Facades+ 2022 - Austin by The Architect's Newspaper

April 27, 2022 Earn up to 6 AIA HSW CEUs Presented By

WELCOME WELCOME TO FACADES+ AUSTIN! The Architect’s Newspaper is celebrating our 10th Anniversary Year of Facades+ conference program. After 2 years of disruptions, we are thrilled to welcome new attendees and longtime supporters back to Facades+ series of dynamic dialogues. At every Facades+ conference, we strive to bring fresh and relevant programming to each city and are ecstatic to be able to do so again for the first time in Austin since 2017. Facades+ Austin brings together top professionals from the worlds of design, engineering, fabrication, and construction to consider how the building envelope expresses itself in Texas and beyond through performance, material, and delivery strategy. We’d like to thank our conference Co-Chair, Ashley Heeren and her team at Lake|Flato, who have curated this excellent program of design leaders. We invite you to connect with presenters and your peers during networking breaks in the Methods+Materials Gallery. Please get to know the industry-leading sponsors in the Methods+Materials Gallery and learn how they shape the future of building-facade technologies. Has Facades+ struck a chord with you? Have a look at our upcoming events held in cities across the country. Visit The Architect's Newspaper’s website to learn more about our other events and opportunities to earn your CEUs. We are eager to hear from you about how we might improve the Facades+ experience. Talk to us. And please spread the word—help us to continue to grow the Facades+ dialogue and community.

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DIANA DARLING

DIONNE DARLING

CLAUDEA BLYTHE

CHRIS WALTON

Conference Director, Publisher, The Architect’s Newspaper

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Events Manager, The Architect’s Newspaper

Program Manager, The Architect’s Newspaper

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Austin | April 27, 2022 6 AIA HSW CEUs 8:00 AM PST 8:50 AM

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CHECK-IN & BREAKFAST | Methods + Materials Gallery WELCOME Ashley Heeren | Lake|Flato Aaron Seward | The Architect’s Newspaper

8:55 AM

REMARKS

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METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK sponsored by:

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METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK sponsored by:

12:00 PM

1:00 PM 1:30 - 4:30 PM WI-FI

NETWORKING LUNCH sponsored by: AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

Network: Fairmont_Meeting Password: facadesplus

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SPEAKERS Co-Chairs/Moderators BRANNON HEAKE Designer / Lake|Flato Brannon Heake is an architectural designer at Lake|Flato Architects who strives to bridge the gap between sculptural art and architecture. He uses his sensibility from graffiti and other arts to create a new perspective on form-making. Having specialized in tower design, he is now more focused on the study of building envelopes. ASHLEY HEEREN, AIA, LEED AP BD+C Associate / Lake|Flato Heeren is a leader at Lake Flato's Austin office and a key part of the House Zero project. She loves the unique synergy between humans and their environment. She believes that architecture should celebrate and augment the potential relationships and transformations that occur between people and places within diverse communities and ecosystems. Having graduated from Yale University and Harvard Graduate School of Design, Ashley is an explorer at heart—you won’t find her without her running shoes! It’s this adventurous spirit that drives her strong work ethic and her love for place. SOPHIA RAZZAQUE, AIA, NOMA, IIDA, LEED AP Associate / Lake|Flato Sophia is a leader in Lake|Flato’s Austin office. Her experience designing buildings in urban cities all over the world influenced her return to her Austin roots, where she strives to contribute to the city’s vibrant renewal and growth. Her broad portfolio and knowledge of regional context has led to successful collaborations to design memorable community spaces within our urban cores that feel meaningful and tied to their particular place. AARON SEWARD Editor in Chief / The Architect's Newpaper Aaron Seward is Editor-in-Chief of The Architect’s Newspaper. Seward is an award-winning editor whose career has centered on interpreting architecture for the profession and the general public. He was editor of Texas Architect magazine for six years and prior to that held several positions at AN, including executive editor. In addition to those publications, Seward’s writing on architecture, culture, and the built environment has appeared in Architect, Curbed, Domus, Metropolis, and other publications. He has a BA in Literature, Writing and the Arts from The New School for Social Research

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SPEAKERS BURTON BALDRIDGE

Founder / Baldridge Architects

Burton Baldridge is a native Texan, originally trained as an attorney at the University of Texas. After a mercifully brief legal career, he earned a Masters from Columbia University in 1999. Following 10 years in New York, Burton moved back to Austin in 2002 to act as the on-site architect and builder of the awardwinning Floating Box House with Peter Gluck and Partners. He founded the Austin-based Baldridge Architects in 2006, creating a firm that has consistently strives for rigor, quiet, and timelessness in its work.

RACHEL CALAFELL, P.E.

