History
The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) took shape in 2002
as a Legacy Project to the national American Institute of Architects
(AIA) Convention. Held in San Diego and hosted by the local AIA
Chapter in cooperation with its Architectural Foundation, the June
2003 Convention featured a keynote address on architecture and
neuroscience by Dr. Fred Gage, a principal investigator at the Salk
Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla. The acknowledgement of
ANFA was then made official. At the time of this debut, the College of
Fellows of the AIA announced that ANFA and its founding President,
John Paul Eberhard, FAIA, had won the Latrobe Prize – a biennial award
of $100,000 for research that would lead to significant advances in
the architectural profession.
The two year study would lead to
workshops among cross disciplines, reports, articles and books. ANFA
would obtain its certification as a 501 (c) (3) corporation from the
State of California in February, 2003. Articles of Incorporation
became binding and a Board of Directors, established by the adoption
of Bylaws, assumed the responsibility of the organization’s mission.
The Academy is grateful to those people who were instrumental in
bringing the concept of the organization to fruition (note that titles
and associations apply to 2003).
Organizing Committee of the AIA San Diego Chapter for the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture 2003 Legacy Project of the San Diego Architectural Foundation
Alison Whitelaw, FAIA, Chair
San Diego Architectural Foundation President
Platt/Whitelaw Architects
Frederick Marks,AIA
Earl Walls Associates
Gil Cooke, AIA
New School of Architecture and Design
Tom Angelwicz, AIA
Co-chair, AIA San Diego Convention Organizing Committee
M.W. Steele Group
Matt Smith
Case Group Architects
An Advisory Board in the Establishment of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture in 2003 included:
Professor
Laboratory of Genetics
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
John Eberhard, FAIA
AIA National Director of Research & Planning
The American Institute of Architects
Tom Albright, PhD
Professor and Director
Vision Center Laboratory
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Norman Koonce, FAIA
Executive Vice President and CEO
The American Institute of Architects
Larry Squire, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, and Neurosciences
School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Thompson Penney FAIA
AIA National President 2002-2003
LS3P Associates Ltd
Terrence Sejnowski, PhD
Professor and Laboratory Head
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Robert Campbell, FAIA
Architectural Critic
AThe Boston Globe
Research Director
The Neurosciences Institute
Eduardo R. Macagno, PhD
Founding Dean
Division of Biological Sciences
University of California, San Diego
Harold L. Adams, FAIA, RIBA, JIA
RTKL Associates Inc.
Michael Stepner, FAIA, FAICP
Director of Land Use and Housing
San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
Paul Meyer
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Steven Henriksen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neuropharmacology
The Scripps Institute
Richard Saul Wurman, FAIA
President, Wurman, Inc.
Dr. Robert Schuller, Hon. AIA
Pastor, Crystal Cathedral Ministries
Joan Abrahamson, President
Jonas Salk Foundation