{"332771":{"#nid":"332771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Architecture Students Win the Barbara G. Laurie NOMA Student Design Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from the College of Architecture\u2019s chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) took first place in this year\u2019s student design competition held in conjunction with the National Organization of Minority Architect\u2019s (NOMA) annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1 \u2013 5, 2014.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The 2014 Barbara G. Laurie NOMA Student Design Competition challenged 16 student teams to reprogram and restore the historic Divine Lorraine Hotel and surrounding area into a youth-based facility and community-based annex.\u0026nbsp; The Georgia Tech team included Bachelor of Science in Architecture students Gloria Wood, Naimo Bakar, Ishrat Lopa, Sabrina Hussien, Candice Cobb, Brooke Chafin and Master of Architecture students Desmond Johnson and Mario Rodas. Faculty advisor Professor Herman Howard, Interim Chair and Professor Richard Dagenhart, local architect Danita Brown, and President of NOMA Atlanta Garfield Pert mentored the team.\u0026nbsp; Senior Brooke Chafin commented \u0022The competition not only allowed us to create and present an idea, but share ideas with colleagues and mentors in the professional world.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u2019s underlying mission of their design proposal is to provide a new type of living and learning facility for the comprehensive care of Philadelphia\u2019s at-risk children \u2013 mind, body, and spirit \u2013 in an urban development that not only stimulates the growth of this inner-city neighborhood, but also encourages the growth of the youth who reside there. \u0026nbsp;The project strives to contribute to a healthier, more sustainable future that is informed by the framework of the past, utilizing Reverend Divine\u2019s concepts of modesty, dignity, and social welfare to inform the programmatic framework and a series of historic elements for the site\u2019s formal framework.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The project has two very simple design aims. The first is to cultivate the growth and development of the at-risk youth who will call the facility home. The second is to simultaneously cultivate the economic growth and development of the surrounding community,\u0022 said Desmond Johnson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESenior Gloria Woods, president of GTNOMAS said, \u201cI was a part of the competition last year and we didn\u0027t place at all. This year had to be different. GTNOMAS is filled with talented designers and I knew we could win. Competing this year was more than just building my portfolio, it was proving to everyone that Georgia Tech is a great place for architects.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Architecture Students Win the Barbara G. 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