May 2007
Dear Friend of Public Architecture:
 Today marks the first unveiling of Public Architecture's "Day Labor Station" project; it officially goes on display May 4 as part of the Design for the Other 90% exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. This project was made possible by the enormous contributions of a range of people, chief among them Ryan Associates, Monte Stott & Associates, and Liz Ogbu, Public Architecture's Designer & Project Manager.
 We have also launched a brand new, dedicated website, online at www.daylaborstation.org to document the project moving forward, particularly as we ramp up our efforts to secure a permanent site for the first full-scale prototype of the Day Labor Station. We invite you to visit the site to learn more about the project and the day labor community.
John Peterson
Founder & Chair
Contents:
1. Day Labor Station Acknowledgements
2. "Design for the Other 90%" Exhibition
3. 1% Solution Welcomes Three New Firm Pledges
4. Save the Date: Park(ing) Day 2007
5. John Cary Awarded 2007-2008 Rome Prize
6. John Peterson Recognized with Jefferson Award
7. AIA Award & Convention Participation
8. What You Can Do to Support Public Architecture
1. Day Labor Station Acknowledgements
We would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the herculean efforts of a great many people that have contributed valuable time, materials, and money to help make this first phase of the Day Labor Station project possible. Once again, chief among them are the many people at Ryan Associates in the New York and San Francisco offices as well as Monte Stott & Associates in San Francisco. Also to be thanked are Barbara Franzoia Consults, Clear Channel Communications, Elena Dorfman Photography, MendeDesign, Powerlight Corporation, RedClay Corporation, Robyn Color, Simon & Associates, Sintak Studio, and Sunlight Electric as well as Syd Elkins, Michelle Huber, Margot Lystra, Phoebe Schenker, Kiel Schmidt, Taylor Dale Wright, and Kirk Wuest.
 Financial contributions, specific in-kind donations (solar panels, basic building materials, etc.), and professional services are needed and more important than ever as we move this project forward. Click here to find out how you can help.
2. "Design for the Other 90%" Exhibition
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York
May 4 through September 23, 2007
 Public Architecture is honored to have the Day Labor Station included in the Design for the Other 90%, a groundbreaking exhibition on view starting May 4 at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. The exhibition highlights efforts by designers to create affordable and socially responsible objects for the vast majority of the world's population not traditionally served by professional designers. Featured projects range from the Treadle Pump to the Katrina Furniture Project to the Day Labor Station.
Visit www.cooper-hewitt.org for more information.
3. 1% Solution Welcomes Four New Firm Pledges
 Public Architecture is thrilled to welcome Hammel, Green & Abrahamson (HGA) as a crucial supporter of the 1% Solution. HGA will be recognized alongside the firms of ESG, HKS, HOK, McCall Design Group, Perkins+Will, and PWA as "10 for 1 Partners."
Since our April 2 newsletter, Public Architecture has welcomed four new firms to our 1% Solution program, bringing to 138 the total number of firms that pledged to date. Mayer Sattler-Smith (Anchorage, AK)
Optimal Design Group (San Francisco, CA)
Ruhl Walker Architects (Boston, MA)
SERA Architects (Portland, OR) Visit www.theonepercent.org/pledge to pledge your firm's 1% today.
 4. Save the Date: Park(ing) Day 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
A call to action...
This fall, Public Architecture will partner with REBAR and The Trust for Public Land on "Park(ing) Day 2007," to call attention to the need for urban parks, reclaim the streets for bikes and people, and create new forms of public open space.
 Park(ing) Day is the brainchild of a San Francisco-based arts group called "REBAR," which opened eyes worldwide in 2005 by transforming a metered parking spot into a park. In 2006, with support from The Trust for Public Land, REBAR built upon this groundswell of interest and created an international event with 47 parks in 13 cities worldwide, including New York, London, and Rio de Janeiro.
This year's event will expand on these past successes and take this event to the next level. Through linking the temporary interventions Park(ing) Day with the permanent transformations of our Sidewalk Plazas, this one-day "spectacle" will become a vehicle for lasting change.
Find out how you can participate; visit www.parkingday.org.
5. John Cary Awarded 2007-2008 Rome Prize
 Public Architecture's executive director, John Cary, has been awarded the 2007 Rolland Rome Prize in Design from the American Academy in Rome. Established in 1894 and chartered by an Act of Congress in 1905, the American Academy in Rome is a center that sustains independent artistic pursuits and humanistic studies. It is situated on the Janiculum, the highest hill within the walls of Rome. The Rome Prize is awarded to up to 30 individuals--emerging artists (working in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Design, Historic Preservation and Conservation, Literature, Musical Composition, or Visual Arts) and scholars (working in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern, or Modern Italian Studies). Click here to read the 2007-2008 Rome Prize press release.
John expects to be in residence at the American Academy in Rome from February through August 2008. His proposal, titled "Activist Architecture | Attivismo architettonico," is expected to culminate in an exhibition and symposium.
6. John Peterson Recognized with Jefferson Award
 Public Architecture's founder & chair, John Peterson, has been recognized with the Jefferson Award for Public Service, a program of the American Institute for Public Service. The Institute was established in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft Jr., and Sam Beard with the intent of becoming the "Nobel Prize for public and community service." The Jefferson Awards are presented on the national level to a 'who's who' of outstanding Americans and on the local level to "ordinary people who do extraordinary things."
Starting May 9, a TV segment about John Peterson will air Wednesday on the Bay Area's CBS 5 "Eyewitness News" at 6pm; Thursday on "Eyewitness News" at Noon; and Saturday on "Early Edition" at 7am. John will also be interviewed on KCBS All News 740 AM on Wednesday at 6:50pm, 9:40pm, and 11:50pm as well as Sunday at 11:50am and 3:50pm. Finally, he will appear in the May 6 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle "Style" section.
7. AIA Award & Convention Participation
 John Cary and Public Architecture's designer & project manager Liz Ogbu will be attending the 2007 AIA Convention in San Antonio this week to accept the "2007 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement"--the highest award that the AIA confers on an outside organization. The award will be conferred during the AIA Honors & Awards Ceremony on the afternoon of Thursday, May 3, from 3:00-4:30pm.
Liz Ogbu will also serve as a panelist alongside community design gurus Bryan Bell and Sergio Palleroni during a session titled "Social Justice & Sustainability." The session is scheduled to take place Friday, May 4, from 1:30-3:00pm.
8. What You Can Do to Support Public Architecture
Click here for 10 ways to contribute to our work.
Established in 2002, Public Architecture identifies and solves practical problems of human interaction in the built environment and acts as a catalyst for public discourse through education, advocacy, and the design of public spaces and amenities. Visit www.publicarchitecture.org for more information.
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