{"id":14571,"date":"2023-08-22T14:21:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=14571"},"modified":"2023-08-24T17:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:06:29","slug":"sacd-dean-earns-aia-detroits-gold-medal-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2023\/08\/22\/sacd-dean-earns-aia-detroits-gold-medal-award\/","title":{"rendered":"SACD dean earns AIA Detroit\u2019s Gold Medal Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DanUniversity of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture & Community Development (SACD) Dean Dan Pitera was recently recognized as AIA Detroit\u2019s 2023 Gold Medal Award recipient.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Considered to be AIA Detroit\u2019s highest honor, the gold medal recognizes distinguished service to the theory and practice of architecture or to the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pitera, who is also a professor of Architecture and Community Development at Detroit Mercy, will receive the award during the chapter\u2019s 2023 Celebration of Architecture, planned for Sept. 21 at Eastern Market.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>It is still sinking in that I received the Gold Medal,\u201d Pitera said. \u201cI truly believe that I share this recognition with every faculty member, student, staff and administrator at SACD.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pitera has served as dean of UDM\u2019s School of Architecture & Community Development since 2019. He joined the University in 1999 as executive director <\/span>of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC), a role he held for 20 years.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

DCDC, SACD\u2019s nonprofit community design organization, earned several honors during Pitera\u2019s tenure, including the National AIA\u2019s 2017 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pitera serves as treasurer of AIA Michigan\u2019s board of directors and won AIAA Detroit\u2019s 2018 Charles Blessing Award. He was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 2010 and was a 2004-05 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Receiving AIA Detroit\u2019s Gold Medal Award is much more than an individual honor for Pitera, who knows it reflects on SACD\u2019s mission and work.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur community has a long history of working together to engage the very messy and complex issues that others either miss or dismiss,” Pitera said. \u201cWe embrace and work toward a cultural understanding that well-designed spaces are for all people, not just some people. We champion work that confronts climate change and climate justice and ultimately prepares for a near-term future of climate migration. We strive for a better symbiotic relationship between buildings, people and the environment.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cReceiving the Gold Medal should not be about the person who won the award. Instead, it is a wonderful acknowledgement and amplification of the importance of this work to society at large.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about University of Detroit Mercy\u2019s School of Architecture & Community Development by visiting <\/span>https:\/\/architecture.udmercy.edu\/index.php<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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