Darden Architects hosts one-day 'Summer Session' aimed at building the next generation of architects

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno steadfast known for fashionable gathering designs passim the Valley was passing connected its contented to students Thursday.

Darden Architects hosted a one-day session for precocious schoolhouse students.

Central Valley precocious schoolhouse students were fixed afloat entree to experts successful the tract of architecture.

Those with an involvement successful perchance pursuing the vocation way were invited for a free, one-day "Summer Session" astatine Darden Architects successful Fresno.

You whitethorn not beryllium acquainted with the institution name, but you'll decidedly admit immoderate of their plan work, including Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary, Gaston Elementary and Kerman High's world and medication building.

Tatum Custer conscionable graduated from Buchanan High School.

She's headed to UC Berkeley successful the fall.

She discovered her involvement successful architecture aft her dada pointed retired her knack for noticing beauteous buildings.

"I similar windows, erstwhile walking downtown oregon astir buildings. Ooh, that's a bully window. He said, possibly that's thing you should look into successful -- architecture," Tatum said.

Thursday, she took portion successful hopes of gaining much cognition astir the manufacture and speaking one-on-one with radical successful her aboriginal vocation path.

"To conscionable beryllium capable to inquire idiosyncratic a face-to-face question is truly invaluable. It's thing that you can't truly Google," Tatum said.

Tony Avila is the Managing Principal of the firm.

He says they created the "Summer Session" successful hopes of inspiring the adjacent procreation to get into the field.

"So we don't spot a batch of kids going into architecture due to the fact that they don't truly recognize what it is. We conscionable privation to springiness them an thought of benignant of what it is and hopefully animate immoderate of them to bash architecture," Avila said.

Students were fixed an overview of what architects do, a circuit of the gathering on with worker conscionable and greets and successful the afternoon, they were going to beryllium hands-on for a project.

In summation to the summertime session, the institution gives retired scholarships to college-bound students majoring successful architecture.

"We bash a batch of enactment successful the Valley, and we privation to proceed to enactment our Valley. We privation to proceed to get bully radical and hopefully, that boomerang effect brings backmost into Fresno," Avila said.

Tatum is 1 of the assistance recipients.

She says aft her clip astatine UC Berkeley, determination is simply a accidental -- due to the fact that of Darden Architects -- she volition instrumentality to the Valley to statesman her career.

"I'm excited to beryllium benignant of branching retired from my section area, but astatine the extremity of the day, when, particularly erstwhile you person large businesses similar this and large connections similar this, it does marque it truly compelling to travel backmost and benignant of enactment for your ain assemblage that you grew up in," Tatum said.

The steadfast has had truthful overmuch involvement from students that it is hosting 3 summertime sessions this year.

All of them are presently full, but if you person a pupil who is funny successful architecture, support Darden Architects successful caput for adjacent summer.

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