Friday, October 30, 2009

While You're At It: Mining Energy Savings in the Alteration of Existing Buildings

In recent years technology, economics and environmental concerns have converged to create new interest in the possibility of making existing buildings more energy efficient. Much of the work we do as small firms and small project architects and builders involves existing buildings and their alteration. This means that we are likely to pay more attention to energy savings as a design goal or at least as a more important factor in the design process.

At the November Small Firm Forum meeting we will look at the process of thinking about energy efficiency from the beginning of a project and how there may be opportunities which might appeal to our clients in a project that does not even have as its main purpose making a building more energy efficient. We will look at the methods available to us now, some of which were not available only a few years ago, to evaluate the opportunities to save energy. We will look at the effort and expense needed to explore the opportunities. We will look at the benefits that may accrue to our clients and how some of these efforts will have offsetting costs. We will also look at how these efforts can affect our designs and how some notions must be brought into our thinking at an early stage of the process.

Our presentation and discussion will be led by two known experts in the field of construction and energy saving design.

Michael McCutcheon
President, McCutcheon Construction, Inc.

Michael McCutcheon, CGBP, is the owner of McCutcheon Construction, Inc. in Berkeley, California, an award-winning, nationally recognized firm with about 40 employees. Since he started "working with his tools" and then built his business from the ground up, Michael is able to speak on many of the typical stages of building a successful company. Michael speaks and writes frequently on industry topics and is active in local industry groups including NARI, the Splinter Group, and the Green Building Professionals Guild.


Adam Winter
Senior Vice President of Building Science, Sustainable Spaces, Inc.

Adam brings to Sustainable Spaces a wealth of experience, ranging from project management to environmental restoration. He currently oversees all remediation operations and acts as lead consultant to some of the Bay Area’s top green contractors, architects, and developers.

Adam moved to San Francisco after completing a Bachelor of Science in Renewable Resource Management at University of British Columbia (UBC) and running environmental and watershed restoration projects throughout the province. Adam changed career courses upon his arrival in San Francisco to focus on project management in the technology field, implementing sales force automation systems for a world-wide sales force and managing software development for a fast paced startup.

Having returned to his environmental calling as a core member of the Sustainable Spaces Team, Adam is trained in a wide range of building science disciplines. He is a certified Green Building Professional and GreenPoints Rater.


11/5/09

Small Firm Forum: While You're At It - Mining Energy Savings in the Alteration of Existing Buildings

Donald Wardlaw, AIA will examine the design process of energy efficiency through all stages of a project. He will introduce new methods and explain the effort and expense needed to obtain the benefits of energy efficient design.

Time: Noon - 1:30pm

Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland.

Contact: 510/464-3600

Cost: Free for AIA East Bay Chapter Members; $3 for non-members.

1.5 CES/LU - HSW/SD TBD


For more information: 510/464-3600

Climate Benefits of Construction & Demolition Recycling

This program will incorporate presentation on the climate benefits of Construction & Demolition recycling, ways to incorporate deconstruction and recycling techniques on the job site as well as a brief video which chronicles a large scale deconstruction project at the Port of Oakland.


Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris comprises approximately 20% of all materials sent to landfill – landfills are one of the largest generators of methane, a gas that is 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Meri Soll from StopWaste.Org will present a variety of resources relating to C&D debris including job site recycling techniques, deconstruction projects and resources, and the important role C&D recycling plays as it relates to climate change. A video titled “Timbers of 802, Chronicles of a Deconstruction project” will be shown which highlights a successful large scale Port of Oakland deconstruction project.


StopWaste.Org is the Alameda County Waste Management Authority and the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board operating as one public agency. StopWaste.Org offers a wide range of programs in the areas of waste prevention, public education, home composting, recycled product procurement, technical assistance, low interest loans and grants to non-profit organizations and businesses.


