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Conversation | Creation | Creation
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
LEED, from design to post occupancy 1HSW/SDProvided by USGBC Flatwater Chapter10:00 – 11:00 am Three local LEED projects will be presented in a case study format. Each presenting the design approach and goals then comparing that to actual outcomes after the building was occupied. The focus will be on the LEED aspects of the projects. The projects being presented are the Carl T. Curtis Midwest Regional Headquarters of the National Park Service which was the first LEED Gold building in Nebraska, Morrissey Engineering’s 4940 Building which is the first LEED Platinum building in the state, and ME Group’s Office Building which was completed in the LEED version 2009.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm
University of Nebraska at Omaha,
6708 Pine Street (67th & Pine), Omaha, NE 68106
Street parking or limited parking is available in the UNO visitor parking lot (#15).
(Click here to see map)
The $26,800,000 facility not only serves as a gateway to the campus but provides state-of-the-art instructional facilities within 120,000 s.f. of space. Mammel Hall provides an increased number of classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium, multiple collaboration areas, and improved faculty offices allowing for increased interaction with students. A three-story atrium is the featured design element that links the many different uses and provides a space to encourage collaboration between the students and faculty. With increasing enrollment, growth is expected to be significant. The new facility will not only allow the College of Business Administration to meet the growth but allow the college to foster and expand its relationships with representatives of the local and international business communities. To further reinforce the College’s forward thinking and commitment to not only the community but also the environment, the facility is pursuing LEED – Silver Certification, a first at the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus.
Representatives of Holland Basham Architects will guide tour.
*Limited to 40 conference participants.
BlueCross Centre | 1.5 HSW/SD
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1:30 – 3:00 pm
BlueCross Centre
1919 Aksarben Drive, Omaha, NE 68106
Park in the adjacent Aksarben Village development. Meet in the loading dock area (far east façade of the building) promptly at 1:30pm. The new corporate headquarters for BlueCross BlueShield of Nebraska is nearing completion (December 2010) and is on target to reach LEED-NC® Silver Certification. Focusing heavily on Indoor Environmental Quality and occupant comfort, interior spaces feature individual lighting controls, low-VOC materials and finishes, overwhelming amounts of natural light and direct access to scenic views of the Papio Creek. The 10-story office building will be in different phases of completion for this tour – from exposed steel on the ground level, to finishes and furniture on level ten – allowing for a comprehensive look at construction and materials systems.
Representatives of Kiewit Building Group and Leo A Daly will guide tour.
*Limited to 40 conference participants.Kiewit Building Group will provide hard hats, vests, and safety glasses for all participants. Hard soled shoes required - tennis shoes and sandals are not allowed.
Aksarben Village | 1 HSW/SD
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3:15 - 4:15 pm
6457 Frances Street, Omaha, NE 68144
Parking is available on the street or in the parking garage to the south.
DLR Group’s Omaha office is designed to be a LEED Gold building. It is a multi-story building in the mixed use Aksarben Village development. Some of the sustainable features include underfloor air distribution system, daylight harvesting, operable sunshade louvers that track the sun, and extensive monitoring of the building’s systems. The building is designed to be a “lab” for building design.
Leading the tour will be Mark Brim, AIA, and Mike Kros, AIA, of DLR Group.
*Limited to 40 conference participants. Hard hats and hard soled shoes required - tennis shoes and sandals are not allowed.
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Jury Chair, Victor F. "Trey" Trahan, III, FAIA |
Hyde Lecture Series Presentation –
AIA NE Excellence in Design Jury Chair |
1.0 HSW
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Ross Theater,
313 N. 13th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Jury Chair Victor F. "Trey" Trahan, III, FAIA, is President and Principal-in-Charge of Trahan Architects. Mr. Trahan has been recognized and published both nationally and internationally for innovative design and creative use of materials.
