Sally Harrison, AIA To Receive 2022 Alan Greenberger Award

This annual award recognizes Community Design Collaborative leaders/volunteers and AIA members for their commitment and service to our mission. This people award is named after Alan Greenberger, FAIA, and is presented at the AIA Design Awards.

Sally Harrison, AIA, is Professor of Architecture at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. A registered architect, educator, and scholar, her creative work and research explore the social impacts of design. She involves her students in these questions, teaching courses in social activism, architectural and urban design, and urban history/theory.

Sally is the leader and co-founder of The Urban Workshop, an interdisciplinary university-based collaborative undertaking engaged research, design, and design-build projects in underserved neighborhoods and for organizations where questions of social justice, creative expression, and community building are played out in the physical environment. With funding from the US Department of Education, EPA, and the Pew Charitable Trusts, as well as community partners, she has led architecture and neighborhood design projects with Habitat for Humanity, the Village of Arts and Humanities, the New Kensington CDC, and APM. She is currently engaged in NEA-funded research and design project with Variety, the Children’s Charity. 

Harrison’s work has been published in books and academic journals, including the Journal of Urban Design, The Plan Journal, Enquiry, Int/AR, and others. She has received national and local recognition for her work: the Research Award from Architecture Magazine, an Honorable Mention from SEED, an Honor Award and Citation of Merit from AIA PA, and the Leverage Award from the Community Design Collaborative of Philadelphia. She is a co-founder of the Community Design Collaborative of Philadelphia and serves on its Advisory Council. Ms. Harrison received her Master of Architecture from MIT, her BA from University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Harrison is being recognized for her significant contributions to community-engaged design and her mentorship of her students to appreciate the importance and difficulty of thoughtful and long-term investments in communities as part of a sustainable and equitable design practice.

Check out the award winner video highlighted here:

https://youtu.be/dBHkJn01FME