Meri Soll joined StopWaste.Org in 1996, with previous environmental experience in both the public and private sectors. Meri serves as the primary contact to the construction and demolition industry for C&D recycling projects with responsibilities that include administration of C&D processor diversion reporting, management of the Builders' Guide to Reuse and Recycling and development of regional partnerships to develop a regional C&D recycling facility certification program. Meri also manages the Agency's Revolving Loan Fund, Grants to Non Profit program, and other resource assistance programs for businesses and public organizations. She holds a B.S. degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.


11/20/09

Committee on the Environment Forum: Climate Benefits of Construction & Demolition Recycling

Time: Noon - 1:30pm

Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland.

Contact: 510/464-3600

Cost: None; this program open to all. Please RSVP.

1.5 CES/HSW/SD LU


For more information: 510/464-3600

VISUAL ACOUSTICS: THE MODERNISM OF JULIUS SHULMAN

Opens Friday, November 6th in Berkeley at the Shattuck Cinemas

2230 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

(510) 464-5980

Tickets have not yet gone on sale but when they do you can purchase

advance tickets here: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/SanFranciscoEastBay/ShattuckCinemas.htm

For more information please go to: www.juliusshulmanfilm.com

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Lecture: Lisa Iwamoto - Recent Work

Lisa Iwamoto teaches design studios and graduate seminars at UC Berkeley. Her book, Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques, was published in July of 2009 by Princeton Architectural Press as part of their series on Architectural Briefs. Lisa is partner of IwamotoScott Architecture, a practice formed in partnership with Craig Scott and committed to pursue architecture as a form of applied design in research. Join AIA East Bay's Women in Architecture Committee for a lecture on her recent work.

At IwamotoScott Architecture, Lisa Iwamoto 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. IwamotoScott’s work has been published widely nationally and internationally. Recent projects include: Voussoir Cloud, SCIArc Gallery, Los Angeles; ORDOS100; Hydronet, the winning scheme for City of the Future: San Francisco 2108; REEF, PS1 Young Architects Program 2007; and Jellyfish House, a theoretical house design incorporating ambient technologies for the Vitra Design Museum’s exhibition OPEN HOUSE. As an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at The University of California, Berkeley, Iwamoto's research focuses on digital fabrication and material technologies for architecture.

11/12/09

Women In Architecture Forum: Lecture: Lisa Iwamoto - Recent Work

Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland.

Contact: 510/464-3600 or Laura de la Torre, Assoc. AIA

Cost: None; this lecture is open to all.

TBD CES/LU

For more information: 510/464-3600

Monday, October 26, 2009

Author's Night

The Center for Independent Living invites you to join us for an evening of literary adventure with authors reading from their work.

Thursday, November 12th, 2009Nile Hall/Ginn House: Preservation Park, Oakland*Hosted reception from 6-7:00 p.m. Author readings, Q&A Session and Book Signings 7:15 -9:30 p.m.

William Ramroth Author of Planning for Disaster: How Natural and Manmade Disasters Shape the Built Environment.

Susan Goltsman is co-author of the Play for All Guidelines, and most recently,The Inclusive City.

William Leddy, FAIA is a founding partner of LEDDYMAYTUMSTACY Architects and has devoted his career to creating architectural works that integrate innovative and environmentally responsible design while respecting tradition without imitation. Bill is the principal architect for the Ed Roberts Campus.

Admission: $40 per person in advance or $50 at the door on November 12th. Proceeds to benefit CIL.


For more information:
www.aiaeb.org/ads/authorinvite.pdf directions and parking information go to www.preservationpark.com
Donations are tax deductible according to lawCIL Tax ID # 23-717-5191wheelchair accessible sign language interpreters provided please refrain from wearing scented products

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Meeting and Author Talk at the Berkeley Public Library

Author Thomas Turman presents his new book WAWA, West Africa Wins Again, an architect’s humorous 60’s memoir of teaching in Ghana. Turman joined Buckminster Fuller and an international group of architects and engineers to form an experimental faculty at the University of Science and Technology in Ghana. He recently returned to Ghana to teach, visit former students/friends, and help with accreditation of the department.

When:Saturday, October 31, 2009, 2 – 3pm
Where:
2090 Kittredge St., Berkeley, CA 94704


For more information: http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/calendars/index.php

Revit User Group: You're Proposing That?!

As a Design Review Commissioner for the City of Lafayette Bill Marquand, AIA sees a lot of conceptual design work cross his desk. In striving to make his own Revit projects communicate a “looseness” more suited towards the Design Review process Bill has developed several techniques that he has agreed to share with us at the upcoming East Bay User Group. Bill is currently employing a combination of Revit, Photoshop and hand-drawing to develop his presentation documents and is interested in discussing with the group other methodologies.

Architects and Designers interested in representing their Revit projects during the early design phases in a way that emphasizes design intent, over detail, are encouraged to attend.

Bill Marquand, AIA is a residential, commercial and preservation architect with broad experience in different building types. He has specialties in zoning “Lamorinda” as well as in Building Information Modeling. He is well versed in drawing production and computer modeling on Autodesk’s Revit software. In the late nineties Bill founded the Maybeck Foundation, which launched restoration projects totaling 20 million dollars and have just recently been completed.

10/20/09
Revit User Group: You're Proposing That?!
Time: 11:30am-1:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland.
Contact: To register click here
Cost: None; this program is open to all. Lunch provided by Ideate, Inc.
1.5 CES/LU

Thursday, October 01, 2009

Architectural Photography

Whether you photograph your own projects or hire someone to take them for you, Heidi Sledge will provide some tips and tricks for getting the best results. Learn how to stage and setup the shots, what type of lighting to use and how to edit the shots for final presentation. Heidi will also be discussing best practices for print media versus web content and the benefits of digital photography.

Heidi Sledge is a professional photographer with experience in a variety of subjects. While her focus was originally on portrait photography, she has since expanded her repertoire to include real estate and architectural photography. Her talent behind the lens is matched by her editing abilities with software programs like Photoshop to provide the best possible mood for each shot.

10/20/09

Young Architect Forum: Architectural Photography

Whether you photograph your own projects or hire someone to take them for you, Heidi Sledge will provide some tips and tricks for getting the best results.

Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland.

Contact: 510/464-3600 or Norman Sanchez, AIA

Cost: None; this program open to all. Please RSVP.

1.5 CES/LU

For more information: 510/464-3600

Tour: Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life


A new 12-acre community combining a variety of housing types, a cultural center, recreational facilities, and educational opportunities is opening this fall in Palo Alto. The Taube Koret Center for Jewish Life includes affordable and market-rate housing for families as well as independent, assisted and nursing level care for seniors. A community center and gym, pre-school and after school activities are available for both residents and the larger neighborhood. Don't miss out on this tour of a new cultural hub led by Paula Shaviv, senior Project Manager for Steinberg Architects.


Designed to bring generations together and foster a strong sense of community, a pedestrian street is the main artery that provides circulation between retail outlets; adult, senior, and teen activities; and learning centers. A series of age-appropriate courtyards are designed to host a variety of social activities. The result is a transformation—from brownfield (the former SUN Microsystems site) into a vibrant community that does not remove seniors or youth from mainstream society, but places them in an opportunity-rich environment that provides stimulation as well as safety and insulation.


10/17/09

Tour: Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life

Hosted by the Northern California Regional Design for Aging (DFA) Committee. The tour will be led by Paula Shaviv, senior Project Manager for Steinberg Architects.

Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

Contact: 510/464-3600

Cost: None for AIA/DFA members; $10 non-members; this program open to all. Registration Required. Click here to register.

1.5 CES/LU

For more information: 510/464-3600

Federal Grant Money Available for BPI, Solar, LEED and Other Green Development Courses.

If you are collecting unemployment insurance you may be eligible for full government funding for Green Jobs Training costs under your local individual worker training grant program.

