8am-9:30am
Featured Speaker - Daniel Rockhill, AIA
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Our opening Featured Speaker, Dan Rockhill, AIA, is the owner / principal of Rockhill and Associates: a practice comprising architects, planners, developers, furniture makers, preservationists, modernists, teachers, and old school master builders who are interested in design at any scale and level of complexity. He will also discuss the work he directs for the KU graduate school program Studio 804. Each year the students of Studio 804 design and build a projects which have grown to produce a string of LEED Platinum and Passive House Institute US Certified buildings that are commonly targeted for net zero energy use. They have not only built houses but completed educational facilities and a community building for tornado ravaged Greensburg, Kansas.
9:30am-10:30am
PAE Living Building Panel
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Set to be the world’s first developer-driven Living Building, the five-story, mixed-use PAE Living Building demonstrates a replicable path for designers, developers, investors, and owners to create high performing and resilient urban Living Buildings. Through a global pandemic and historic events, the project team achieved completion of the 56,000-SF development that will take sustainability and resiliency to new levels in the city.
Join us for a conversation with the project team to discuss key challenges and best practices when working on a first-of-its-kind project, and what the future of Living Building looks like in Oregon.
Panel Members
Karina Hershberg, Senior Associate, PAE
Kathy Berg, Principal, ZGF Architects
Ed Sloop, Chief Estimator, Walsh Construction Co.
Jill Sherman, Co-founder, Edlen & Co.
Carly Harrison, Development Manager, Edlen & Co
Moderator: Randy Gragg, Executive Director, Portland Parks Foundation
10:40am-11:40am
Sponsor Session 1 - The Most “Heated” Challenges in Fire & Life Safety/Egress Design by Interior Tech
CE Pending
A one hour course covering many of your most common design challenges regarding fire / life safety and egress. Case studies will be used from built projects, showing creative and safe solutions. It is possible to solve code issues, have the design be open, and still safe for occupants. New products in the market will be discussed and evaluated. Different building occupancies will be covered. Presented by Dan Quatier, Interior Tech
Sponsor Session 2 - Performance, Resiliency and Sustainability: Pultruded Fiberglass Windows and Doors by Marvin
1 AIA LU|HSW
Composite materials have been used for thousands of years and new applications are identified each year. As one of the first modern composite materials, fiberglass is at the forefront of this innovation. The resiliency and durability of fiberglass are well-established in many diverse industries and for numerous manufacturing purposes. This course will familiarize you with the basic aspects of fiberglass composites, specifically pultruded fiberglass, and target their usefulness and environmental advantages in the window and door industry. Presented by Alex MacKenzie CSI, CDT, Architectural Project Manager
Sponsor Session 3 - Design for Resilience and Sustainability Using Precast Concrete by PCI
1 AIA LU|HSW
This presentation will discuss considerations for the holistic design and construction of durable, long-lasting structures that are sustainable, safe and resilient. Precast concrete has numerous qualities that can help buildings perform efficiently. Presented by Jim Schneider, Executive Director, PCI Mountain States
12pm-1:20pm
AIA Oregon Member Meeting/Lunch
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Sponsored by Niedermeyer Risk Management
Lunch Sponsored by Opsis Architecture
Join us for the annual AIA Oregon member meeting, in person or online. President Kaley Fought, AIA, will preside and Board members will be available to discuss membership, budget, and committee reports from the EVP / CEO, Heather Wilson.
1:30pm-2:30pm
Session 1 - A Built Environment for Mental Wellness
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“A Built Environment for Mental Wellness” began as a fellowship project funded by PIVOT Architecture in 2018. Through her fellowship study, Evon explored the intersection of architecture, psychology, and neuroscience and how those disciplines can be used with evidence-based design to improve productivity, ease anxiety, and promote wellness in spaces. As part of her research, she visited facilities designed specifically for mental health including educational, co-housing, and healthcare facilities. Her case study analysis coupled with a literature review led Evon to develop a guideline for applying design principles for mental wellness to any building type.
