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2018
Inspirations
Awards
Winners
COMPETITION: INSPIRATIONS AWARDS

Grand Prize $10,000 grant
Project The Honor Foundation
Where San Diego
Designer Gensler
Founded in 2012, The Honor Foundation's (THF) mission is to help
Navy SEALs and members the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF)
transition their skills and training to careers beyond the military.
In the past six years, the organization has graduated more than
300 Fellows from its program and has placed 92 percent of them
in a professional career within 23 days of exiting active duty.
To even better serve this community, Alexandria Real Estate
Equities Inc. (ARE), in partnership with the Navy SEAL Foundation,
recently unveiled a new national headquarters for THF. They
commissioned Gensler to design a flexible, multifunctional space
that would not only serve as THF's headquarters, but also as a training
facility, gathering space, and special events venue.
"Our Government has spent billions training and educating
this elite community," says Joe Musselman, THF founder. "They
have sacrificed 10 times for us. They deserve a long-term solution
and a sophisticated alumni network."
The design philosophy for the space focused on reinforcing
THF's core values in order to create a patriotic, collaborative,
and inspiring place that fosters team building, networking, and
camaraderie. "The goal was to encourage a mind-set primed for
continued goal setting and mission success by providing familiar
visual cues that evoke BUD/S training facilities (Basic Underwater
Demolition/SEAL), while simultaneously delivering an elevated,
sophisticated, and inspiring environment to encourage them toward
success in their next civilian mission," says Stacy Cannon, studio
director, Gensler.
In the long term, THF's vision is to grow its program
to impact an SOF community of 65,000 by 2020.

Contract is pleased to present the winners of the 10th
annual Inspirations Awards, sponsored by Tarkett.
The Inspirations Awards recognize a commitment to social
responsibility in commercial interior architecture and
design projects that improve the quality of life for those
in need. Winners were announced during a ceremony in
the Tarkett showroom in Chicago prior to NeoCon in June.
Through these awards, Tarkett provides generous
grants to worthy causes. This year, the jury awarded three
grants to the top projects. This year's competition jurors
were Alissa Wehmueller, principal, Helix; Melissa Price, CEO,
dPOP; and Jane Hallinan, Interior Designer, Perkins Eastman.
The grand prize of $10,000 was awarded to The Honor
Foundation in San Diego (this page and opposite), designed
by Gensler. Two additional grants of $3,000 and $2,000
were awarded respectively to The Open School in Portland,
Oregon, by Holst Architecture, and FareStart in Seattle
by IA Interior Architects.

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