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EDITORIAL

Outlook 2010
Sticking to the Facts
BY ROBERT IVY, FAIA

WHENEVER TWO OR THREE ARCHITECT S gather - over the coffeepot. at Outlook for U.S. construction activity. However, individual sectors of the
a cocktail party, in the elevator -a single topic emerges: When will the reces· industry are behaving independently. Single'family housing has hit bottom
sion end? Faced with frequent layoffs and calls from their bankers, and with and is beginning a slow upward trend. CommerCial building "is still in deep
a dynamic marketplace that seems to be constantly shrinking. principals decline," according to Murray. Surprisingly, institutional building, which has
have been relying on help wherever they might find it, whether through been a bulwark throughout the past two years , is dropping in volume as
anecdotes, colleagues, advice from professional practice consultants, or funding sources dry up. The educational sector, another strength of the last
Ouija boards. Then on Friday, October 16, 2009, the construction econo· two years, is weakening. Public works and infrastructure, by contrast, "are
mis ts spoke. set to turn up."
Interest in where the markets will trend always draws a crowd. We all Murray and his peers do not see us rebounding with the elan of previ-
want to know the effect of the general economy on our businesses, and ous recession and recovery cycles, where low points would be followed by
how prices of commodities and even world trade will affect our work and "V "-shaped jumps upward, but by a more deliberate "U"-shaped change
our clientele. This year, more than most. all eyes remained on center stage that will not reach the heights of 2005-06. As a nor'easter was bearing
at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C .. searching for clues. In full disclo' down on the East Coast of the United States, Murray summarized by recog'
sure, McGraw·Hili Construction sponsors the annual Outlook Executive nizing movement from the depths of the recession that began in 2007 that
Conference, and I moderated this year's event. However, as an editor I may reach II percent overall above the low points of 2009. Growth is relative
listened with as rapt attention as any onlooker. What would happen in 2010? in his scenario, however.
In two days, we heard tempered remarks from all concerned. David Is the stimulus working? When can American firms plan for a loosening
Wyss, Standard and Poor's chief economist, led off with an analysis of the of credit by the marketplace? Which sectors of the client community will be
general economy, which he characterized as showing "glimmers of hope." seeking architec tural and building services? The Out/ook addressed these
He cited upturns in housing prices and improving financial markets, though questions and more, and if the prognostications prove false, at least for two
unemployment remaining from the "synchronized sinking" of the world days architects, engineers, constructors, and owners had data and facts
recession will hurt the construction industry. How are we emerging? With to rely on, and could banish the anecdotes and vague worries of the past
a bound? No, Wyss sees us "crawling out" of a recession that many have months to the dustbin. Examining the facts, and then analyzing them, pro'
characterized as the Great Recession (with capital letters), headed toward vides momentary comfort and may help to build confidence, so necessary
a "slow recovery." Risks remain in the levels of unemployment, in the price for the coming year.
of oil, and in the volatility of financial markets, anyone of which could upset
the slowly rising tides.
The shared wisdom of panelists and speakers regarding the stimulus
for the construction industry can be summed up in a single word: Wait. Initial
z
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LETTERS

Maximum sobriety correction, does not compare with successful combination of recovered wonderful picture, he stood and
We thank Suzanne Stephens for the marble of the Parthenon "up the urban space, surprising adaptive reo walked away. Always be ready to
her extensive coverage of the New hill." Again, this is the whole point. use, historic New York City respect capture every moment!" This small
Acropolis Museum {October 2009. The Acropolis Museum does not and reference, some transported piece of wisdom stayed with me
page 76]. but would like to note the aim to compete with the ancients Coney Island and Rockaway board· through my career. '·Always be ready
irony of being faulted for succeed- through egos or materials. On the walk flavor, and a small bit of my to capture every moment": wise
ing at the very thing we intended to contrary, as we stated in the com· back deck thrown in. advice from a warm and talented
achieve. While Stephens criticizes petition document, "The goal of this James Fleming, AlA man. Thanks, Julius.
the museum for not being "(our] orchestrated simplicity is to focus Larchmont. N.Y. Jack Kelso, AlA
most spectacular work," the whole the viewers' emotions and intellect Las Vegas
point was to resist building an archi- on extraordinary works of art." Julius' s pink piq
tectural spectacle. To quote from Bernard Tschumi Architects Thirty years ago, as AlA director Corrections
our competition entry: "At the onset. New Yorl< City of continuing education, I had the A News story in the July 2009 issue
it was decided to 'play down' the ar- privilege of meeting with Julius [page 20] about the Vancouver
chitectural approach and to address Hiqh expectations Shulman ["Remembering Julius Winter Olympics athletes' village
the site with minimalist simplicity. Thank you for publishing the article Shulman, the illustrious photogra· suggested that Norm Hotson of
The aim was maximum sobriety .... and photos of New York City's High pher," September 2009, page 30], HB8H Architects was the sole
Within the unusual constraints of Line [October 2009, page 84].1 en· and he shared with me his "pink pig" master planner. In fact. there were
the site, the project ought to appear joyed them tremendously. 80th the theory. '''One rainy day as I drove other firms involved, including
almost undesigned." photos and actual casual experience through the mountains in Jamaica," VIA Architecture, Stantec, and the
Stephens also regrets that of the High Line are an affirmation he recounted, '·a pink pig wandered landscape architecture firm PWL
the surface of the exterior con· of the anticipation produced by the out in front of my car, sat down, and Partnership.
crete, which has no over painting, design renderings. The projec t is looked straight at me. 8efore I could
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Recession report 34
CCNY's new home 36
Debate at Yale 40

F'ive partners split from KPF' London


The five partners in the London office of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) have left
to start their own practice. The founders of the new firm, named PlP Architecture, are
Lee Polisano, FAIA, former president of KPF; David Leventha l, FAIA; Fred Pilbrow; Karen
Cook, AlA; and Ron Bakker, AlA. The move comes after the five made a failed attempt
to buyout KPF's U.K. operations in July.

"The London share- selves, free to do what they PLP will initially take on.
holders banded together to wanted. But [the firm] is not Kahn, who is now
make an offer to purchase like a franchise," heading up KPF's London
the London operation - the Polisano says setting up office, reported that his firm
space, the people, and all the PLP Architecture will allow has managed to hold on to
contracts that we had," says the five principals to explore the majority of its projects
KPF chairman A. Eugene opportunities they couldn't and employees. "To date, no
Kohn, FAIA. "They rather pursue while at KPF. "We project has left us:' he says,
surprised us." At the time, want to push some of the before conceding that "I
the firm had a total of 13 other types of projects we're think there will be one or two those people by promot- The five former KPF
shareholders, and the rest of interested in, and push the that eventually do." ing from within, bringing partners, from left: Karen
the team rejected the offer. geographic locations where Of KPF's approximately employees over from New Cook, Ron Bakker, David
According to Kohn, we've been working," he 200 employees in London, York, and "hiring some of Leventhal, Lee Polisano,
"Their hope was that KPF says. '"We'll begin to examine "about 30" are now with the really phenomenal talent Fred Plibrow.
London would be separate a number of things that we PLP, says Polisano, who that's available in London,
from New York, and they haven't been able to do." hopes eventually to build up from all the great firms that
would use the name, but be However, he was tight-lipped a staff of 80 to 100 people. laid off people," says Kohn.
owned primarily by them- about what specific projects KPF has been replacing Tim McKeough

c SOM loses top architect to HOK



0
• Trade Center, and Terminal but the new job has many initiative, which seeks to things that he has been
•" Four at John F. Kennedy advantages. Because HOK's improve project delivery working on and dreaming
•• International Airport As 140-employee New York through 81M, says Patrick about," MacLeamy says,
"" head of the technical group, office is much smaller than MacLeamy, rAIA, HOK's "can be lived out with us."
"" he helped SOM become SOM's, which reportedly chief executive. "All these c.J. Hughes

0 known as a leader in the had 320 employees as of
• development of building in- August, Galioto can have a
•0
formation modeling, or BIM. hand in a greater variety of
"",• Carl Galioto
Galioto has worked projects. He may also boost
"u A Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with various public agencies the profile of HOK_ln New
"e (SOM) employee and part- and was instrumental in the York, the firm is best known

u
ner of many decades has creation of a new building for its health-care, science
•<
• jumped ship from the firm's code in New York City. He and technology, transporta-
•"> New York office for a rival. also served on a task force tion, and corporate interiors
• In September, Carl convened by the National work, Galioto says, adding
">
,• Galioto, FAIA, joined HOK's Institute of Building Sciences that "it will be fun to get the
,•
0
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New York office as senior to draft recommendations word out" about the firm's
•< principal after 30 years with for high-rise codes. range of expertise,
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•• Trade Center, 7 World of his stature to relocate, the firm's "buildingSMART"

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RECORD NEWS

Architects brace for prolonged recession


doesn't systematically track "Our hope is to have suf-
RECESSION REPORT
them, and neither does the ficient work to keep moving
As summer gave way to AlA - the unemployment forward," Harrison says,
fall, some economic rate in the architecture Any commissions up
indicators suggested the and engineering sectors for grabs are now fought
Great Recession was ending. jumped to 7.3 percent in the over with ferocity, says
and yet many architects second quarter of 2009, Randy Regier, the president
An unexpected building boom in L.A.
continue to struggle in with 113,000 people look- of Taylor, a California-based
an environment that ing for work, according to firm that laid off 8 of its 66 The nine-college Los Angeles Community College District
provides only scattered the U.s. Bureau of Labor employees in February. To (LACCD) is in a unique situation, Despite a nationwide eco-
reasons for optimism. Statistics. In the previous wit: Taylor, which focuses nomic slump that is one of the worst in 50 years, the district
Much of the gloom quarter, the unemployment on health-care facilities, lost has money to spend - and to build.
can be explained through rate was 5.6 percent. A a hospital remodeling job The LACCD, which serves more than 220,000 students
numbers. For example, the year ago, just 3.2 percent this summer when it was throughout Los Angeles County, is in the middle of a $5.7
Dodge Index from McGraw' of the industry - 54,000 underbid by another firm by billion building program funded by three bonds. The pro'
Hill Construction, which people - was unemployed. $4,000, Regier says. gram, which began 2004 and is expected to be completed
measures all current con- Suzanne Mecs, mem- In the meantime, by 2014, is intended to modernize and add new facilities
struction activity in the U.s .. bership director at AlA New Washington, D.C., is provid- throughout the district.
from homes to highways, York, has seen the effects ing little cushioning, archi- The LACCD is working with numerous architectural firms,
has stood at an average of of the recession firsthand. tects say. Tangible levels of including Leo A Daly, WWCOT, and Harley Ellis Devereaux. Of
85 for 2009, which is far Since last December, the stimUlUS funding haven't the nearly 90 new buildings planned, eight are completed, 29
below the average of 135 chapter's "Not Business as trickled down to most firms are under construction (including an Arquitectonica-designed
for 2007. "And if you adjust Usual" get-togethers, which yet. And although health arts center, pictured above), and roughly 50 are either in the
for inflation, it's even focus on coping with a lack care is supposed to be a design phase or do not yet have an architect.
worse," says Kim Kennedy, of work, have drawn a total bright spot, the current The construction boom is being funded by a $1 billion
an economist with McGraw' of 730 people, with almost a impasse among lawmakers bond passed in 2001. a $1.2 billion bond passed in 2003, and a
Hill Construction Research. third streaming through the over health insurance has $3.5 billion bond passed in November 2008.
Projections for 2010 door in the past two months. had a chilling effect. "We're The district is quickly putting the money to use. Larry
seem comparably grim. In fact. the meetings have waiting for a resolution," Eisenberg, LACCD's executive director of facilities planning
In September, the been so popular that the Regier says. and development, estimates that the district is spending about
Architecture Billings Index, chapter converted a gallery Not all is universally $30 million a week in construction payments. Eisenberg adds
an indicator of construction into a classroom and now gloomy. Recent ASI figures that it has been able to capitalize on the low-bid environment
activity nine to 12 months offers tutorials in ArchiCAD about inquiries for new and, in some cases, has been able to "get deeper" down its
hence, registered at 43.1. and Revit. as well prep projects, including requests wish list because of it. For instance, at Pierce College, the cost
The index, which is compiled classes for LEED exams. "We for proposals, were at 59.1in savings have allowed the district to build a child development
by the AlA based on surveys felt from the vibe of the first Augus t, besting July's 55.2 center that was not originally in the budget. "It's an amazing
sent to firms, has fallen meeting we had struck a score. Plus, SnQlhetta, the market right now," Eisenberg says. Joe Florkowski
below 50 lor 20 consecutive chord," Mecs says. Norwegian firm behind the
months. "It's basically been Even industry stalwarts visitor center at the World
flat since March [when it hit have been pinched. Over the Trade Center site, hired 10 of
43.7], and this is not good course of this year, Perkins the 17 employees in its New
news," says Kermit Baker, + Will, for instance, shed 8 York office since December
the AlA's chief economist. percent of its staff, from 2007, when the recession
"There was hope that the 1.730 to 1,600 employees, began, says managing
low 40s would turn into the says president Phil Harrison, director Vanessa Kassabian.
mid 40s by now, but it hasn't AlA. While the firm is landing And the firm's other projects
really moved at all." new commissions, they're - mostly campus buildings
That stagnation has slow to get going, in a delay whose funding is secure-
cost thousands 01 jobs. Harrison attributes not to a have "insulated it through
While specific figures about lack of credit. which was the the year's end," Kassabian
architects and unemploy- common explanation for the says. "But when that ends,
ment are not available - the slowdown a year ago, but to we could have a problem."
U.s. Labor Department overly cautious attitudes. c.J. HU9hes

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High above the Mississippi
River as it bends around the
University of Minnesota's
main campus, a sparkling
new glass building, the
Science Teaching and
Student Services Center
(STSSC), is rising, Principal designer, Bill Pedersen, FAIA,
of Kahn Pedersen Fox, designed the five-story building
not only to capitalize on its scenic site, but also to comple-
CCNY architecture school celebrates historic moment
ment its neighbor, the Frank Gehry-designed Weisman Art
Museum (1993). At las t, architecture students and faculty at the City College of New York (CCNY) have a
Both buildings stand opposite each other on a plaza home of their own. On September 16, several hundred people attended the dedication
formed by a pedestrian bridge deck. In contrast to the ceremony for the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, designed by Rafael
Weisman's image of tumbling stainless'steel blocks, the Vii'ioly Architects. Not only is it the first new academic building on the public university's
120,OOO·square·fool STSSC is relatively simple and smooth in Upper Manhattan campus in 30-plus years; it also is the first purpose-built facility for the
form. On the curving west and south facades, the architects architecture program. Founded in 1968, the program, which has about 300 undergraduate
have employed a series of carefully placed vertical steel piers and 100 graduate students, was formerly housed in CCNY's landmark building, Shepard
and a vertical strip of windows of fritted blue'green glass to Hall, alongside other academic and administrative departments.
shade the building. The east side features a brick facade that Vinoly, who attended the grand opening event, says the new school was envisioned
blends with the more traditional campus structures. as "infrastructure for intellectual work." Clad in white precast concrete and glass, the
Inside, a broad, curving white concrete stairway con- llB,OOO'square-foot building contains light-filled studios, offices, classrooms, a library,

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will be filled with light, and parts of the building will offer
auditorium, model shop, and digital design lab. Key features include a five-story atrium
crisscrossed by sky bridges, and a rooftop amphitheater (above) that offers striking views of ••
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million building, designed to achieve LEED Gold certification,
should be ready for occupancy by the 2010 fall semester.
The school is named in honor of Mr. Spitzer, a prominent New York developer and CCNY
alum. The Spitzers recently donated $25 million to the CCNY architecture school, the second- •••
Bette Hammel largest gilt ever given to a U.s. architecture program. Jenna M. McKnight ·••
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Inspired spaces benefit design schools


1. University 01 Arlzon .., faculty and students, is a
Colleqe 01 Architecture and welcome change.
Landscape Architecture.
"In Y2E2, the studen t s
2. Syracuse University, and faculty easily flow
Slocum Hall.
between studio and informal
3. Penn State, Stucke man spaces overlooking the large
Family Bulldlnq.
atrium," says John Sarton,
head of the AD department.
LEED Gold building has The building boasts a variety
large atria and open floor of green technologies, in-
plans. Faculty and students cluding photovoltaic panels,
now have space to meet radiant slabs, and four-story
and collaborate on projects atria that take in cool air at
and competitions, such night to chill the non-air-
as the U.s. Department of conditioned building.
Energy's Solar Decathlon. Other schools have
Similar to UoIA, student ap ' opted for renovating
plications have jumped 35 existing campus buildings
percent, which the school instead of building anew.
partly attributes to the New York-based Garrison
Before moving into its new home in 2007, the University of Arizona's (UoIA) architec- new facility. "We wanted Architects revived Syracuse
ture program had been housed in some unlikely locations over the years: In the 19805, to attract some of the best University's 90-year-old
classes were held in a former Safeway store, and until 2007, an old Episcopal church. students in the country," Slocum Hall to reveal grand
"When we moved to our new building, we took the altar and rectory table with us,"
remarks Ron Stoltz, the director of UofA's Colleqe of Architecture and Landscape
Wing says, "and now that
we've moved into our new
spaces that had been sliced
into cramped classrooms
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higher-caliber applicants." an unexpected outcome.


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a dozen U.S. architecture a new 33,000-square-foot Stuckeman Family Architectural Design (AD) architecture school moved e"
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expanded, or renovated its architecture and landscape 2005, offers a similar story. University recently renovated warehouse in

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While the impetus for
these projects varies, most
the school features large,
daylit rooms , complete with
and landscape architecture
departments were located
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signed by Gluckman Mayner
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of larger and more modern
exposed structural and
mechanical systems_
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cases, these new facilities
designed by Christy Ten
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ment. "But there were a
total of 40 doors leading
program falls under. In the
department's former home,
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student recruitment.
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a powerful mar keting tool,
according to school officials,
students came in and out
without interacting with oth-
confined to a single studio
with a slim clerestory win-
environment," says Mark
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38 ArchilCcruru/ Record 11.09
RECORD BRIE FS Yalies vs. Yale
Robert A.M. Stern, rAtA, 0113 buildings, including into his scheme. "Bob Stern
dean of the Yale School of Seeley G, Mudd Library is a talented architect,
Russian drama, act II Architecture, from which he (1982), designed by Harold and I'm sure whatever he
graduated in 1965, is design" Roth, FAIA, and William does will be wonderful. But
ing two new residentia l Moore, AlA, both of whom does it require a wholesale
colleges for the Ivy League earned M,Arch. degrees bulldozing?" says Moore.
university. The school hasn't from Yale and have an Stern referred all
added any dorms to its New office up the street. questions to Yale, which
Haven, Connecticut. cam- This summer, Roth says the $600 million,
pus since the early 1960s. and other critics met with 460,OOO'square-foot
But the project, Stern. though they couldn't project will continue despite
planned lor the north- convince him to incorpo- pleas for preservation.
western edge of campus, rate any of the existing Construction is slated
Toronto-based Diamond and Schmitt Archlteds has won a com- calls for the demolition buildings, including Mudd, for 2011. c.J, Hughes
petition to design the New Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg,
Russia, Originally, the commission had been awarded, in 2003. to
French architect Dominique Perrault. But his scheme was aban-
doned following a string of problems, including ballooning costs
and controversy over his bold. crystalline design.
Where Perrault's scheme would have been a radical depar-
ture for the area. Diamond and Schmitt has created a contempo-
rary building that refers to its neighbors - brick structures with
cOlonnaded porticoes and metal roofs. The new, 825.OClO-sQuare
foot theater (above) will have a masonry base with bay windows
and a swooping zinc roof. Construction is expected to begin im-
mediately, with completion in 2011. Tim McKeough

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San Francisco-based Architecture for Humanity (AFH) is raising money to send a team of
architects to Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Phillipines to survey damage wreaked by Typhoon
Ketsana, which struck the region in late September. With a long-term view of redevelopment.
the nonprofit organization will begin its work after major media outlets and emergency relief
groups have gone home, explains Barb Alvarado, AFH's associate development director. "We
focus on community infrastructure, like schools and clinics:' she says. "We try to do the most
good for the least amount of money." Among AFH's completed projects around the globe are
seven homes the group constructed in Mississippi aller Hurricane Katrina, and community
centers in India and Sri lanka built aller the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Sebastian Howard

WM F watch list
The World Monuments Fund has announced its biannual
Praemium Imperiale winners
list of "watch sites" - buildings and landscapes of signif-
Association. Established in Japan, for painting and icant cultural value that, according to the organization,
1998 to commemorate the photography; Richard require urgent attention. The 2010 list consists of 93
association's anniversary long of the U.K., for sites across 47 countries. Of those, 11 are in the Americas
and to honor the late sculpture; Alfred Brendel (with nine in the U.S.), 18 in Asia, and 26 in Europe. Sites
Prince Takamatsu, the of Austria, for music; and represent a range of concerns and scales, from well-
award recognizes lifetime Tom Stoppard of the U.K., known landmarks such as Frank lloyd Wright's Taliesin
achievements in arts for theater/film. Last year, campuses in Wisconsin and Arizona to more unusual
categories not covered by Peter Zumthor won in the places such as Chiktan Castle, a 16th-century rammed-
Nobel Prizes. Each winner architecture category. ear th structure in India. Afghanistan's Old City of Herat
Zaha Hadid is on e of five receives 15 million yen Prior winners include (above), had also made the 1998 list. Aleksandr Bieriq
laureates of the 2009 (approximately 5163,000). Norman Foster, Frank
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The emerging architect

desiQn
LAN Architecture

ITALIAN NATIVE UMBERTO NAPOLITANO WANTED TO BE A MUSICIAN, and


spent his teenage years in Naples in bands that dreamed of becoming the next
Velvet Underground or The Stooges. Meanwhile, Grenoble, France-born Benoit
Jallon was more obsessed with medical science - "the perfec t ion o f the body's
layers and stratums," as he says. When the young M.D.-Io-be discovered that
buildings were as intricate and fascinating as the human body. and the budding

rockslar grew up a little and real- one professor in particular who gave big sensibility of approach, but not philosophy. ··It is important for us
ized he needed a profession, t hey brilliant project analyses and taught translatable in the act of building." To to express the idea of network, the
bot h turned to architecture. Now in the importance of the architectural, Jallon and Napolitano, avoiding this interdisciplinarity of architecture,
their sevent h year as coprincipals of social, artistic, and even economic failed connection between theory the notion 01 local, and the context
20-person firm LAN Architecture, contexts of projects. " Despite all and practice is paramount. of the project," says Napolitano, who
based in Par is, t hey agree that when that," says Jallon, "his architecture The two named their firm goes on to describe how, when their
they met at the Ecole d'Architecture was commonplace. It never con' Local Architectural Network (or LAN) firm first started and the workload
de Paris La Villette, they "had a single vinced me. It was an example of a Architecture, to herald their practice was lighter, they would organize 'lath-
certainty, to have their own firm
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11.09 Archirurural Rrcord 41


