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An aerial photo of Sir Nicholas Grimshaw’s The Eden Project, a cluster of dome-shaped greenhouses in Cornwall, U.K. Photo Courtesy Sealand Aerial Photography. |
Architectural Record Innovation 2007
Architecture in an Age of Transformation
October 10-11, 2007. McGraw-Hill Auditorium
McGraw-Hill Building, 1221 Avenue of the Americas,
New York City
Plus, the BusinessWeek/Architectural Record
 “Good Design is Good Business” Awards Dinner
October 10, James McGraw Hall, McGraw-Hill Building
Architecture in an Age of Transformation
Keynote Speakers:
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw,
RIBA,
Chairman, Grimshaw Architects
"Embedded Intelligence in Architecture" |
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William J. Mitchell,
Director
MIT Design Laboratory
"Technologies of Smart Sustainability"
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Conference presenters include: Branko Kolarevic, University of Calgary; Ali Malkawi, Building Simulation Group, University of Pennsylvania; Kevin R. Klinger, Ball State University; William Zahner, A. Zahner Metals; Chuck Hoberman, Hoberman Associates; Gary van Deursen, Van Deursen Innovation and Design; James Carpenter and Davidson Norris, Carpenter/Norris Consulting; Marilyne Andersen, PhD, Department of Building Techology, MIT; Marc Simmons and Bruce Nichol, Front, Inc.
| Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| 1:00 PM |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
| 1:15 PM |
Keynote Address
William J. Mitchell Director of the MIT Design Laboratory
Technologies of Smart Sustainability
Over many centuries, cities have evolved into closer and closer approximations to living organisms. The architectural fabric of pre-industrial cities consisted essentially of skeleton and skin, providing shelter, protection, and intensification of land use. Then, in the industrial era, this fabric acquired increasingly elaborate, networks of water supply and waste removal, air circulation, energy supply, and so on -- in other words, artificial physiological systems. Now, in the digitally networked era, the architectural fabric is being equipped with electronic nervous systems. This enables the intelligent coordination of all other systems in response to changing conditions and needs, opens up new possibilities for meeting human needs in sustainable ways, and demands new design approaches.
In this talk, Bill will introduce the principles of smart sustainability and discuss some practical examples. |
| 1:45 PM – 2:35 PM |
Session 1: Performative Architecture
Branko Kolarevic and Ali Malkawi will introduce performative architecture as an emerging design paradigm in which building performance, broadly understood, becomes a guiding design principle. This approach to architecture places performance on par with form making; it utilizes digital technologies of quantitative and qualitative performance simulation to offer a comprehensive new approach to the design of the built environment. A survey of current digitally-driven developments in performative architecture is presented and illustrated with examples from contemporary practice.
Branko is an associate professor of architecture at the University of Calgary, where he holds the Haworth Chair in Integrated Design. He recently published Performative Architecture: Beyond Instrumentality with Ali Malkawi. Ali Malkawi is an associate professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the founder and head of the TC Chan Center for Building Simulation & Energy Studies, and has taught and conducted research at Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan, and Harvard. |
| 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM |
Digital Fabrication
Kevin R. Klinger will discuss explorations in digitally-driven design informed by techniques of digital fabrication. Design processes incorporating digital fabrication are informed by the direct association between design and production and the critical deployment of a range of software and advanced machining procedures. The digital exchange of information in this inventive process has led to new forms of architectural production that bring designers deeper into the complexities of making, assembly, and material formulation. Digital fabrication techniques encourage new forms of collaboration with industry, challenge conventional methodologies, and suggest a future in which designers are much more engaged in the total process of architecture. Kevin is Director of the Institute for Digital Fabrication with the Center for Media Design at Ball State University and Associate Professor of Architecture in the College of Architecture and Planning. |
| 3:15 PM |
Conversation Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Session 2: Building Facades and Skins
Torqued, Punched, and Folded: Making Metal Building Skins
William Zahner is the president of A. Zahner Metals in Kansas City, Missouri. His firm designed and fabricated the metal facade systems which are the signature design elements for high-profile buildings including a dozen of Frank Gehry’s projects, Herzog and de Meuron’s DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, and the Federal Courthouse in Eugene, and Cooper Union in New York City, both designed by Morphosis. Bill will explain how his firm fabricates these ingenious design elements, talk about the next generation of metals, and metal facade systems, and will explore the myriad options designers will have in the future. |
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM |
Session 3: Transformative structures
Chuck Hoberman is the founder of Hoberman Associates, a multidisciplinary practice that is developing designs and technologies relating to transformability - the capacity to change size, shape and function. His clients range across sectors that include consumer products, medical instruments, deployable shelters and space structures. The firm is currently engaged in a series of architectural collaborations to create a new generation of adaptive buildings. Hoberman will present projects relating to retractable facades, responsive shading and ventilation, operable roofs and canopies that he is developing for architects including Foster + Partners, Kohn Pedersen Fox, SHoP, Nikken Sekkai and others. |
| 4:30 - 5:30 PM |
Closing Keynote Address
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, founder and Chairman of Grimshaw, will speak on the theme of “Embedded Intelligence”, a term used recently by Bob Ivy to describe the firm’s design method. Grimshaw will describe the phenomenon of the “collective memory” that has inspired the work of the Grimshaw partners and created its design language – one that is characterized by structural legibility, innovation and a rigorous approach to detailing.
