The Art and Science of Building Facades 2012 FACADES CONFERENCE UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:00AM - 5:30PM PRESENTED BY
SPONSORED BY W&W GLASS, LLC
MEET THE SPEAKERS CRAIG DYKERS Principal/Founding Partner, SNØHETTA Craig Dykers is a founding partner of Snøhetta architects. Formed in 1989 upon winning the competition to design the new Alexandria Library in Egypt, Snøhetta has since gone on to win notable cultural projects like the Norwegian National Opera and the September 11 Memorial Pavilion. Current projects include the expansion of the SFMOMA in California and the reconstruction of Times Square Plaza in New York City. Craig work has received numerous awards including various categories of the World Architecture Awards and recently the Mies van der Rohe Prize. PETER ARBOUR SEELE Peter Arbour is an architect and building envelope designer, working in the NYC office of the German facade builder Seele. He received his Master of Architecture from Yale. Peter has worked for RFR Consulting Engineers in Paris, Israel Berger and Associates, and Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, both of NYC. NYC projects include 40 Bond Street, with Herzog de Meuron Architects, and the TKTS booth in Times Square, with Perkins Eastman and Partners. Recent façade projects include The Grand Museum of Egypt in Giza, with Heneghan Peng Architects, the Tour Phare at La Defense, Paris, with Morphosis Architects, Cité des Arts et de la Culture of Besançon with Kengo Kuma Architects, and the Broad Museum with Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Peter is the designer and patent holder of Liquid Wall curtain wall system. KEITH BOSWELL SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL As technical director of SOM SF, Keith Boswell is actively engaged in projects from concept design through completion for all SOM SF projects. A specialist in designing and executing technically complex building systems, Keith creates highly sustainable, innovative techniques that integrate materials and technology in case-specific design solutions for custom building envelopes, elevator and building systems. Keith is completing a book, Exterior Building Enclosures – Design Process. Among his accomplishments are the new U.S. Embassy in Beijing; the Beijing headquarters for Lenovo, China’s largest computer company; the New Beijing Poly Plaza; the Poly International Plaza in Guangzhou; and Ayala Tower One and Philippine Stock Exchange, both in Manila. MARK E. DANNETTEL THORNTON TOMASETTI Mark Dannettel has more than 20 years of experience in architecture, engineering, facade design, and building technology in Asia and the U.S. Mark’s facade consulting work includes the College of Media in Doha, Qatar, Stockton Courthouse and the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center in California, and a new GSA building in Florida. Mark has also worked as a specialist façade contractor on the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago, a cable-net and double façade for the Loyola Information Commons in Chicago, and a cable-supported glass wall for the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Mark has taught architecture at several universities, and teaches “Advanced Building Skins” at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. CURT FRIEDHOLDT FIRESTONE BUILDING PRODUCTS With over 6 years experience in the commercial roofing industry, Curt has worked extensively with large national retailers, the federal government, large architectural firms and building envelope specifiers. Curt holds degrees in Business Marketing and Economics from Ball State University. LISA IWAMOTO IWAMOTOSCOTT Lisa Iwamoto is partner of the architecture firm, IwamotoScott, along with Craig Scott. IwamotoScott engages in projects at multiple scales and in a variety of contexts consisting of full-scale fabrications, museum installations and exhibitions, theoretical
proposals, competitions, and commissioned design projects. Lisa is author of Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques. She is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at UC Berkeley received her master of architecture, professional degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and her bachelor of science in civil engineering from the University of Colorado, College of Engineering. JASON KELLY JOHNSON FUTURE CITIES LAB/CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS Jason Kelly Johnson is a founding design partner of Future Cities Lab, an experimental design and research office based in San Francisco. FCL explores the intersections of architectural design with advanced fabrication technologies, robotics, responsive building systems and public space. Jason was awarded the 2011 Architectural League of NY Young Architects Prize, the 2008-09 Oberdick Fellowship at the University of Michigan TCAUP, and the 2009 New York Prize Fellowship at the Van Alen Institute in NYC. He teaches at the California College of the Arts (CCA). Jason will serve as Chair of the upcoming ACADIA 2012 Conference “Synthetic Digital Ecologies” to be held in SF. His HYDRAMAX Port Machines project is exhibited at SFMOMA until 7/29/12. HAO KO GENSLER Hao Ko brings a contextually-appropriate design sensitivity to all his projects, reflecting a unique vision for each design effort he undertakes. His portfolio includes diverse architecture and master planning work in the U.S. and Asia. In 2012, Hao was honored with the “Young Architects Award” from the AIA and named to Building Design + Construction’s “40 Under 40” list. Prior to joining Gensler, Hao developed his design and management skills on projects in collaboration with renowned architects including Keating/Khang Architects, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Rem Koolhaas/OMA Asia, and Eric Owen Moss. BILL KREYSLER KREYSLER & ASSOCIATES Kreysler & Associates, based in Napa County, has won numerous awards in the manufacture of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) architectural products, industrial products, and large scale sculpture. Before founding K&A, Bill was executive vp and production manager for Performance Sailcraft Corp, Northern California’s largest sailboat manufacturer at the time. He has served as board member and as president of the ACMA (American Composites Manufacturers Association)—the world’s largest trade association for the composites industry. He is a past director of the Composites Institute and chair of the ACMA Committee on Architectural Composites and the Building Codes. Bill is currently chair of the committee to write Guide Specifications and Recommended Practice for FRP Architectural Products and is a founding member of the Digital Fabrication Alliance. He is a co-author of Composites, Surfaces, and Software High Performance Architecture with Greg Lynn. ANDREW KUDLESS MATSYS/CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS Andrew Kudless investigates the emergent relationships among architecture, engineering, biology, and computation. This results in understanding how geometry, fabrication, and performance can work together to form a more effective architectural project. In 2004 he founded the interdisciplinary design and architecture studio MATSYS. The firm specializes in complex geometry, digital fabrication, and procedural techniques such as scripting. In 2009 the San Francisco MOMA commissioned P Wall, which was added to their permanent collection. Andrew has taught at Ohio State, Yale, Rice, and the Architectural Association. He was the Howard E. LeFevre Fellow for Emerging Practitioners at OSU in 2005 and received a 2004 FEIDAD Design Merit Award and a 1998 Fulbright Fellowship in Japan.
