2020 AIA Oregon Professional Achievement Awards
2020 PRESIDENT'S AWARD WINNER
The AIA Oregon President’s Award is given to an individual AIA member for significant contribution to the architecture profession through distinguished leadership and service over an extended period of time. These services, exceeding those expected in any official capacity, and by leadership, has advanced the cause of the profession and provided an inspiration to his/her fellow practitioners.
Otto Poticha, FAIA
Principal, Poticha Architect
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon
Otto’s reputation for design excellence is well established as demonstrated by his work having been awarded 52 local, regional and national design awards. He has been the lead design principal in the firms that carry his name, Poticha Architects; Unthank Poticha Waterbury; and Unthank Seder Poticha, for over 48 years and has designed hundreds of projects.
Otto is primarily a practicing architect who also teaches design and professional practice at the University of Oregon. As an untenured “professor-in-practice,” Otto teaches three terms a year on a half-time basis,and has done so for the past 59 years. He shares and applies his skills and professional experiences to his teaching and this continues to be an important complement to an academically oriented design faculty.
2020 YOUNG ARCHITECT AWARD WINNER
The Young Architect Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their careers. AIA Oregon sees this award as a stepping-stone to the National Young Architect Award application and aims to support Young Architects in their career pursuits through this recognition.
Scott Mooney, AIA
Senior Associate
SRG Partnership
Scott brings to every project his passion for sustainable architecture that enriches communities while removing barriers to access. His career has been focused on bridging the divide between design excellence and environmental stewardship, creating integrated solutions that reinforce the clarity of the building concept while also enhancing project performance. Additionally, he finds time to combine public service design and community thinking with education and mentoring opportunities.
A driven and innovative thinker, he has co-taught design studios at Portland State University and the University of Oregon with a focus on community and civic projects, and currently serves as a Fellow in Practice at the PSU School of Architecture’s Center for Public Interest Design where his pro-bono efforts have focused on emergency intermediate housing solutions to address our ongoing homelessness crisis. He has championed and led SRG’s involvement in many pro-bono, community-based design projects, including those for the Kenton Women’s Village, Clackamas Veterans Village, and the non-profit Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO).