Facades+ 2023 - Washington DC

THE AYA (WARD 6) WASHINGTON D.C.

YKK AP America is a national manufacturer of commercial façade systems for specifiers and glazing contractors seeking smart design, quality engineering and our exceptional customer support. With the support of our dedicated employees, we combine controlled manufacturing and thoughtful design to provide quality solutions that will meet your performance, aesthetic and sustainability needs.

Field Technical Services

Phone and on-site consultation for product installation challenges.

Engineering Consultation

Assistance with codes, system info, calculations and modifications.

Project Center Support

Estimating, design and management for larger scale projects.

Continuing Education

Fenestration and engineering courses that reward AIA/CEU credit.

Rep: Michelle Pearson

Phone: (443) 986-8836 E-Mail: michellepearson@ykkap.com

Branch: Baltimore Phone: (410) 796-1001 E-Mail: baltimoreservice@ykkap.com

WELCOME TO FACADES+ WASHINGTON DC!

The Architect’s Newspaper is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of our publication, and the 11th year of our Facades+ Conferences. We are thrilled to welcome both new attendees and longtime supporters to the program’s dynamic dialogue. We bring fresh and relevant programming to each city and have an exceptional group of projects for you to learn about today.

Facades+ Washington DC brings together top professionals from the worlds of design, engineering, fabrication, and construction to consider how high-performance envelopes are evolving and transforming the built environment in the DC Metro area and respond to changing codes, sites, technologies, and client expectations.

I’d like to thank our conference Co-Chair, Eric Feiss, and his team at GWWO Architects who have brought together this amazing 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 exhibiting in the Methods+Materials Gallery and learn how they will help you shape the future of building-facade design and technology.

Has Facades+ struck a chord with you? Have a look at our upcoming events held in 14 cities across US & Canada. Visit The Architect's Newspaper website to learn more about our other events and more opportunities to earn your CEUs. You’re not gonna want to miss Facades+ NYC on March 30th-31st.

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.

All the best,

Diana Darling President AN Media Group

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

CHRIS WALTON Program Assistant, The Architect’s Newspaper

DIANA DARLING Conference Director, Co-founder, President, The Architect’s Newspaper

MARTY WOOD Program Director, The Architect’s Newspaper

AGENDA

TIMES IN EST

Washington DC | February 14, 2023

6 AIA / HSW CEU's

8:00 AM CHECK-IN & BREAKFAST | Methods + Materials Gallery

9:30 AM WELCOME

Diana Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper

Eric Feiss | GWWO Architects

9:40 AM PANEL | Over, Under, & Thru: Adaptive Reuse + Building Envelope Innovations

Presenters

Lauren Wingo | Arup

Jason Wright | Hickok Cole

Juan Villafañe | Krueck Sexton Partners

Mariusz Klemens | Krueck Sexton Partners

10:40 AM PARTNER PRESENTATION: Michelle Pearson

10:45 AM METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK

11:15 AM PANEL | Fabrication Futures: Advances in Materials for Building Envelope Excellence

Presenters

Michelle Pearson | YKK AP

Eric Lacroix | STI Specified Technologies

Diana Darling | The Architect's Newspaper MODERATOR

12:05 PM NETWORKING LUNCH

1:00 PM SPOTLIGHT | Craft, Vigor, and Openness: The Norwegian Embassy's Stone, Copper, and Timber Envelope

Presenters

Steve White | Fentress Architects

Laura Grafel | Fentress Architects

1:30 PM PANEL | Renewing Altmeyer: High Performance Building Strategies for Midcentury Retrofits

Presenters

Sarah Berseth | HGA

Ed Clements | HGA

Doug Gerlach | Snow Kreilich

2:30 PM METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK

3:00 PM SPOTLIGHT | Extreme Design: Contextual Facades in Focus

Presenters

Alan Reed | GWWO Architects

Amanda Moore | GWWO Architects

Eric Feiss | GWWO Architects

3:30 PM PANEL | Sustainable Public Spaces: Mass Timber & Net-Zero Energy Facade Strategies

Presenters

Carl Knutson | Perkins&Will

Joshua Rubin | Perkins&Will

Nicholas Williams | Ashley McGraw Architects

Amanda Moore | GWWO Architects MODERATOR

4:30 PM CLOSING REMARKS

Diana Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper

Eric Feiss | GWWO Architects

SPEAKERS

CO-CHAIR:

ERIC FEISS Principal / GWWO Architects

A principal at GWWO, Eric Feiss, AIA, LEED AP skillfully leads large and multi-faceted design teams fostering creative design processes that result in elegantly detailed buildings for GWWO’s educational and cultural clients. Eric keeps a constant pulse on the construction marketplace and is dedicated to helping clients achieve their monetary, scheduling, and programmatic goals. He is an active member of COAA and currently serves as an instructor for their Owner’s Training Institute and on the education committee. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Morgan State University, where he previously served as an adjunct faculty member, and a Bachelor of Arts from Franklin & Marshall College.