CHRIS LASCH ARANDA\LASCH New York-based Aranda\Lasch has designed buildings, installations and objects through a deep investigation of materials and structure. Winners of the U. S. Artists Award and Young Architects Award in 2007, their early projects are the subject of the book, Pamphlet Architecture #27: Tooling. They were commissioned by MoMA to produce a large-scale installation and completed a 42,000 sq. foot temporary structure for Design Miami in 2009. Aranda\Lasch were featured in the 2008 and 2010 Venice Architecture Bienniale. Aranda\Lasch also develops experimental furniture products that explore new concepts in fabrication and assembly. They were the Howard A. Friedman Visiting Associate Professors of Architecture at UC Berkeley in Fall 2012. ARNOLD LEE HOK As a senior project designer in the SF, LA, and NYC offices of HOK, Arnold has created award-winning and inventive designs in transportation, hi-rise office, healthcare, and institutional buildings. He has developed an environmentally sustainable approach over twenty years of practice that is expressive of materials and structure, lightness and graphic transparency. Recent projects include the ARTIC Intermodal Station, Moynihan Station, The New Harlem Hospital, and 15 Penn Plaza Tower. Arnold holds degrees of Master in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and Bachelor of Science in Architectural Design from MIT and has taught at both institutions. MIC PATTERSON Advanced Technology Studio, ENCLOS Mic Patterson is a designer, researcher, educator, and entrepreneur whose work focuses on the building skin. He has concentrated his professional and academic career on advanced facade technology and structural glass facades. Most recently, Patterson participated in the establishment of the Enclos Advanced Technology Studio (ATS) where he works as the director of strategic development. Enclos is a leading national specialty facade contractor, and ATS is its dedicated facade think-tank with the mission of anticipating and realizing the future of the building skin. Patterson has taught, written extensively, and lectured internationally on diverse aspects of advanced façade technology. He is the author of Structural Glass Facades and Enclosures. M. MIN RA FRONT M. Min Ra is a co-founding partner of Front. Earlier he worked as a façade design consultant at Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, a NY and London based structural glass & facade group. There, he, with a small team of engineers developed the cable shell and glass shingling system for the Mori Art Center Entry pavilion and the suspended atrium façade. Ra was also deeply involved with the newest innovations in structural glass applied for the first Apple retail stores in NY, Chicago and LA. As a systems design principal at Front his experience includes high performance envelope systems for projects like the Walker Art Center, the Toledo Museum of Art, World Trade Center Pavilion, Broad Art Museum, St Louis Art Museum, CMA Tower and King Abdullah University. Ra teaches at UCLA Graduate School of Architecture. GEOFFREY ROSSI ELEMENT Geoff always had a keen interest in how things work. He spent his childhood surreptitiously dismantling home appliances. Geoff practiced at firms including NBBJ and IA, and ran his own design office. He then managed the fit-out for Immunex Corporation’s biotech corporate headquarters, the curtainwall package for the WaMu/SAM tower, and multiple retail and commercial projects. Geoff met Andrey Kurylo, the founder of Element, through their shared passion for vintage Italian motorcycles and all things involving metal, design and innovation. At Element, Geoff leads partnerships with major curtainwall companies, managing design, production and delivery for sunshade and sunscreen projects. In his spare time, Geoff builds custom Ducatis, chases after his five children and occasionally mows the lawn.
