Facades+ 2023 - San Francisco

WELCOME TO FACADES+ SAN FRANCISCO!

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+ San Francisco 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 Bay Area, this is responding to changing codes, sites, technologies, and client expectations.

I’d like to thank our conference Co-Chairs, John Ishihara, George Tolosa, and their team at Handel 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 facade design and technology.

Has Facades+ struck a chord with you? Have a look at our upcoming events held in 14 cities across the U.S. and Canada. Visit The Architect's Newspaper’s website to learn more about our other events, and more 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 continue to grow the Facades+ dialogue and community.

All the best, Diana Darling President

AN Media Group

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

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

DIONNE DARLING

VP of Brand Partnerships, The Architect’s Newspaper

AARON SEWARD Editor in Chief, The Architect’s Newspaper

MARTY WOOD Program Manager, The Architect’s Newspaper

6 AIA / HSW CEU's

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

9:30 AM WELCOME

Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper John Ishihara | Handel Architects

9:40 AM PANEL | High Performance Buildings in the South Bay

MODERATOR - Aaron Seward | The Architect’s Newspaper

Presenters

Angela Wu | KPF Tim Fuller | Arup Irene Martin | Arup

10:40 AM PARTNER PRESENTATION: Chris Fronsoe

10:45 AM METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK

11:15 AM PANEL | Fabrication Futures: Material Advances for the Building Envelope

MODERATOR - Aaron Seward | The Architect’s Newspaper

Presenters

Bob Zhang | North Glass Sneh Kumar | Kawneer Tim Nass | SAFTI FIRST

12:05 PM NETWORKING LUNCH

1:00 PM SPOTLIGHT | Mission Rock: Bringing a New Face to SOMA

MODERATOR - John Ishihara | Handel Architects

Presenters

Frans de Witte | MVRDV Dan Wood | WORKac Daniel Baumann | Henning Larsen Steve Wiesenthal | Studio Gang

2:30 PM METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK

Melany Gorman | Heintges Alex Rosenthal | Heintges

3:00 PM PANEL | Adaptive Reuse: Facades for a Changing Urban Landscape

MODERATOR - Aaron Seward | The Architect’s Newspaper

Presenters

Travis St. Louis | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger George Tolosa | Handel Architects

4:00 PM SPOTLIGHT | High-Performance Facades with a Sense of Place: One Steuart Lane & San Mateo County Office Building

MODERATOR - George Tolosa | Handel Architects

Presenters

Javier Arizmendi | SOM John Kuchen | SOM Francesca Oliveira | SOM

4:30 PM CLOSING REMARKS

WI-FI

Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper George Tolosa | Handel Architects

NETWORK: IHG One Rewards Free Wi-fi

PASSWORD: sfogg

Navid Sarrafzadeh | Tishman Speyer Jonathan Izen | Studio Gang SCAN TO JOIN WI-FI

SPEAKERS

CO-CHAIRS:

JOHN

ISHIHARA

Principal / Handel Architects

John Ishihara is a Principal in the San Francisco office and has 21 years’ experience in design, management and project delivery for some of Handel Architects’ most notable projects. 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.

GEORGE

TOLOSA

Principal / Handel Architects

George Tolosa is a licensed architect with 20+ years of experience, specializing in the design of commercial office and residential high-rise buildings within urban settings and of a highly technical nature. As Associate Principal at Handel Architects in San Francisco, he brings particular experience in the feasibility study, concept design and entitlement of high-density sites, and extensive experience in the design and detailing of complex, performance driven facade systems. Mr. Tolosa’s current work includes 950 Market Street, a new 12-story mixeduse hotel and residential building occupying the majority of a triangular block where San Francisco’s Union Square, Tenderloin and South of Market districts meet.

JAVIER ARIZMENDI

Design

Principal / SOM

Javier Arizmendi, FAIA LEED AP BD+C, is a Design Principal in the San Francisco office of SOM. Over the past 25 years, Javier has designed and executed a significant body of work, demonstrating that regionalism and technology are not exclusive, but complementary to each other. Javier earned Bachelor’s degrees in engineering and art history from Dartmouth College, and completed a Master’s in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He currently teaches at UC Berkeley.

DANIEL BAUMANN Design Director / Henning Larsen

Daniel joined Henning Larsen in 2011, and has worked in several of Henning Larsen’s global offices, including Copenhagen, Munich and New York. Since 2018, he has been based in New York where he forms part of the management team of Henning Larsen’s North American office. Currently, Daniel is leading the design for the new Visa Global HQ as part of the Mission Rock Development in San Francisco, California, a new green district emphasizng active ground plane design, and the highest standards within sustainability.

TIM FULLER Senior Engineer / Arup

Tim Fuller is a Senior Engineer in the Arup’s Façade Engineering group where he specializes in façade structural engineering, building envelope physics, and materials. Tim has recently contributed to the design and delivery of several prominent projects in the Seattle metropolitan area, in addition to wide-ranging projects throughout Asia, the Middle East, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States.

MELANEY GORMAN Associate / Heintges

Melaney Gorman is an Associate at Heintges and has been working with the firm at their San Francisco office since 2018. Melaney’s experience in building envelope consulting encompasses projects that feature a broad range of system types including, custom unitized curtain wall, window wall, as well as architectural precast and GFRC. Recently completed projects in San Francisco include the MIRA SF tower, Uber Mission Bay Headquarters, and Chorus SF. Melaney holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.

JONATHAN IZEN Project Leader / Studio Gang

Architect Jonathan Izen is a Project Leader in Studio Gang’s San Francisco office, where he has been integral to the team designing Mission Rock Building F. He studied architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and received his Master of Architecture degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Previously, he worked as a research assistant at the Center for Spatial Research at Columbia, using global and local datasets to study phenomena of the built environment.

