October 2010 - AIA Northwest Washington

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President’s Message
NWAIA 2010 Golf Tournament
Rebuilding Communities
Greening Up Mt. Vernon
NWAIA 2010 Design Awards
BrandQuery
Compass Rose B & B
October 2010
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Ideally, we would launch the
first roundtable sometime
in November. The AGC has
volunteered to host this first
event and its discussion topic
would be BIM. The NWAIA is
considering discussing GC/CM
at the second event in April
2011.
Rick Benner, AIA
NWAIA President
Upcoming
Roundtable Events
Over the last few months
several of our Board members
have been discussing with
the local Associated General
Contractors of Washington
the idea of having joint
roundtable events throughout
the coming year. The purpose
of the roundtables would be
to bring together the design
and contractor communities to
provide a forum for discussing
and learning about relevant
issues, such as Building
Information Modeling (BIM),
Integrated Project Delivery
(IPD), General Contractor/
Construction
Management
(GC/CM) and other topics of
mutual interest.
Other states are currently
using the roundtable model to
bring together contractors and
architects. This would be the
first attempt by both the NWAIA
and the AGC of Washington
and, if successful, could serve
as a model for other areas
throughout the state.
The current thinking would
be to have a roundtable every
four months, or so, with NWAIA
and the AGC alternating as
facilitators. The facilitator would
determine the topic, venue,
and arrange for the roundtable
speakers.
For those who are not as familiar
with the acronyms:
Building Information Modeling
(BIM) is the process of generating
and managing building data
during its life cycle. Typically
it uses three-dimensional,
real-time, dynamic building
modeling software to increase
productivity
in
building
design
and
construction.
The process produces the
Building Information Model
(also
abbreviated
BIM),
which encompasses building
geometry, spatial relationships,
geographic information, and
quantities and properties of
building components.
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
leverages early contributions
of knowledge and expertise
through the utilization of new
technologies, allowing all team
members to better realize
their highest potentials while
expanding the value they
provide throughout the project
lifecycle.
GeneralContractor/
Construction
Management
(GC/CM) contracting method
utilizes an integrated “Team”
approach applying modern
management techniques to
the planning, design, and
construction of a project in
order to control time and cost,
and to assure quality for the
project owner. The “Team”
consists of the Agency, an A&E
firm (retained by the Agency),
and the GC/CM. The GC/CM
method includes both preconstruction and construction
phase services.
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Major Sponsors
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Applied Digital Imaging
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Materials Testing & Consulting
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Associated General Contractors
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Architects and Non-Profits
Rebuild Communities, One
Sustainable,
Renovated House at a Time
Whether on their own or working with community design organizations,
architects lend technical expertise and facilitate community conversations in
neighborhood revitalization efforts.
By Sara Fernández Cendón
The renovation currently
underway at 10 Winter Street
Buffalo is converting a late-19thcentury house into a near-zero
energy building – but that’s not
really what makes the project
noteworthy. The house, a 900square-foot structure vacant for
about five years, is in the West
Side neighborhood, an area
dealing with the aftermath of
the city’s industrial collapse. As
many as a quarter of the houses
there are abandoned.
“The vacancy rate has been
tearing away at the fabric of
the neighborhood,” says Aaron
Bartley, executive director
of PUSH Buffalo, a nonprofit
organization
focused
on
neighborhood revitalization.
In the process of rehabilitating
vacant housing units, PUSH is
adding sustainable structures
to the neighborhood whenever
possible, and it’s using the
projects to train young
that is slowly becoming the
Net-Zero House at 10 Winter
Street was purchased for only
$3,000. Once finished it will
feature sustainable materials,
a geothermal heating system,
photovoltaic panels, and, of
course, an architect’s expertise.
“Early on we knew we wanted
to elevate the place of green
design in Buffalo and across the
state, so we looked for people
who had competence in green
design,” says Bartley. “Kevin
[Connors] was the obvious
choice. He had a commitment
to community development,
and that was important because
we weren’t looking for just a
project-by-project deal.”
Technical expertise +
intellectual foundation
Kevin Connors, AIA, principal at
Buffalo-based Eco-Logic Studio,
has been involved in almost
every PUSH project, and is
careful to point out that, really,
the Net-Zero House project is
only “near” zero
energy. Connors
explains
that
he is focused
on first creating
tight
building
envelopes. Then
he adds “bells and
whistles,” he says,
like solar heat,
water, etc.
The Congo Street Holding House.