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| 5:30 PM |
Reception Exhibit Hall |
| 6:15 PM |
BusinessWeek Architectural Record Awards Dinner
October 10, James McGraw Hall, McGraw-Hill Building
Join editors from BusinessWeek and Architectural Record for a dinner and awards ceremony honoring the winners of the 11th Annual Good Design is Good Business awards program. Register for the Innovation Conference early —tickets to this event will be distributed to attendees on a first-come, first-served basis. |
| Thursday, October 11, 2007 |
| 7:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM |
Session 4: The Power of Design to Affect Transformation.
Gary van Deursen, of Van Deursen LLC, Innovation and Design, has served as head of consumer product design for GE, Black & Decker, Coleman, and Stanley Works. During his tenure at these companies he transformed many of their stodgy products into best sellers by analyzing the needs and behavior of users, and paying attention to details like ergonomics, color, and packaging. His presentation will give a frank assessment of why some products succeed while others fail. |
| 9:00 - 10:30 AM |
Presentation—Work in place:
Case Studies of Innovative and High Performance Materials and Systems. Presenters will show how innovative materials and products are being used in imaginative ways
James Bogdan, Manager of Green Building Initiatives, PPG Industries. James will present the findings from a comprehensive study conducted by PPG, that compares the economic, energy and environmental impacts of a full range of common glazings.
Meredith Emmerich, Manager of Application Support, Mitsubishi Electric, HVAC Advanced Products Division.
Meridith’s case study will explain how Mitsubishi’s incredibly adaptable variable refrigerant flow (VRF) technology was used recently at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Southern California.
Don Yurkovich, Engineering Specifications Manager, Sloan Valve Company.
Don will discuss the way technical developments in water- and energy-efficient plumbing systems are enabling greater across-the-board water savings. He’ll show specifiers how they can determine the ROI from water- and energy-efficient plumbing systems.
Tom Ike, Director of Specification Products, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
"Access Living: Universal Design, Sustainability, and Lighting Control" is a case study exploring how technology, accessibility, and green design converge at a groundbreaking Chicago facility.
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| 10:30 -10:45 AM |
Conversation Break |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM |
Session 5: Taming Light
Investigating the Art and Science of Glass and Light
James Carpenter, principal of Carpenter Design Associates, and Davidson Norris, principals of Carpenter/Norris Consulting, actively and continuously investigate advanced glass and daylighting systems, employing calculation tools, and the most sophisticated glass materials available. James Carpenter is a leading architectural designer and innovator in glass and material technologies, and his work expands the artistic and technical potential of light and glass as they effect architectural space, transforming the individuals’ experience of place. Mr. Norris' expertise is in the technical analysis of daylighting, ranging from solar site analysis to daylight availability on the worksurface.
Advanced Daylighting Systems
Marilyne Andersen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Building Technology in the Department of Architecture at MIT, will discuss the benefits and potential of advanced fenestration systems such as novel solar blinds, new glazing or coating materials, and innovative daylight-redirecting devices, which can be extended to include electric lighting devices. Marilyne was trained in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. She specialized in daylighting throughout her PhD on experimental assessment methods for advanced window systems, and as a visiting scholar at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She has recently developed a new program in daylighting for MIT. |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM |
Session 6:
Advanced Facade Design
Marc Simmons, and Bruce Nichol, Front Inc., New York City, are founding partners of Front, Inc, one of the world’s leading facade consulting firms. Recent projects include the Seattle Central Public Library, the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art, and the CCTV headquarters now under construction in Beijing. They will present past and current projects which may include work with Asymptote, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Gehry Partners, OMA, REX, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, SHoP, and others. Marc Simmons is a faculty member at the Princeton University School of Architecture and lectures widely on facade design. Bruce Nichol is a UK-licensed architect formerly with Foster & Partners and Renzo Piano Building Workshop. |
| 12:15 - 12:30 PM |
Closing Remarks |
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