An accomplished designer, he is a 2010 recipient of the P/A Award, one of the most respected awards in architecture, presented by Architect Magazine to recognize progressive architectural design for unbuilt works. He also received the 2005 Architecture Review Emerging Architecture Award, one of three firms and the only U.S. architect honored that year. www.trahanarchitects.com
Sponsored by UNL College of Architecture, Hyde Lecture Series
Tour
The Institute for the Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College | 1 HSW/SD
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5:30 – 6:30 pm
Fort Omaha Campus,
North 30th Street & Fort Street Omaha, NE 68111
The design is a modern interpretation of Metropolitan Community Colleges existing architectural vernacular and a precursor to redevelopment in the surrounding neighborhood. The brick matches the brick of the general row housing on campus. Exterior cladding includes glass and copper, materials often used in culinary arts. Pre-patinated copper panel encases the building’s second level conference space. Copper is used for flashing, gutters and downspouts on numerous buildings on campus. Entrance areas are designated with low-iron transparent glass panels.
Glass covers the remainder of the building. Kitchens are transparent to both interior and exterior, allowing visitors to peer inside and to provide visual relief to students. The bistro on the northeast corner has glass on the east and north sides with end grain wood flooring. A 15,000-gallon collection tank stores rainwater from the building for reuse for irrigation. The facility is LEED certified.
Tour guided by Tim Wurtele, Jr., AIA, of HDR, Inc. *Limited to 25 conference participants.
Excellence in Design Gala
The Institute for Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College
Fort Omaha Campus,
North 30th Street & Fort Street Omaha, NE 68111
6:30 – 8:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Excellence in Design Awards Program
Friday October 15, 2010
Qwest Center Omaha
455 N 10th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Conference Displays
Art x Architects
The 23nd annual Art x Architects entries will be on display at The Qwest Center Omaha, for duration of the conference.
25-Year Honor Award Winners
In conjunction with the AIA Nebraska Design Program, AIA Nebraska will highlight past recipients from the 1985 Honor Awards program. Examine how the projects have changed from then to today. Boards will be on display at The Qwest Center Omaha for duration of the conference.
Design + Technology Exhibit
7:00am – 2:00pm
Displays will be on site to stimulate your imagination. Exhibitors will demonstrate new technologies, products, materials and services that may solve issues and broaden your creative horizons for future designs.
Questions: www.aiane.org 402/472-1456 ejennings3@unl.edu | skay2@unl.edu
Registration
7:00am- Registration/Exhibit Interaction Continental breakfast
Opening Session
8:00-9:00am
in·ter·dig·i·tate … art integrated with environment | 1 LU
A panel discussion for the AIA Nebraska Fall Conference October 15, 2010
Join this panel of diverse artistic and design disciplines for an engaging conversation on the interrelationship and impact that a variety of creative mediums has on the built environment. Discover how the experiences, expertise, and talents of these individuals have transformed architecture in public and private partnerships across the country.
Facilitated by Tom Trenolone, AIA, daOMA (design alliance of OMAha)
James Carpenter studied architecture and sculpture at the Rohode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. Mr. Carpenter actively exhibited his sculpture and installation film projects in the United states and Europe and worked from 1972 through 1982 as a consultant with corning Glass works in Corning, New York. He worked on the development of new glass materials including photo responsive glasses and various ceramics. These research projects were aimed at potential architectural applications which would utilize the unique technical capabilities of theses glasses to control and manipulate light and information, and this work eventually brought him back to the practice of architecture itself. Mr. Carpenter is the recipient of numerous awards including the National Environmental Design Award from the Smithsonian Institute, the American Institute of Architect Honor Award and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2004.
