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ACLA & AIA Los Angeles present the 15th iteration of the annual 2x8 Student Exhibition and Scholarship Award Ceremony

2021-10-27T09:29:00-04:00

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ACLA & AIA Los Angeles are proud to present 2x8:Assemblies. Join us again in person this year at Helms Design Center to view exemplary student projects from 19 unique architecture and design programs throughout California, to celebrate the diversity of architectural philosophy, and encourage conversation around our central theme of Community.

2x8 is an annual non-profit program that functions as a student exhibition and scholarship fund, and design competition. It was formed with the intention of introducing student work to the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industries. In order to celebrate the academic diversity within California, 2x8 invites a broad range of programs from across the state to participate and presents students an opportunity to receive scholarships at the opening reception and ceremony. The opening reception is free to attend and open to all.

Image courtesy of @helmsbakerydistric...

PORO-City, a modular milk crate design, is chosen as this year's 2x8 Exhibit design competition winner

2021-08-06T15:11:00-04:00

The 2x8 Exhibition is a design competition and scholarship program that highlights students' work from various architecture and design institutions across California. Led by the AIA|LA, ARCHITECTURE FOR COMMUNITIES LOS ANGELES (ACLA), and the 2x8 Committee, this year's winning design is PORO-City by Chieh-Ting Chuang, Martha Kriley, Yushan Men, and Kyoung Eun Park. The project uses milk crates to function as a brick system that "is neither transparent nor solid, housing the exhibition without imposing a hard boundary," shares the design team.

As the official media partner of the Exhibition, Archinect and Bustler will be covering this year's event, projects, and student winners. What makes this particular exhibition design competition unique is its open call to design faculty, however this year the committee opened up the call to designers based in California. The competition's brief asks for designers to "design, build, and install the 2021 2x8 exhibition to showcase up to 40 studen...

Honoring California architecture students through scholarship at the 2020 2x8 Virtual Exhibition

2020-12-23T14:29:00-05:00

Virtual events became commonplace as in-person conferences, symposiums, and exhibitions switched to a virtual format. As event teams transitioned to digital platforms, the amount of work and effort showcased provided a humbling reminder of how far visual representations of work could be taken.

In November, the AIA Los Angeles and the 2x8 Committee showcased their annual 2x8 Exhibition and Scholarship Award Ceremony. In previous years, this in-person event would attract students, faculty, visitors, and more than 20 California-based schools to witness an exhibition that celebrates the very best the state have to offer.

Archinect Feature: AIA|LA recognizes the work of California's architecture students at the 2019 2x8:Exchange Competition. 2x8 Exhibition: Exchange (2019) Designed by: small talks: LA – At Helms Bakery District. Image © Kirill Volchinskiy/Courtesy of AIA|LA 2x8

Besides student work and scholarship awards, what makes the 2x8 Exhibition so unique is the site-specific exhib...

AIA|LA's 2x8: Domum student exhibition goes digital featuring an immersive virtual environment

2020-10-08T12:12:00-04:00

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Architecture will be experienced virtually as students of the top California architecture programs will be exhibited at 2x8: Domum, for its first year as an entirely virtual event. The Exhibition will open with a scholarship award ceremony for the winning projects and will feature an immersive virtual environment where attendees are invited to explore the student work. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

AIA|LA is proud to host 2x8: Domum in its 14th iteration of the annual Student Exhibition. The exhibition showcases exemplary student work from 16 Architecture and Design Universities throughout California to celebrate the diversity of architectural philosophy and encourage conversation around a central theme. This year’s theme reflects on the dialogue surrounding housing in Los Angeles and other urban centers across the country.

Students were encouraged to submit presentation materials and 3D models that respond to th...

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

2020-01-10T14:00:00-05:00

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*Competition Update: The open call for faculty submissions has been extended to February 17, 2020

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 participati...

AIA|LA recognizes the work of California's architecture students at the 2019 2x8:Exchange Competition

2019-05-15T15:04:00-04:00

This week the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles chapterfeatures work from architecture students in California. The 2x8: Exchange is a three-pronged program that provides students the opportunity to submit their work for the competition, be apart of the student exhibition, as well as provide scholarship opportunities. Now in its 13th iteration, the competition received participation from 16 schools throughout the state to participate in the annual show. In celebration of California's unrivaled diversity in academic pedagogy and programming, each school selects two students to represent the program's ethos and vision.

2x8:Exchange at Helms Design Center, 2019. Image courtesy of Katherine Guimapang

Open to the public, this year's student exhibition takes place in Culver City at the Helms Design Center. Focusing on a forward-thinking take of gallery presentation and setting the show features VR immersion stations, a zero-waste plan, and an ornate display of student work in th...

Cellular Complexity - 2013 Faculty Winner of AIA|LA’s 2x8 Student Exhibition Design Competition

2013-06-27T18:45:00-04:00

Following the call for proposals for the recent 2x8 Exhibition Design Competition, the AIA Los Angeles chapter has announced "Cellular Complexity," a project by UCLA lecturer Julia Körner in collaboration with Marie Boltenstern and Kais Al-Rawi, as the winning entry. The Installation will be completed by February 2014, just in time for the 11-year anniversary of the annual 2x8 exhibit.

Winners of the 2x8:Taut Student Exhibition and Scholarship

2012-06-07T13:22:00-04:00

2x8:Taut showcased outstanding work from students from very diverse design backgrounds, "What is most impressive is to see the level of work from all these different schools." said 2x8 juror David Montalba, AIA - "You expect high caliber work from the more highly regarded schools, and you see that, but it's also great to see some of the smaller schools, like the Community Colleges, submit high level work."