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The Architect’s Newspaper is celebrating our 10th Anniversary Year of Facades+ conference program and we are thrilled to welcome both new attendees and longtime supporters to the program’s dynamic dialogue. 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 in Chicago. We’ve got a fresh group of outstanding presentations for you today.
Facades+ Chicago brings together top professionals from the worlds of design, engineering, fabrication, and construction to consider how high-performance envelopes are evolving and transforming Chicago’s built environment and beyond and respond to evolving codes, green standards, and client demands.
I’d like to thank our conference Co-Chairs, Stephen Katz and Ashley Rogow of Gensler who have brought together this 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. Facades+ heads to Los Angeles and Seattle next. Visit The Architect's Newspaper website to learn more about our other events and more opportunities to earn your CEUs.
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AIA
8:30 AM CHECK-IN & BREAKFAST | Methods + Materials Gallery
9:30 AM WELCOME
Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper
Stephen Katz | Gensler
Ashley Rogow | Gensler
9:40 AM PANEL | Facades and Energy Performance: Challenges and Solutions
Presenters
Paulina Szpiech | Buro Happold
Stephanie Chiricuta | Thornton Tomasetti
Lucas Tryggestad | Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Ashley Rogow | Gensler MODERATOR
10:40 AM REMARKS FROM YKK AP | Kurt Wenzel
10:45 AM METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK
11:15 AM PANEL | Fabrication Futures: Advances in Materials for Building Envelope Excellence
Presenters
Kyle Sword | Pilkington
Aaron Alterman | STI Firestop
Marty Wood | The Architect's Newspaper MODERATOR
12:05 PM NETWORKING LUNCH
1:00 PM SPOTLIGHT | Future Faces of Chicago: Lincoln Yards and Fulton Market
Presenters
Michael Townsend | Gensler
Maria Tasada | Gensler
Rick Kintigh | VP-Architecture
Stephen Katz | Gensler MODERATOR
1:30 PM PANEL | New Definitions of Good Façade Design: Expanding the Envelope
Presenters
Juan Gabriel Moreno | JGMA
John Peronto | Thornton Tomasetti
Andrew Obendorf | Gensler MODERATOR
2:30 PM METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK
3:00 PM
Edward M Peck | Edward PECK DESIGN
Amy Preston | Preston Design & Construction Consulting LLC
Anthony Cinnamon | WJE
Stephen Katz | Gensler MODERATOR
Mariusz Klemens | Krueck Sexton Partners
Juan Villafañe | Krueck Sexton Partners
Ashley Rogow | Gensler MODERATOR
Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper
Stephen Katz | Gensler
Ashley Rogow | Gensler
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Stephen Katz is a Senior Associate and Technical Director at Gensler.Stephen has worked and lectured in the United States, Asia and Europe and has authored papers about façade design, intelligent building technology and sustainability. He favors an inclusive design process which recognizes the importance of teamwork, listening and the power of imagination.
Ashley Rogow is an architectural and technical designer at Gensler Chicago. After spending time working in photography, marketing, and teaching, Rogow received her Master of Architecture from UIC in 2016, and started work at Gensler immediately following. In her time at Gensler, Rogow has worked on a variety of confidential office buildings, taking them from sketches to construction administration. She has primarily been focused on the redevelopment of the Old Chicago Post Office, a 2.5M SF historic preservation and repositioning project.
AARON ALTERMAN Curtain Wall & Façade Specialist / STI Firestop
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).
Project Engineer / Thornton Tomasetti
Stephanie Chiricuta joined Thornton Tomasetti is 2016 with a background in architecture and structural engineering. She started in the renewal group before switching to the façade engineering practice in 2018. She has more than four years of experience in façade consulting, design, engineering, and assisting in managing projects. Her experience includes structural glass systems, shell and other special structures, as well as glazed unitized curtain wall and high performance façade systems.
ANTHONY CINNAMON Associate Principal / WJEAnthony Cinnamon is an associate principal at Wiss, Janney Elstner (WJE) in the Chicago office. His expertise lies in the design and analysis of exterior enclosures with an emphasis on glass, curtain walls, and fenestration systems. Mr. Cinnamon has written numerous articles on the inspection, repair, restoration, and replacement of window and facade systems. He has also presented seminars domestically and internationally on fenestration related topics, including typical window problems, the testing and repair of window and curtain wall systems, and typical glass failures.
Rick Kintigh was appointed Vice President with a focus on Architecture at Sterling Bay in 2021 after serving as Architect since 2012. With over 25 years of experience in architecture and design, Rick is responsible for managing Sterling Bay’s architectural analysis and design. Projects Rick has overseen have received several industry awards during his time at Sterling Bay, including SARA National Design Awards, AIA and IIDA Design Excellence Awards, and NAIOP Development Awards for several projects in the firm’s national portfolio.
