David Wilson, AIA

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"No matter the scale or type of project, David Wilson, AIA, leverages\ndesign to ensure architecture remains a source of good in the world. His socially\nresponsible designs have touched all aspects of the built environment, from\nresidential architecture to his more recent focus on serving a wide range of\ncultural and educational communities across the country. Addressing the needs\nof the communities he serves, now and in the future, stands at the core of his\nwide-ranging talents. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Wilson is a project designer for HGA in the firm\u2019s Minneapolis\noffice, where he has been instrumental in the success of projects that include the\nnew music rehearsal building for the venerable Marlboro Music program in\nMarlboro, Vermont. The world-class musicians who use the program\u2019s rehearsal\nspaces have lauded their acoustics and sensitive connection to the surrounding\nnatural context. Further west, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Wilson provided design\nand technical leadership for the city\u2019s new Historical Society and Museum,\ncurrently under construction."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Wilson\u2019s concern for the environment began when he was a teenager and\nviewed a documentary that explored how much waste a typical American creates in\ntheir first year of life. That concern has followed him throughout his young\ncareer, and in a firm of nearly 1,000 employees, he was appointed to its\nNational Sustainability Council. He is also the Minneapolis arts, community,\nand education sustainability leader, setting the firm\u2019s benchmarks and closely\nconsidering its internal practices on sustainable design. In 2021, he received\na $12,000 Ralph Rapson Traveling Study Award from the Minnesota Architectural\nFoundation and used it to explore the connections between nature and\narchitecture in Japan. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Like much of the country, Wilson was deeply affected by George\nFloyd\u2019s murder in Minneapolis in 2020, which caused him to reflect on the\nsystemic racism and inherent biases ingrained in his community. As a small\nfirst step to address inequity in the profession, he volunteered with HGA\u2019s\nNational Racial Equity Task Force. As part of a small, diverse focus group\nwithin the firm, he helped explore what an equitable design process at HGA\ncould look like. Wilson and the task force presented their findings to firm\nleadership, offering a series of long- and short-term recommendations that\nincluded an equity retrospective and expanding firm-wide racial equity\ntraining. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Wilson is an active AIA member, having held numerous leadership roles\nfor AIA Minneapolis\/St. Paul and AIA Minnesota. He also regularly volunteers\nwith Habitat for Humanity and Hearts and Hammers, which both construct or\nrepair homes for those who need them most. "]]]]}