ARCHRECORD2

erings - salons - 01 creative people. stopped. But working in multiple


to help them get other points of view, countries allows us, for the moment.
"and to develop the notion of lislen- to be balanced."
ing." "For us, for our architecture, Balancing work and life (the two
there is the continual questioning of say they have fam ilies, friends, and
rules." he says. "Everything is the result lives outside of architecture, thank
of a continuous 'restarting from zero:" you very much, but nochildren yet.
Their desire to accept beginning so their working hours are still crazy)
at the beginning has helped them is difficult. but this is what brings
weather the economic storms of the them joy. Asked if rock star and
1. Neue Hamburger Terrassen Master Plan, Hilmburq, Germany, unbullt.
First-p lace winn!?r in a competition with the purpose of rehabllitatinq past year, as has the fact that they're doctor might stili be alternative fields
an industrial district south of the Elbe River. designing projects in more than one for them, Napolitano says, "I would
2. Children's Toy Library. Bonneull-sur-Marne, France, 2008. country. "Of course we've felt it." have liked to be the one who invented
A solid volume Sf1rves as if protectivl? container for its U511rs - children. says Umberto. "Some projects have Nutella." Ingrid Spencer

work LEOs registered both environments,


separated by nearly 3,000 nautical
Future Cities Lab
miles, onto a three-d imensional map.
RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF' their Van Alen Institute New York Prize fellowship "One of the things that is misunder-
exhibition, the Aurora Project, Nataly Gattegno and Jason Johnson are putting stood is that the aurora borealis - the
their lives back together after nearly three years on the road . "for the first time lights themselves - do not change
in a while, all of our gear is in one place," says Johnson. After four cities in three shape," says Gatt egno, "but they
years - most recently Oakland, where they have accepted posts at the California change their geometry in relation
College of the Arts (CCA) -the principals of future Ci ties Lab (fCl) are looking to the shilling dimensions of the
Arctic region." The map room, Terra
forward to a productive tenure on the a second'place finish in the Seoul they are also deeply invested in Incognita, offers the designers' own
West Coast. Performing Arts Center Competition collaboration, craft, and fabrication_ sketches that reflect the project's gen-
Since founding fCl in 2004, in 2005; finalists in the 2008 City of Aurora may be a morass of cables esis. finally, the exhibition's Glaciarium
Gattegno and Johnson have consis- the future competi tion sponsored by and tensile members, but each cable brings the melting floes into focus. As
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and evolution are central to the way Archi tecture; work featured in three three linked spaces, each with its ate the process of its melting, which ,,o•
the San francisco-based designers books; and teaching posts at three own purpose in relation to the visitor. can be seen and heard, "It's a political o
have approached architecture that prestigious universities before their Aurora, the central piece, mapped instrument." si1fS Johnson," and it's

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Despite some professional VOlved in shaping their communities.
jargon - "dendritic," "static tissue," The essays here describe
"transferable development rights" European attempts to alleviate the
- this book is an accessible must- social costs of gentrification with
read for architecture and planning lively billboard·size posters, enticing
students, real estate profession- new public playgrounds, cates, and
als, public officials, and concerned gathering spaces. In the Transvaal
Retrofittinq Suburbia: Urban citizens. Roger K. Lewis quarter of The Hague, for example, and Wayne Copper in 1967, at Cornell
Desiqn Solutions for Redesl9ninq the OpTek mobile project engaged University. It is long overdue, since
Suburbs, by Ellen Dunham-Jofles Houses of Transformation: the architecture firm RALZOOS to these plans - distilled urban layouts
and June Williamson . Wiley, Intervening In European transform vacant condemned rental in black and white - represent the es-
2008, 272 PdQes. $75. Gentrification, edited by units into festive temporary hotel sential physical patterns of cities.
JaapJan Berg, Tahl Kaminer, rooms, bringing life and bright lights As a notation system, figure-
Why, where, and how should subur- Marc Schoonderbeek, and onto the street. Rome's Stalker/ ground uses the binary language of
bia be retrofitted? This content-rich, Joost Zonneveld. NAi Publishers, ON collective, together with the solids and voids to show urban form
well-written book provides compel- 2009,224 pages, $50. nomadic Roma who had been camp- and spatial structure without the
ling answers. ing almost invisibly on the banks of distractions of land use, zoning, traf-
Advocating radical transfor- During the pastZO years, urban rede- the Tiber, constructed a very visible fic, and property lines. This volume
mation 01 dysfunctional suburban velopment in Europe has followed the wooden Roma-inspired house. In is a particularly valuable reference
environments, the authors propose American model. Private develop- Southwark, London, artist Fritz Lang because all the drawings are to the
makeovers thai are not only socially, ment, constructed in league with city built "Estates" filled with fruits, same scale, allowing comparisons
economically, and ecologically su s· agencies. has replaced government- vegetables, and herbs in the city's among famous city districts from all
tainable, but also aesthetically pleas- subsidized, mixed-income "social overlooked green strips, parks, and over the world. II is a surprise to find,
ing. A successful fight against sprawl, housing" built after World War II, gardens, and then encouraged local for instance, thai two of Europe's
they assert, requires urbanizing Public space is becoming privatized residents to take them over. most renowned public spaces, the
suburbia. This means fine-grained or commandeered for the well·off These clever efforts and others Piazza Navona in Rome and the Place
block patterns; inte rconnected street and tourists, Existing low·income in Barcelona, Brussels, Berlin, and de la Carriere in Nancy, have identical
ne t works for all travel modes; higher renters, the poor and foreign-born, Budapest were the subject of an plan dimensions.
densities and mixed uses, including are being driven out (though they exhibition at Amsterdam's Centre To Scale: One Hundred Urban
affordable housing; well-d esigned, may event ually receive subsidized for Urban Culture in 2006. The Plans is like an urban game board-
activated civic spaces; restored and housing farther from the city core). exhibition provided the impetus for the full·page plans beg to be played
protected natural landscapes; and Unlike in the U.S., however, this eye·opening book, which also with and juxtaposed using tracing
population diversity. has essays by sociologists, planners, paper. The only drawback is that the
Dunham-Jones and HUIZEN IN
TI1ANSFOI1MATIE
=- =: architects, and journalists who think drawings are student work and have a
Williamson's case studies 01 existing irs not about the houses or the prof- diagrammatic quality that occasionally
projects convincingly bolster New its, it's about the people - in Europe, obscures details. It is a minor com-
Urbanism's argument and identify at least. Jayne Merkel ~ai nt.and can be improved next time.
distinct targets 01 retrofit opportu· Jenkins's collection of city
nity, like residential subdivisions, big- To Scale: One Hundred Urban footprints shows that figure-ground,
box retailers, and industrial parks. Plans, by Eric J. Jenkins. Routledge, a term casually used today, is still
The book's analysis and com- 2008, 225 pages, $50. largely unexplored. This book, which
mentaries are rigorous and compre- reminds us that space is the basic
hensive, predicated not on academic Astonishingly. To Scale: One Hundred DNA of urban structure, ought to be
theory but on planning and develop- Urban Plans is the first book of followed by a concerted effort to re-
ment history, social science, demo- figure-ground city plans since the cord the complete genome of existing
graphics, market conditions, and format was invented by Colin Rowe urbanism. Steven Peterson

11.09 Architectural Ruorlj 51


a small design and planning studio relegated to Holland Tunnel traffic,
BOOKS makes him an improper beneficiary if only anyone would ask him) and
of New York's rent stabilization law. macro (build for civilian populations
from Annabel Lee, his on military bases made obsolete by
obliged to witness the spectacle of daily walk to work takes him past the end of the Cold War). Sorkin sup-
hyper-consumption," Washington Square Park - re- ports the creation of new population
He is also an extraordinarily cently the site of controversial centers as a way of avoiding what he
good writer, able to sustain a 58- renovations - and down La Guardia calls ··the dysfunctional twin mor-
page riff on stairways without once place, venue for riffs on Corbusian phologies of contemporary urban'
tripping on a step. That essay and architecture (which he gener- ism"': sprawl and mega·cities. Sorkin
the other 10 in this book (parts of ally likes) and Corbusian planning began working on the book 12 years
which were previously published (which he despises). As he crosses ago. Like the best urban neighbor'
in RECORD and The Village Voice) Houston Street. he waxes eloquent hoods, his nuanced analysis took
aim to locate Sorkin's views on on everything from the misuses of time to coalesce. Fred A. Bernstein
urbanism in the neighborhoods he zoning laws ("'Every legal formula-
frequents - SoHo, TriBeCa, and tion produces both its poets and its After the Crash: Architecture In
Twenty Minutes In Manhattan, Greenwich Village. His daily walk bandits") to sidewalk chewing gum Post·Bubble Japan,
by Michael Sorkin, Rea/dion to work (the 20 minutes of the title) (not simply disgusting, but "a sad by Thomas Daniell, Hitoshi Abe,
Books, 2009, 215 pages, $27. begins in his apartment building on commentary on the solidarity and and Ari Seligmann. Princeton
Waverly Place, the site of hilarious sense of order of the citizenry"). He Architectural Press, 2008,
The readers of ARCHITECTURAL blow'u ps with his landlord (whose almost entirely avoids discussing 192 pages, $25.
RECORD know Michael Sorkin for his name Sorkin changed '"to protect 9/11 and its impact. a wise decision,
strong opinions. He is opposed to the author and publish er"). In de- given the need to understand the "'The more I understand, the less I
privatization (citizenship. he says, is scribing life in the building - known development of cities under ordi- feel able to explain," writes Thomas
the product "not of ownership but as Annabel Lee - he only once gets nary circumstances. Sorkin has pre- Daniell. But in this tidy volume,
of affinity, in te raction , and social sid etracked, defending himself scriptions, some on the micro scale Daniell, a New Zealand-born archi-
reciprocity"), and a champion althe against charges that his income (he knows how to recover Hudson tect who has been living and work-
poor, who in New York "are daily from teaching, writing, and running Square, a part of Canal Street now ing in Kyoto since the early 1990s,
chapter help pull the book together. concludes the book. Part autobi- Each full-page image is
After the Crash articulates ography and part admonition, it presented without a caption, yet
After
sometimes surprising explanations interprets Kyoto with the acumen a clear narrative emerges. Serene
the for a range of Japanese architec· of an insider but assesses the city's natural landscapes in the first few
Crush: tural enigmas, among them the growth with the objectivity of an pages soon give way to images of
Arehitecture conspicuous absence of the open, outsider. It is true, as Daniell says, order (for example, assembly lines),
in public spaces central to many that familiarity with Japan often chaos (dilapidated buildings), and
Western cities; the remarkably leads to myopia. But. as After the Postmodern falsity (the ersatz
IJost-Hubble filtered or even ambivalent relation- Crash attests, it can also foster Manhattan skyline in las Vegas).
Japun ship between architecture and clear vision. Naomi f? Pollock, AlA Sebastian Howard

-- nature; and the ambiguous legacy


of Metabolism, the often-overlooked
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19605 architectural movement Design 01 an Icon, by Donald
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the "why." lasting impact on such recent works tion by Bill McKibben. The Monacelli
A collection of previously pub- as Kisho Kurokawa's Kuala Lumpur Press, 2009, 224 paqes, $75. Overflowing with facts and stories
lished essays, the book is organized International Airport and Organ, about the design, construction, and
into seven thematic chapters tha t the tubelike structure designed and You'll never see a steel plant as upkeep of the world's most famous
take stock of urbanism and archi- used as offices by FOBA, the Kyoto evocative as the one in this stark bridge, this sweet little book reads
tecture in Japan in the lean years architecture firm for which Daniell and beautiful volume of photog- like a love letter to the Art Deco
following the gluttony of the Bubble worked for many years. raphy. In some 200 large-format masterpiece. Highlights include
Period (which ended in 1990). like all Daniell's firsthand observa- pictures, cedric Delsaux shows the illustrations of the proposed color
anthologies of existing texts, this one tions of his own surroundings are nasty side effects of industrial glo- schemes (the US. Navy favored
has inherent inconsistencies, both among the book's most engag- balization, documenting factories horizontal bands of yellow and
in terms of style and content. But an ing texts. Nowhere is this more and nascent cities around the world. black) and the book's macabre
umbrella introductory essay and suc- palpable than in the poignant essay, The photos are gorgeous, even finale - MacDonald's five proposals
cinc t overviews at the start of each titled "letter from Kyoto," which when their subject matter is not. for suicide-deterrent systems. S.H.

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By David Sokol ing near the 50'foot'high ceiling; the poles are
lashed together with climbing rope and require no
ON ALMOST AN Y GI V EN WEEKDAY IN BEACON, external support. Then the team slowly dismantled
New York, as many as 12 rock climbers enter the the structure, retying poles to cantilever from the
former TalliK Foundry. suit up, and ascend and original form and creep down to the floor.

,,• rappel Big Bambu. They have been doing so since Today. Big Bambu occupies a footprint not

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Doug and Mike Starn started construction on this
much smaller than the loundr y's 32Q· by·65·loot
area, and con tinues to transform. The climbers
installation comprising 2,500 30- and 40-foot-long dismantle one tower pol e by pole, carrying
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,o "In the early 1990s, we started putting toned the tower on the other side. "The Starns often
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• Slam says of the artwork's inspiration. 'Tor Big
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Bdmbu, we first thought that we could use pipe Gaudericq Robiliard. lndeed, Big BambU will slowly
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•< had to choose a light, strong. and flexible mate- But Mike Starn also refers to it as a metaphor-
•o rial that could almost effortlessly be moved and "a new lexicon of the interconnectedness of all B ig Bolim bu Is something of a perf orm ance
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•• first erected the bamboo poles as a tower peak' or architecture. _ climb er s di smantle and reasse mbl e com ponent s.

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A BUILDING THOUGHTFULLY CONCEIVED EMPOWERS
ITS USERS AND AL LOWS AN ORGANIZATION
TO MORE EFFECTIVELY DELI VER ON ITS MISSION
THERE MAY BE SIGNS THAT THE SLUMPED ECONOMY is perking up, but many
companies are still struggling. In times like these, it's critical that we champion design
and illustrate its value, and the recipients of the 12th annual BusinessWeek/
Architectural Record Awards do just that. from a hospital in southern Ontario to
a park in downtown Houston, this year's eight winners and four finalists - all
projects completed within the past four years - reveal lhat architecture is
more than a grand gesture. A well-designed space can help a company
increase revenue, decrease operational costs, and boost employ-
ee morale, among other bene fit s. Judging by this year's en-
tries, clients are getting the message. Our jury of editors
evaluated an exceptionally competitive pool of nearly
100 submissions from around the globe. Selecting 62 P~t~rborOUQh
ReQlonal Health Centre
the winners was tough. In the end, we chose a di- Stantec Architecture
verse group of inspired projects that clearly
64 Autodn~ - A[C
demonstrate that good design is a wise KlingStubbins
investment. As the economy starts to 66 The Lab Gastropub
recover, many are quest ion ing AC MarUn

what architecture wi11look like 68 Barb ie Shanghai


Slade Architecture
in a pos t-recession world.
The work featured here 70 Urb.n Outfltt~rs
Mever, Scherer &
- proj ects that put Rockcaslle
business goals 72 Ev ersheds
first - mighl Wood$ 6agot
offer some 74 Hawks Boots
clues. Salmela Architect
76 Dl sconry Grn n
Harljreaves Asso,late$,
PageSOutherlan(lPalje
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BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Peterborough Regional Stantec Architecture
2009AWAROS OF EXCELLENCE Health Centre
Peterborough, Canada

1. The hospital features


rools and terra<:e5,
some of them green, for
patient and visitor use.
2. A glazed corridor
provides a window
Into the Interior life
of the fa<:lIlty.
3. Orange and yellow
glass, recalling
autumn <:olors, adds
visulllinterest to
Interior courtyards.
4. Openness and
lIuldlty define
th e building's
circulation spine.

62 Archjtu!urul R~cord 11.09


WHEN MICHAEL MOXAN, DESIGN meets the stony Canadian Shield." cores while still giving the rooms work space." Canada's public·health
director at the Toronto office of The 700,OOO-square·foot hospi- access to daylight and views. The system mandates that projects
Stantec Architecture, discusses tal, which opened in June 2008, bUilding's materials were from local like this one be funded through
the new Regional Health Centre combined the city's two existing sources, when possible, and sus· federal-local partnerships; in this
in Peterborough, 78 miles north- hospitals into a single building, tainable measures (high·efficiency case, the health ministry covered
east of Ontario·s capital, he talks encompassing 500 beds with windows, green roofing, low·flow 70 percent of the cost. and the
about transitions - how individual facilities for surgery, intensive care, plumbing) reduce energy usage by community funded the rest. With
0
• rooms connect to the circula- emergency care, ambulatory care, 28 percent over baseline figures . this partnership in mind, Stantec's
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• tion space, which then leads to and support services . Those measures, however, design revolved around the idea
"
0 the front entrance, the city, and A hospital"s main business are not what most take away from of bringing the community into
•< the landscape beyond. Sited on objective, of course, is to function the building. Moxan says that in the building, and it seems to have
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• Peterborough·s second·highest efficiently. Along those lines, the postoccupancy interviews, doctors worked: Residents often come to
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elevation, the hospital overlooks hospital and architects worked and personnel point to the improved its rooftop terrace cafe, even when
< the town of about 75,000. "There together to create planning com- surgical theaters and enhanced they don't need medical care.
<

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are a 101 of layered hillS and rock miltees for different departments, staff models, "but somehow they ai- Aleksandr Bieriq
,
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outcroppings,'· Moxan says. "II"S spurring solutions such as organiz- ways come back to natural light and
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•< where the agrarian south of Ontario ing patient beds around central views ou tside and the quality of the

11.09 Architecrurul Raoul 63


project ar<:hlte<:t
BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Autodesk - AEC KlingStubbins
2009AWAROS OF EXCELLENCE Headquarters
Waltham, Massachusetts

WHEN SOFTWARE VENDOR collabora tive practice model known milled ceiling that floats above a With Autodesk occupying the
Autodesk decided to move the as integrated project delivery. ground'floor space. Its configuration building only since early 2009, it is
headquarters for its architecture, for the new headquarters, was conceived in consultation with too soon to quantify its influence on
engineering, and construction (AEC) a multiparty agreement gave the fabricator. " We needed to un' the bottom line. However, the brief'
operations from subleased space to Autodesk, the architect'engineer derstand the limitations of the CNC ing center's popularity with design
a just'completed speculative office KlingStubbins, and the contrac' [computer numerically controlled] and construction' industry organi'
building, division executives knew tor Tocci each a financial stake in eQuipment," says Chris Leary. AlA, zations provides one indication of
the fit'out would not be a routine the project. providing all with an KlingStubbins project director, success. In addition to almost twice'
corporate interiors project. The de' incentive to help ensure a positive This ceiling is the defining weekly Autodesk sales presentations,
sign and construction process would outcome. One of the many advan' element of a briefing center where the center has served as the site for
have to demonstrate the company's tages of this arrangement was that customers view exhibits and test professional networking events and
own building information model, it allowed the early involvement of products. f rom an adjoining atrium other gatherings, helping raise the
ing (BIM) software and its industry subcontractors, since bidding was that cuts through the building's profile of the company and its prod'
strategies, explains Phil Bernstein, not a required part of the selection three floors, they catch a glimpse ucts. "As a marketing phenomenon,"
fAIA, Autodesk vice president. "It process. Input from subs was espe' of the activity in the office levels says Bernstein, "the project has
needed to be 100 percent BIM and cially helpful for complex aspects above. "It gives visitors a sense of been successful beyond our wildest
pure IPO," he says, referring to the of the project. such as the digitally the buzz of the space," says leary. dreams." JOi/nn Gonchar, AlA

l An Intrl<:ate, digitally layout, provides 3. Looking up through


fabrkated <:eitlng floats employees with access the atrium from the
above a ground -floor to daylight and views, ground floor, visitors
qallery sp lice. as well as visual catch a glimpse of the
2. A three -story atrium, connections among activity in the office
along with an open-office work groups. levels above.

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BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Th e Lab Gastropub AC Martin
2009AWAROS OF EXCELLENCE Los Angeles

1. AC Martin's <:on<:ept
was exe<:uted at every
level of th e
4,300-square-foot
proJe<:t. The firm even
designed the
restaurant's pla<:e
settlnqs.
2. An outdoor patio
provides patrons with
a laid-back place to
lounqe and mlnqle.
3. Communal tables
'lIve the dining area a
relaxed, colleqlal feel.

THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY wound up creating something equipment. Christopher King, the als who have been frequenting th e >
of Southern California (USC) is more innovative - a gastropub Lab's lead designer, says that USC spot since its March 2009 opening.
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some 2 miles from downtown Los that evokes a vintage high school allowed the firm to "design almost Th e Lab brings in som e $8,000

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Angeles. That fact - and L. A:s lack' science classroom. Shuttleworth, every element," righ t down to the a day, more than doubling initial 0
••
luster public transi t system - forces who had experience in the private coffee cups, which are emblazoned projections.
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students in search of bars and hospitality business, rejected the with the chemical formula for Next year, the city's new Metro' •0
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bustle to drive to the city center. So idea that the restaurant would suc· caffeine. Elegant, humanizing Expo line will give USC students w
w
in an effort to create a pedestrian- ceed just because it was close to touches keep the space from feeling easier access to the downtown area. e

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accessible hangout for students campus. The Lab Gastropub ("the clinical. A slate dining table is But the Lab, just across the street, •<
and professors, USC bought an Lab," for short) would need to be a framed with warm'colored WOOd, will likely continue to be a popular >
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old Sizzler restaurant just outside draw in itse lf. and leather cushions cover the destination. Sebastian Howard •
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the campus limits with the intent AC Martin looked through old chrome bars tools. •<
of converting the building into an science textbooks for inspiration, L. A. has taken notice. While •,
Irish pub. and its research is evident through' the school expected that th e USC ••
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But L.A. architectural firm out the bar and dining area. Wails community would patroniZe the •
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AC Martin and USC director of are clad in subway tile, blackboards, Lab, it didn't anticipate the number >
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hospitality Scott Shuttleworth and supersize graphics of scientific of locals and downtown profession- ••
66 Arch;tururul R~cord 11.09
project architect
BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Barbie Shanghai Slade Arch itecture
2009AWAROS OF EXCELLENCE China

,
BARBIE, THE DOLL, WAS BORN Architecture - cofounded by archi- demographics matter. Since most
fully developed as Barbara Millicent tects James Slade, AlA, and his wife, Barbie fans are usually under eight
Roberts in New York City at the Hayes - worked with BIG, the brand- years old, Mattei expanded the
American International Toy Fair, on ing and design division of Ogilvy brand: While the fourth floor is
March 9, 1959. Although she never & Mather, to create the feminine devoted to Barbie dolis and their
lacked a stylish wardrobe, not until phantasmagoria inside. "We wanted paraphernalia, the fifth carries
Barbie turned 50 did she get her own an engaging and cohesive physical Barbie-inspired girls' attire. The
house - in Shanghai, China. The six' space to introduce the entire breadth third floor caters to grown women
story temple devoted to this diminu- of the Barbie brand to Shanghai and who desire Barbie-type clothes and
tive icon cost less than $10 million China," says James Slade. jewelry. They can even get a "Plastic
and is the first flagship store in the In renovating the concrete- Smooth" facial at the spa on the sec-
world designed just for Barbie and and-steel structure, Slade created a ond floor. Those seeking to heighten
1. The exterior 01 the
related products. Why Shanghai? fritted-glass facade (patterned with the experience can stop off at the
renovated building
Mallei, Barbie's owner and creator, Barbie icons) over molded translucent sixth floor's glossy pink-and'black
turn s pink with LED
has faced disappointing returns in polycarbonate interior panels, where restaurant for a "Barbitini" (a Barbie lighting.
the U.S., where sales of Barbie fell LEOs emit a pinkish glow - or other martini, if you need to ask).
2. A circular sta ir links
15 percent in 2007. Worldwide gross hues - by niqht. A fuchsia'!oned-flu- Not surprisingly, with this kind
three levels of retail,
sales for the second quarter of 2009 orescent-illu minated escalator spirits of multipronged appeal, store traf-
beginning with the
are also down 15 percent. No wonder visitors from the pearlescent white fic shows promise: Mattei says the third floor,
a potential 1.3 billion customers in entrance lobby, past a spa on the sec- total number of visitors between
China, where the retail market is ond floor, to the white (and fuchsia) March 6 and July 31 was 302.163.
3. A beauty salon on •<
the third floor Is <
Of that number, 63 percent were •
reportedly strong, appeals to MalleI.
The store, known as Barbie
double-height space on the third floor.
Here begins a three-story circular new to the Barbie doll, Next? The
wrapped In mosaic-tile
walls with mirrors set
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Shanghai, stands out on the city's stair wrapped in a glittering backdrop unoccupied seventh and eighth In a backlit panel. •,
Huai Hai Road, owing to its Modern of Barbie dolls, which "makes Barbie floors could be turned over to •
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architecture and design sparked physically and conceptually central Barbie home furnishings, pets, or
•o•
up by vivid "Think Pink!" colors.
The New York City firm Slade
lothe store," says Hayes Slade.
A special twist shows that
Ken dolls. The opportunities are
endless. Suzanne Stephens
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4. Inside the circular
stair, visitors can
view BOO Barbie dolls
while gliding between
the third, fourth , and
fifth floors.

5. An escalator,
illuminated by fuchsia-
toned fluorescent
IIghtlm~, takes visitors
from the lobby to the
third floor.

6. The store carries


apparel for grown
women and young
girls, along with the
Barbie dollS.

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BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Urban Outfitters Meyer, Scherer &


2009AWAROS OF EXCELLENCE Headquarters Rockcastle
Philadelphia

IN 1970, RICHARD HAYNE, A palimpsest of history, rather than


23-year-old with an anthropology sanitizing it back to one moment in
degree, started selling bohemian time," explains firm principal Jeffrey
clothing and bric-a-brac out of a Scherer, fAIA_ And so steel was left
small shop in Philadelphia. Over rusty, old paint remained, and ample
time, his modest business grew to material was reused - stairs were
become Urban Outfitters, a public fashioned from wooden beams,
company that now operates five for instance, and windows were
brands and generates more than removed, reglazed, and reinstalled.
$1 billion a year. Another priority was to ensure every
With its corporate headquar- office and design studio fostered
ters spread among six buildings in creativity. In all five buildings, light-
downtown Philadelphia, the com- filled interiors with open layouts have
pany set out to create a unified cam- a relaxed vibe; amenities such as a
pus in 2004. A generic office park gym, dog park, and farmers' market
was not an option: Hayne wanted a add to the informal atmosphere.
place befitting a retailer that offers By all accounts, the $100 mil-
hip, youthful merchandise with a lion project was money well spent. In
vintage twist. He acquired five aban- late 2006, the company moved into
doned buildings (four purchased, its new digs; in 2008. revenue in-
one leased) in the decommissioned creased 22 percent. to a record $1.8
Philadelphia Navy Yard, a riverfront billion, and the retailer opened 49
property a few miles from the city new stores (it now has nearly 300),
center. Meyer, Scherer & Rockcaslle, including its first garden center,
a Minneapolis-based firm that spe- Terrain, near Philadelphia. Moreover,
cializes in adaptive reuse, was hired recruitment time for senior manag-
to transform the brick structures ers has decreased 41 percent,
into an inspiring environment for employee turnover has dropped to 11
roughly 600 employees. percent. and fewer sick days are be-
The architects had sev- ing used. "The campus has sparked
eral guiding principles for the recruitment and improved creative
285,OOO~Quare-foot project. for collaboration," Hayne says, "which
starters: Preserve the buildings' ultimately impacts our bottom line."
scars. "II's all about revealing the Jenna M. McKnight

1. By keeping the
buildings' "scars,"
lay~rs of history are
r~vealed.

2. In light-filled studio s
with open layouts,
designers dream up
wares for live brands,
Including Free People

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buildings were
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BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Eversheds Woods Bagot
2009AWAROS OF EXCELLENCE Headquarters
London

L Dayllqht fills the 2. The new employee sunny, semi-open,


well-appointed, restaurant offers qood hybrid studios.
contemporary food and stylish decor.
4. Business lounqes
re<:eptlon area on the
3, Lawyers and support accommodate d lents
client meetlnq floor.
staff <:ollaborate In between meetlnqs.

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EVERSHEDS IS A GLOBAL LAW culminating in a closely monitored, nication among lawyers and support Assessment Method (BREEAM) due "•
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firm with its sights set on the 21st 9-month trial at Eversheds' existing staff. Glass partitions and acoustical to such features as an active chilled •>
century. Accordingly, when creating premises. This effort was essential to masking minimize distractions, while beam system, daylight controls and •
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the fit-out for the relocation of its
London headquarters to a new eight-
story, 165,OOO'square-foot building,
the scheme. "It made sure we got it
right before we spent money," says
Simon Pole, Woods Bogot project
a central information desk reduces
filing by 57 percent and the number
of printers by 63 percent. A future-
shading, a comprehensive recycling
program, and a green roof.
As intended, this savvy approach
,"•
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senior partner Cornelius Medvei director. It also informed and involved ready technology infrastructure has raised the bar at Eversheds. An •
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worked with the interior design team the company's 720 employees - a allows for mobility on- or off-site. As October 2008 postoccupancy report •,••
at Woods Bagot to develop a facility factor in the eventual, seamless move. for amenities, there are client busi- indicates that 96 percent of the staff is
that would attract the best young
talent and respond to an evolving
The resulting contemporary
space, deemed a new benchmark for
ness lounges, plus improved dining
venues, showers, bicycle storage, and
more motivated to work due to the de-
sign of the new workplace. Accord ing
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workplace in terms of culture, tech- the legal profession, is a radical shift sleeping accommodations. to Medvei, ''The project has had out- •
nology, and the environment. from the typical cellular office plan. Sustainability, notes Pole, standing results," which he attributes ,•
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Rather than basing the design Flexible "hybrid studios" around the was critical to the success of the to a host of factors, most notably
<•
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a legal office should be, the design-


ers conducted extensive research
consist of modular furniture systems
that foster collaboration and commu-
rating under the Building Research
Establishment Environmen tal
employees in the design process from
start to finish. Linda C Lentz
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2009AWAROS OF EXCELLENCE ManufactUring Facility
Duluth. Minnesota

FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, Salmela, FA IA, principal of Salmela Salmela. Inside the open office mostly of high-density polyethylene.
TrueRide, a municipal skate-park Architect. "Concrete columns, space, TrueRide helped execute When the founders decided to sell
manufacturer based until 2007 in burial vaults, and pipes were scat- Salmela's vision. The company TrueRide (now located in subur-
Duluth, Minnesota, operated out of tered everywhere." built its own desks, installed ban Los Angeles) in 2007 to focus
an old missile base that employ- For only $63 per square custom'designed Finland birch on the new ventures, the space's
ees affectionately referred to as foot, Salmela Architect renovated flooring, and finished the walls flexibility made the switch easy.
"the tree fort." As the business the existing, 14,200-square-foot with the same recycled black "Since we moved, we've increased
expanded, the company grew building, added a second-story Skatelite material used in con- our business by 27B percent," says
weary of constantly reshaping its cantilevered office, and inserted structing skate-park ramps. Greg Benson, company C.E.O. "Now,
25,OOO-square-foot office and the discarded burial vaults into the By the time TrueRide moved when clients come to our facility,
production space, and in 2004 it landscape to create artificial hills, into its new facility, dubbed Hawks they get an immediate sense of who
hired Salmela Architects to convert "We could have just plopped the Boots, the company had started two we are and that we're serious about
a defunct burial-vault-manufac- new building next to the old one, additional companies that use the what we do:' Mae Ryan
turing facility near Lake Superior but we wan t ed to use the site to same materials as its skate parks:
into a workshop and office for the its maximum potential so employ- Epicurean, a manufacturer of wood'
company. "The site was a complete ees could see dramatic views of fiber cutting boards, and Loll, a
mess when I first saw it," says David the city, harbor, and hills," says producer of outdoor furniture made

I. Th~ <:1I~nt built offl<:~

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the architect.
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2009AWAROS OF EXCELLENCE Houston PageSoutherlandPage

SINCE OPENING IN APRIL 2008, rows of existing oak trees that


this l2'acre public park has helped provide shade), the selection of
energize Houston's east side, turn' materials (glass facing north and
ing a less fashionable part of town east, local Gulf Coast brick facing
dominated by Minute Maid Ballpark, south and west). and the design of
Toyota Center Arena, and the roofs (angled to the north to bring
George R. Brown Convention Center daylight inside and induce air move-
into a family-friendly neighborhood ment under porches). Photovoltaic
attracting both residential and com- panels on the porch roofs generate
mercial development. Hargreaves 8 percent of the energy needed
Associates designed the park, while for the park, while solar hot'water
PageSoutherlandPage (PSP) de' heating reduces energy use by the
signed a number of small buildings restaurant and cafe, and recycled
in the park, including a restaurant groundwater from the garage helps
(The Grovel, a cafe (The lake supply the lake. PSP designed the
House), a park'administration facil- buildings to lEED Gold standards.
ity, an outdoor stage, and entrance ·'This project shows the power
pavilions for a 600-car underground of public space,"' states lawrence
parking garage. Speck, FAIA, the lead designer for
Hargreaves laid out a main PSP, who is particularly proud of the
north-south promenade and a broad mix of people coming to the
series of east-west paths leading to park. While wealthy Houstonians
outdoor rooms, such as a great lawn, and philanthropic groups such
a picnic lawn, a performance space, as the Kinder Foundation supple-
a fountain, and a waterside garden mented public funding for Discovery
I. The 12-acre park 3. A view of the park next to a 1-acre lake. The firm's Green, they made it clear from the
oflers a range of spaces looking north shows design establishes strong connec' start that the park would be for ev-
to handle various kinds Minute Maid Ballpark tions between the park and its sur- eryone in town, says Speck. In addi-
of activities. near the top and the roundings, including city streets and tion to drawing more than 700,000
George R. Brown attractions such as the two sports visitors in its first year, the park has
2. The north elevatloll
Convention Center Oil venues and convention center. attracted new construction, such as
of the restaural"lt
the rlqht. Suslainability drove PSP's a 37-story residential tower on one
bulldlllg opells ollto the
park and a row 01 old architectural work, informing the side and a 30-story office building
oak trees. placement of buildings (along on another. Clifford A. Pearson

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tion." Small, horizontal windows
prevent street life from distracting
students (1, 2), and a new gym has
helped improve the school's athletic
program (3). Since opening in 20OS,
EHS's cost per student has declined,
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Yarmouth Port.
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The global headquarters for the


International Fund for Animal
Welfare (lFAW) is sited on a former
brownfield restored by the non"
profit organization. An open de-
sign (1-3) encourages communica-
tion between employees, reduces
the square footage per person by
35 percent. and cuts operational
costs. While the organization's
old home attracted few visitors,
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AMERICA'S BEST ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS

Love 'em or hate 'em, school rankings are infl uencing prospective
students' decisions on where to apply, and architecture fi rms'
decisions on whom to employ. RECORD looks at this year's survey
and asks people in academia and the profession what it all means.
BY DAVID SO KO L

EVERY FALL SINCE 1999, Oesignlntelligence - the bimonthly journal of the Design Futures Council a lightning rod for comment because they
(DFC), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank whose executive board includes representatives from some have become a 1001 for students choosing the
of America's most widely known design firms , SChools, and manufacturers - has published ran kings academic programs that will launch their design
of the best architecture schools in the nation. Each year, as the public cracks open the latest black- careers. Today they are the only attempt to rank
accredited Bachelor 01 Architecture {B. Arch.) and
and-yellow guide, people take to the blogosphere "While I don't put too much stock in these kinds Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) programs in the
where, sporting handles like "Rationalist" and of rankings, I also don't like to see my school fall United States.
"Worried_Mom," they share criticism, advice, and down the reputation ladder"; '·There are so many J ames Cramer, the founding president
pleas for help. Recent comments include: "Betcha schools out there that it's very hard to even know of DFC and publisher and founding editor of
those ,.. high school students and grad-school which ones to look at." Oesignlntelligence, says the undertaking wasn"t
applicants are drooling over this list right now"; The Oesignlntelligence rankings are always a reference for application and enrollment

11.09 ArchitulUral Record 85


86 Arc/,;uctural Ruord 11.09
decisions. In the mid-1990s, "it was a privately
commissioned report that architecture firms asked
Greenway Group [Cramer's consultancy company]
to do. They knew they were unhappy with some
schools, and they wanted to find out why," he notes.
Historically, the rankings have leaned
toward occupational preparedness. Administered
by the Greenway Group, the rankings rely heavily
on a proprietary survey distributed to the hiring
authorities of several hundred architecture
firms. (See sidebar on "Methodology," this page.)
Moreover, the 20-minute questionnaire focuses
on recent graduates' readiness to enter the ar"
chitecture profession. The highlight of the survey
asks participants to list their top 10 schools based
on the practice readiness of their graduates, and
follows up with several variations of the question
oriented to particular skills. The answers usually
reflect each firm's hiring radius, as well as the
broader sweep of reputation.
A vocational bent may only heighten
the importance prospective students attach to
this year's Desiqnlntelliqence rankings , as the re-
cession has made new jobs scarce. Lee Waldrep,
previously associate executive director of the
National Architectural Accrediting Board and
now assistant director at the University of Illinois
at Urbana'Champaign School of Architecture,
reports that only eight of 88 M.Arch. recipients
in the school's 2009 graduating class were able
to get jobs, "and most of those offers were the
result of prior summer internships."
For another window into the tough job
market. consider industry giant HKS. According
to H. Ralph Hawkins, FAIA, its chairman and
CE.O., the Dallas"based firm established a fel-
lowship program last year that offers a $20,000
hiring bonus to the top health'care architect
coming out of graduate school. Since then, HKS
has laid off 33 percent of its staff, so a formalized
program represents "a way to keep some flow
of students into our firm," Hawkins says. "We do
not want to lose those graduating classes to this
economy, as we did back in '87."
The rankings remain a resource for
practitioners. Ron Radziner, FAIA, a partner
at Los Angel es-based Marmol Radziner +
Associates, notes, "If a school from which we've
never had a student appears in the top 10,I'm
more apt to look at that school, or at an intern-
ship application from one of its students,
more seriously." Jim Way, AlA, director of
operations at the Houston firm Kirksey, echoes
that position, noting that he directs advertise-

11.09 Architururul Ruonl 87


ments for his summer internship program at of several survey takers clarifying this point.
DEANS AND CHAIRS SURVEY
ascendant institutions. "Of our recruiting, we consistently find really
Oesignlntelligence has also encouraged good graduates from a list of five schools," he
"EARLY ON, deans at a number of schools decision-making within academia. Without the says. Yet orc provides del Monte with a list
moaned about the rankings," remembers rankings, "It can be terrible to get faculty to take twice as long. "Beyond that, you're going on
Theodore Landsmark, Assoc. AlA, president of seriously that we need to continually reinvigorate reputation."' Douglas Oliver, director of design
Boston Architectural College. The deans and and revise," says R. Thomas Jones, dean of the at Morris Architects in Houston and a professor
chairs feared that state funding might be tied College of Architecture & Environmental Design at at Rice University School of Architecture, says,
to their position on the charts. Some people California Polytechnic State University, San Luis "A lot of people transfer their prejudices about
in the academy still view the survey with a Obispo, whose undergraduate program is ranked a university overall- say, the importance of
certain skepticism. "The higher our rank, the third in this year's listings. Jones also recalls inter- technology at MIT - to that school's architec-
more intelligent we think the document is," viewing for his current job: Cal Poly's consistently ture programs:'
laughs Douglas Oliver, a professor at Rice high ranking did not substitute for first-hand Numerous sources contacted for
University School of Architecture and director knowledge of student work and campus culture, this article refer to a dialogue that took place
of design at Morris Architects, in Houston. "If '"but it got me on the plane." within the membership of the Association of
we slip we think the system is flawed." To appreciate the prominence of the COllegiate Schools of Architecture in 2005.
In response to earlier criticism, Designlntelligence survey in the profession, it's That thread suggested that the ACSA launch
in 2007, Greenway began using a school- helpful to log on once again. "I taught for a lillie a competing series of rankings, or a rebuttal
evaluation survey informed by questionnaires while at one of the top 10 schools," a person paper scrutinizing the accuracy and depth of
sent to academic leaders in addition to its named "Adso" wrote on Archinect shortly after the Designlntelligence ran kings. No new ranking
practitioner'driven rankings. "Deans and the release of the seventh annual survey, '"and came of this talk, though.
chairs of all NAAB-accredited architecture although I know the rankings are largely BS, To Greenway's credit, it has
programs are invited to participate," Cramer there are a lot of peopl e who take these things tweaked its approach. The rankings issue of
says. This year 67 programs responded, and very seriously and have a lot invested in them." Designintelligence now incorporates the views of
the deans' opinions do not differ from those of The rankings resonate through the profession, deans and students (see sidebars, this page and
practitioners as dramatically as was perhaps from the drafting tables of high school art page 90), and their opinions are combined with
suspected. Academia's top five schools hew classes to the offices of deans and studio prin- practitioners' rankings to yield separate rankings
closely to the more publicized rankings; only cipals. But just as US News & World Report is in a chapter of the issue entitled "The Cramer
the appearance of Auburn and Princeton in regularly faulted for its rankings of colleges Report:· Moreover, the practitioner' based
the B.Arch. and M.Arch. ratings, respectively, and universities, Oesignlntelligence is not im- rankings have been altered to accommodate
differentiates this list from the practitioner- mune to disapproval. specific concerns. "In the early years, rankings
rated top 10. O.S. Many people interviewed for this article were based almost exclusively on surveys sent to
observe that the prerequisite of NAAB accredita- private employers," says Theodore landsmark,
tion, for example, neglects excellent B.S. programs Assoc. AlA, president of Boston Architectural
such as the four·year preprofessional degree of- COllege. " 50 Cramer expanded the range of
DEANS AND CHAIRS SURVEY fered by the University of Virg inia, whose M.Arch. employers who were queried to include some
program sits in the ninth spot this year. Another public-sector employers, since schools like the
common concern is that those schools graduating HBCUs [historically black colleges and universi-
MOST ADMIRED
the most students have a leg up in the rankings, ties] are more likely to send their graduates into
B.ARCH. PROGRAMS
because they will be on the radar screens of more public-sector employment."
1 Cornell University
2 University of Texas, Austin recruiters responding to the OFC survey. In a Cramer is quick to acknowledge
2 Virginia Polytechnic Institute similar vein, those recruiters may be susceptible shortcomings. Regarding the size advantage, he
and State University to politicking, or they may just have a soli spot for admits that smaller schools or programs that en'
3 Auburn University their respective alma maters. joy only regional renown usually do not break the
3 Rice University
"Numerical rankings are a pretty top 10. ··Typically. they will make it into the top 20
MOST ADMIRED coarse instrument," states one educator who de- or 30." He also notes that respondents' subjec-
M.ARCH. PROGRAMS clined to be named for this story. "The assump- tive opinions can be swayed by news-making as
Harvard University tion in this method is that the person filling out much as reputation. '"There can be a communica'
2 Yale University
th e survey is someone in a firm who is recruiting tion change at a school, and all of a sudden firms
3 University of California, Berkeley
new employees and has contact with people ap- are really impressed by something happening at
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Princeton University plying for jobs. But there's no guarantee that that that school," says Cramer. "Or there's an alliance
person has that contact." between a strong firm and a fledgling school. like
Rick del Monte, AlA , managing NBBJ with the University of Hawaii or SOM with
director of th e Beck Group in Dallas, was one RPI. That gets a lot of press, so other firms start

