The UNC Charlotte chapter of Freedom By Design has won a 2016 Honor Award from the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS).
The chapter is being recognized for Phase 1 of a project at Cabarrus Bilingual Preschool that included a privacy fence weave (colorful nylon strips woven through the existing chain link fence), a series of interactive wooden panels fixed to the fence and a large gardening area.
The AIAS Freedom By Design Honor Awards publicly recognize outstanding achievements by students, educators and practitioners who have exhibited an exemplary commitment to the education and development of architecture students. The chapter will received the award during a formal ceremony on Dec. 30 at the AIAS Forum in Boston.
The UNC Charlotte School of Architecture started a Freedom By Design program in 2007 under the mentorship of architecture faculty John Nelson, Greg Snyder and David Thaddeus.