For more information: http://app.streamsend.com/private/FASy/fIa/ooNLqR4/browse/6355431

The Many Facets of Diamond Heights

Master planned as a "village within the city" in the 1950's and 1960's, Diamond Height occupies a commanding position on Red Rock and Gold Mine hills overlooking San Francisco and includes some of the city's best modern residential architecture. As one of the last areas in San Francisco to be developed, it was also the first to depart from the city's grid system, with streets laid out to respond to its hilly setting and offer views in every direction. This self guided tour will start with an overview of why an early plan to make it a neighborhood of skyscrapers was modified to the more suburban plan that was actually built. The tour will include visits to an Eichler subdivision and other architecturally significant houses, and explore the churches, schools and public art that make Diamond Heights a unique part of the city.

Saturday October 10th, 1:00-3:00

Tour start point: St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, Diamond Heights Blvd and Goldmine

Cost: $15 Docomomo Members / $20 Nonmembers

For more information: or reservations info@docomomo-noca.org

Webinar: Learn How Form-Based Codes Can Transform Cities and Towns

FBCI designed this 90-minute session to provide an introduction to form-based codes, touching on why FBCs can be superior to traditional zoning and how they are developed and used.
This will be a live webinar with the opportunity to ask questions of the talented presenters: Dan Parolek, Sam Poole and Bill Spikowski. Credits available through APA/AICP and AIA CES total 1.5 hours.

Topics covered:
· Why Use Form-Based Codes?
· The Rise of Conventional Zoning and Decline of Urbanism.
· How Form-Based Codes Differ from Conventional Zoning.
· Where Form-Based Codes are Typically Used.
· The Process for Preparing a Form-Based Code.
· Components of a Typical Form-Based Code.
· How Form-Based Codes Can Be Integrated with Conventional Zoning.
· Legal issues of Form-Based Codes
Price per weblink:
$100 for Private/Corporate
$75 for Public/Nonprofit
The cost is per hook-up, not per attendee.
To register, go to:
AIA/APA Credit
If multiple attendees need AIA or APA continuing education credits, the registrant must submit attendee names, job titles, organizations, email addresses, and AIA membership numbers (if applicable) to Carol Wyant at: carol@formbasedcodes.org.

Replay
The registrant will be able to access the replay of the webinar after the webinar for no additional cost.

10/6/09
Free Webinar Viewing
TransForm will be showing the webinar free of charge for the first 20 RSVPs only.
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Location: TransForm, 436 14th Street, Suite 600, Oakland
Contact: Savlan Hauser at savlanh@gmail.com
1.5 CES LU

For more information: Go to www.formbasedcodes.org

The ABCs of Form-Based Codes

Are you a community leader who finds existing zoning regulations impeding your Smart Growth strategy and attainment of Senate Bill 375-mandated targets? Are you a developer who wants to build the right infill projects and has had to jump through hurdles to get a single project approved because of outdated zoning laws? Are you a citizen who wants predictable results from new development? Are you confused about all the hype around form-based planning, coding or zoning? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Form-Based Codes are a zoning reform alternative you need to know about and the opportunity to learn from the nation's leading experts is coming to the Bay Area.

The Form-Based Codes Institute, a national leader in establishing Form-Based Coding best practices, is holding a day-long course in the Bay Area that will teach you the fundamentals of Form-Based Coding. Come learn from the nation's leading Form-Based Codes practitioners and city staff implementing Form-Based Codes.

The faculty will include:

Dan Parolek, AIA is a Bay Area architect, urbanist and co-author of the first comprehensive book on the topic entitled Form Based Codes: A Guide for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities and Developers.

Stafanos Polyzoides is the founding member of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

Daniel Slone is the co-author of The Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development.

Kaiser Rangwala has been implementing and administering Form-Based Codes as the Assistant Community Development Director for Ventura, California.


11/4/09
The ABCs of FBCs
Time: 8:30am - 6:00pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland.
Contact: Email Carol Wyant at carol@formbasedcodes.org
Cost: $350 per attendee. Click here to register.
9.5 CES/HSW/SD LU

For more information: 510/464-3600