88 Arch;tulUmIRc"mJ 11.09
thinking that that program is getting stronger, the education may suffer next. he adds. "We're
and they take a closer look at it." going to see larger class sizes. I don't know how
Recent shifts in the Designlntelligence that will affect our ranking." looking at the long-
rankings do mirror headlines, if with some lag term picture, schools will find that their ability
time. Two and a half years after Mark Robbins, to infuse topics such as sustainability. BIM, and
the former National Endowment for the Arts digital fabrication into their curricula will affect
director of design, was named dean of Syracuse their standing among their peers.
University's School of Architecture, for example, The diversity of the top 10 schools
its undergraduate ranking jumped from seven reflects the industry. "I think all architecture offices
to three; it ranks second in the 2010 edition. Also emphasize different things and have different ways
in the undergraduate category, Rhode Island of working," Radziner says. "Over the years. you
School of Design, number seven. showed dramatic discover which schools have the sorts of students
improvement between 2008 and 2009, just as and teach the kinds of things that resonate with
John Maeda replaced Roger Mandie. who had been your own office." Such diversity applies to rankings.
president for 15 years. And a big winner in the 2010 too. The academy shouldn't use Designlntelligence
rankings is the University of Oregon's School of as its sole benchmark. says Virginia Tech College
Architecture and Allied Arts. which leapt 11 spots of Architecture and Urban Studies dean A.J. Jack
since 2009, perhaps thanks to its push to lead the Davis. "There are a number of schools that ask us
sustainable'design movement: This year's ques- what we do to get into the top 10," he notes. "You
tionnaires were distributed just months after the absolutely have to give the faculty free rein. and
school launched an Ecological Design Certificate then you have to support them."
program, and broke ground on a demonstration As for those blog-reading. desperate-
low-impact house. sounding aspiring architects, the University
The timely correlation between archi' of Illinois's Waldrep. who is also author of the
tecture schools' activities and the perception of popular book Becoming an Architect: A Guide to
their quality promises future bumps and dips in Careers in Design, puts Designintelligence in a
the rankings. Boston Architectural College gradu- larger context of student concerns. He suggests:
ated its first class of distance-learning M.Arch. Pair Designlntelligence with the ACSA's Guide to
candidates this past May, and most of those stu- Architecture Schools; read NAAB's independent
dents are already employed in architecture firms. reviews of architecture programs; converse with
Therefore, the perceived success of that effort students and recent alumni. "Too often," he adds.
may reach DFC survey respondents more quickly. "prospective students don't have a clue as to
In the midterm. the recession may impact not what their criteria should be. I tell students and
only the rankings' importance to users but also parents, What's the ranking for you?" The stan-
the substance of the standings. Jones, in San dards are individualistic, not unlike the practice
luis Obispo, says that budget cuts are already of architecture itself. _
increasing the desirability of higher-paying out-
of-state students, which will affect the composi- David Sokol is a New York- based contributing editor
tion of the student body. Perhaps the quality of to ARCHI TeCTURA L ReCORD.

THE MAN BEHIND THE NUMBERS

JAMES CRAMER, HON. 11.111.: Perhaps best known to architects as the chief execu-
tive of the American Institute of Architects from 1988 to 1994. Cramer founded
Greenway Group in 1982 and launched it as a fully staffed organization shortly
afer leaving the AlA. His Atlanta-based firm operates a management consultancy
that services the design and construction industries. The company's commu-
nications division administers think tanks (such as the Design Futures Council).
organizes conferences, produces publications (such as the bimonthly OFC journal
Designintelligence). and assembles the annual architecture-school rankings. He is the author of several
books, including Design Plus Enterprise: Seeking a New Reality in Architecture (2002. 2nd edition). To learn
more about his company and its methodology, and to discover trends that have materialized over the course
of 10 years of surveys. go to architecturalrecord.com/features for an exclusive interview with Cramer. D.S.

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FOR THIS MONTH ' S ISSUE, student center that plugs into a
we carefully considered dozens web of pathways and connects to
of high-quality university projects an existing building. Perhaps most
from around the globe, from Australia notably, it helps bolster the urban core of
to Singapore, Italy to ISI'M!1. In the end, we the school's sprawling, 1,200-acre campus,
opted to showcase a diverse trio of important providing students with a lively place to shop,
buildings right here in the U.s., where the majority eat, study, and simply hang out.
of our readers live and work. Alllhree are large facilities The reticent member of our group
that have a strong presence on their respective campuses, yet is the colossal Northwest Science Building
their temperaments are strikingly different. at Harvard University. Designed by Craig Hartman, rAIA, of Skidmore,
The tough guy is 41 Cooper Square, designed by Morphosis and local' Owings & Merrill, the low-rise facilit y totals 530,000 square feet. more
ed in the heart of Manhattan's East Village. Thorn Mayne, FAIA, sheathed t han half of which sits underground. It was constructed on an irregularly
this new Cooper Union facility in a crumpled melal"mesh skin, giving it a shaped lot on the north edge of campus and features varied facades
•< fierce and gritty aesthetic thai corresponds with its urban miHeu. This pow· that respond to neighboring structures, including historic houses. The
<

,
•< erful exterior also seems appropriate given the building·s occupants - engi-
neering and art students who are among the most taJented in the country.
eleganlly designed building is massive without being oppressive.
When it comes to campus design, there certainly is no one-size-fits-
•,, Similarly, Price Center East at the University of California, San all approach, as these buildings illustrate. Online, we feature an expanded
• Diego, makes a statement, although in a very different fashion. ror this collection of university projects in the U.S. and beyond - each making a
<
o• renowned research institution, Mehrdad Yazdani created a gregarious strong impact in its own distinct way. Jenna M. McKnight
o
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41 Cooper Square
NEW YORK CITY I Morphosis
A raw and chari smatic vertical campu s connect s students to each other
and their urban environment. By Joann Gon char, AlA

THE NEW, $111.6 MILLION ACADEMIC BUILDING at New York Ci ty's Cooper
Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is the type of extroverted
structure one would expect from architect Thorn Mayne, FAIA, of the Santa
Monica-based firm Morphosis. It has a sharp and folded, perforated-stainless-
steel shell with an aggressive gash in its main facade . Performance is part of the
rationale behind the dynamic sheath, which cloaks a poured-in-place concrete
building with a standard window-wall system, helping mitigate heat gain in
summer and retain heat in winter. The outer skin is one of several tightly coor-
dinated sustainable features that are likely to earn the project, designed with
local asso<.:iate architect Gruzen Samton, a Platinum certification under the U.S.
Green Building Council's LEED rating system.

0
The screen, which Morphosis has first level are made of structural rather
••"
0 deployed in other projects. including than architectural concrete, cootribut-

••
>
<
the Caltrans Disrict 7 Headquarters,
in Los Angeles [RE<':ORD, January
ing to the exterior's raw charisma. The
building exudes "a kind of toughness
<
•> 2005, page 12], and the San Francisco that is New York;· he says.
,
< Federal Buikling]REcORD, August
2007, page 96], serves nol only as an
This sensibility, explains Mayne,
is also in sync with the mission of
"""
0
>
energy-conserving element. It also the egalitarian, but highly selective,
•< helps integrate the building, known tuition·free college, which offers

•"" as 41 Cooper Square, into its urban


surroundings. says Mayne, who argues
degrees in architecture, engineering,
and art. The 150-year-old school was
,
"<
.;" that it is "highly contextual:' The skin founded by inventor and industrialist OPPOSITE: The perforated s kin
• crimps and curves. he points 001.10 Peter Cooper, who had less than a curves In and out, as thouqh
"<> respondlnq to the enerqy of the
0 respond to the frenetic energy of year of formal education. 41 Cooper
> urban environment.
< its East Village environment. And Square "is embedded in the values of
"0 1.. 2. The s emitrans pare nt
• from below the bottom hem of this the institution," says the architect.
,•
>
outer coal, V-shaped, poured·in·place The nine·story. 175,OOO-square-
outer s hell contains gashllke
cutouts as well as more regu -
•< concrete columns emerge to bring the foot building was constructed primarily lar apertures. Operable panels,
•0 building to the ground. The sculptural to house the engineering school but controlled by a building manaqe -
0
">0 and slightly rough supports surround- also includes some facilities for art and ment system, open to allow more
• ingthe otherwise mostly transparent architecture students. It is considerably daylight Into th e Interior.

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EIGHTH fLOOR

1 Lobby 5 Retail 9 Offices 13 Computer center 17 Auditorium


Z Multipurpose 6 Cent ral services 10 Study lounge 14 Roolterrace 18 Studen t workspace
3 Classrooms 7 Atrium 11 Labo ratories 15 Green rool 19 Art studios
4 Loading 8 Activities space 12 Skip-stop lobby 16 Gallery

98 Arcl,it«tuwIRuord 11.09
larger than the two-storv, early-20th-
century academic building previously
on the site. However. the new VOlume
is roughly eQUivalent to the COlleqe'S
most identifiable structure - the 1859
Italianate brownstone Foundation
Building. which sits kitty"torner to
the new building across leafy Cooper
SQuare. But Morphosis can't claim
much 01 the credit for the dialogue
that this similarity in scale creates. 41
Cooper Square's dimensions -100 feet
wide by 180 feet long by 135 feet tall,
with setbacks on the IlOfth and east-
were determined well before the lirm
was selected in September 2001 The
size was set as part of a city-approved
rights swap that permits the schOol to
develop the site 01 the engineering de-
partment~ former home a lew blocks
to the north as a corrmercial property.
The development plan created
an additional source of revenue IOf
Cooper Union and simultaneouSly
alk:Mred replacement of aging acadenK
lacilities.ln addition. construction of the
new building provided an opportunity to
promote interaction among the SChool's
various academic disciplines. 'We
hoped to encourage students to come
together in a natural wcr-;," says GeorQe
Campbell, Jr., Cooper Union president.
Morphosis responded to the
desire to loster interaction by creating
a vertical campus around a series
01 social spaces. The primary one is
1. The he~rt 01 the bulldlnq an amorphously shaped atrium that
Is ~n ~morphou5ly shaped extends Irom the ground Iloor toa
~trlum that extends Irom
skylight on the roo!. It is carved out
the qround level to ~ sky-
Irom the center of otherwise surpris-
IIqht lin the rOllI, Where
ingly regular and rectilinear floor plans
fillors are IIpen to the
multistllry void , ~ cu r vlnq with offices and study lounges ~ned
laWce defines Ih limits, up along the building's western edQe.
2, Within the at r ium.
and instructional spaces, including
a 20 -llIlIt-wlde qrand engineering labs, art: studios, and dass'
stai r Clln nech the first rooms, along the eastern edge.
Illur flollrs , Where the floors are open to the
3. On the uppe r level s, atrium void, a curving lattice defilleS
the void narrows around the space~ limits. The geometric but
a faceted , spiral stair with fluid web 01glass-fiber'reinforced gyp'
a luminous resi n- clad sum over an armature of steel pipe
balustrade,
protrudes into the entry lobby, entic,
ing students to walk up a 2Q'loot'wide

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grand stair that connects the first four


floors. On the upper floors. the atrium
narrows around a segmented and
spiraling stair with faceted, resin'clad
balustrades illuminated from within.
The atrium has clearly become
a lively social hub. Early in September.
shortly aller the building's official
opening. and just a few days into the
academic year, students could be seen
chatting. studying. and eating lunch on
the grand stair's landings. Others were
observing the activity from upper'level
balconies. or "sky bridges." which
afford views across and into the atrium
and sight lines out to the city beyond.
Part of theatrium's appeal is its
ARCHITECT: Morphosis - spatial com~ex ity: It is made of overlap-
Thom Mayne, rAIA. principal: ping surfaces and geometries that shift
Silvia Kuhle. AlA. project with fN€ry change in vanloge point. But
manager: Pa~el Getov. AlA , although it is visually stim-ulating. the
project architect: Chandler complexity doesn't at'lllays have a cor-
Ahrens. Natalia Traverso Caruana. responding functional advantage. One
Go-Woon Seo. project designers: instance where it becomes a liability is
Jean Oei, job captain in the vertical circulation.
ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT: like several other Morphosis
Gruzen Samton proie<;ts. the Cooper Union building has
CLIENT: The Cooper Union for the skip-stop, or express. elevators intended
Advancement of Science and Art to encourage occupants to walk and to
CONSULTANTS: IBE Consulting provide additional opportunities for in-
Engineers. Syska Hennesy teraction. These aims are valid. However,
Group (m/e/p): John A. Martin the system at Cooper Union seems too
Associates, Goldstein Associates idiosyncratic. for exam~e. anyone who
(structural): Langan Engineering wants totravel between 1fN€ls 6 and 7
and Environmental Services (civil) on foot. and by way of the atrium, would
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: be unable to do so since the spiral stair
r.J. Sciame Construction has no run connecting these floors.
Instead. occupants must chose between
SIZE: 175,000 square leet the egress stairs or the service elevator:
COST: $111.6 million But quirky circulation aside.
COMPLETION DATE: 41 Cooper Square seems to hit all the
June 2009 right notes. It contains the vibrant
spaces for informal interaction and
SOURCES provides the state-of-the-art educa-
STAINLESS-STEEL SKIN: tional facilities that Cooper Union
A. Zahner Company required. Mayne fulfilled these client
WINDOW WALL: Vistawall: mandates without ignoring the build-
Moduline ing's civic presence, creating a gutsy,
RESIN BALUSTRADE: 3rorm and appropriately energetic. addition
ELEVATORS: Hollister'Whitney to Lower Manhattan'S urban fabric. _
GREEN ROOF: American
Hydrotech r.I To comment On this project and rate it. qo
to arc htt ectura treco rd.c om/prOj ed s.

100 Arr/,;rutumIRecord 11.09


1. Social spaces, Includlno; the
loyer lor a basement auditorium,
afford views to other levels and
to the outside.
," 2. A crinkled, sound-absorptive wire
~
• mesh lines the auditorium walls.
o
"•• 3. ln contrast to the sculptural
outer shell, the bulldinq's
,• Instructional spaces are larqely
,"o rectilinear Ind requtar.
• 4 ..5. Required setblcks on
,! the elo;hth tloor created the
•• opportunity lor I north-flclnq
,• root deck and In east-Ilclnq

• qreen roof.
•>
, RIGHT: Throuqh I qashilke openlno;
•• In the main facade, occupants
•o Cln View Cooper Union's most
o
"o, Identillable structure - the
• nallanate Foundation Bulldlno;.
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Price Center East


SAN DIEGO, CALI FORN IA 1 Yazdani St udio of Cannon Design
A sizable ex pansion to a stud ent unio n serves as a vibrant ce nterpiece
for the Un iver sity of Ca liforn ia, San Diego, campus.
By J enna M. McKnig ht

LOCATED IN L A JOLLA, the University of California, San Diego, campus mim-


ics the suburban sprawl so prevalent in t he American West. Spread across 1,200
acres, t he grou nds consist of scores of bulky buildings set among eucalyptus
groves, vast lawns, and a labyrinth of roads. Guided by a 1989 master plan by
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, school leaders have been working to creat e a cen-
t ralized "dow ntown" district, and the new Price Center East aids considerably in
this effort. Cr eated by Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design,this vigorous addition
to a 20-year-old student u nion fortifies the campus core while also providing
vi tal ameni t ie s to the growing UCSO community_

One of 10 schools in the


University of Ca lifornia system, UCSD
is a leading re search institution
atelier's high level of experimentation.
While not beholden to any partic-
ular style, Yazdani wasn't entirely free
-.
founded in 1960. Its young age and pi- from precedent while dreaming up the
oneering spirit are ref lected in its bold new buil ding: It had to merge with the
and disparate architect ure, with works existing Price Center West. designed by
by Moshe Safdie, Arthur Erickson, Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz. Recognized
and Antoine Predock, among others. for its novel layout when it opened in
lis most idiosyncratic edifice, Geisel 1990, the center comprises stone-dad
Li brary, a 1970 sci-Ii extravaganza by v~umes that wrap an outdoor food
William L. Pereira, is as recognizable court - a breezy setting popular with
as the schoo l mascot (a Triton) and is students and befitt ing a campus a
even featured in t he UCSD logo. Ir:.w miles from the beach. But when it
For the $66 million (total cosl) was buitt, UCSO's student population
student-center expansion, the school numbered 17,000. With enrollment
issued an RFP in 2003 and short-listed now approaching 3O,OOCI, an enlarged
five firms.. Mehrdad Yazdani beat out cent rai hub had become crucial.
OPPOSITE: A grand st air way on t he
formidable competitors, including Eric At first. the u niversity wanted
south dou bl es as sta ting and l oo k s
Owen Moss and Rafael Vinoly. Based to employ the same courtyard-styJe
over a " t own square_" A ppearing
t o lIoat ab ove th e street , boxy in Los Angles, Yazdani describes his layout in expansion_ But after a series
vo lumes with con crete wa ll s and 2O-employee studio as a "hybrid of workshops and thorough analysis,
st or efro nt gl az ing are su pp or t ed by practice:' with all the benefits of being Yazdani decided it wasn't t he right
st eel beams and col umns. part of Cannon Design fused with an approach. "If it's going to be an urban

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1 Plaza /entry
2 Food service
SECTION kA 3 24-hour lounge
4 Retail
5 Grocery store
6 Sealing/toDd court
7 Stud y capsules
8 Campus shuttle stop
9 Lounqe
10 Stude nt services
11 The loft niQhlclub
12 Open to below .
13 Ballroom{dance studiO
14 Cross ·cultural center
" 15 Mechanical
16 Loading dock

104 Arc/,itu/tlm IR f (Ord 11.09


building," he told the university. "we're with several walkways and a circular the western half contains more retail , I. On the north, ample glazing oi-
going to need to increase density. drive that serves as a campus shuttle ballrooms. a dance studio, and a reno- le rs Views 0111 24-hour loung e on
activate street edges, and have a stop. On the south, they front grassy vated/expanded bookstore. Open ar' th e ground le ve l, a nd larthe r back,
a danc e s tudio on the second floor.
relationship to the exterior pedestrian swaths and a paved area now referred eas are furnished with movable chairs
spine of campus," With the existing to as the " town square." Both sides and couches, where students meet. 2. Th e ne w building (gold) merg es
center focused inward, the "extro- feature ample glazing, strengthen- eat. study, even snooze. On the second with th e existing stUde nt union
(white); to the northW es t Is Geisel
verted" addition would push outward ing the center's connection to the level, the new building connects to the
Library, an eccen tric be he moth.
and make its presence known. streetscape and giving students the old via a bright yellow passageway.
3. Circulation patte rn s and the
Completed in August 2008, the chance to see and be seen. At the heart of the facility is
de sire to create an urban- style
172,OOO-square'foot facility certainly If there is a formal entrance, a four-story, 56-foot·tall atrium,
landmark Inspired th e building's
is assertive. Constructed on a 5.9-acre it's on the southwest, where wide designed as a counterpoint to Price

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broken-down massing, with vol -
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site with a 6-/001 slope, the building's stairs double as seating and look Center West's courtyard. Despite a umes 01 varying scales.
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> hulking form is broken into parts to over the " piazza;' calling to mind the common assumptiOfl, San Diego isn't
•w avoid the monolithic massing often grand steps of an old courthouse. eternally warm and sunny, and "when
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•o found on university campuses.. Those Proceeding upand into the building, the cold air rolls through in the fall and
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parts - rectilinear and geometric the nonlinear, hyperdense organi' winter, everyone migrated into the nar-
•< volumes of varying scales thai zation of the space becomes fully row corridors." Yazdani says. And so he
o• either thrust forward or retreat - are apparent. There's a lot to take in. On gave the students a spacious interior
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o positioned in response to circulation the east is a maze of offices. retail gathering area bathed in natural light.
•• patterns.. On the north, they converge areas, meeting rooms, and a nightclub; A stairway cuts through the center,

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leadirlQ up from an expansive court
~-1---.___ ~
rirw;,ed by eateries. a grocery store, a
post office, a computer lab, study pods.
and a 24-hour lounge_ An imposing
Barbara Kruger mural, with news tick-
ers and giant photographs 01 clOCks,
adcIs zing to this buzzing microcity.
The project involved S€".'e(al
structlXai challenges. For instance, to
maximize the ground level fa public
functions, the team placed a loading
dock belOw-grade. The 12.5DO-square-
foot space is mostly column-free to
provide clearance for large truckS.
Custom-made plate-steel girders
transfer oYef1lead loads to the sides of
the structure_
Given that San Diego sits Of! sev-
ARCHITECT: Yazdani Studio eral lauillines. seismic issues also were
of Cannon DesiQn - Mehrdad a concern. The building, composed of
Yazdani. Assoc. AlA. desiQn a structural steel frame with cast-in-
principat Craig Hamilton. AlA. place concrete walls. was designed
project principal; Rob Benson. to withStand a powerful Quake - not
project manager; Mark Piaia. AlA. easy, given its challenging geometries,
project architect; Craig Booth. expjains Ety Benichou, the project's
John Chan. senior designers structural engineer. The soluUOf! was to
Cli ENT: University of California. separate it into two discrete structural
San Diego units, the east and west, connected us-
CONSULTANTS: Englekirk ing a seisrric joint that varied ., width
and Sabol (structural enl;lineer); from 6 inches at the lower portions of
IBE Consulting EnQineers the building to 10 inches at the roof,
(mechanical); Coffman Engineers according to Benichou_ Throughout
(electrical): Hirsh &Company the facility, every hanging element
(civill: Pamela Burton &Company was braced, even lamp fixtures. "As
(landscape); M.A. Mortensen a california architect," Yazdani says,
Company (I;leneral contractor) ''you come to embrace the braces.'·
Fortunately, no seismic events
SIZE: 112.000 square feet (new): have put these measures to the tesl
66.000 square feet (renovated) But in terms of use, the facility is
COST: $53 million (construction) performing Quite well: About 12,0Cl(}
people pass through each day, many
SOURCES stoppinc;J off to have a bite, check
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM: e-mai~ or rendezvous with friends. "It's
McMahon Steel packed," boasts Paul TerzinQ. student
CURTAIN WALL : Tower Glass center director. 'We already had to buy
GlAZI NG: Viracon more furniture_" With Price Center East,
ROOFING: NeoGard; Sarnal il Yazdani Studio has created an exuber-
ACOUSTICAL CEILING: ant landmark that bolsters the urban
Armstrong core ~ takes center stage on this vast
METAL CEILING: Ceilinl;ls Plus california campus. .
OFFICE FURNITURE:
Steelcase I:J To comme nt on th is prc>jeCI ~ nd rate it. QC>
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COLLEGES + U NIVE RS ITIE S I 894 BUILDI NG TYPES STUO Y

1.,2. Five skyllQhts totallnQ 2, 255


square leet brlnq natural IIqht Into
the 56-foot-hlqh atrium. A 'II lint
murlll by Bllrbllrll Kruqer Invlqo-
rates the splice.

