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message “Reinventing S.O.A.: Service-Oriented Architecture” Rozanno C. Rosal, FUAP National Vice President for Area B Share: Status Photo Link Video UAP Area B It is with pride and honor that I extend my warmest regards to the UAP Community as we hold the 37th UAP National Convention and Annual Business Meeting and Convention Exhibits (CONEX) 2011 which will be held on April 27-30, 2011 at SMX Convention Center with the theme “Reinventing S.O.A.: Service-Oriented Architecture.” The profession of architecture is a sacred trust. Architects create the buildings and cities where we live our lives. They design the places where we dwell, raise families, play, work, dream, and relate to one another. These environments are the settings, the containers for the transactions, rituals, events, and celebrations of individuals, families, groups, societies. The built environment affects our health, safety, mood, productivity, our sense of belonging, well-being, and personal value. Furniture, rooms, buildings, campuses, plazas, streets, and neighborhoods give us clues about how to behave, relate, conduct our day. They shape the ways we live each occasion, each day of our life. All this is about designing and building environments for human habitation. Architects are privileged to work at that magic point where human dreams and needs are transformed into concrete designs and ideas, visions of built shapes in real materials. Well-planned environments enhance our quality of life, facilitate communication, promote convenience and productivity, nurture our spirit, and delight our senses. They enable, empower us to live well and do our best work. Successful architecture is kind to the earth, responding sensitively to nature and ecological systems. A good building is a good neighbor and a good steward. It uses resources mindfully and contributes positively to its site and adjacent properties. The well-built building is technically sound, constructed to last and hold value over the long term. Good architects are not just good designers. They possess a wide range of skills, knowledge, and sensitivities that are essential to organizing and managing the building-delivery process. Good architects are good listeners, articulate speakers and writers, incisive thinkers, and excellent organizers. They are good with people, able to lead project teams, and help diverse client groups reach consensus and envision exciting project possibilities. Successful architects are good researchers, creative visionaries, and aware of the many consequences of their design decisions. Good architects continually seek to expand their vocabulary of project analysis tools and their reservoir of design answers to project requirements and challenges. Responsible architects balance technical skill with artful sensitivity. They ask penetrating questions, see the larger picture, and guide projects through complex situations to desired results. This is the raison d’être why we need to reinvent a service-oriented architecture because Architects are responsible for the management and stewardship of many types of important resources. Money, time, natural resources, energy, property, manpower, prestige, and reputation are a few. This convention endeavors Architects to be life-long students, constantly striving to know more, be more, manage more effectively. And since Architecture is a demanding and satisfying field, this convention is a wonderful way to spend a creative lifetime that contributes to people’s lives in real ways, a way to join and participate in a sacred trust. Therefore, to the men and women behind this Convention and Exhibits, my dear Chapter Presidents and Members, to our guests, participants, sponsors and friends in the construction industry, my warmest regards to all of you! It is with unlimited admiration and pride that I salute you all, and genuinely hope that this UAP National Convention and ConEx 2011 will in some way remind you that what you did---and the goals with which you have achieved---inspires us all. 37th UAP National Convention © 2011 About Us | Contact | Blog | Resources | Help | Terms | Privacy | 19