Sarah Berseth, PE, is a Mechanical Engineer at HGA, where she directs mechanical infrastructure and energy systems for corporate offices, historic renovations, and office tenant improvements. She specializes in energy modeling and sustainability in coordination with the firm’s architecture and engineering teams to develop high-performance buildings and facades that contribute to occupant wellbeing. Among her notable public projects are the , in progress in Baltimore County, Maryland, with GSA; the Ramsey County Library-Shoreview in Minnesota, which won a national First Place Technology Award from ASHRAE; and the B.H. Whipple Federal Office Building Modernization in Minneapolis, which won a GSA Citation in Engineering Design Award. Additionally, Berseth serves as Minneapolis Office Director, overseeing daily administrative and operational functions of the 240-person office. Berseth has a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. She joined HGA in 2004.

ED CLEMENTS Engineering Department Leader / HGA

Ed Clements, PE, LEED AP is a Mechanical Engineer and Engineering Department Leader in HGA’s Washington, DC, office. His expertise includes high-performance energy systems and sustainable strategies for healthcare, higher education, performing art centers, auditoriums, and related performance spaces.

Doug Gerlach, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC design work is rooted in a deep curiosity about the physical, cultural, and organizational context of the work. Through a research-driven and iterative process, Doug seeks holistic design solutions that mine this context and find design opportunity in technical, budgetary, and site constraints. His past projects demonstrate a commitment to the careful execution of these solutions through a tireless refinement of construction detail, and collaborative integration of building systems into a cohesive whole. Doug’s professional experience is diverse in scale and use, ranging from single family residences to complex governmental, educational and arts facilities. Past projects include Northrop Performing Arts Center at the University of Minnesota, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center at Macalester College, Marlboro Music Festival Musician’s Cottages, Huss Center for the Performing Arts at Saint Paul Academy, and the Café/Entry Expansion of the Walker Arts Center. Doug’s work has been published nationally and recognized with multiple AIA Minnesota and AIA Wisconsin awards, and an AIA National Interior Award.

Laura Grafel, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C is an Associate Principal at Fentress Architects. She has been an architect for over 15 years and is involved in all phases of a design; from preliminary concepts and Programming through Construction Administration.

SARAH BERSETH Mechanical Engineer / HGA

DOUG GERLACH Senior Associate / Snow Kreilich

LAURA GRAFEL Associate Principal / Fentress Architects

MARIUSZ KLEMENS Associate Principal / Krueck Sexton Partners

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. He believes greater results are achieved through idea sharing and open communication. 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.

CARL KNUTSON Design Director / Perkins&Will

Carl Knutson is a Principal and Design Director at Perkins&Will’s Washington, D.C office. Raised in Central and North America, Carl was exposed to a number of different cities growing up: From his earliest years in Mexico City–where he was born–to his grade school years outside of Detroit, Michigan, to his university studies in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Carl began with the firm in our Chicago studio, where he spent many years before relocating to our nation’s capital, but has called Washington, DC home for the past five years. He, his wife, and their three daughters enjoy exploring new areas around the city in their free time.

ERIC LACROIX Director, Strategic Accounts Construction / STI Specified Technologies

Eric Lacroix in consistently recognized throughout the design community and construction industry for his firestop expertise, especially in terms curtain wall perimeter fire barrier systems where he is considered the “Industry Specialist”. Eric has over 20 years of real world experience serving as an invaluable resource on many of largest, most complex high profile projects around the world. Prior to his role as Director of Strategic Accounts, Eric was the STI Firestop Regional Manager, covering the Southeastern United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, South America, and Mexico.