3. Various rooms, such liS II


qround-Ievel computet IlIb, f eature
a dropped celllnQ with thin metal
bars. In the backQround, enclosed
s tudy pods have floor-to - celllnQ
windows.

4 . A brlQht yellow tunnel connects


the old bulldlnQ to the new.
5. A view of an Information de sk on
the third floor show s the facility 's
relaxed, modern vlbe. Vivid colors
and enlarQed text aid In wayllndlnQ
throuQhout th e Inte rior.

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Harvard NW Science BuildinQ


CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS I Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
A new labo ratory building aims to find its ow n voi ce on a hi stori c
ca mpus. By Aleksandr Bierig

BUILDING AT HARVARD IS FRAUGHT WITH COMPliCATION. Historic worKs Hartman beQan by meeting with the
of architedure by H.H. Richardson, Le Corbusier, and Walter Gropiusaredown residential community that borders
the street. When one tries to keep tothose standards, the work! at large deems the site to the north_ Wh~e the master
it wasteful (a 2009 Vanity Fair artiCle pointed to recent construction -estimated plan had called for a series of small
at 6.2 million SQuare feet and $4.3 billion since 2000 - as an example of the buildings to connect to the neighbor-
university's profligate spending). And the neighbors, the faculty, and the students hood. Hartman and the faculty felt
all have to be appeased. If that weren't enough, when Craig Hartman, FAIA, head that domestically scaled structures
of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM),s San francisco office, designed his first would be insufHcient for its resident
university lab building for Harvard, he also had to deal with the outsize personality scientists. Proposing instead to set
of then'president Lawrence Summers(who resigned in 2006after a number of the building back from the street. he
offered the neighbors a generous
missteps, including his controversial The process began in 2002, when landscape and convinced community
comments on women in science, and Harvard commisskmed PhilipEnQ\)ist. members to support the proiect.
is now director of President Obama's fAIA, partner in charge of urban design It was determined early on that
National Economic Council). "He was a and planning for SOM Chicago. to the most efficient use of space would
very, very challenging person," recallS design a master plan for the northwt'st be to combine the proposed buildings-
Hartman,lY11ose equanimity seems an corner of campus. That area consists one for the Department of Engineering
uneven match for Summers's famed of a haphazard mix of buildings, among and Applied Sciences and the other
bluster. Summers's taste tended them a 1962 lab I7f Minoru Yamasaki to( Ofganismic and Evolutionary
toward a Georgian aesthetic, but and a rruseum designed by Henry BiologV - intoa single structure. To
then he saw the movie My Architect. Q"eenough and George SneI in 1871. accommodate thOse functions. as
a film about louis Kahn by his son, After the scheme's completion, the we. as to provide storage space for
Nathaniel. ·'After that:· says Hartman, university decided to pursue the con- university collections. the four-story
''when I talked about wood, when I struction of two new buildings at the building twists and turns through the
talked about brick, it was a home run." edge of the sile. tangled campus fabric, never seeming
Such fortuitous occurrences brought Nanzeen Cooper, assistant dean as laroe as its 530,000 SQuare footage
this massive steel'and'concrete struc- for campus design and plannillQ, suggests. partly because it cannot be
ture to realization, where concerns worked with a faculty committee to se- perceived alt at once.
of history and culture were balanced lect Hartman for the project, arguing Accordingly, the overall organiza-
with the extraordinary technical that "you can always get a lab expert tion of the building is complex_ Most of
requirements of a contemporary sci- to join the team, but if you fail on the the physical-science labs run along the
ence building. architecture, there's no going back." north and west br;ck elevations. next to

108 Ardli'~~'u",l~tnml 11.09


ABOVE: Architect eralq Hartman
says, " The buildlnq wanted to be
warm durlnq the day and like a
lantern at n'qM."
1. Called t he " Hub," this suspended
q lass cube act s as a h lnq e for the
circulation of the bulld lnq, offer!nq
space for encounter and discu ssi on.

2. Stud ents and faculty are drawn


Into the build!nq corner framed by
sustalnab!y harvested Pucte wood .
3. Th e ust facade Is punctuated
with larqe, double-helqht "lIvlnq
room s" that provide Informal qroup
spaces.

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L.2!JfT. 2 Concourse electron accelerator
"<- building. now used fo r
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physical science labs.
4 Service/storage
8 Museumof Comparative
5 Existing parking gdrage Zoology (MCZ) lab,I972,
6 Hub staircase C Palfrey House, a historic
7 South yard farmhouse used for olfices.
8 South entry 0 60 Oxford Street. university
information systems and
9 Cate
computational lab, designed
10 Teaching labs
by Perry Dean Rogers, 2003-
11 Garage elevators
E Engineering Science
12 Computational labs, designed by Minoru
labs and oftices Yamasaki, 1962.
13 laboratory loft , Conant Half, graduate dorms,
14 living roo ms designed by Shepley, Ru tan,
and Coolidge,I8H
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110 Arrhitut"ml Ruord 11.09


MECHANICAL SPINE
A ladder-braced steel frame
holds the mechanical require-
ment s for the labs.

LABS AND OFFICES


Physical labs are shown in red,
computational labs in blue, and
communal spaces in green.

GROUND LEVEL
The arrows show how the
building engages both interior
routes and its surroundings.
1. The South Yard, designed by 3. The building connects to an
Michael Van Valkenburgh, leatures existing 1972 lab on Its southeast
12 skylights that also act as corner.
benches.
4 . The main south entry Is open
2. The north and west brick facades and Inviting, reacting to the
BAS EMENT LEVEL give a contrasting ex terior expres- Insular nature of much of the
sion lor the phy si cal science labs. campus.
An event space and classrooms
are beneath the south yard, with
labs and storage throughout.

SECTION PERSPECTIVE
Labs on the left are supported
by a mechanical spine, while
the right-hand side offers more
sectional variation.
BUILDING TYPES STUDY 1 894 1 COLLEGES +- UNIVERSITIES

a massiYe mechanical spine constructed perature. Perhaps in pari due lolhat


ARCHITECT: Skidmore, Dwinqs with a steel-braced ladder-lrame system history, SOM's contribution seems less
& Merrill - Craig Hartman, rAIA, that provides a large interior scaffold inteqral than Kahn's, as if the archi·
design partner; Carrie Byles. AlA, lor the heavy rn/e/p reQuirements 01 tecture only needed to wrap around a
project manager; Philip Enquist. the labs. Wllh regard to the latter. SOM technically overdetermined whole.
fAIA, campus planning: Keith worked with lab pIamers GPR to deYet- Because 01 the interior program·
Boswell, AlA, technical director: op a IO-loot-6-inch mOOule that provides ming. the domain 01 architedure was
leo Chow, AlA, senior desiQn lIexibility for a range of uses. Across pushed farther and farther out until
architect; David rrey, AlA, project from the 'Wer '1abs on the upper floors, everything jammed into a single sur·
architect; Mike Temple, AlA, the architects allowed the computation- face. It's nol that the building doesn't
desi9n architect allabs and offices to assume a lighter, achieve its intentions - the wood and
ClI ENT: Harvard University more lIexibie quality. These rooms on brick lend a sensitive touch. Yet. the
CONSULTANTS: Bard. the south and east sides are framed in north and west brick facades feel
Rao · Athanas ConsultinQ glass - translucent toward the hallway, as if they belong to another struc·
Engineers (mle/p): CPR Planners and dear with operable windoYv's tcmard ture. They refer to a sort 01 generic
Collaborative (lab planners): the exterior. There, the monotonous "Harvard brick buikling." while at the
Michael Yan valkenburgh procession of ollices is punctuated by same time they demonstrate their
Associates (tandsca~) a series 01 "living rooms" - informal nonstructural role with syncopated
double-height meeting spaces. fenestration. UltimatelY,the gesture
SIZE: 530.000 square feet Large staircases. a lTound-leYeI is neither contextual nor tectonic. On
COST: Withheld cafe, and an underground event space the opposite facade. SQM's desire to
COMPLETION DATE: also encourage an environment 01 express "human" materials led to plac-
September 2008 openness and coIaboration, as opposed ir"IQ wood beneath glass - a seemingly
to the often insular nature of science eleqant SOlution that actually reQuired
SOURCES buikings. This idea is carried to the a complex system of venting so the
EXTERIOR CLADDING: exterior planning. as well Coming from wood wouldn't be damaged under
Pinolli Brothers (masonry); the central campus. one approaches heat stresses - showing that even
Ipswich Bay Glass (metal/ alongside a generous courtyard with small gestures were subject to severe
qlass curtain wall): Imperial twelve large, square, bench-height technical demands. On both sides.
Woodwor~ing (wood) boxes. Designed by landscape architect Modernism's lucid simplicity, which
ROOFING: Sarnafil Michael Van Valkenburgh, the lawn was conceived partly as the rejection
(elastomeric membrane) doubles as a green roof over the event of ornament, acts as a front (Quite lit·
WINDOWS; Park lex (shadow box space -the boxes act as skylights for erally) for the comp~x and inscrutable
insert): Solar Ban 70 Xl (glass) the room below. Stacking the open and contingencies 01 modern science.
INTERIOR FINISHES: ck>sed communal spaces directly on top In this way, the buildinq begins to ,
ArmstronQ World Industries, of one another characterizes the build- express the bind of architecture in the 0
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ing's architectural strategies - more present. Hartman continually stated
USG Interiors, BPB celotex, life •<>
Science Products. tindner USA than half the SQuare footage is under· a desire for the building to reflect its •
(suspension 9rid); ~aharam ground, and spaces with more flexibility, own time, as most 01 the structures at
fabric (wall co~erings): formica like cirrulation corridors and stairways, Harvard have done. His achievement
(laminate); Daltile, American are exploited to create oppxl:unilies may not have the power and clarity
Olean (floor and wall tile); for encounter and coIaboration. seen in the works 01 nearby "masters."
Armstront;l. Johnsonite (resilient All 01 this is very far from but the complexity of our moment
iloorinQl: Shaw (carpet); Louis Kahn's innovative design for precludes such heroics. Hartman's
Mechoshade Systems the 1961 Rkhards Medical labs at architectural decisions - weaving the
(window treatment) the University of Pennsylvania. building into its surroundings, creating
FURNISHINGS: Bedco {lab There, Kahn conceived the building's space for conaboration - are hard-won • 0

furnllure); Paolenti (lounge organization by proposing the idea of victories in this context. Modern lab •"<
seating); Steelcase (oilice "served" and "servant" spaces - hoi·
low concrete towers for mechanical
buildings are not so much works 01
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glazed labs that ended up being too '::I To comment on this proje ct an!! rate it.
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1. As seen looklnq east throuqh I double-
helqht "lIvlnq room," spaces were deslqned
to be fl exible and open to the outside.

2. The Interior stalrclse 01 the "Hub" turns


ci r cula t ion space Into a dramatic social
collector.
3. The underqround event space Is lit Irom
above by twelve larqe skyllqhts and sur -
r ou nded on three sides by lecture rooms.
4. A view down the laboratory corridor show s
the flexibility and repetitious nature 01 the
space. The l elt wallis directly connected to
the mechanical spi ne that runs throuqh the
center of the structure.

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ARCHITECTURAL TECH NOLOGY Ethereal Architecture

Into Thin Air

Whil e most structures are firmly rooted in th e ground,


some seem to fl oa t through the ski es
By Josephine Minutillo

LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS when bricks and '·Singapore is a very dense Asian city," explains
..~" f"'" Contlnulnq Education mortar were the building materials of choice. The Look Boon Gee, cofounder of LOOK Architects,
~ _ Use the following learning solid, imposing struc tures they produced have "But there has been a concerted effort by the
"'#tl~ ol.ljectives to fo{us your given way to lightweight, light-filled assemblies government to balance development and nature
study while reading this month's that, whether temporary or not, convey an to preserve the natural heritage_"
ARCHIT£CTURAL R£CORO/AIA Continuing ephemeral quality as they look to the skies or LOOK's park intervention - called Forest
Education article. To earn one AlA tread ever so gently on the earth_ Walk - literally goes out of its way to prevent any
learning unit. including one hour of
One such ethereal project in Singapore destruction of its natural setting, snaking around
health. safety. and welfare (HSW)
meanders through the treetops while leaving as trees to avoid tearing them down. At the same
credit, turn to page 128 and follow the
instrudions. Other opportunities to light a footprint as possible on the ground below. time, it takes advantage of the unique experience
re{eive AIA/CES creditl.legin on Designed by Singapore-based LOOK Architects of walking through a tree canopy, with up-close
page 13 1. following an international competition, the project views of the wildlife and vegetation, and lookout
Learning Objectives consists of a pedestrian bridge spanning the busy points to take in the harbor views in the distance.
1. Identify building materials used for Alexandra Road along the island's southern coast The designers also exploit the meandering
lightweigh t construction. and a zigzagging elevated walkway inside the path to maintain a 1:12 gradient, making Forest
2_ Explain the advantages of using densely wooded Telok Blangah Hill Park, an area Walk accessible to wheelchair-bound visitors and
prefabricated components. formerly inaccessible to the public. children in strollers. (Stairways along the path lead
3_ Discuss the challenges involved in Completed in 2008, the project, ini tiated to the earth trail below, laid out in conjunction with
designing temporary structures. by Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority the elevated walkway overhead.) As it progresses
4. Discuss innovative uses of glass (URA), creates a continuous pedestrian access in along its nearly mile-long expanse, the walk rises
and acrvlic. this residential area, where high-rise apartment more than 200 feet from its starting point at the
buildings and colonial houses border lush forests. Alexandra Arch Bridge - which LOOK designed as

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Forest Walk 's Forest Walk rises
6.S-loot-wlde d eck ZOO fe et over the
m ellnders throuqh course of its nearly
the tree canopy for mll e-lonQ path within l' Urban Vatt~v
a close glimps e of th e Telok Blangah "
Wildlife and veQ etatlon Hili Park alonq
(above ). Supported Slnqapore's southern
on stlltlike columns, coast (right). StTE PLAN

118 Arc/,ju[/urul R~cord 11.{)9


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," a sweeping gateway into this sanctuary of calm regulations , and Gee admits that if it had, the stilt- The Forest Walk Is The walkway zlQzaQs
> repose. Forest Walk begins by traversing a low val- like columns would be much bigger. a popular nlQhttlme at the path's steepest

" ley. and at certain points it reaches nearly 60 feet To facilitate cons truction and minimize destination. Its points to maintain a
,""o above grade. The walkway is hoisted into the air by disturbance to the site, the entire assembly was translucent deck Is lit 1:12 Qradlent accessible
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steel columns measuring 8 inches in diameter at designed as a kit-of·parts, with the columns, from below to create a to wheelchairs and
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these extreme heights. For most of the walkway. railings, gratings, and shelters all prefabricated luminous trail (above). strollers (below).
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> where it rises only 20 to 25 feel off the ground, oil-site. On·site work was limited to the pouring
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" the columns average 6 inches in diameter. of the concrete footings (which are reinforced
•"o The 6.5-foot-wide deck is composed of a with micropiles), a long, arduous process due to
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e triangulated grating held together by steel beams. the undulating topography and dense plantings of
> The design for the grating was inspired by the ferns, orchids, and other native plan t s.
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triangle-shaped leaves of the local Mile-a-Minute The translucent deck allows sunlight to pass
plant, its clinging vine prominent throughout the through to the earth floor and foliage below. The
•< sile. While the shape refers deliberately to nature, galvani zed-steel·mesh railings also transmit light.
• the rigid, tessellated deck that resulted provides as well as rainwater, and make the overall struc·
••> added stability and slip"resistance. ture appear to floa t through the trees 11 la Swiss
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"oo Additional stabilizers come in the form of Family Robinson. "Even though this is a mawmade
"o steel rod cross bracing between facing columns. structure," Gee explains, "we wanted to maintain
•• The design did not have to conform to seismic an immediate connection to the surroundings:·

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1. F"or th e Serpentine
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Insisted on mirror'
polished aluminum
for both the underside
and top of the roof.
The se rene park
reflections contrast
with the animated
character created
when the space 15
filled with visitors.
2. An early concept
sketch Illustrates
the basic structure.
3. The pavilion
spreads out over
6 ,000 square feet
Inside London's
Kensington Gardens.

The forest Wal k, which is open to the public cOllaborating with London-based Arup, had to it came time to dismantle the struc tu re. The final
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at all hours, has become an especially popular work last to design, fabricate, and assembl e a rool sec tion - composed of a 'I.·inch·thick birch
destination in the evenings, when its translucent structure that would contain spaces for a cafe and plywood core sandwiched between ultrathin lay-
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from July through October. In plan. the amoebalike shape covers 6,000
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Given the packed program 01 events and
London's inclement weather, SANAA quickly
square feet - "drilling Ireely between the trees like
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construction of the ninth Serpentine Pavilion in ture at all. But the ar chitects' desire to keep the large, the designers had to engage in a technically
london's Kensington Gardens. The design for the structure as ethereal as possible led to a design complex exercise for the seemingly simple design. ,
temporar y structure is awarded to an interna' that essentially consisted of a very thin, very shiny "We were building endless physical modelS in <
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in the U.K. Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima of
roof on lots of little sticks.
"SANAA wan ted the rool to be '(, inch thick;
Tokyo while the london team was doing com-
puter analysis:' recalls Sam Chermayeff, who was ,
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the Japanese firm SANAA got the call this year. We were aiming for 2 inches," says Ed Clark, SANAA's project architect, along with Lucy Winter •,,
That the call came in early february, just Arup's project director. "They got closer to their Styles. In its final form, the roof structure reaches •
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five months before the pavilion was to be erected target than we did." But although SANAA's vision as high as 11'/, feet and dips down as low as 3 feet •
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lines above, or the concrete floor below. "We EOMA developed the roof concept five The project, which was recently approved for
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We often think of building projcets as new construetion. However,
the reality is that in any given year, there are typically more building
renovation and rehabilitation projects undenaken by owners than there
are new construction projects. Only a relatively small percentage of
these existing building projects fall in the categol)' of "historic" \\~th
the associated public programs and desi!:,'ll restrictions that go along
with that designation. The majority are motivated by changing owner
needs, eneQ:,'Y concerns, maintenance considerations, and general
modernization or upgrade requirements. In all of these cases, windows
are often a topic of interest and concern. Should they be replaced or
can they be repaired? If they are replaced, what are the options?
Which option is best for a panicular situation? Understanding how to
answer these questions gives architects the ability to work with their
clients to make informed decisions and improve the overall outcome
of projects.