Images courtesy of bcWORKSHOP and Noe Medrano.
people in green construction
techniques.
The
building
The
House’s
siding,
in good condition,
reclaimed. Connors
Net-Zero
wood
which is
is being
says new
construction will be done using
fiber-cement panel to subtly
expose what has been changed.
“We’re not trying to make it look
as if it hasn’t been modified,” he
says. “We’re trying to juxtapose
the new with the existing in a
way that hopefully will catch
your eye but is not jarring-something to help people think
about how buildings evolve
and change, because none of
these buildings are the same as
they were 100 years ago.”
Working with PUSH, Connors’
firm has also been involved in
neighborhood planning. The 15block area in question, a portion
of the West Side with a large
number of vacant properties
and lots, is a good opportunity
because it’s adjacent to
Elmwood Village, a very stable
neighborhood. Connors helped
facilitate planning meetings
attended by nearly 140
residents, and together with
the community he developed a
plan for revitalization including
rain and community gardens
and bike racks and bus shelters.
“The kind of work I do with
PUSH is what I love to do,”
Connors says. “The problems
[the neighborhood faces] are
multifaceted, and PUSH is very
attentive to many of the facets.
They realize you can’t just change
things on the face, you need to
promote youth opportunities,
entrepreneurship, and local
resources.”
Community design
Working with the same focus
on neighborhood revitalization
is bcWORKSHOP, a community
design center based in Dallas.
The group’s Congo Street Green
Initiative, which started in 2008,
is near completion, and involved
the rehabilitation of five singlefamily homes on a narrow street
near downtown Dallas. The idea
originated in a design studio
class taught by Brent Brown, AIA,
an instructor at the University
of Texas at Arlington School of
Architecture. It recently won
a 2010 AIA/HUD Secretary’s
Award.
Tracey Cho, a bcWORKSHOP
development associate, worked
on the Congo Street project
with Benje Feehan, Assoc. AIA,
who served as project manager
and is a fellow graduate of the
University of Texas at Arlington.
Cho says it was important to
retain the history and culture
that has developed on Congo
Street with residents spanning
several generations of the same
three families.
In order to mitigate some of the
social cost of the restoration
process,
bcWORKSHOP
developed the concept of a
“Holding House.” Built on a lot
donated by Fred Bowie, a Congo
Street resident, the Holding
House allowed residents to
move into a temporary space
close to home while their
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houses were being evaluated
and restored, which took about
three months. The Holding
House achieved LEED Gold
certification, and three of the
renovated homes are slated
among different houses. “Our
big idea is to practice design as
a way to enrich all communities
so that everyone has access
to healthy, safe, and more
sustainable
homes,
but
only with the
participation of
community
residents,” says
Cho. “It’s about
helping residents
make
change
happen.”
One of bcWORKSHOP’s Congo Street houses.
by the
Images courtesy of bcWOkHOP and Noe Medrano. Inspired
Congo
Street
for LEED Platinum certification. project, bcWORKSHOP recently
The budget for each house (600 started work on the Dolphin
square feet in average) was a Heights Initiative, which so
modest $50,000.
far has touched about 30
The group worked closely with homes in need of repairs in a
residents to develop ideas and neighborhood where about
make decisions, so design varies one in three parcels is vacant.
Andy Sturm, a licensed architect
that works with the non-profit,
says bcWORKSHOP chose the
neighborhood after looking for
areas in targeted neighborhood
improvement zones that had
strong leadership. Funding
from HUD’s Neighborhood
Stabilization Program helped
the
organization
acquire
property in the area. Last
year’s American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) gave
the stabilization fund $731
million to buy up foreclosed
and distressed properties and
rehabilitate them. This and other
building and design elements
of the ARRA economic stimulus
were key aspects of the AIA’s
advocacy efforts for the bill.
PUSH also used Neighborhood
Stabilization Program funds to
renovated houses in Buffalo.
Regarding the role architects
play
in
neighborhood
revitalization efforts, Sturm says
they can help set clear goals
for the process and ensure that
everyone in the community
is represented. “By and large,
they’re not going to request
something that isn’t right for
their community,” he says.
Sturm says the process of
identifying needs can be very
visceral, but he enjoys spending
time in the community, getting
to know residents and their
interests and developing a
common language with them.
“The biggest thing is listening,”
he says. “Do not come in as
a savior. You come in to be
humble and listen, and find
out what the community really
needs. If some ideas don’t fly,
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