Hesse McGraw is a curator, writer and artist. He currently curates exhibitions and projects for the three main gallery spaces at the Bemis Center, which total over 9,000 square feet. He collaborates closely with artists, works with the Bemis Center staff and program directors to program multi-disciplinary public events, and writes all exhibitions-related texts. Prior to joining the Bemis Center, he worked as the assistant director of Max Protetch gallery in New York City. He was the founding director of Paragraph, a contemporary art gallery operating under the non-profit Urban Culture Project in downtown Kansas City, MO, where he also served as senior editor of Review magazine. Alongside producing two dozen exhibits over three years at Paragraph, he has also curated exhibitions for FLEX Self Storage (Topeka, Kansas), The New Genres Festival (Tulsa), The Stray Show (Chicago), Guild and Greyskhul (NYC), -scopeMiami, RARE (NYC), Rocket Gallery (London) and White Flag Projects (St. Louis). McGraw’s writing is frequently published internationally in catalogue essays and magazines.
Anne Trumble is a landscape architect and founder of Emerging Terrain. Each phase of her career increases in complexity of teamwork towards a built goal. Most recently, she was responsible for the design and management of West 125th Streetscape in Harlem with the NYC Economic Development Corporation in addition to other streetscapes, greenroofs, parks, and plazas. Trumble began her obsession with landscape growing up on a farm outside of Omaha. She earned a Masters of Landscape Architecture from the University of British Columbia and a B.S. in Horticulture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Trumble currently serves on the board of Design Alliance Omaha. Anne is an instructor at Columbia University in New York City and consults on projects throughout the world focusing on sustainability and design of the public realm.
James Woodfill is a 1980 graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute. He has lived and worked as an artist in Kansas City since his graduation. For the majority of his career he has concentrated on installation art, with numerous solo shows in galleries and museums throughout the region. His work has been included in a number of exhibits both nationally and internationally. His installation work has been reviewed extensively, including reviews in Art In America, Art Papers, The New Art Examiner, and Sculpture Magazine. Woodfill has worked extensively in the Public Art realm along with privately commissioned sculptural installations in public spaces. His public work has been widely recognized with numerous awards from the American Institute of Architects, and it has been included twice in the Americans for the Arts/Public Art Network annual “Year in Review.” His work has also been recognized by I.D. Magazine and by Art in America in their “Public Art in Review.” Woodfillʼs work in the public realm has extended into education and curatorial projects, writings and numerous urban planning projects and studies.
Thomas J. Trenolone, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB
A Graduate of the University of Nebraska (Architecture and Advertising). He then attended graduate school at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Planning (March) where he was an AIA National Merit Scholar and member of the acclaimed design-build entity Studio 804. Tom has served as an architect/designer on numerous international and domestic commissions and has had the fortune to lead the design teams for the U2 Landmark Tower Competition in Dublin Ireland, the Hinoki-cho Performing Arts Center in Tokyo, Japan, the “Crystal Building” in the Zha Bei Market District, Shanghai China and USCE Center, former site of the Yugoslavian Central Committee Headquarters, in Belgrade, Serbia. He has most recently served as the designer on the winning scheme for the national Parkland Hospital competition in Dallas, TX. The work of Tom and his teams have garnered over 30 AIA awards for design excellence, he has authored and/or been featured in over 40 published articles on architecture and design. He was the recipient of the 2002 Kagan Design Fellowship and is the President and Founder of daOMA (design alliance OMAha, Inc.) a regional non-profit dedicated to public education and appreciation of the architecture and the design arts.
Educational Session 1
10:00 – 11:30 am
The IGCC – Our Next Step toward a Sustainable Future | 1.5 HSW/SD
The International Green Code Council was launched in 2009 with Cooperating Sponsors
the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and ASTM International. The support of the
AIA underscores its long-time leadership in the sustainability movement, including its
2030 Carbon Neutrality challenge, and its emphasis on the critical role of architects in
the life cycle of sustainable construction. This session will focus on the general
provisions, requirements of the IGCC and an overview of how the specific
criteria will impact the design process and product.
Dennis A. Andrejko, FAIA, associate professor in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, vice president-elect, The American Institute of Architects
Passionate Architects and Engaged Citizens…The Need for Inspirational Leadership | 1.5 LU
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams
Strong leadership has never been more needed to solve the complex problems that exist today and to provide vision and direction for people and organizations. Architects bring a unique and valuable combination of problem-solving and visioning skills to these tough issues.