Presented by Evon Calabrese, Assoc. AIA, Clark/Kjos Architects
Session 2 - Holistic Explorations in Design for Physical and Mental Well-Being
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The University of Washington’s Behavioral Health Teaching Facility, designed by SRG Partnership and currently in construction, will be a catalyst for transforming the delivery of mental and physical healthcare. Its model of care will reinforce the link between mind and body and address a critical deficit in behavioral health services. This project, however, is just the tip of the iceberg in addressing a much broader mental health crisis. This presentation will explore what’s next through lessons learned and research-driven design concepts exploring the power of design to address the links between physical and mental health, social issues, houselessness, and stigma.
Presented by Carl Hampson, AIA, and Lori Epler, AIA of SRG Partnership
Session 3 - Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Project Workflows
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This interactive workshop session will engage participants in exercises and dialogue to explore how they can integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into their projects in substantive and meaningful ways. The facilitators will demonstrate an example project workflow that can help teams to address DEI throughout the design process—from project inception to construction. Participants will be invited to discuss how the proposed workflow can apply to different project types, identify possible blind spots or improvements, and share their perspectives and insights on DEI in design. This session will create an open and collaborative forum for productive conversation about the role of designers in advancing DEI and opportunities for industry improvement.
Presented by Danáe Sakuma, AIA and Erica Thompson, AIA, Hennebery Eddy
2:40pm-3:40pm
Sponsor Session 4 - Design the Unseen by BetterBricks
1 AIA LU|HSW
Many of the immense challenges, protracted problems, and crises that confront society are, in large part, of human creation, indeed of human design. The carbon and climate crises, community spatial inequality and disparate access to resources, ecosystem collapse, chronic and metabolic human health disorders, autoimmune disorders, and widespread communicable disease are all exacerbated by design, providing ample evidence that the designed environment shapes our health and well-being. If we acknowledge that we designed our way into this situation, we are empowered to design our way out. This talk articulates how the intentional design of the unseen aspects of our built environment can support individual health, foster community engagement, and ultimately promote ecosystem and planetary health. The presentation weaves together emerging research on indoor environmental quality, built-environment mediated human health outcomes, and building operational energy consumption to inspire optimism and provide guidance to design our way out. Presented by Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, Professor of Architecture, UO
Sponsor Session 5 - Forestry and Sustainability: Linking Values with Actions
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Wood is the hot new building material, in large part due to its long-term carbon storing properties, but the benefits are linked to multiple variables. Much of It comes down to forestry practices, but what sustainable forestry means to you, or your clients is about values as much as science. This highly interactive session will unpack complex Issues and draw links between forest management, timber harvesting, carbon storage, and other environmental, economic, and social Impacts. The discussion will help designers know what questions to ask themselves and their clients, guiding sound decisions on the use of wood products in buildings.
Presented by Alan Scott, FAIA, Senior Consultant, Intertek Building Science Solutions; Stephen Fitzgerald, Director of the College of Forestry Research Forests, OSU; Dan Bihn, Systems Engineer
Sponsor Session 6 - Buildings at the Core of Community and Climate Resilience
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Buildings play an essential role in supporting the social, physical, and economic resilience of communities today and as they respond to the growing Impacts of climate change. However, buildings do not exist in isolation, relying on interactions with social, organizational, and Infrastructural systems to support community resilience. This session will explore how tools like building codes and community resilience benchmarks are providing designers, policy makers, developers, residents, and business owners with strategies to assure communities are (and remain to be) great places to live, work and play.
Presented by Ryan Colker, VP, Innovation/Executive Director, Alliance for National and Community Resilience
3:40pm-4:00pm
Break/Snack
Sponsored by BRAYN Consulting
4pm-5pm
Featured Speaker - Kaarin Knudson, AIA
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Sponsored by DeaMor
Kaarin Knudson, AIA, is an architect, urban designer, educator, and organizational leader with more than 20 year’s experience working to advance sustainability, equity, and community-led solutions. She is principal and partner of Larco Knudson Sustainable Urban Design and founding director of Better Housing Together, a multi-sector housing advocacy organization created in 2017.
Co-author of The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook, she will discuss her most recent work advocating for and advising on the implementation of Oregon's landmark “middle housing” laws, which eliminate exclusionary zoning and re-legalize traditional housing types.
5pm-7pm
Evening Reception - Governor’s Ballroom
Sponsored by InteriorTech
Hosted by Small Firms Exchange