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OF BUILDINGS?
The usual first question to ask regarding an existing building of
some age and character is whether or not it has been listed by the
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health safety welfare credit. answer the questions on page '37. then follow be subject to rehabilitation standards and guidelines issued by the
the reporting instructions Or go to ceArchltecturalRecord.com and follow
US SecretaI)' of the Interior and administered by the US National
the reporting instructions.
Park Service (N PS). However, even if a building isn't yet listed, the
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fact that it is eligible may suggest compliance with the standards
After reading th is ."tld e,you should be able to: if the owner would like to eventually see it listed. Further, a build-
ing located in a registered his/oric district & certified by the NPS
• Define the historic significance of existing windows i ll buildings.
as contributing to the historic significance of that district will also
• Oifferelltiate between differellt historic standards & guidelilles for be subject to applicable provisions of the standards. The incentive
Window rehabilitation.
for the owner to comply with these standards comes most often in
• Design a win-dow rehabilit.tion plall for buildings. the form of Federal income tax credits of 10 - 20% on rehabilita-
• Evaluate window replacem ent options for eKisting comme,cial and
tion work done to the buildings. Eligibility of these tax credits will
illslitulional buildings. be subject to a NPS or SH PO review and certification process to
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the preferred option . In making that assessment, the basic options
include the follow ing:

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identification of the existing windows, the first option to consider
Beyond the previously mentioned scenarios, buildings can be is whether or not some or all of the windows will be retained and
determined to be "non historic" and, if they were built before 1936, preserved with little or no additional work.
may still be eligible for a 10% tax credit provided they meet the • Protect and Maintain - some windows may require some basic
following criteria: attention at the maintenance level in order to protect them from
deterioration and remain fully functional.
• Building cannot be listed in: • Repair - other windows may have broken pieces or elements that
- National Register of Historic Places require functional repair of that damage. Repairs should always
- National Register listed historic district be carried out with the intention of matching the existing elements
- Certified State or local historic district as closely as possible or practical for general aesthetic and
• Must be rehabilitated for non-residential use operational needs in addi tion to any historic concerns.
Under this scenario, there is no fonnal review process by National • Replace - when none of the above are truly feasible, then the
Park Service. windows need to be considered for replacement. In doing so, using
the following cri teria can be useful since anyone of them may be
For all olher buildings, and the most common scenario appropriate justification to replace rather than repai r a window:
involving window replacement, renovations or rehabilitation work - Deterioration is too severe to effectively repair - i.e. the
is simply undertaken as a building project with the following existing elements of the windows are not in tact enough 10
characteristics: assure that the repairs will be long lasting.
- The historic character of the buildings is not based on the
• No tax credits are being pursued or they are not applicable windows hence, their replacement will not detract from that
• The building is not subject to review by NP S or SH PO character.
• The architect and owner review and select the best option - Cost of repair vs. replacement - labor intensive repairs may
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while the replacement may perform much better over the life of code provisions, including window rcquiremenl~ .
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to non-opening windows is important to indoor air quality in Once the decision is made to replace rather than pursue repair of
buildings and user satisfaction. the windows, then some fundamental design decisions need to be
- Hazard abatement including lead based paint or asbestos based considered.
material is more appropriately performed by removing and
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materials. visible aspect of the windows. Generally, keeping the same paULTIl
of oJX-'Jlings is seen as desirable, but there may be reasons to change
Replacing windows or adding new windows to an existing the sizes to be either larger or smaller. Conven;cly, there may be
building may also be appropriate for the fo llowing reasons: reasons to consider keeping the size identical in all respects to
the existing.
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previously removed, filled in, or deteriorated inconsistently in the same style as existing or change to another such as double hung,
a building need to be addressed. The best approach is usually single hung, casement, awning, fixed or other types best suited to the
to provide new replacement windows that match as closely a~ rehabilitaK"t! building need to be detennim."t!.
possible the existing windows in the rest ofthe building. • Materials: Window lUlit materials for commercial and
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or addition to an older or historic building is allowable under the metals, but increasingly wood, aluminum clad wood, fiberglass , or
Rehabilitation Guidelines but the style mayor may not be an issue. all vinyl windows are being used based on the preferred
In most cases it is preferred that any building additions or substantive characteristics of those materials.
alterations are compatible in style with the existing but can clearly be • Proportions: Window proportions of the overall window unit and the
discerned as constructed at a different time. Hence the preference in individual components such as frame & sash determine a great deal
this case will be to have new windows that do NOT match exactly, but of the look and aesthetic of the windows in the building, ooth inside
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• Trim: Exterior & interior trim can, in many cases, be saved and HEAD

re-used, even if the rest of the window unit is being replaced. When
the exterior trim is beyond repair, a wide variety of new trim solutions
are available.
• Glazing: Glass type needs to be considered not just related to
the layers of glazing, but to the color, tint, reflectance and other
propenies. Similarly the strenf:,>1.h and code requirements may
dictate the use of glass that is tempered, laminated, or with CHECKRAll
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can be a detennining factor in replacement \vindow selection,
particularly in larger window units.
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factor suggesting that tight sealing and perhaps inoperable windows
may be preferred in cenain cases.
• Energy: Energy efficiency applies to the entire window unit, not
just the R-value of the glass. In reviewing manufacturers' technical
infonnation on windows, look for the overall tested energy ratings and
compare the results among manufactured units to be sure the specified
units will meet the intended perfonnance criteria. EXISTING CONSTWCTION
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to install the replacement window, not just the cost of the materials.
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Using the above as a basis, then the first fundamental decision to and where appropriate, new insulation installed in exposed cavities.
reach is whether to undertake complete tear outs of the existing window From there, new treated blocking at the head and jambs can
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health ~afety welfare (fed it. answer the questions on page 143. then follow in residential kitchens . The term modular refrigeration refers to
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fresh food, freezer or wine preservation columns of varying widths,
learning Objectives generally between 18 and 36 inches. They provide considerable
After read ing this articl e, you should be able to: dcsign flexibility, giving architects the option to forego the often
cumbersome refrigerator-freezer combination in Javor of two
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installation possibilities, and can be placed wherever they are
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In addi tion to liberating the ki tchen from the hegemony of the
monolithic fridge/freezer combination, modular refrigeration has
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following suit, being disguised and integrated into the overall decor. Temperature and humidity control~ compartments keep food fresher longer.
While stainless steel finishes are stilllX>pular, the predominant design
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to true flush mount refrigeration where the unit "disappears" into the CONVENIENCE FACTORS
kitchen cabinetry for a cleaner, ultra modem look. Refrigerator interiors are designed for practicality. Spill-proof glass
Modular refrigeration harkens back to German engineering, shelves facilitate easy cleanup. Door shelves are adj ustable, freezer
and the Kuhlschrank, which literally means 'cool cabinet. "l1's columns accommodate extra tall items and gallon door storage
a cabinet wi th a compressor and the cabinet gets cold. Because reflects consumer preferences of econom ical family-size purchases.
modular units are more a pan of the cabinetry than an appliance, At the touch of a button motorized shelves raise and lower to
they represent a paradigm shift in the way design professionals accommodate items of various heights, even when they're fully
think about refrigeration and configuring the kitchen. loaded wi th up to 22 pounds of food.
W afer and Ice Dispensers. Over the years, manufacturers have
FOOD CHIWNG AND STORAGE PERFORMANCE improved their ice and water dispensers and today' s models have
Each modular refiigeration column operates with its own motor and capabilities such as measured dispensing and rapid filling such that
compressor, eliminating air exchange beT\veen the refiigerator and an 8-ounce glass can be fil led in 8 seconds. Anti-clump systems
1Teczer compartments - often the source of odor and/or flavor transfer. agitate icc at timed intervals to keep it from freezing together after
Air temperature is also more evenly distributed and humidity levels arc defrost cycles or extended door open ings. T hrough-the-door systems
appropriate for vegetables and fiuits to stay crisp and fi"esh longer. allow easy access to water, icc cubes and crushed icc without having
To achieve equal temperature levels on all shelves, to open the refrigerator cabinet. Large flexible dispensers with pull-
multi-flow air systems provide a continuous flow of air running down pitcher flaps allow the use of extra tall or wide containers.
along the interior back wall. Cold air channels behind the door \Vater dispensers almost always include water filtration capabi Iities.
racks ensure that food items on these racks are stored at the same Carbon is primarily used in refiigerator filtration OO::ause of its ability to
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needed, which saves energy and eliminates freezer bum . Sensors unnecessarily. Refrigerators and freezers with individual compressors
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Lighting. Refrigerator lighting is getting more energy efficient. properly chilled. Adaptive defrost systems operate only when needed,
Replacing the fonnerly ubiquitous incandescent light bulb scheduled and there are settings to adjust temperatures for low food levels, to
for phase out in the U.S., Europe, Canada and other locations, the disable ice making and lighting when users are on vacation and to
refrigeration industry has turned to LED, and halogen lights. Of the function in Sabbath mode, meaning that lights, fans, sounds, atanns,
two, the halogen light spectrum is considered to display the true compressors or other electrical activity is disabled when the refrigerator
color and texture-and thus condi tion-of foods. A typical lighting door is opened without affecting its operation.
scheme may include two upper halogen spotlights and two halogen All refrigerators sold in the United States are required to meet
wall towers to illuminate food evenly, so even foods at the back can the Department of Energy's efficiency standards, and many meet the
be easily seen and don't languish out of sight as the expiration date department's more sttingent Energy Star qualifications as well. A new
passes. LED lights may be slightly less expensive to operate, but reftigerator \-vlth an ENERGY STAR label is required to use at least
they cast an unattractive bluish light on foods. 20 percent less energy than stipulated by current federal standards.
Quiet Operation. The compressor keeps the refrigerator cool. A Today's Energy Star rated refiigerators use about half the energy of
standard compressor circulates cool air on a set cycle. But at the heart those manufactured prior to the early 1990s. Through its rating system
of quiet operation is a variable speed compressor, which keeps running of appliances, the program claims to have helped save enough energy in
at very slow revolutions per minute, and cycles up only when necessary 2008 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from
to maintain the temperature of the products inside the cabinet. Some 29 million cars - all while saving consumers $19 billion in utilitly
companies even insulate the compressor in higher end models. costs. However, when it comes to free standing refirgerator ratings,
Greater Capacity_ Manufacturers are continually working to gain the ENERGY STAR program is not without its critics. Detractors
extra capacity within the same footprint. One way of doing this is decry the lack of independent auditors - manufacturers supply data
through more effective insulation technology. Proprietary vacuum on their own products - and contend that the energy efficiency bar
panels reduce the thickness of refrigerator walls, and thinner walls is set too low, with too many products qualifying for the star to make
mean more room inside. A panial vacuum is created within the panel it meaningful. For built-in refrigerators, ENERGY STAR criteria are
walls and filled with a low conductivity substance such as powder, more rigorous. The built-in installation makes the heat exchange to the
fiber or aerogel. Increased energy efficiency is another byproduct as outside more difficult than freestanding units, and the air inlet and air
heat gain in the refrigerator is reduced, thereby reducing the energy outlet for cooling air are more restricted in the built-in installation. In
required to maintain lower temperatures within.

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Refrigerators are moving toward more positive environmental and
energy performance.
Refrigerants. There has been a movement toward a new generation
of environmentally fiiendly refrigerants. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC),
a group of compounds containing carbon, fluorine and hydrogen, but
not chlorine, have replaced chlorine-{:ontaining chlorofluorocarbons
CFCs and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC). HFCs, however, are not
an ideal solution as they have a global warming impact. Major HFC
releases occur during their manufacrure, from filling refi-igeration
equipment and fi-om refrigerators' end-of-life deterioration.
Other substances being tested as an alternative to HFCs are
greenhouse-neutral hydrocarbons such as propane and isobutane, FltlSh-moonted refrigeration is a top trend in kit(hen design
which are extensively used in European and Asian refrigerators.

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be switched at will. Many cooktops also incorporate smart features that
can select proper cooking times and temperatures for various foods .
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crucial to a smooth installation. With modular refrigerators, the intent Gas. Gas cooktops are the choice of many serious cooks. Gas burners
is that any standard size ki tchen cabinet can be replaced by a modular produce heat instantly, and can be easily controlled to change the
column, with a gap between two tall cabinets the ideal scenario. Units flame quickly between low and high heat. When gas burners are
should have hinges that can open to 115 degrees to allow the columns 10 turned otT, the heat stops and so does the cooking. Improving on the
be fully flush mounted without sacrificing accessibility. Hinges should tradi tional gas ring burnerare star-shaped burners that distribute heat
also be heavy duty, and be able to sUpJXlrt more than 200 JXlunds of more evenly from the center of the pan to its edges. The perimeter
door weight, particularly if custom wood panels are used. For complete of a star-shaped burner can be up to 56 percent greater than a round
installation details, the product 's spec sheet should be consulted. burner of the same diameter, which allows for more flame JXlrts and
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there is a learning curve experienced by non-cabinet installers. boil times are faster too, with a range offrom over 24 minutes to 12
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SMOKE AND FIRE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT


The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) reponed that in 2008, in
the United States, there were fires in 95,000apartment buildings, 10,0CH)
industrial properties, 6,000 educational properties, and 6,500 institu-
tional properties. 390 civilians died in those apartment fires and 3,975
sustained fire-related injuries. An additional 120 civilians died that year
in non-residential structural fires, in which 1,400 civilians were injured.
While these tragedies occurred during a fire, the real culprit was the
smoke. According to FEMA, asphyxiation is the leading cause of fire
deaths, exceeding bums by a three-to--one ratio.
Both evidence and experience confinn that buildings must
be designed to protect occupants from fire and smoke, but debate
continues to rage about the best way to provide that protection.
Active fire suppression systems, such as automatic sprinklers,
have proven to be very effective at containing the spread of fire
throughout a building, but do little to combat the creation and
spread of dangerous smoke. Passive fire protection systems manage
fire spread by dividing a building into distinct fire containment
compartments equipped with fire-rated floors, walls, doors, door
hardware, and duct penetmtions. These passive systems act to
restrict the movement of smoke. Walls serve as smoke barriers New de sign alte rnative s to th e e nclose d e levator lobby ate le ss de si g n.
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guide the development of projects nationwide. The 2006 edition
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·"m Safety Solutions. To earn one AIAfCES le arning Unit, including one hour and life safety, the general goal of the lBC is to ensure that if a fire
of heallh safety wtffare credit. answer the question~ on pagt '49. then follow the occurs in a building, it won 't grow too rapidly and occupants will
rtporling Instructions or go 10 ce.Ar<hllecluraIRecofd.com and follow the report· have the ability to escape," explained fire code consultant Gregory
ing instructions. 1. Cahanin, Cahanin Fire and Code Consulting. "In a multi-story
building, the !BC mandates that automatic sprinklers be installed
learning Objectives
After rtad ing this articl e, you should be ablt to,
to contain the spread of fire and works to compartmentalize every
floor, so that if a fire occurs, it stays on the floor where it began ."
E~plain tht building code rtqui,ements for fire and smoke containment at Despite the combination of active and passive fire containment
thoe elevator shaft. techniques written into the building code, smoke migration has
neo;crirn:- the enclosed elevator lobby ",Iulion mandated by the IBe. continued to be a dangerous and deadly aspect of building fires .
Compare and contrast availablt alt ernatives to thoe traditional tnclosed
Over the past decade, the lBC has recognized the need to better
elevator lobby ",Iution.
contain the spread of smoke in a multi-story building and has begun
n.,o;crlrn:- unique fire and smoke code req uir" ments and SQlulions for art a.
of re fuge, count erlop enclosures, healthcare facilities, and prisons. requiring that buildings also be eq uipped with smoke protection
for horizontal assemblies, in addition to the active and passive fire
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safety codes which require both vertical and horizontal barriers that
may nOl have been in place originally.

SMOKE AND FIRE IN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT


Elevator shafts act like chimneys in mul ti-slory buildings enabling
large quantities of air to move from floor to floor and, when a fire
occurs, acting as a conduit transporting smoke throughout a build-
ing. The heated smoke enters the elevator shaft from the fire floor
and rises, displacing the resident cooler, denser air. Stack effect
pressures in the elevator hoistway draw this cool smoke up through
the vertical shaft . As the smoke rises, it easily leaks back through
the elevator doors and onto other floors , spreading quickly beyond
its point of origination and exposing occupants on upper floors to
this dangerous and toxic hazard. Despite design teams' best efforts
to compartmentalize, the vertical elevator shaft compromises each
floor and must be specifically addressed to provide fire, smoke, and
life safety in the buil t environment.

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Where three or more stories are connected by an elevator shaft,
architects are required, by the lBe, to isolate each floor from the
elevator shaft with both fire and smoke protection. In Section 707.14.1 Section 101.1 4.1 of t he 2006 IBe prescribes t hat design teams
(lBC 2009 Section 708. 14.1), the IBC prescribes in its charging inco rporat e a fire· rated, enclosed elevator lob by at the elevator shaft.
language that design teams incorporate a fire-rated, enclosed elevator The code also ident ifies seven exceptions to this ru le.
lobby onto each floor to provide the requisite separation. As the name
may suggest, an enclosed elevator lobby is a room that is built around the doors used to enclose a lobby. When the swing doors close,
the elevator doors that can be closed otT from the rest of the floor in the the gasket fills in the empty space between the door and the frame,
event of a fire. The code mandates, in Section 708, that the fire parti- creating a seal to prevent smoke from leaking out of the vestibule.
tions shall have a fire rating of not less than one hour and, in accordance This lobby becomes a barrier on the fire floor keeping smoke from
with Section 715, that the openings in fire partitions must be protected penetrating the elevator shaft and, simultaneously, prevents smoke
by an opening protective with a minimum of a 20 minute fire rating. from migrating out of the elevator shaft onto a non-fire floor.
Simply put: the enclosed elevator lobby must be constructed with walls While enclosed elevator lobbies are the code-prescribed
that have a one hour fire rating and doors that have a 20 minute fire solution for maintaining fire, smoke, and life safety at the elevator
rating, as a minimum. shaft, they are often far from ideal in tenns of how they can impact
Beyond the requisite fire rating, it is also mandated in the IBC an architect's designs. In some buildings, like a standard office
that the corridor walls and doors in them shall resist the passage of tower, elevator lobbies are naturally created amidst a bank of
smoke. The code contains the construction requirements for creating elevators, which makes the vestibule easy to incorporate into the
wall assemblies that are capable of restricting the movement of space, However, in building types that are more complex , or that
smoke from one side of the wall to the other. The doors or opening have design intentions that significantly ditTer from the standard
protectives must meet the air leakage performance outlined by the office tower, the vestibule solution can create a real challenge for an
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1784 test. These air leakage tests architect trying 10 figure out how to incorporate enclosed lobbies into
of door assemblies examine the rate that air and smoke leak from the design. Additionally, it can be a challenge to create a vestibule
one side of the door to the other and establish that particular door that fee ls open and continuous with the rest of the building.
assemblies appropriately resist the spread of smoke, Another problem that is commonly cited with the lobby fire
In order to meet the fire and smoke protection requirements, and smoke barrier solution is the amount of floor space that it
architects commonly specify fire-rated swing doors with gaskets as requires to execute. Instead of setting aside dead space on every

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much smaller intrusion on the building's floorplate . In response
to the dynamic construction environment and new practices and
tools available, the codes have evolved to identify instances when
an enclosed elevator lobby is no longer necessary and to allow
architects to implement fire and smoke containment solutions that
are equal to or superior to the enclosed elevator lobby of long ago.
IBC 2006 specifically identifies seven exceptions to the enclosed
elevator lobby mandated by Section 707 .14.1 and an allowance for
alternative means and modes.