Architects have an obligation to employ these skills in assuming or expanding leadership roles in their communities, their professional lives, and in academia in order to help guide and implement public policies that ensure healthy, livable, sustainable and quality-designed built environments for future generations.
This presentation will enable participants to hone their leadership skills and to return to their communities equipped with a kit of practical tools and strategies for undertaking the challenge of Living Your Life as a Leader.
Kevin J. Flynn, FAIA, NCARB, IES, Executive Vice President, Kiku Obata & Company
Director, Central States Region, The American Institute of Architects
Transforming the Urban Environment and Public Realm | 1.5 HSW
James Carpenter, AIA, of James Carpenter Design Associates, will discuss how the studio’s design leadership has gradually grown with such major projects as the redevelopment of the McKim Mead & White Farley Post Office as the new Pennsylvania Station in New York (2005); the completion of the exterior envelope and lobby of the Seven World Trade Center tower (2001-2006) in New York. Their lead role planning, designing and overseeing the new construction of the entire Israel Museum campus in Jerusalem (2005-2010) represents their most comprehensive scope to date and subsequently, the current museum, university and infrastructure projects have continued to progressively transform the urban environment and public realm.
James Carpenter, AIA, James Carpenter Design Associates, New York, NY
Luncheon Presentation- AIA NE Excellence in Design Jury Chair | 1.0 HSW
Jury Chair Victor F. "Trey" Trahan, III, FAIA, is President and Principal-in-Charge of Trahan Architects. Mr. Trahan has been recognized and published both nationally and internationally for innovative design and creative use of materials. An accomplished designer, he is a 2010 recipient of the P/A Award, one of the most respected awards in architecture, presented by Architect Magazine to recognize progressive architectural design for unbuilt works. He also received the 2005 Architecture Review Emerging Architecture Award, one of three firms and the only U.S. architect honored that year. www.trahanarchitects.com
Educational Session 2
2:15 – 3:45 pm
Urban Design – Areas of Civic Importance | 1.5 LU
The implementation of Omaha’s new Urban Design Element will literally change the appearance of Omaha. This session will focus on the “Areas of Civil Importance” (ACI’s) from Omaha by Design’s concept, to the development of regulators, to the implementation process including the city’s first Urban Design Review Board. Learn about new regulators such as “Build to Lines”, “Green Parking Areas” or Ground Level Transparency”. What parts of Omaha are overlaid with the new districts? How is the development community embracing the concept? How is the Urban Design Review Boarding working?
This session will be a round table discussion with Connie Spellman, Director at Omaha by Design, Jed Moulton, manager of Urban Design at the Omaha Planning Department and Jay Noddle, President and CEO at Noddle Companies.
Healthcare Reform | 1.5 LU
Presenters will provide an overview of Healthcare Reform and what it does and doesn't do for firms, both large and small. The presentation will specifically discuss the legal challenges, coverage changes, timelines and cost of change.
Presenters include Keith Prettyman and Bob Evnen of Woods & Aitken LLP.
Maximizing Benefits of EPAct
1.5 LU
Did you know architects are eligible for a Federal tax benefit up to $1.80 per square foot for the design of energy-efficient public buildings placed into service after January 1, 2006? Benefits originally awarded to architects through the 2005 Energy Policy Act have recently been extended through December 31, 2013. Engineered Tax Services (ETS) has been working closely with the AIA in recent months, including a cooperative effort to urge Congress to expand the current $1.80/ft2 deduction to $3.00/ft2 (S. 1637/H.R. 4226) and extend it through 2015.
Presented by ETS - Engineered Tax Services
Educational Session 3
4:00 – 5:30 pm
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TDAmeritrade Park Omaha | 1.5 HSW
In April of 2011, TD AMERITRADE Park Omaha will become home of the NCAA Division I Men’s College World Series, Creighton University Men’s Baseball and the UFL Omaha Nighthawks. The stadium design is based on the development of experiences: those of the student athletes, those of the spectators, and those of a community that looks to the stadium to continue a strong relationship to the event held within. Stadium highlights include: seating for 24,000 fans; a 360° concourse; two luxurious team clubhouses, expandable to four; and state-of-the-art fiber technology systems.