DENNIS SHELDEN GEHRY TECHNOLOGIES Dennis Shelden is associate professor of the practice of architecture design at MIT, and a founder and chief technology Officer of Gehry Technologies. He joined Gehry Partners in 1997 and became director of the firm’s computation efforts in 2000. Prior to joining Gehry Partners, he performed structural engineering, energy systems and technology development work at firms including Ove Arup & Partners, Consultants’ Computation Bureau and Cyra Systems. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Design, a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a Ph. D. in Computation and Architectural Design from MIT. ANN SMITH CAMBRIDGE ARCHITECTURAL Ann Smith is the leading expert in architectural mesh systems, as business development manager with Cambridge Architectural. Ann partners with every client during the initial design phase to develop a mesh solution that’s custom fit to the architect’s design intent, seamlessly integrating sustainable mesh systems into a project. Her collaboration with multidisciplinary teams of architects, contractors and installers has led to projects such as the Hotel Americano in NYC and the Miami Intermodal Center. MARCELLO SPINA P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S Marcelo Spina is the design principal of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, a design research architectural practice based in LA, operating globally. Their work has gained international recognition for its subtle approach to architecture; one that seamlessly integrates digital technology with an extensive consideration of form, novel tectonics and innovative materials. Marcello has been on the faculty at The Southern California Institute of Architecture since 2001 and a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard, Tulane, UC Berkeley and the Technical University of Innsbruck, Austria. SANJEEV TANKHA BURO HAPPOLD Sanjeev holds a Masters of Building Science from USC and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi. Projects that Sanjeev was actively involved in include the People Mover Station at the MGM CityCenter in Las Vegas; SEC Headquarters Building, the world’s first double curved cable net supported facade in Washington DC; and New Poly Plaza Building, the world’s largest cable net facade in Beijing, China. BEN TRANEL Technical Design Director GENSLER Ben brings extensive design experience to a variety of project types, with specific expertise in curtain wall design and construction. As the technical design director for the PNC Tower in Pittsburgh, Ben is responsible for all aspects of building technologies, including the facade. His portfolio includes projects all over the world. He has also served as a guest lecturer, professor and visiting critic at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, UC Berkeley and CCA. He engages with the local design community through organizations including ULI, SPUR, AIA, and has served on the 2007 jury for the Center for Built Environment’s design awards. Ben holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University and Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington University. PHIL WILLIAMS WEBCOR Phil Williams, a professional mechanical engineer, is chair of the San Francisco Mayor’s Task Force on Green Buildings, which authors the most progressive and far-reaching Green Building ordinance for private buildings. He also serves as the Industry Chair for the UC Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment, is co-chair of the Strategic Development Council BIM subcommittee under the ACI foundation and is a member of the California AIA IPD working group. Sustainable (LEED Platinum) projects of note include the California Academy of Science, and Park Mercer, SF Public Utilities Commission headquarters. Webcor, based in SF, also has offices in LA, Alameda, Anaheim and San Diego, is one of California’s largest commercial builders/general contractors.
The Art and Science of Building Facades UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center Thursday, July 26, 2012 AGENDA 8:00-8:30AM Check in and breakfast 8:30-8:35AM Introductory Remarks, Mic Patterson Enclos 8:35-9:05AM Phil Williams, Webcor Project Delivery Strategies on Complex Integrated Projects. 9:05-9:30AM Sanjeev Tankha, Buro Happold Arnold Lee, HOK A Collaborative Design and Delivery Process for Complex Enclosures 9:30-10:00AM Mic Patterson, Enclos Managing the Aesthetic of Glass Architecture: The Visual Properties of Glass 10:00-10:15AM Refreshment Break provided by W&W GLASS, LLC
10:15-11:00AM SPECIALTY FABRICATION PANEL Bill Kreysler, moderator M. Min Ra, Front; Geoff Rossi, Element; Peter Arbour, Seele Fabrication. Doing an End Run Around the “Ways and Means” Barrier 11:00-11:30AM Mark Dannettel, Thornton Tomasetti Achieving Geometric Diversity While Maintaining Constructability: Current Highrise Facade Projects in China 11:30AM-12:00PM MATERIALS PANEL Moderator Sam Lubell; Ann Smith, Cambridge; Curt Friedholdt, Firestone Building Products 12:00-1:00PM Lunch 1:00-1:05PM Introductory Remarks, Julie Iovine, Editor-InChief, The Architect’s Newspaper
1:05-1:45PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS Craig Dykers, SnØhetta Light In Situ 1:45-2:05PM Julie Iovine, Session Moderator Q+A with Craig Dykers 2:05-2:35PM Dennis Shelden, Gehry Technologies Design to Fabrication: Collaboration Technologies and Integrated Process 2:35-2:50PM Afternoon Break provided by W&W GLASS, LLC
2:50-4:00PM ACADEMIC PANEL Moderator Jason Kelly Johnson, CCA; Andrew Kudless, CCA; Lisa Iwamoto, UC Berkeley; Chris Lasch, University of Arizona; Marcelo Spina, Southern California Institute of Architecture Future Skins: Parametric Envelopes, Responsive Surfaces. 4:00-4:30PM Ben Tranel & Hao Ko, Gensler Designing Beyond Efficiency – A Case for the Greenest Highrise in the World 4:30-5:00PM Keith Boswell, SOM Technically Complex Curtainwalls 5:00-5:30PM Audience Q&A and CLOSING REMARKS Julie Iovine and Mic Patterson 5:30-7:30PM Cocktail Reception
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FACADES + INNOVATION Call for papers Contact: Jeff Vaglio | jvaglio@enclos.com
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