Principle / Walter P Moore

Calafell has over 14 years of experience in structural engineering working on projects including healthcare, commercial, sports, performing arts venues, education. From 2014-2018, Rachel managed the structural engineering efforts for the 957,000 sf Houston Methodist Walter Tower which was awarded the 2019 ENR "Best Healthcare Project" in Texas & Louisiana. In 2015, Rachel received Walter P Moore's Horvilleur Award honoring exemplified excellence in technical design, client service, and business acumen. Rachel mentors young engineers and shared an adjunct professorship in the Architecture Department at the University of Houston.

DAVID GREEN

Principal / WJE

David Green is an architect and building envelope consultant specializing in curtain wall, glazing, and cladding systems. He designs, details, and oversees the construction of building envelope systems for various building types, including high-rise hotels and condominiums, museums, retail storefronts, universities, and office buildings. Prior to joining WJE, Green worked with Handel and Heintges as project management and enclosure consulting roles.

JEFF HABER

Managing Partner / W&W Glass

Haber is a Managing Partner at W&W Glass and has been working with specialty architectural metal and glass systems for over

25 years. He is directly responsible for sales, marketing, and estimating for Pilkington Planar and other highly engineered systems sold throughout North America. W&W Glass, LLC is a family owned business based in the NYC Metro with for over 70 years in the industry and is currently one of the top 10 glazing contractors in the U.S. with an annual turnover of approximately $160M.

MICHAEL HARGENS

Principal & Co-Founder / Agenda Architecture

Hargens is co-founder of Agenda Architecture. Formerly, he was a Project Architect at Baldridge Architects overseeing the design and construction of the Arrive Hotel. He has taught design studios at the University of Texas SOA as well as UT San Antonio. Prior to moving to Austin, Michael worked for a number of offices including Resolution 4 Architecture & SOM in New York as well as Zaha Hadid Architects.

ANDREA HELLERMAN Senior Associate / WJE

Andrea Hellerman brings more than ten years of experience in the design of various building typologies, building code research, building systems coordination, construction documentation development, and construction administration. Ms. Hellerman’s experience includes performance testing of enclosure systems as well as investigative testing to detect water infiltration. Hellerman’s work has focused on helping architects integrate aesthetics with highperformance building enclosure systems.

NICHOLAS HOFSTEDE

Managing Director / Johnston Marklee

Nicholas Hofstede is Managing Director and Project Manager at Johnston Marklee leading the delivery of national and international projects. Originally from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nicholas has been with JML since 2007, overseeing the management, design and development of projects including the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, Texas, the Museum of Contemporary Arts (MCA) in Chicago, the UCLA Graduate Art Studios in Los Angeles, Poggio Golo Winery in Tuscany, Italy, and the Hut House in Kauai, Hawaii.

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SPEAKERS JOHN ISHIHARA

Principal / Handel

John IIshihara has 21 years’ experience in design, management and project delivery. Most recently, Mr. Ishihara served as Project Manager for 340 Fremont Street in San Francisco, acting as the primary client contact and managing the extensive design and consultant teams from concept through building completion. Mr. Ishihara is currently the Project Manager for Austin Proper Hotel and Residences in Austin, Texas and the 950 Market project in San Francisco. His projects have been published in Architecture, Architectural Record, Metal Architecture and San Francisco Chronicle. He has taught design at UC Berkelely. Mr. Ishihara hold a BArch from Cornell University.

BUNGANE MEHLOMAKULU

Head of Building Science and Building Performance / ICON

Mehlomakulu oversees the overall performance of the ICON wall system, in particular as it relates to thermal, moisture, acoustical, infiltration, and acoustical performance, establishing performance metrics such as energy, and water, thermal comfort and leading the effort to develop design solutions across ICON. Previously. he was the founding principal for Integral Group in Austin, Texas.

He has been recognized as Top 40 under 40 Engineers by Consulting and Specifying Engineer Magazine and was a nominee for ASHRAE New Faces of Engineering in 2009. He is also a licensed PE in Texas and California. Mehlomakulu is an active member of the built environment community as a Co-founder of the Austin Green Awards and ULI Texas Chapter representative to the High Performance Building Design Evaluation System Advisory Committee for the (Texas) State Energy Conservation Office. He was previously a member of the City of Austin Sustainable Buildings Advisory Group and a board member of EcoRise.

JOSEPH WELKER

Studio Director / James Carpenter Design Associates

Joseph Welker manages JCDA's cross-disciplinary staff and coordinates collaborations with landscape architects, architects, structural engineers, environmental engineers, fabricators and materials engineers. Fundamental to each of the studios many projects is an enhanced experience of light, unique to each project site and resulting in integrated art and structural designs that transcend form and style. Welker holds a BArch from Cornell University.