Mariusz is a designer, teacher, and entrepreneur. He values the knowledge he has acquired from the crossdisciplinary teams he works with, from clients to consultants, contractors to teammates. With his education and work experience in architecture, urban, landscape, and digital design, Mariusz approaches complex problems from a holistic perspective. Throughout his work, he integrates technology in design and delivery. Mariusz graduated with distinction from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design with a Master of Architecture in Urban Design and the Illinois Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Architecture.
JUAN GABRIEL MORENO, AIA President / JGMA
Juan Gabriel Moreno is an architect and president and Founder of Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects (JGMA). Moreno was born in Bogota, Colombia and studied architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Moreno has been creating provocative works for more than 30 years. His portfolio includes having worked on projects that represent a diverse range of public and private work in typologies including education, government, research, commercial, urban planning, product design and graphic design. However, in 2010, he launched JGMA with the sole purpose of transforming Chicago’s diverse communities with his architecture.
ANDREW OBENDORF Designer / GenslerAndrew Obendorf joined Gensler as an architect supporting large-scale, developer-led projects. Over the past 15+ years, Andrew has worked on a vast array of projects spanning the globe, from mixed-use and residential, to healthcare and government. His work is rooted in interdisciplinary design and comprises some of the highest performing and most sustainable projects in their respective context, including 800 West Fulton Market and the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
With more than 20 years of experience in the design and construction industry, Edward has become a leader in innovative and performance driven architecture. He has practiced as an architect, façade engineer, and served as the design director for a leading specialty ETFE contractor. From these positions he has gained valuable knowledge from design and engineering to product development, manufacturing, and construction.
John Peronto is a Chicago cooffice director and leader in Thornton Tomasetti's structural engineering practice. Since joining Thornton Tomasetti in 2004, he has designed a variety of building types, including commercial, residential, cultural and aviation facilities. John contributes to the development of the engineering profession by taking on leadership roles on technical committees in organizations such as the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and through representing Thornton Tomasetti on the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings.
Managing Principal / Preston Design & Construction Consulting LLC
With over 17 years of industry experience Amy Preston organized Preston Design & Construction Consulting with a strong design and construction background. Prior to forming, she served as Managing Director at Tishman Speyer overseeing the Chicago and Austin markets for all design and construction in owned assets, capital upgrades, new development and redevelopment. Amy has been involved in over 20 million square feet of projects.
Kyle Sword is the business development manager for Pilkington North America and heads the company’s interests in historic restoration. He has worked for Pilkington for over 15 years, mostly in glass manufacturing. Kyle is involved with a variety of different technological developments in the glass industry. His main business function is to spread glass education, and look for new opportunities to provide value for customers creating products with coated and flat glass products.
Paulina Szpiech is an Associate with BuroHappold and leads the firm’s Midwest facade consultancy efforts. Recognizing the impact facade systems carry in lowering buildings’ embodied and operational carbon, she believes that implementing sustainability goals is a critical parameter throughout all design stages. Her portfolio of work includes national and international projects within the higher education, cultural, residential, and commercial sectors. Paulina is an Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology where she teaches a facades focused course.
Maria is a lead collaborator in the development of iconic architectural projects. As a project architect at Gensler, her work portfolio spans from 11,000-square-foot boutique fitness to mega-developments like Steelyards. Most recently, Maria has been elected Vicepresident of Arquitectos and CWA (Chicago Women in Architecture) as well as Committee Chair for “Arquitectos Colectivos.” Additionally, as a mentor for university students and young professionals, she is committed to bringing the architectural community together, advocating for Latinos and Women in leadership, and promoting initiatives that create opportunities to increase the number of licensed Latino architects.
MICHAEL TOWNSEND, LEED AP, AIA Senior Associate / Gensler
Michael is the design resilience leader for the firm’s mixed use & retail center practice, and a design director, based in Gensler’s Chicago office. He brings more than 15 years of design experience on large-scale commercial, retail, workplace, civic, aviation, hospitality, and education work across the U.S. and Asia. Michael develops, shepherds, and communicates design and vision on some of the firm’s most complex projects, balancing forward-thinking creativity with a foundation of informed strategy.
LUCAS TRYGGESTAD Technical Principal / Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Interested in the craft of architecture and the applications of digital design, Lucas Tryggestad specializes in designing and realizing technically complex building systems. His project work includes 100 Mount Street, an office tower that is efficiently designed to minimize the carbon impact of construction, and AMIE 1.0, a research partnership between SOM and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory that explores energy efficiency and the applications of 3D printing.
JUAN VILLAFAÑE, AIA Partner / Krueck Sexton PartnersJuan’s architectural experience ranges from large-scale commercial developments to technically complex institutional projects. His recent work includes the redevelopment of the United Airlines Terminal 7, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the expansion of several U.S. Embassy complexes, including the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, and the repositioning of large commercial buildings in Boston. Juan earned a Bachelor of Design with highest honors from the University of Florida and a Master’s in Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
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