Join AIA Brooklyn’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) for a guided tour of 475’s Passive House-certified HQ office in Brooklyn, offering a firsthand look at how deep energy retrofits and modern design can come together to create comfortable, beautiful, and sustainable spaces.
See firsthand how 475’s own Brooklyn workspace puts Passive House principles into practice within an existing masonry building. The space showcases continuous insulation strategies, meticulous airtight detailing, and balanced ventilation with heat recovery. Featuring Lamilux triple-pane skylights that fill the office with natural light, Pro Clima air and vapor control membranes, and Brink energy recovery ventilation, it’s a living example of high-performance design in action.
Following the tour, the 475 team will dive deeper into retrofitting historic masonry buildings for high performance through a presentation that discusses lessons learned, enclosure detailing, and the evolving toolkit of products and design strategies enabling low-carbon renovations.

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Nov 13, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn
On the Menu webinar: Lighting Controls 101
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
ZOOM webinar
Join AIA Brooklyn for this live webinar by Crescendo Designs and Lutron.
This presentation will identify the range of lighting control options available today, from traditional switching to an array of dimming technologies and advanced smart lighting controls.
Our presenters will provide us with a clear understanding of how and where to deploy each of these technologies alongside spelling out the energy-efficiency and cost-savings of smart lighting. We will investigate the design considerations for incorporating lighting control into new builds as well as renovations, and we will learn about how these lighting control systems are integrated with other smart home systems such as HVAC, shading and security.

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Nov 13, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn + BKEP
BKEP “Ask Me Anything:” Parallel Pathways
6:30 pm–8:30 pm
FXCollaborative
235 Duffield Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Exploring Nontraditional Careers in Architecture
Marketing | Leadership | Medicine | Mentoring
AIA Brooklyn’s Emerging Professionals Committee invites you to join six dynamic professionals as they share how architectural training can lead to unexpected and impactful career paths – from government and medicine to construction strategy, academia, and entrepreneurship. This panel explores how design thinking, technical expertise, and curiosity can redefine what it means to “practice” architecture today.

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Nov 18, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn
Future-Proofing Housing: East vs West Coast
6:30 pm–8:30 pm
Van Alen Institute, 303 Bond Street Brooklyn, NY 11231
Join AIA Brooklyn’s new Housing Committee this fall for a three-event series on social housing. Connect with experts and peers to explore how design can foster healthier, more inclusive, and affordable communities for all.
- Tuesday, October 28 – What Would a Social Housing Development Authority in NYS Mean for Design? (1.5 LU|HSW)
- Tuesday, November 18 – Future-Proofing Housing: East vs West Coast (1.5 LU|HSW)
- Wednesday, November 19 – Rethinking the Shape of the City: Single Stair Reform in Multifamily Housing (1.5 LU|HSW)
If you are interested in being involved in the Housing Committee, please fill out this survey.
Future-Proofing Housing: East vs West Coast
What can architects learn from coast-to-coast approaches to designing housing that endures—and thrives—in the face of climate, health, social and affordability challenges? This conversation brings together leading voices advancing high- performance multifamily projects centered on resiliency, passive survivability, healthy
materials, and community well-being.
Hear from Michael Eliason (Larch Lab, Seattle), Sophie Nahrmann (Studio Luz Architects, Boston), and Heather McKinstry (Dattner Architects, NYC) as they share insights on prefabrication, Passive building innovation, and the creation of vibrant, climate-adaptive housing. We will cross-compare government agencies’ efforts and policy incentives in their respective cities and states to address affordability and the housing crisis.
Moderated by Julie Torres Moskovitz, AIA

Tuesday, November 18
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Van Alen Institute
303 Bond St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
1.5 AIA LU|HSW
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Nov 19, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn and CityTech
Rethinking the Shape of the City: SingleStair Reform in Multifamily Housing
6:30 pm–8:30 pm
CityTech Voorhees Hall
186 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Join AIA Brooklyn’s new Housing Committee this fall for a three-event series on social housing. Connect with experts and peers to explore how design can foster healthier, more inclusive, and affordable communities for all.
- Tuesday, October 28 – What Would a Social Housing Development Authority in NYS Mean for Design? (1.5 LU|HSW)
- Tuesday, November 18 – Future-Proofing Housing: East vs West Coast (1.5 LU|HSW)
- Wednesday, November 19 – Rethinking the Shape of the City: Single Stair Reform in Multifamily Housing (1.5 LU|HSW)
If you are interested in being involved in the Housing Committee, please fill out this survey.

Rethinking the Shape of the City: Single Stair Reform in Multifamily Housing
What if a simple change to the building code could transform how we design and experience housing in New York? This timely conversation examines how single-stair reform could enable more livable, light-filled multifamily buildings—reshaping urban density while enhancing community and design quality.
Hear from Michael Eliason (Larch Lab, Seattle), a national voice on single-stair reform and author of Building for People; Jonathan Molloy (So–IL, Brooklyn), whose work with Tankhaus explores innovative housing typologies; and Stephen Smith (Center for Building in North America), leading zoning initiatives around single-stair, elevators, and more.
Moderated by Julie Torres Moskovitz, AIA
Wednesday, November 19
6:30 – 8:30 PM
City Tech Vorhees Hall
186 Jay Street, Brooklyn
1.5 AIA LU|HSW
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December
Dec 4, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn
Back to Thomas Edison: Localized energy storage for a more resilient power grid
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
online
Modern life is ever more reliant upon electricity, outpacing the capacity of urban power grids. Meeting these increased loads and the demand for reliability with intermittent generation sources and aging infrastructure poses a tremendous challenge, and in dense, urban areas like Brooklyn, space for upgrades is limited while utility costs are rising. Energy storage projects distributed throughout NYC maximize the value of the existing grid, offer more local control to the utility, and support the immediate surrounding area.
Join this session with Dirk van Ouwerkerk, Senior Vice President of Storage Development at Soltage to hear how urban energy storage addresses these challenges and how Soltage is designing and developing these projects to be embedded in New York City’s urban environment.
We will also learn about the substantial steps that have been taken to render these storage systems safe as well as satisfactory to the New York City Fire Department.
1 HSW Learning Unit

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Dec 8, 2025 • AIA Brooklyn
2025 BKDA: Brooklyn Design Awards Celebration + Holiday Gala
6:00 pm–9:00 pm
501 Union
501 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Festive and fun, the Brooklyn Design Awards Celebration and Holiday Gala is back this December.
Celebrating the high caliber of design in Brooklyn, AIA Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Design Awards recognize exceptional designs by Brooklyn architects anywhere and architecture in Brooklyn by architects from anywhere.
Projects receiving awards have been rigorously reviewed by an invited technical panel for sustainability and resilience as well as an invited design panel of leading industry professionals. Each award recipient will represent the highest standard of excellence in each category.

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