SPEAKERS

AMANDA MOORE Associate / GWWO Architects

Amanda Moore, AIA is an Associate at GWWO with 13 years of experience. Fascinated by how the built environment impacts peoples’ experiences with and perceptions of space, Amanda Moore is a technically strong architect appreciated by clients for her detail-oriented management approach and thoughtful decision-making. Her work includes projects for the Smithsonian Institution, University of Maryland, and Delaware State Parks. She most recently led the document coordination for the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center and the design of the new West County Elementary School in Maryland. Amanda previously served on the AIA Baltimore Equity Committee.

MICHELLE PEARSON

Sales Representative / YKK AP

Michelle Pearson is an Architectural Sales Representative for YKK AP America covering Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia. She has 20 years experience in the glass and glazing industry helping architects, general contractors and glazing contractors with their fenestration needs and challenges.

ALAN REED Principal / GWWO Architects

Alan Reed, FAIA, LEED AP has focused his career on the design of progressive architecture that achieves striking presence while remaining responsive to its site and surroundings. He has established GWWO’s strong design ethic and elevated its reputation for inspirational, evocative, and progressive design. His awardwinning designs have enhanced the visitor experience at culturally, environmentally, and historically significant sites nationwide, including the Pikes Peak Visitor Center in Colorado, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center and Fort McHenry Visitor Center in Maryland, and the Niagara Falls State Park Welcome Center in New York.

SPEAKERS

JOSHUA

RUBIN

Technical Director / Perkins&Will

As technical director of the firm’s Washington, D.C. studio, Joshua Rubin oversees quality assurance and technical aspects of all projects to ensure high quality constructible designs and minimize change orders that lead to increased costs to clients. He brings more than 18 years of experience in the commercial mixed-use, federal, retail, and aviation sectors.

JUAN VILLAFAÑE

Partner / Krueck Sexton Parnters

Juan Villafañe, AIA is a tenacious leader and a big thinker with bold ideas for expanding the influence of architects. Juan’s architectural experience ranges from largescale commercial developments to technically complex institutional projects. 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 — Buenos Aires, and the repositioning of large commercial buildings in Boston 125 High Street and International Food Market.

LAUREN WINGO Structural Engineer / Arup

Lauren Wingo is a licensed structural engineer in Arup’s Washington, DC office. She is a regional expert in structural sustainability and applies this knowledge to her projects, focusing on reinvigorating existing building assets and utilizing low carbon structural materials like mass timber. Lauren’s mass timber projects include the Washington Latin Public Charter School Gymnasium, the first cross-laminated timber project in Washington, DC, and 80 M Street, the first mass timber overbuild along the East Coast. Lauren serves on the leadership group for the Structural Engineering Institute’s SE 2050 Commitment Program.

Steve White, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C has 25 years of experience designing contextually responsive civic, cultural, and private projects in urban environments. He has collaborated with a broad range of clients including local, state, and federal governments, such as the GSA and the Royal Norwegian Embassy. Steve is a National Peer for the GSA National Register of Peer Professionals, a certified expert witness for the DC Board of Zoning Adjustment, a member of the George Washington Chapter of Lambda Alpha, a LEED Accredited Professional since 2004, and was the 2015 President of the Washington DC Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Nicholas Williams, AIA is the Director of its Mid-Atlantic Office of Ashley McGraw Architects. Williams previously worked at Ashley McGraw from 2009-2015 with a focus in the K-12 and higher education markets. Upon relocating to Washington, D.C., in 2015, Nick worked at Perkins Eastman DC for over 4 years. Nick joined the Facility Planning and Design team for the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) where he quickly ascended to the role of Director of Facility Planning and Design for DCPS in June 2020.

Jason Wright is an Associate Principal and Senior Project Architect at Hickok Cole with over two decades experience designing, renovating, and constructing commercial and institutional buildings. His specialty is focusing on detailing and how buildings are assembled to reinforce the design concept. Jason is an advocate for advancing building codes to support further progress and innovation in sustainable design and participates in the new code development process for The District of Columbia. Internally, Jason leads the firm’s Technical Operations Group and Quality Control Committees.

STEVE WHITE Principal / Fentress Architects

NICHOLAS WILLIAMS Principal / Ashley McGraw Architects

JASON WRIGHT Associate Principal / Hickock Cole

2023 DATES & CITIES

Atlanta

March 2

New York City

March 30+31

Houston

April 13

San Diego

May 12

Toronto

June TBD

Boston

July 12

Ft Lauderdale

July 27

Minneapolis

September 13

Denver

September 28

Chicago

Oct 6

Los Angeles

November TBD

Seattle

December TBD

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