Provisions for natural light are integral to the enclosed spaces on the concourse, giving patrons a heightened experience of the outdoor venue. Visual connectivity to the context of the city is provided through a series of openings between structures, providing vignettes to the city from the open concourse. Extensive use of glass on upper levels allows patrons on this level the same visual experience. The stadium serves as an anchor to north downtown development, providing hierarchy and datum as principles of order to formalize the relationships among the forms and spaces of existing and future buildings.
Tour guided by John Dineen, AIA, HDR, Inc.
*Limited to 20 conference participants. Boots with Safety toe are required. Hard hats, Safety glasses, and Safety Vests will also be required; however can be provided on site for those that do not have them.
Tons of Room at the Top – The Attitude and Altitude of Success | 1.5 LU
In today’s ultra competitive environment, it’s critically important to approach your life and your career with a prosuccess attitude. This session will show you how to develop success friendly attitudes and habits so you can reach the pinnacle of human existence. Anyone can scale the mountain and reach the peak by:
- Adopting healthy life habits
- Fostering self reliance while becoming a better team member
- Being prepared
- Taking the initiative
- Taking responsibility, exercising authority and accepting accountability
- Keeping the basics in line, thus freeing you to pursue higher level endeavors
- Improving your relationships and remembering that everyone counts
- Enhancing your creativity
- Developing personal entrepreneurship
This message is a liberating one, because by adopting the right attitude, greater success is always within your grasp
Jeff Beals is author of the international-award-winning book, Self Marketing Power: Branding Yourself as a Business of One (for more information, visit www.selfmarketingpower.com). Additionally, he serves as vice president of Coldwell Banker Commercial World Group and hosts radio and television shows.
Update on BIM - “Today’s BIM – an Evolving Reality” | 1.5 HSW
Panel members will discuss and answer questions to the current state of BIM as seen from their point of view and in the context of their firm. There are many differing opinions as to what is possible today, what we should be doing today and what we need to do to prepare for BIM in the future. It is due to these differing of opinions that confusion often arises when discussing what BIM is and what is possible or even necessary. As the BIM industry evolves, these perspectives will change and what seems a future option today may become a typical requirement tomorrow.
This panel represents a broad spectrum of the building industry; representatives from design, construction, a legal perspective and software development. Most of them are members of the BIM Board of Omaha, which is a collection of BIM managers, facilities managers, contractors, suppliers and others in the Omaha area that gather to better themselves and their firms while advancing the use of building information modeling by leveraging of their numbers, skills and mutual support.
BIM Panel: Craig Thomas, Leo A Daly; Todd Shackelford, Alvine and Associates; Cauitta Robeson, Kiewit Building Group; Derrick Fitton, Drake Williams Steel; Jason Steele, Autodesk Inc.; Nick Meek, Infra Structure and representatives from Woods Aitken.
8:20 pm Join your friends for the conclusion of
Connection | Conversation | Creation
Pecha Kucha Night
Co-Sponsored with design alliance Omaha
Blue Sushi Sake Grill
416 S. 12th St., Omaha, NE 68102
Registration for this event not required.
What is Pecha Kucha Night?
Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
But as we all know, give a mike to a designer (especially an architect) and you’ll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.
Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that seems to be global – as Pecha Kucha Night, without any pushing, has spread virally to over 100 cities across the world.
Additional information will be forthcoming.
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Scholarship Opportunities for Emerging Professionals
A limited number of conference registrations will be available to AIA Nebraska Associate members and University of Nebraska College of Architecture students. Consider taking part in this year’s conference by networking and learning from design industry professionals. Click here for the scholarship form. Deadline is September 23, 2010. You will be notified if you have been accepted on September 24.
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