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Exception one applies to buildings where the ground floor is equipped
throughout with automatic sprinklers. When the groLmd floor is protect-
Aswing door mounted at an eievatOf opening and held open with a magnetic
ed with automatic sprinklers, enclosed elevator lobbies on the ground hold meets thefire and sf'r"\Ot;e partition code requirements, but can be susceptible
floor are nOl necessary to meet fire and life safety codes. Most new to tetklnt tampering and have an undesirable aesthetk effect in the space.
buildings will incorporate automatic sprinklers throughout the building
and will qualifY for this ground floor exception. elevators in your designs. Swing doors closed over the elevator door
can impede firefighter access to the area and creates a visible barrier
Exception 2: No Elel'{ltor Shaft between a firefighter riding the elevator and an occupant waiting
In buildings where the elevator is not enclosed in an elevator shaft, on the floor. Additionally, swing doors are often wedged open by
there is no requirement for an enclosed elevator lobby to separate tenants or inadvertently blocked by furnishings on the floor. If they
the shaft from the rest ofthe floor. Elevators entirely within a hotel are unable to properly close, they are useless as a smoke barrier.
atrium are a common application of th is provision.
Exceptio" 4: Sprinkler Trade-Off
Exception 3: The Additional Door Option Buildings less than 75 feet in height that have sprinklers installed
AnOlherway to avoid designing an enclosed elevator lobby onto each throughout, do not need to isolate the elevator shaft from the rest of
floor is to specify that a gasketed swing door be mounted directly the building. Healthcare facilities (1-2) have other special require-
at the elevator opening and held open with a magnetic hold device. ments defined in Section 407 regarding protection from smoke
The IBC refers to this door as an "additional door" and as long migration. 1-3 occupancies (confinement facilities and prisons) and
as it carries an S rating (smoke rating), is equipped with a closer, buildings more than 75 feet in height cannot apply this exception.
the device that pulls the door closed when the magnetic hold-open
releases, is "openable from the elevator car side without the use ofa Exceptio" 5: Sprinklers and Smoke Partitions
key, tool, knowledge, or special effort", and is tested in accordance Where a building is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system, the
with UL 1784 for air leakage, this swing door solution readily meets fire and smoke partition required at the elevator shaft can be reduced
the fire and smoke barrier code requirements for the space. In the to smoke partition construction, which means that the assembly can
event ofa fire , the magnetic hold-open releases and the swing doors be rated for smoke protection only and no longer needs a fire rating.
close over the elevator opening. The gasketing along the jamb of Additionally, the opening protective, or door, in a smoke partition needs
the door assembly fills in the space between the swing door and the only to be rated in accordance with UL 1784. Since the building code
door frame, creating a seal to block smoke from trespassing onto requires that all high rise buildings have automatic sprinkler systems,
the floor. A drop seal is mounted to the door undercut to prevent many high rises can take advantage of this exception.
smoke migration at the sill.
While this solution is much more space friendly than creating Exceptio/l 6: Elevutor Shuft PressurizatiO/l
an enclosed elevator lobby on each floor , there are a few concerns The IBC recognizes that elevator shaft pressurization can be used
that should be considered before mounting swing doors to the to separate the elevator shaft from the rest of the building in lieu
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smoke confined in the office suite or condo where the fire originated strips that adhere to metal rails on either side of the doorway provid-
and out of egress pathways. Unfonunately, there are many obstacles ing a vinually air-tight seal. The ICC recogni zes the combination
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Shaft pressurization systems are complex electrical and mechanical magnetic gasketing system, which deploys an air-tight fi lm over the
systems. Floor loading designs must consider their impact as well. One shaft. door, as an approved alternative for an enclosed elevator lobby.
challenge is the fact that the elevator doors leak considerable amounts The fire-rated elevator doors provide the requisite fire protection
of air from the shaft. onto each floor, causing the shaft. to lose pressure and the UL I 784-tested rolling magnetic gasketing system provides
continually. Designs must consider fans large enough to overcome the necessary smoke protection .
leakage and emergency generators to power them. ,--------------------------,
It is important to evaluate the plausibility of a pressurized
system on a project by project basis. Enclosed elevator lobbies
and swing doors mOLmted in front of elevator doors can be used
for fire and smoke protection in buildings of any height. While
pressurization is not limited by building height, engineering
considerations indicate that effective elevator shaft pressurization
can only occur in low/mid-rise and some high rise buildings. The
size of the shaft and the number of cars in the shaft are among the
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The combinat ion of the fire-rated elevator doors and the UL 1784-test:ed rolling
allows for alternative means and methods of construction that magnetic gasketing system meets the IBe code requirement that prescribes an
are equal to or superior to the requirements in the code. The enclosed elevator lobby at the elevator shaft.
International Code Council (lCC) evaluates various products
and design solutions and tests them against the initial enclosed
elevator lobby standards. This agency approves or denies the appli- This solution eliminates the need to incorporate an enclosed
cation of that solution as a substitute for an enclosed elevator lobby elevator lobby in the architectural design , returning an incredible
in its published Evaluation Service Repon (ES R). Two products that amount of space to the floorplate. " These rolling magnetic
have been approved by the ICC as viable substi tutes to an enclosed gasketing systems essentially create a smoke containment
elevator lobby are horizontal sliding accordion doors and rolling vestibule righ t in front of each elevator door opening that is three
magnetic gasketing systems. inches deep, rather than a couple hundred square feet. They are
less obtrusive to circulation flows in a building and aesthetically
Accordion Doors occupants don't feel like they are gening off of the elevator into
Accordion doors are large, steel doors that hide in a pocket in the a little alcove or box . In fact , they won ' t even notice it," states
wall and deploy horizontally along a track in the ceiling when a Mike DeOrsey, Project Manager, Bun Hil l, Boston, MA.
fire is detected. These products can bend around comers, unusual Many design professionals believe that specifYing accordion
shapes, escalators, and other building fixtures , providing a highly doors and rolling magnetic gasketing systems in front of the
flexible fire and smoke barrier solution. The doors can be fire-rated elevator opening meets the additional door cri teria (Exception 3)
and use gaskets to create a seal with the walls, ceiling and floor once more effectively and aesthetically than swing doors.
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undertake a new headquarters, the organization's leadership steered
illOward becoming a pioneer in renovating lln historic structure into
a jewel of a sustainable structure. In the end, cutting edge design
and the latest in green building technology came together to create
AlA Portland's new Center for Architecture, hailed nationwide as a
model for urban redevelopment.
The center is the first A lA building in the world to achieve
a LEED Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC), but how it achieved the rating is the real story. The
10,OOO-square foot center, with 5,000 square feet of occupied
space, has been tumed into a showpiece from what was once a
dilapidated livery stable thought to be the oldest surviving structure
in northwest Portland's thriving Pearl District. This case study will
focus on: how key decisions were made regarding the renovation
that contributed to the building achieving LEED Platinum status;
the products that were utili zed that helped secure LEED points
toward energy efficiency; renovating an historic structure that
would othenvise have been tom down; innovative uses of natural
and artiticiallighting; and rainwater management.

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Achieving measurable energy efficiency is one of the most high-
profile elements of receiving LEED certification. Conserving
energy is a long-tenn benefit of using efficient products, designs
and construction techniques that can add up to great savings over the life ofa structure. In fact , USGBC requires a building to achieve
at least two points for energy etlicieney.
To eam LEED credits for optimizing energy efficiency
CONTI N U ING EDUCATIO N performance, USGBC requires one of the following path options
described below be selected. Project teams documenti ng ac hievement
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mance rating per ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1 -2004 by a whole
After reading t his article,you ,hould be able t o:
building project simulation using the Building Performance Rating
• ~s<:ribe innovative measures for managing ventilation and heating/cooling costs. Method in Appendix G of the Standard.
• hpl~in key steps to repurpose ~n historic strll(ture into a LEED-ac(fedited fadlity_
Option 2 - Prescriptive Compliance Path: AS H-RAE Adva nced
• Identify be.t practice. for using windows to enhance natural lighting.
Energy Design G uide for Small Office Build ings 2004 (4 Points)
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Ener!,'Y Design Guide for Small Office Buildings 2004.
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Platinum rating. The first decision the chapler made was
to incorporate a 100 percent electric power philosophy.
"Our goal was to make the building utilize only
electric power and capitalize on the clean energy sources,
such as hydro-electric and wind-power, that are available
on the local electrical grid in the Northwest," said Alan
SCOII, A lA, a principal with Portland-based Green
Building Services and a member of the Center's LEE D
certification team. and helped
Other energy saving measures include nalUral
ventilation with roof-mounted turbines and dampers with
displacement ventilation, thermal destratification fans that move it can get even more precise. Adding argon gas to the captive air
heated air back 10 the occupied zone, basement duct work that allow space between glass panes will improve insulating value. Adding
for diffused air heating and cooling, and energy-efficient windows various tinting agents to the glass itself will allow for even furt her
and doors to conserve energy all year long and leverage natu ral refinement of the glass' performance.
heating and cooling opportunities. Using double-paned Low-E Low-E is not the same as tinted glass. Tinting is the adding
glass in windows and doors took advantage of today's advanced of alloying materials to the glass itself. The depth of color of tinted
glass technology that has progressed significantly the past 30 years glass will change with glass thickness, so that a sheet of 3mm glass
and is changing the way heating and cooling plans are designed in will have a lighter tint than that of a sheet of 6mm glass. Small
today's structures. windows next to large fixed units or doors can have different tints,
since the standard glass thickness of smaller panes is typically
LOW-E AND OTHER GLASS TECHNOLOGY thinner than that of larger ones. Low-E, on the other hand, is applied
Advances in glass coating technology and stronger regional energy to the glass, and therefore will have a similar appearance regardless
code requirements have helped create a new generation and more of glass thickness. Also, tinted glass tends to absorb sunlight and
sophisticated array of Low-E glass options. The windows and doors will get very hot when installed as a single pane, hence tinting does
in the Portland AlA chapter's new headquarters feature Low-E not improve insulating value.
coatings that contributed to LEEO certification points. Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHOC) is a rating for measuring
how much heat gain is admitted through a window. The lower the
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from the sun. SHOC can also be controlled by the use of Low-E
Architedure was the first AlA building in the coatings combined wi th the use of tints, and can even be influenced
world to eam a LEED platinum rating. by the glass surface the Low-E coating is placed upon. Additionally,
since less than half of the total solar energy spectrum is visible to the
To know which Low-E is best suited for a project, it's human eye, solar performance of glass can be visually deceptive.
important 10 understand just what Low-E is, and how it works. Oarkertints don't necessarily mean significantly bener SHOC
Low-E, meaning "Low-Emissivity," is an extremely thin layer, or values. For instance, green tinted glass will allow 77 percent visible
more commonly several layers, of metallic particles applied to the light transmission, while gray glass only allows 45 percent, yet
glass which, in simple terms, allows the glass to act like a sieve. the gray glass only improves S HOC by 2 percent. A better way to
Long wavelengths, or heat, are filtered out, w hile short wavelengths improve SHOC, without compromising visible light transmittance,
(the visible light spectrum) are allowed to pass through . is through SHOC-specific Low-E coatings.
However, today Low-E means much more. By changing the Perhaps one of the least-often discussed elements regarding
types of materials used in the "stack" or layers of Low-E, or by glass performance is the comfort level of occupants. If the inside
increasing or decreasing the number of layers, it is possible to get glass temperature of an insulated unit is significantly lower than the
more specific in designing glass that will meet exact project needs. room temperature, it can give the occupants a feeling that the room
Need high visible light but low U values? There's a Low-E for that. is colder than it actually is. For example, at 0 degrees Fahrenheit
Need greater protection from fading? There's a Low-E for that. And outside, the inside surface of double pane glass can be as much as
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switches that twn off the Ct--nter's HV AC systems ifthe windows are left the design and the users is the success story with this building."
open. This technology ensures that no energy is wasted if the structure The windows and doors contributed to other LEEO crcdits
envelope is not engaged to conserve the resources LL~ed. through matcrials and resources selections and process innovation.

Rainwater Management

Portland is known for its rainfall and the Center for "Overall, we reduced potable water use by about 88 percent,"
Architecture wanted to capitalize on the amount of precipitation the said Scott. "That's a tremendous cost savings and environmental
area experiences annually. An innovative management system that benefit."
captures and reuses rain helped the building earn six LEEO points To de!ennine if a rainwater management system is right for
for water efficiency. a building, Scott suggests calculating the number of people in the
The rainwater system came about because the design team building and the operaring schedule (demand), measure the roof area
needed to perfonn a seismic upgrade on the building for better for capturing rainwater, and detennine the area's rainfall data on a
earthquake preparation, said Alan SCOIt, AlA, a principal with monthly basis. That calculation will detennine if there's sufficient
Portland-based Green Building Services and a member of the rainwater capture to meet monthly demand and what the optimal
Center's LEEO certification team. The solution for more stability cistern size should be.
was to build a concrete box in the basement and build on top of
thaI a rigid steel frame in the entryway. The design team saw an
opportunity to use the concrete box as a 6,000 gallon cistern for
storing captured rain water that could then be used in place of potable
water in toilets and urinals. All that was needed was a flexible water
bag that acts as the central part of the system to line the cistern.
In addition, the gutters and downspouts on the north end of the
building were combined with the gutters of the adjacent building,
meaning two structure's worth of water was being funneled to
the cistern.
"We wanted to capture all that water so the Center is really
doing more than its fair share to manage stormwater in the setup,"
noted Scott. "The system collects water off the north half of our
building and the south half ofthe building next to us. It goes through a
prefilter and then into the cistern. Then the water is pumped out and
goes through filters and a UV sanitizer. From there, the water goes
to toilets and urinals.
The results speak 10 the success of the custom rainwater
management system. Through water efficient fixtures and reused
rainwater, the AlA reduced its annual potable water demand for
toilets and urinals by 97 percent, plus provided for the Center's
minimal irrigation nccds. In addition, storm water planters on the
south side of the building and penneable pavers in a portion of the Through water-efficient fixtures and reused rainwater, the AlA reduced its
annual potable water demand for toilets and urinals by 97 percent, plus
sidewalk manage the remaining runoff.
provides for the Center's minimal irrigation needs.
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of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to positively influence
climate change. Architecture 2030, the organization that started the
Moving from a building that had no operable windows, the new challenge, says that buildings are the major source of demand for energy
Center for Archi tecture team detennined that workable windows and materials that produce by-product greenhouse gases (GHG).
and doors were imponant. The idea of increasing natural "Meeting the 2030 Challenge was the bigger picture Vie had our
ventilation, as well as connecting with the local communi ty and eye on in improving the overall energy efficiency plan for the building,"
welcoming them into the space, was accomplished by installing said SCOIt. ''The decision to use alternative energy sources, and to
multiple windows at street level and folding doors that completely incorporate operable windows, was a direct result of our goal to meet
opened up large openings, similar to what is used in restaurants 2030. We knew we wanted to do as much as possible to reduce our
for outdoor seating areas. carbon emissions."
Due to the uniqueness of the space, the windows needed Architecture 2030 has issued The 2030 Challenge asking the
10 be oversized yet still be operable. The w indow provider came global architecture and building community to adopt the following
up with the solution to actually use sliding patio doors as the targets:
windows, and inslall handles not in the middle but at the bottom
so they would be easy to reach for occupants. The result is a series • All new buildings, developments and major renovations shall be
of patio doors on the south wall designed to look like windows. designed to meet a fossil fuel, GHG-emitting, energy consump-
tion perfonnance standard of 50 percent of the regional
Due to the uniqueness of the space, the (or national) average for that building type.
windows needed to be oversized yet still • At a minimum, an equal amount of existing building area shall be
renovated annually to meet a fossil fuel , GHG-emitting, energy
be operable. The window provider came up consumption perfonnance standard of 50 percent of the regional (or
with the solution to actually use sliding patio national) average for that building type.
doors as the windows... • The fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings and major
renovations shall be increased to:
One of the original features of the structure was an arched
entryway that was used for transporting horses into the stable. >- 60 percent in 2010
Years later, the arch was covered over. However, when the chapter >- 70 percent in 2015
saw this unique feature it planned to restore the archway for visual >- 80 percent in 2020
appeal and to keep with the traditional design of the building. To >- 90 percent in 2025
make this a foca l point, the architect team brainstormed ideas with >- Carbon-neutral in 2030 (using no fossil fuel GHG emitting energy
its window and door provider to install a folding door that would to operate).
completely open up the entryway and allow easy access as well
as ventilation. These targets may be accomplished by implementing innovative
The folding door contains five panels and opens accordion- sustainable design strategies, generating on-site rene\\'able power andl
style to the east side of the building, which is also the side that or purchasing (20 percent maximum) renewable energy andlor cet1ified
faces the Portland Streetcar that runs just a few feet away. The renewable energy credits.
Center for Architecture staff can easily open the folding door Because of its innovative measures and decisions to reduce its
system and weleome guests and bring natural ventilation into the carbon footprint, already the Center for Architecture is achieving 91
space. percent reduction in carbon emissions and plans to bridge the remaining
To provide further energy efficiency and increase venti lation, distance to meet the 2030 Challenge through phOlOvoltaic panels and
the architect designed a series of small ventilation holes above the the purchase of carbon offset credits.
main front entry door that allows cool night air to flow through @Continues atce.ArchitecturaIRecord .com.
the building without the security concern of open windows and
doors. This night flush system supports the passive cooling plan
to save energy costs while still maintaining a comfortable interior
environment.
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night, even on the hottest days of theyear," said Scott. "We wanted

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used as metrlCS when selecting building systems. This article will
describe some of the ways in which manufacturers are meeting the
challenges posed by the AlA as well as the U.S.Green Building understanding of how to manage or design for a changing, living
Council, to provide products that are beneficial to the environment. environment. Moreover, according to James Sable at greenscreen1l,
designing for nature "is more etlicient building energy performance
C onsider Building a Living Environmcnl as well as human well-being. It is the means to embrace nature
"Managing the organic environment can be a challenge to the rather than protect from nature - by design. Natural spaces arc
designer as well as the community that is required to nurture its designed to welcome humans and increase the daily experience of
growth patterns," says Paul Baumbauer, President of IRONSMITH. human life."
Growing living screened fa~ades, planting trees downtown IncollJorating natural systems also includes low impact design
or creating garden paving systems may require the integmtion of for water conservation as well as the high impact designs for dark
natural materials with other building systems, or at a minimum , the sky lighting and daylight harnessing. As Jim Engelke, ASLA, LEED
AP, from SOIL RETENT ION states, "It's important to recharge
our aquifers because the scope of our development has increased
the amount of impervious surfaces and thus reduced their ability to
recharge themselves. Whether from rooftops or roadways, water is
conveyed off into storm drains to rivers and oceans, but the earth is
not receiving its fair share."
Controlling lighting at night, a "dark sky" practice, means
that the de~ign professional can provide both a safe nighttime
environment without prohibiting a view of the night sky and stars
to the surrounding neighborhood. According to April Rut--daflores,
Marketing Manager of Kim Lighting, "De~igners ~hould be able to
harness light and place it where it is needed."
When using gla~~ flooring to provide daylight harve~ting ,
Tim Czechowski of Jockimo Inc. remarks, "There is an old saying,
'knowledge i~ power,' and that in order to choo~e the very best
glass flooring and glas~ treads/steps, one must to learn as much
infonnation as possible about the product. Glass flooring is a
liability product and in tum, using the safest po~sible glass /looring
solution pos~ible is critical when specifying it for proje c t~. "
[n the response to new market demand~ for materials that
are safe tor the environment, new products are now available that
provide even more ~ustainability. As an example, a thin exterior
surfacing system, with high thennal propertie~ is made from cement
rather than a petroleum product. John Garuti 1r. of Fonnulated
Solutions LLC notes that it is now possible for chemi~try to
"provide the means to redefine a wall system, combining durability,
flexibility , increased penneability and hydrophobicity - all within
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buildings. The commercial fenestration market has improved over with five of the "Ten measures of Sustainable Design" developed
50 percent in energy perfonnance in the last 5 to 10 years and by the AlA Committee on the Environment. In general, many of
continues to focus on recycled content, life cycle perfonnance these products meet more of these measures than are listed. 1
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STRATEGY #1 : MEASURE 4: BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN-
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BUILDING UVING HABITATS
Sustainable design conserves resources and maximizes comfort
Repels Water Ihrough design adaptations to site specific and regional climate
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wall on the south facing exposure is both a natural habitat as well
J as a mechanical system that reduces heat gain on the wall's exterior
facade. Indigenous deciduous vines were established to provide
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cooling for the southern exposure of the building.
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is beneficial for two main reasons. First, they are systems that can
increase the performance of the mechanical system by providing
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rooftop mechanical systems or building facades, they protect
the units from heat island gains and hot rooftop areas. Air that is
tempered around the mechanical system reduces the cooling load;
• Thinset cementitious finish less energy is required to cool the ambient air to room temperature.
• Thinset cementitious primer (optional) Secondly, planted screens create a transition zone that incorporates
• 1hinset cementitious base coat or one<oat stucco nature into architecture when used to shade a building fayade .
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credi ts, energy efficiency, recycled content and innovation .
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pleasing and natural habitat for the entire biology of the building
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attached at the perimeter of a wall system . Systems are available cOllsen 'atiol/
that can span from 8 feet to 12 feet and that can resist a 90 mph wind Low growi ng oregano, marjoram and thyme, bri ng fragrance
load. Some important criteria for professiona ls to consider include: when grown in a permeable, flexible and plantable concrete
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system that changes as it grows. provides an opportunity to recharge the local aquifers, the source
• Think about the importance of materials used to create the metal of drinking water in all areas of the country. These systems can
grids and choose systems that use a high percentage of recycled assist with federal requirements for storm water management,
sleel as part ofa more carbon neutral design strategy. reduce heat island effects, and in some communities, increase
• Review plant materials with a landscape architect or
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of connecting Ii ving habitats across a site's infrastructure.
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between three and four inches for residential applications and up to
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opportunity for the continuation of conneding
soil or root zone is placed, comprised of 80 percent sand and 20 living habitats across a site's infrastrudure.
percent organic materials. The mat is set over this engineered
soil surface in grids that are fined and aligned together. Because Tests have been perfonned on these systems that show
the mat layer is thin and set on top of the root zone, the plantings that they maintain their stability, even under the weight of large
share irrigation moisture between all of the cells. In contra<;t, many vehicles, providing proof for city fire departments that this product
individual cellular pavers are deeper and tend to constrict proper meets requirements for deflection standards. This product should
irrigation moisture from transferring cell 10 cell. In the Construction be installed as a system. A common mistake is to believe that the
Specification Institute Master spec Section 32 1243 (1997 Section substructure is not needed in order to grow a paved field of grass.
02795), penneable, plantable paving systems have their own These concrete mats can have up to 45 percent replacement of
category and perfonnance standards. portland cement with fly ash, providing assistance with LE EO t V3
The flexible concrete paving system is designed 10 expand and credits for the highest levels of post-consumer recycled content.
contract with the freeze thaw cycle, has low moisture content, and Many of these systems are manufactured throughout the United
can be specified in numerous colors 10 match the designer's palette. Sates and can also assist with credits for regional materials.
Beside fragrant herbs, landscape designers can specify other low As an added bonus, planted concrete paving systems are easy
growing plants, silvery grasses, new hybrid drought tolerant buffalo to install and can increase buildable footprints by reducing detention
grass or even just an aggregate or bark intil!. After planting, the requirements. Last year, six or seven church volunteers in Florida
horizontal surface can be mowed as it grows or in snowy climates, installed over 5,000 sf of pavers a day for their new planted driveway
with proper height adjustments can be scraped by snow plows area. Local planning and building departments are requiring more
with teflon runners and squeegee blades. In icy weather, planted stonnwater onsite retention to comply with the federal National
driveways provide, safe walkways as the concrete wanned by the Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDESI1) statute. In
sun, transfers heat through the soil providing ice melt that infiltrates response, architects and owners are providing alternative parking
into the ground below instead ofponding. areas that also double as infiltration basins.
The new Red Bull headquarters in Santa Monica, California, Planted concrete paving systems provide professionals with
designed for LEED1l platinum, by architect Yi Shen with HLW many opportunities for LEEDtl credits including those for site
International, used penneable paving for stonn management. development, stormwater design, heat island effect, water efficient
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detention, and help the environment with an ecological alternative
to solid asphalt or concrete paving.
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Peace Bridge, can be a powerful design tool, as Illustrated by the three successful
Buffalo. N.Y., and Fort Erie, projects that are presented here. In each case, the flexible capabilities
Ontario, Canada 181
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By Linda C. Lentz