JOHN KUCHEN

Associate Principal / SOM

John Kuchen, AIA NCARB LEED AP BD+C is a Technical Architect, and Associate Principal at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. During his 17 years at SOM, John has designed enclosures for high-profile projects around the globe. He has played a significant role in designing civic architecture for the United States in China, including the US Embassy in Beijing, the US Embassy New Office Building Expansion in Beijing, and the US Consulate General in Guangzhou.

SNEH KUMAR

Product Management & Marketing / Kawneer

Sneh is the Product manager for Kawneer’s Curtain wall, Window-wall, Sun-control, Finishes and Arconic Architectural Products. With 20 years in this industry, Sneh has gained deep building envelop domain expertise and helped in commercialization of 40+ high-performance building façade products. Sneh is an actively engaged externally with industry organizations, architects, and customers.

IRENE MARTIN Façade Team Leader / Arup

Irene Pau Martin is an Associate at Arup with an Environmental and Mechanical Engineering background. She leads the Building Envelope Physics sub-discipline within the Americas Region and co-leads the Los Angeles Facades team.

SPEAKERS

TIM NASS

VP of Sales / SAFTI FIRST

Tim Nass has nearly 30 years of experience in the architectural glazing industry. As the Vice President of Sales at SAFTI FIRST, leading USAmanufacturer of fire rated glass and framing systems, he brings his extensive knowledge and expertise when working closely with architects, consultants, general contractors and glaziers to deliver a code-compliant glazing solution that meets all the aesthetic, performance and budget requirements of the project. Tim also oversees SAFTI FIRST’s global network of architectural sales representatives.

FRANCESCA OLIVEIRA

Principal / SOM

Francesca Oliveira, AIA NCARB LEED AP BD+C, is a Principal at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where she champions sustainability principles on projects across the globe, and leads the firm’s West Coast Technical Designers. Working across all building types from civic buildings to skyscrapers, Francesca consistently generates creative solutions that expand our capacity for environmental resilience. Francesca specializes in high-performance buildings and strategic programming. Francesca earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Drexel University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Villanova University. She currently teaches at the Academy of Art.

ALEX ROSENTHAL Associate / Heintges

Alex Rosenthal is an Associate at Heintges and has been working with the firm since 2016. Alex has collaborated with some of the world’s leading architecture firms in the design and technical development of building envelopes on projects internationally, ranging from flagship retail to high-rise residential, commercial, laboratory, and museum programs. Since 2020, he has been based out of Heintges San Francisco office. Mr. Rosenthal holds degrees from the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign in Architecture and a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University's GSAPP where he received the Lucille Smysyer Lowenfish Memorial Prize.

SPEAKERS

NAVID SARRAFZADEH Senior Director / Tishman Speyer

Experienced Development, Design, Construction Manager with 20 years in the Real Estate and Construction industry in the SF Bay Area and Los Angeles. Demonstrated history of pursuing and acquiring new business, as well as designing and executing large, complex projects, with a high success rate. Enjoys fostering company values and also team culture to build the best performing teams. Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

TRAVIS ST. LOUIS

Senior Project Manager / Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

Travis St. Louis, P.E. is a Senior Project Manager with over 10 years of experience in Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.’s (SGH’s) Bay Area Building Technology division. His expertise includes the design, investigation, and rehabilitation of building enclosures on residential, commercial, and institutional facilities. Travis also has extensive experience with the assessment and rehabilitation of existing buildings.

FRANS DE WITTE

Partner / MVRDV

Frans de Witte (Rotterdam, 1973) joined MVRDV in 1996, before joining the company he briefly worked at JP van Eesteren contractors. He is currently leading projects in the Netherlands, the USA and South America, including a 26,500-square-metre mixed-use high rise located in New York and six residential towers ranging from 92 to 143 metres in Ecuador.

STEVE WIESENTHAL Partner / Studio Gang

Architect Steve Wiesenthal, FAIA, is Studio Gang’s Principal of Campus Environments. Energized by campuses that are devoted to the creation, questioning, and dissemination of knowledge, Steve has gained national recognition as a connector—of people and places, insight, and architecture—in the spirit of community. Prior to joining the Studio, Steve worked for more than twenty-five years as a university architect.

DAN WOOD Co-Founder / WORKac

Dan Wood FAIA co-founded WORKac in 2003 with Amale Andraos. He is a Principal of the firm, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and the former Vice President for Design Excellence of the New York Chapter of the AIA. Wood is a licensed architect in the States of New York, Rhode Island, and Colorado and is LEED certified. Wood has taught extensively, most recently at Columbia University, where he is associate adjunct professor. He held the 2017 Frank Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design at the University of Toronto and the 2013–14 Louis I. Kahn Chair at the Yale School of Architecture. He also held the Friedman Professorship at UC Berkeley. Wood is originally from Rhode Island.

ANGELA WU Director / KPF

As Director of KPF’s San Francisco office, Angela leads KPF’s on-the-ground project coordination on the west coast, meeting regularly with clients to provide seamless communication and a streamlined approach to project management. With more than 20 years of architecture experience, Angela has led a variety of projects in terms of both type and scale, ranging from singular residential, office, retail and institutional buildings to large-scale, mixed-program, multi-building complexes.

BOB ZHANG

Sales Director | North America / North Glass

Bob is the Sales Director of Tianjin Northglass for North America, the leading fabricator of specialty and oversized architectural glass for the global construction industry. Bob has many years of experience working with Quality Control department. Bob was the project manager for Apple Park project in Cupertino, supporting the design team on the glass selection for Apple’s new headquarters. In 2015, Bob came to the US to make more connections with architects and support their designs of future projects with the innovation and capabilities that Northglass has to offer.