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HKS Design Fellowship

On a brief hiatus from my thesis work, I have been selected to participate in a design charette integrated with the design firm HKS. The program is called the 2011 HKS Mid-Atlantic Design Fellowship. It is best described on the website:


This spring the HKS DC office will be hosting its first Design Fellowship. This is an intense, three-day charrette where professionals and students from local universities join with the community to address a local or regional challenge. We would be honored to have you nominate the top 2-3 students from your Architecture, Interior Design and/or Art programs to apply for the distinguished honor of being a fellow.

The intent of the Mid-Atlantic Design Fellowship is to focus on DESIGN, SUSTAINABILITY and COMMUNITY by cultivating and showcasing emerging design talent, and to stimulate new design approaches by solving a challenge affecting the DC metro area through design; all while building relationships with regional schools and the community. The HKS Mid-Atlantic Design Fellowship is modeled after the company-wide HKS Design Fellowship and the HKS Detroit Design Fellowship, adapted and evolved to meet the specific situations of the Mid-Atlantic regional offices. Fellows will be selected from the HKS Richmond and Washington, D.C. offices as well as local universities.


I would like to thank Susan Piedmont-Palladino for writing my recommendation later on such short notice. The charette will be hosted at HKS next weekend. The representative from HKS has told me that the charette usually pulls an all-nighter from Saturday to Sunday, so another fun weekend ahead. I will post my results from the charette as they become available.