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the picturesque Rhin e Delta Nature Conservation notable predecessor - a raised cast·concr ete
Zone of southwestern Austria, a radiant, transpar- "tube," dynamic in its horizontal lineari ty, with
ent pavilion celebrates the completion of a small long, slotted windows on t wo sid es and on e fully
but dis tinctive marina in the town of Fussach. A glazed el evation fronting the lake - the new
two' level, multifunctional event facility-cum-boat· building is a crys talline rhomboid erected on
house dubbed Nordwesthaus, the 2,067'square - landfill and supported by a base of pil es beneath
foot structure appear s to floa t on the edge of a concrete founda tion. It rises approximately 45
the moorings. A virtual beacon in its peaceful feet from the wate r. And while the earli er office
environs, it casts a shimmery reflection on the is a wood-lined concrete shell, Nordwesthaus
waterscape, and according to architect Dietmar comprises an amorphous, openwork concrete
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• would transform the site of her family's recenlly Eberle ex plains. By day, sunlight interacts with
•v• dismanlled lakeside aggregate business to a the architecture, transforming the interior into a ABOVE: Th e reedlike

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manufacturers Ledon and Zumtobel to devise
a scheme combining incandescent and LED
sources. The solution not only illuminates the
unique structure effectively in the landscape,
but also provides the appropriate light levels
and ambience required for a wide variety of
functions, including business seminars, work-
shops, parties, private dinners, readings, and
music recitals.
To accommodate the more utilitarian needs
of the diverse programs, a series of halogen
downlights was installed in the 29-foot-high con-
crete ceiling of the simply furnished main space.
"These lamps introduce a certain light intensity
that enables the participants of seminars to read
1. Cu stom LEO lumi- texts," says Eberle. Plus, he adds, they can be
naires are embedded in dimmed, which assures an aesthetically seam-
recesses of the struc- less integration with the more atmospheric LED
tural concret e form. system - the ultimate wow factor - composed
of 116 LED spotlights developed by Ledon specifi-
2.,3. 0MX-controlled
cally for the project.
lighting schemes cycl e
Embedded in discreet recesses around the
through It vast array
perimeter of the concrete floor, each removable
of hues from Icy whit e
luminaire is made up of 12 integrated RGB (red/
to fier y red s.
green/blue) LED modules that offer a vast range of
more than 16 million colors. The composition of the
luminaires allows for extremely subtle shade varia'
tions during anyone of the Digital Multiplexing
(OMX)-controlled sequences programmed to
cycle through the entire color spectrum, from icy
white tones to fiery reds, oranges, and yellows.
Asymmetrical optics on the face of the fixtures
Project: distribute the light evenly to ensure that the
Nortlwesrhall5, amoebalike voids in the walls are fully illuminated,
Fussach, Azmria spreading the beams wide to the sides of the room,
Architect: and to the outside - without the spotty, unpleasant
Bazl/llschiager glare sometimes associated with overly bright or
Eberle-Diermar exposed clusters of light-emitting diodes.
Eberle, priucipal; In terms of logistics, Eberle notes that there
Christoph VOl! Oe/ele, are no active heat sinks because the mass of the
project architect concrete structure in which the LED luminaires
Consultants: are installed keeps them cool, running smoothly
Ledou ( Iigllfi"g at optimum outputs, and low-maintenance,
desigll); Mader + Flarz Additionally, both the energy supply and DMX
(struetzlral e"gi"eer); controls are easy to access on the lower ground
GMllllg. Perer Me5Sl!er floor, and the operation desk is conveniently situ-
GmbH (buildillg ated at the bar located in the event space.
tecil/lOlog}') Beyond contributing to the building's land-
mark status, the carefully considered lighting at
SOURCES Nordwesthaus seems to be good for business.
Lighting: Ledoll Rohner reports that it highlights every event
(RGB LED sporlights; perfectly and provides impressive staging.
D1HX 512); ZlImrobet "The sequences loop every five minutes,"
(dowlIlights ) says Eberle, so that when they are activated, there
Glazing: is continual movement. "The overall effec t is diffi'
Gias Marte (ICE- H) cult to describe or even illustrate in photographs,"
Concrde: says the architect. Never harsh or sudden, the
Oberi!a'iser-Sehedier lighting generates a gentle vibrancy and aura that
Bazl ultimately fuses with the architecture. _

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Kengo Kuma creates a luminous jewel box for Tiffany Ginza


By Naomi R. Po ll ock , A lA

NOTHING SAYS ELEGANCE LIKE A CLASSIC eKplains Michael Crist, president of Tiffany & Co., from multiple directions, Kuma covered the entire
Tiffany diamond. And nothing evokes a Tiffany Japan. Adding fresh sparkle and luster to the wall with individual square panels, all 292 of them
diamond (in architectural language) like th e fa - tarnished structure, Kuma's proposal for a new canted at various angles and mounted separately
cade of the jeweler's flagship store in the heart facade plus an interior renovation won the heart with steel prongs. "We treated each panel as an
< of Tokyo. The creation of architect Kengo Kuma, of Tiffany's competition jury. independent architectural piece," says Kuma.
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shopper, the second aims at the big spender,
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new store fillS the base of an aging, nine-story addition to a salon. Tenant office space occupies lights were chosen not just for their compact
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the architect and Gillza, Tok}'o
lighting des ign er Architect: Kellgo
specified spilce- Kuma 6- Associates-
Siilvlng LED tape to Ke/lgo Klima, prillcipal
accommodilte building Lightlnq Deslqn:
constraints, halogen Uchih'lm Creative
spots for sparkle, Ughtillg- SalOshi
and fluorescent Uchiham, prillcipal
fixtures for ambient
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strips, ec hoe s the Glass (glazi/lg)
building 's exterior. Llqhtlnq: Maxmy
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from afar,the building's broken surface makes a glued to sheets of high,transparency glass in front designed chandelier crowns the stairway that
different statement, especially at night when the and supported by O.39'inch,thick glass slabs in connects the second and third floors, Composed
tiny lights go on and off in a smooth, undulating back. Lit from behind by ceramic·met al·halide of 27 rectangular panels of acrylic-covered alumi '
sequence, "We wanted to create an optical effect lamps enclosed within reflective panels, the lumi' num honeycomb - each one outlined with an LED
with the character of breathing," explains the nous wall with its crystalline pattern is a mesmer' pinpoint strip - the fix tu re echo es the materiality
facade's lighting designer, Satoshi Uchihara. izing sight that complements the jewels displayed and twinkle of the eye'catching facade.
But the bling does not stop at the front door. in its recessed niches. Combining luminescence and transparency,
Unlike most Tiffany shops around the world, Within the shop, Kuma had to choose space' Kuma's scheme is a decidedly new direction for
this one opens with a dramatic, double'height saving luminaires, such as LED tape, that could the venerated brand famous for its vauillike exte'
entrance foyer that binds the two sales floors accommodate dropped beams and other building rior wall and shut tered steel doors, It is a strategy
together. Visible from the outside but spectacular constraints, plus he had to incorporate the com' that firmly establishes Tiffany 's presence in Ginza
on the inside, the atrium's back wall of golden pany's standard lighting solutions: halogen lamps without severing the tie to Fifth Avenue. _
stone acts as the showpiece of this weU'appointed to spollight the merchandise, LEDs within the
store. Sourced and sliced in Italy before shipment showcases, and fluorescent fixtures for ambient Naomi R. Pollock, AlA, i~ ~RCHlrCCTU"'~ L RCCORO'~ ~pecial

to Japan, the O.16'inch,thick stone panels are lighting. Nonetheless, a magnificent, Kuma- Tokyo'based international correspondent.

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By David Sokol

THE PEACE BRIDGE CONNECTING BUFFALO to integrate them, the designer used a holistic Color
Fort Erie, Ontario, commemorates cordial relations Kinetics system with software that maps and
be t ween Canada and the United States. Yel until engages the LEOs in clusters, rather than individu-
lasl January, the high-pressure sodium lamps ally, for numerous lighting sequences. Its OMX
illuminating the hulking deck bridge exemplified (Digital Multiplexing) signals then travel from the
hostility. "They were causing glare and not really Fort Erie-based server on fiber-optic cable spliced
lighting the structure at all," says Mulvey+Banani to fiber-optic infrastructure ins t alled underneath
senior lighting designer Paul Boken. the bridge. At six junctions evenly spaced above
So when the joint American-Canadian Peace bridge piers, the fiber-optics convert 10 ethernet
Bridge Authority received a $1 million grant to up- wiring. This controls the LEOs, which are not
grade systems, it determined the old equipment compatible with fiber-optic technology, inconspic-
should go, and commissioned Mulvey+8anani to uously tucked underneath structural beams on
develop a new lighting concept in March 2008. Unislrut arms - and within reach of a suspended
Completed in May 2009, the firm's design catwalk for easy installation and maintenance_
underscores the beauty of the bridge's lace' Daily light shows entertain residents on
like trusses and its overall symbolism. "A bridge both sides of the Niagara River as well as anyone
represents movement, so we didn't want to create driving across it. To let drivers enjoy these color-
a static image," Boken explains. Now, at the top of ful displays without distraction, the design team
the hour, a light system manager (LSM) randomly mounted canted LED luminaires on a Parker truss Project: Peace Bridge,
chooses from approxima te ly 50 light sequences, 6 feet above the height of a typical truck cab and Blillalo, N. Y., and Fort
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and for 10 minutes it washes the bridge in duotone shielded each fixture with a honeycomb louver. Erie, Ontario, Canada
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•oo remaining time , the LSM chooses a single static on the beams," notes Boken, "but rather showing Mldvey+Banalli

••• arrangement from a collection that ranges from a source that could be mistaken for a stoplight." hlternlltlonal-
• pastel pairings to a simple whitewash to special In a similar spirit of safety, new full-cut-off, metal- Paul Bokell, SetiiOr
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to a light-di ff using ceiling cover for a landmark zoo building renovation to
the facade of a university library that allows views while controlling light
and heat transmission. A roundup of more of the latest new glass and
glazing products follows.

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Standard Bent Glass, a source for
curved annealed monoli thic glass,
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Expressions. SentryGlas is a
computer-based digital-imaging
system for decorative glass utili zing
DuPont technology, which enables
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in laminated safety glass. The tech, Nulman L.ewls Student at California State University in
nology has been fu lly tested for both Center In Providence, Fresno, the California ' based archi·
interior and exterior applications and Rhode Island. t ectural firm AC Martin Partners
meets safety glazing codes. 2. Facad e 01 th e HenrV needed both to provide privacy
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lewis Student Center at the Wheeler t ect onics and craft of baske t weav-
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School in Providence, Rhode Island. ing and the varied textures of the
Bronx Zoo's land-
The "Welkin" glass art piece, designed agricultural landscape.
milrked L.lon House In
by artist Nicole Chesney, connects the The use of Pane lite ClearShade
New Yoril CltV.
student center to the Clark Alumni IGU with a clear tubular honeycomb
House with one panelleoding to the Allan Glass Studios developed a Strategically positioned under allowed the glass panels to read
courtyard. The ~ece represents the process to create highly decorative the ceiling skylights to absorb the as a monolithic surface from the
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has been utilized with SentryGlas shadows and hot spots. Available in light covers are the focal point of the effect from the interior. In addition
technology. The piece consists of four tempered or tempered/laminated ceiling. The light sources are diffused to providing 48 percent visible light
panels of laminated SentryGlas, each form, the glass technique breaks by the irregular surface shape of transmission, the facade can reduce
approximately 8' high, 4'1/ long, and up the hot spots and distributes the the glass, and the coating allows the solar heat gain by 75 percent due
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oller a U-value of 0.38. daylighting and privacy. Ice can be
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Corning, Pittsburgh. www. length. It is manufactured with 40
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old s~ylight with Sage [Iectrochromics' of 0.23, the lowest level available
electronically tinting glass allowed the in a high -performance product
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maintaining some control. A 14" PV the manufacturer, Developed for
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glass. Sage [Iectrochromics, Faribault. solar control, light transmittance,


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DATES & EVENTS

New and Upcoming This exhibition takes place in the framework of


the Asia-Pacific Weeks 2009. This year's the-
Exhibitions
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Control I Print am Pfefferberg. For more information, call
New York City 0049-30-2827015 or visit www.aedes-arc.de.
November 6-December 20, 2009
Featuring works by a number of notable interna-
Architect Sverre Fehn: Intuition·
tional artists and designers, this exhibition plays
Reflection· Construction
with the nolion of digital technology. In this first
Helsinki. Finland
American presentation, prominent members of
Through November 29, 2009
the Parsons community create work in traditiow In this retrospective of Norway's most promi-
ai, digital, and mixed media that extends the idea nent architect. 18 of his built and unbuilt proj-
of ink on paper and showcases how machinery ects are on display. Awarded the Pritzker Prize
and technology can enter the representational in 1997, Fehn is especially known for his museum
process. Visit newschool.edu/events.
and exhibition buildings and private houses. For
Detour more information, visit mfa.fi/atmuseum.
New York Ci t y
December 3, 2009-January 10, 2010 Architecture at Cooper 1859-2009
This show documents notable architectural proj- New York Ci t y
ects along Norwegian tourist routes that have Through December 4, 2009
gained national and international attention. The Tracing the succession of Cooper Union's
exhibition design is marked by a large cylindrical architecture from its 19th-century brownstone
construction that transports the visitor to the Foundation Building through Thom Mayne's
Norwegian landscape through th e use of films 41 Cooper Square (2009), this exhibition
and models. For more information, call 212/229- includes recently discovered blueprints of the
8919 or visit newschool.edu/events. Foundation Building from the leopold Eidlitz
reconstruction work in the 1880s . For more
Graffiti Gone Global
information, visit www.cooper.eduorcall
Miami, Fla_
212/353-4220_
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in the Midtown Arts District, this groundbreaking Thomas Jefferson's Academical
exhibition will be the largest in Miami to feature Villaqe: The Creation of
the work of today's top street artists. Presenter an Architectural Masterpiece
SUSHISAMBA has commissioned Miami·based Charlottesville, Va.
architect HOX (Douglas Hoekzema) to design a Through January 3, 2010
sprawling, Braziliawinspired favela structure for This exhibition will present the original draw-
Graffiti Gone Global. For more information, visit ings, prints, and letters that Thomas Jefferson
graffitigoneglobal.blogspot.com. exchanged with his colleagues as the plan for
the University of Virginia took shape_ For more
Ongoing Exhibitions information, visit virginia.edu/artmuseum.

B Like Burnham
Ghost Stories, New Designs
Chicago
from Nendo
Through November 20, 2D09
New York City
This exhibition helps Chicago Architecture
Through January 10, 2010
Foundation visitors understand the man,the
The newest proj ects and prototypes from the
Plan, and the legacy of Daniel H. Burnham. For
renowned Tokyo-based design studio Nendo
more information, (all 312/922-3432 or visit
will be seen for the firs t time at the Museum
www.architecture.org.
of Arts and Design. Nendo has garnered interna·
What Makes India Urban? Chalienqes tional attention and more than 45 design
Towards Mobility, Infrastructure, Enerqy, awards for its beautifully simple yet surprisingly
and Perpetual Chanqe humorous work in interiors, furniture, product
Serlin design, graphics, and architectur e. For more
Through November 26, 2009 information, visit www.madmuseum.org.

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The Art of Architecture: This conference will be the first meeting of the GreenBulld International Conference and Expo
Foster + Partners Association of Architecture Organizations, Phoenix
Da llas which intends to develop an alliance of like- November 11-13, 2009
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Coinciding with the grand opening of the Winspear about architecture and the built environment, expo dedicated to green building. Thousands
Opera House, this exhibition explores Foster + and to serve as a forum for the sharing of best of building professionals from all over come
Partners' major architectural achievements over practices, materials, and ideas. At the Chicago together for three days of educational sessions,
the past four decades. It features architectural Architecture Foundation, in the heart of renowned speakers, green-building tours, special
models, drawings, renderings, photographs, and downtown Chicago. For more information, visit seminars, and networking events. For more infor·
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tual underpinnings of the practice's work. For more
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Palm Sprinqs Modern:


Photoqraphs by Julius Shulman
Pittsburgh
Through January 31, 2010
This exhibition features almost 100 original photo-
graphs of iconic designs by Modernist architects
such as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey, and John
Lautner. Also presented are 20 original drawings,
and renderings of three key projects bV Neutra.
Call 412/622-3131 or visit www.cmoa.org.

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New York Cit v
Throuqh March 2010
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depth understanding valued by construction management firms, owner/developer compa-
design and engineering solutions to the parking
nies, corporate facilities departments, consu lting firms, and more.
problem. This is the first major exhibition to
explore th e history of this familiar structure and The rigorous curriculum cove rs the core principles of project and business management,
to open conversations about innovative designs technical expertise, financial knowledge, and entrepreneurial and organizational skills. Our
and parking solutions for the future. For more program also features a rich array of extracurricular events, induding lectures, panel discus-
information, call 202/272·2448 or visit sions, and an annual caree r fair- all to help you reach the very top of this demanding and
www.nbm.org. exceptionally rewarding industry.

Lectures, Conferences,
and Symposia
Information Sessions;
Tves., Nov. 10,6- 8 p.rn. ITves., Dec 1,6-8 p.m. NYU SCPS
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Chicago
November 5-7. 2009

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DATES & EVENTS
New economy.

Jefferson, Palladlo, Art and Architecture


and the University of Vlrqlnla New climate.
Charlottesville, Va.
November 20-21, 2009
This two'day symposium will feature leading New thinking.
and emerging scholars from several disciplines
to explore the art and architecture of Thomas
Jefferson, Andrea Palladio, and the develop'
ment of architecture at the University of Virginia,
including the work of McKim, Mead & White. To
register, call 434/924'1428.

Book Talk and Siqninq with Randall Mason,


Author of The Once And Future New York
New York City
December I, 2009
In The Once and Future New York, Mason chal '
lenges several myths about New York's historic
preservation, asserting that preservationists
were not simply antiquarians concerned only
with architecturally significant buildings, but
that many were social reformers interested in
recovering the city's collective history. For more
information, call 212/9 45'6324.

China Eco Expo


Beijing
June 3-5, 2010
Featuring greewbuilding products,technolo'
gies, and services from around the world,this
high'level conference addresses China's need for
D Over 200 workshops and
more sustainable, ecofriendly growth. Highlights professional-development
include an extensive matchmaking program and a opportunities
full'scale mOdel "Green Office of the Future." For
more information, visit www.ecoexp.com. o Earn continuing-edutation
credits and AlA LUs
Competitions o More than 2S0 tradeshow
USITT 2010 Student Oesl qn Competition exhibits
Registration deadline: November 20, 2009
This competition asks, "What is the ideal theater o Build Boston Gala and other
for teaching professional theater?" The ques' special events
tion is to be explored by a team composed of at
least one theater student currenlly enrolled in Sponsorship opportunities
a college or university theater program and one are still availa ble.
architectural student enrolled in an accredited ar' For more infonnation call
chitectural college or university program. ['mail 800-996-3863.
sfg@workshoparchitects.com.

Unplanned
Submission deadline: November 30, 2009
SUP[RFRONT LA's first exhibition of 2010 will
span architecture, urban design, and urban SPOr"l$<.><ed by Boston Soc.ety
of Archnt'(WAIA
planning to present alternatives to conventional
modes of planning cities. Work will be exhibited in

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Construction Excellence Awards


Submission deadline: January IS, 2010
Recognizing the outstanding achievements of
professionals in the design, fabrication , and
functiona lity of acoustical and speCialty ceilings
as well as in interior systems construction, these
awards also further their contributions to the
architectural industry. Call 630/584-1919.

Tradewel1 rel10wship with WHR Architects


Submission deadline: January 22,2009
The Tradewell Fellowship was created to build
the careers of aspiring health·care architects.
Each year, the Tradewell Fellow is involved with
clients in early master planning and design with
a particular focus on healing environments and
collaborative design methods. The Fellowship
begins and ends in July and includes employment
at WHR Architec ts in Houston. For more informa·
tion, visit www.whrarchitects.com.

Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust


Memorial Design Competition
Submission deadline: April " 2010
This is a two-stage international design com·
petition to choose a winning proposal to build a
fitting and compelling memorial to the Holocaust,
and genocide in general, which has the potential
to raise the consciousness of millions of visitors
each year. Entry is anonymous and open to pro-
fessionals and students in architecture, design,
and the visual arts. Visit www.acbhm.org.

E-mail information two months in advance to


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READER'S GALLERY

Every month, our online readers vote for their favorite images from
our Web galleries. The photo with the most votes and two runners-up
appear on this page. To vote for photos and to share your own,
visit architecturalrecord.com and click on Community.

1. .Ifst Place:
The Weber Thompso n-
dulqned Terry
Thomu Office Buildlm\!
In $eattle. Photo
submitted by
"qhanson."

2. First Runner-up:
The Estuarine Hablt.ts
, rlshe rlu Center
In lalayette,
Loui siana . Desiqned
by Eskew+Oumez+
RIpple and Guidry
Beazley Ostteen.
Photo submItted by
"nmarshan,"

3. Second Runnu-up:
The Folk Pottery
Museum of Northnst
Georqlaln Slutn
Nacoochee, Gearqla.
Oeslqned by Robert M.
Cain. Photo submitted
by "fmcllln."

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