Upcoming Workshops in 2022

Northeast May 4

Mid-Atlantic July13

Tri-State September 14

Southeast June 15

Midwest August 3

Southwest October 12

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WORKSHOPS Choose 1 of 3 sessions for an in-depth dialog with leading architects, fabricators, developers, and engineers. Registration required, subject to availability. Lunch will be served and up to 3 CEU credits will be provided, directly following the Facades+ forum at 1 pm.

Methods & Materials 1. Advanced Perimeter Fire Containment Systems for Galvanized Backpan Assemblies Presenter: Aaron Alterman | STI Firestop

(1 AIA HSW CEU)

AARON ALTERMAN | STI Firestop Curtain Wall & Façade Specialist for the Strategic Accounts Division of STI Firestop, covering the central United States and Canada. Aaron joined STI Firestop in 2015 and has over 30 years of experience in construction materials. He has conducted firestop trainings for STI, The International Firestop Council and to a variety of groups including; architects, engineers, consultants, code officials, inspectors and all types of trades. He is certified at Level 2 of Firestop Instructional Training (FIT II).

Optimizing Design for Climate Consideration: Computational Tools for Success Instructors James Warton | HKS Ilia Yazdanpanah | HKS

3 AIA HSW CEUs

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Workshop Schedule

1:00 PM

NETWORKING LUNCH | Methods + Materials Gallery

1:30 PM

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS BEGIN

2:30 PM

NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK (15 MIN)

4:30 PM

WORKSHOPS END

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INSTRUCTORS MICHAEL KAISER

National Design Director / Beck

As a National Director of Design and a Principal of Beck, Michael focuses on providing an optimal experience for the people who will use the spaces Beck designs and builds. Michael works collaboratively with project teams in various market sectors: interiors, office, mixed-use, retail, hospitality, and entertainment. Michael received his Masters’s Degree from UT Arlington. His career includes working as a senior designer at RTKL, HOK, and Laguarda. Low before joining Beck in 2007.

ANDY KENEDY

Associate Principal / Beck

Andy Kennedy is a licensed Architect in Austin Texas with 18 years of industry experience. He was worked on a wide variety of project types including Cultural, Commercial Office, Higher Ed, Medical, Retail, Restaurant, and International Design Competitions while at Beck's Denver Office. Since moving to Austin he has had the opportunity to continue working on large Commercial Office, MixedUse, Hospitality, Urban Residential, Faith, and Cultural Projects. Andy is passionate about excellent design in all forms whether it be print, product, or architecture and believe that design adds value to peoples everyday lives and experiences. As Architects we have the opportunity to effect the fabric of the city and improve it, while expressing our point of view.

TOM MARSDEN

Sr. Project Designer / Beck

Tom Marsden is a Sr. Project Designer with Beck. He has previously worked with Gensler and Kohn Pederson Fox across a wide variety of project scales.

BRIAN MILLER

Chief Design Officer / Beck

Brian leads the design vision & execution of plans, assuring design continuity and the highest quality standards on all Beck’s projects. In his over 20 year career at Beck, Brian has designed many notable projects including Hunt Oil Company Headquarters in Dallas, Duke University’s Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, Omni Barton Creek Resort and RiverSouth Austin. Brian brings a deep understanding of technology and integration to Beck's leadership.

NATALIE TERRILL

Director of Sustainability / Beck

Terrill began her career as a Sustainability Analyst at Steven Winter Associates. Prior to joining The Beck Group, she was a Senior Associate at Vidaris, Inc., providing technical leadership. Natalie has achieved over 60 LEED Certifications totaling 15M sqft of built space under multiple rating systems and projects across the globe. Natalie has been a LEED AP and an AIA Associate since 2006. As part of the USGBC LEED Implementation Advisory Committee, she co-developed the LEED v4 Rating System.

JAMES WARTON

Vice President | Computational Designer / HKS

Warton is at the cutting-edge manufacturing processes and developed specialized concentration in highresolution additive processes. He is currently focused on highly articulated metal structures and direct-to-fabrication methodologies. Within HKS | LINE span from preliminary analysis and conceptual design through the design development and documentation of complex architectural systems. His efforts represent a cumulative contribution to professional and academic discourse surrounding computational design and digital fabrication, as well as serve to further application and advancement in realworld construction scenarios while expanding the field’s awareness of emerging technologies.

ILIA YAZDANPANAH

Computational Designer / HKS

Ilia has a keen interest in the reciprocity between poetics of architectural space and the technicality in sustainability and building technology. His focus has been on the relationship between computationally driven environmental design and the discourse of architecture as a production of knowledge. His interest in architecture is rooted in optimization, simulation technology, computational design methods, material tectonics. After joining HKS LINE, he has been able to implement and extend his knowledge of computational optimization in a variety of projects spanning a range of scales that include detailed façade articulation to macro level planning explorations.

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