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Besides the opportunity to network with vendors and learn about the latest products and services to help your business thrive, the 2016 Expo will feature:

  • Lunch
  • Refreshment breaks
  • “Wall” talks
  • Teambuilding workshops 

Spec Academy: 

The Spec Academy is a new edition to the 2016 Design Conference. Spec Academy programs will provide you with technical information on methods and materials to enhance your projects.  Come and have an early start to your conference program on Thursday, or, on Friday, have an early morning cup of coffee or top off your day with one of these informative sessions.

“Wall” talks: 

20-minute moderated, informal discussions. You choose the conversation most appealing to you.

10:15 AM
Collaborative Project Delivery

How have you worked with others (non-architects) on projects?

Clients as Collaborators
How have your clients sparked your creativity?

11:00 AM

Emerging Professionals: Foresight into the Future of Architecture

What do you want to do with architecture as your career? Where do you want to see the industry go?

Collaboration with Contractors
How do architects relate to the people building their designs?

12:00 PM
The Future of Architecture

What are your fears about the profession? There has been profound transformation about how services are provided, but is this a good thing?

Designing with Other Architects

How has this worked for you in the past? Has there been tension in these relationships? Does it work better if you come packaged as a team, or if pushed together?

| SEMINARS

Preconference Seminars: In order to be enrolled you must be registered for one other full day.

WE0116

Conquering the Energy Code for Commercial Architects

Program Developed and Presented by Urban Green Council, Underwritten by the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Registration for this program will begin at 9:00 AM
7 LU/HSW Hours
7 GBCI Hours
5 CEO Hours in Energy Conservation Construction Code
2 CEO Hours in Code Enforcement and Administration

$75.00 fee includes breaks and resource materials
Lunch is not included.

Note: If you have taken this course previously, you will not be eligible for CE credit.

Designers struggle to comply with energy code requirements due to confusion about documentation, misunderstood code language, and the challenge of keeping up to date on a code that changes every three years.
Not only are designers required to meet new energy code obligations, but learning how to comply with today’s code will prepare design firms for coming changes.

Using the upcoming IECC 2015, which will take effect October 3, 2016, as the source, Conquering the Code teaches architects to understand the structure and rationale behind the energy code. Participants will learn how to differentiate the various compliance pathways and understand the requirements for compliance.

Often, it is not a lack of knowledge that leads to failure to comply but a lack of coordination and communication among the design team, their client, the code officials and the construction team.

A fundamental theme of the course is to explain specific code provision by describing the interdependence of the building envelope, mechanical and lighting systems and their impacts on energy consumption.

Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA, NCARB, LEED-AP
Peter J. Arsenault Architect
Greensboro, NC
Peter J. Arsenault is a registered architect and sustainability consultant located in upstate New York with over 32 years of diversified experience. A 1977 graduate of Syracuse University, he earned degrees in both architecture and sociology with an emphasis on urban design and environmental planning. Since 1980, even before the term “green” architecture was popularized, he has focused his work on the principles of energy consciousness, environmental sensibility and sustainable design.

Spec Academy – Elevator 101
SP0116
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
1 LU/HSW

While elevators are an important design and planning element in most multi-story commercial, institutional and multi-unit residential projects, many architects have not had the opportunity to develop a systematic overview of basic elevator technology, design and planning. This module is developed for designers with varying levels of experience and expertise. It touches on the basics of elevator design as well as the most common design issues encountered in low, mid and high rise projects. The topics covered included:

• The history of elevators
• Common types of elevators
• Basic elevator components
• Key design and planning considerations
• New technology and trends in the elevator industry

Jeff Halpin
Otis Elevator Company
Albany, NY

Spec Academy – 3D High Definition Laser Scanning: Bringing Your Design and Construction Team Together
SP0216
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
1 LU

3D laser scanning and point clouds are starting to make their way into the marketplace. This presentation will describe how your firm can run with these new ideas to collaborate with other professionals including Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Project Managers, and Developers. You will learn how to integrate the scan data into projects to provide new and improved deliverables for your clients. You will be able to show your clients what a finished project will look like before it is constructed. Not in the typical cartoonish fashion but in actual survey 3D data collection.

Paul James Olszewski, PLS
Paul James Olszewski, PLS, PLLC
Camillus, NY

Spec Academy – Fire-Retardant Treated Wood and the International Building Code
SP0316
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
1 LU/HSW

The International Building Code, being adopted by New York State this year, allows the use of fire-retardant treated wood in a variety of areas of Type I and II (noncombustible) construction. In the growing Type III mid-rise construction market, it is used extensively in the exterior walls. This presentation takes an in-depth look at fire-retardant treated wood (FRTW) focusing on: FRTW characteristics, properties, performance in a fire as well as preparation, treatment, inspection and labeling. Fire tests, standards, building code requirements, the use of Forest Steward Council (FSC) wood in LEED projects and the impact on construction and insurance costs will also be discussed.

Chris Athari
Hoover Treated Wood Products
Columbus, OH

 

 

People-Centric Built Environment: A Collaboration of Architecture and Social Science
TH0216
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

For centuries, architecture has been closely allied with the physical sciences, though other types of collaborations are necessary in order to continue broadening architecture’s ability to address societal needs. Recent interdisciplinary alliances between social science and architecture have introduced research approaches and innovative tools to the field of architecture which have the potential to transform how we understand and shape the built environment.

This session will explore the opportunities for more closely integrating the social sciences into architectural practice to advance the performance, experience, and value of the built environment.

Melissa Marsh, AIA
PLASTARC
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Melissa Marsh, Assoc. AIA is part researcher and part innovator. Leveraging a background in the social sciences with a Master of Architecture at MIT, Melissa defined an early career building cross-disciplinary consulting practices within a number of leading architectural firms. Interested in further exploring the intersection of design and human factors research, Melissa started her own interdisciplinary consultancy firm. PLASTARC, a portmanteau of plastic and architecture, employs people analytics, social research, and design metrics to create a more flexible and engaging built world. An active contributor to many professional communities, Melissa is the co-founder of the AIANY Social Science Committee and curates the AIANY Transforming Architectural Practice series which promotes the advancement of the business of architecture through greater dialogue with other disciplines.

Jessie Braden
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY

Jessie is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and open data expert. Her areas of focus include critical data assessment, demographic analysis and cartographic design. She founded SAVI to create a GIS- centered multi-disciplinary research lab and service center for Pratt students, faculty, visiting researchers and civic partners. SAVI uses geospatial analysis and data visualization to understand urban communities and empower community-based organizations by democratizing access to data and planning tools. SAVI’s additional clients include: Brooklyn Arts Council, North Star Foundation, New Yorkers for Parks, Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce, LeadDog Marketing, and Wolf & Wilhelmine.

Evie Klein, Assoc. AIA
New York, NY

Eve is an architect and planner specializing in cultural institutions and higher education. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Environmental Psychology at CUNY focusing on how the social sciences can contribute to the design process, and particularly how spaces can promote inclusion of diverse populations. Until 2013, she was NYU’s Assistant Vice President of Planning and Design, overseeing facilities planning and space management at the University. Prior to NYU, she had a career as an architect, where she worked at Polshek Partnership Architects [now Ennead], ran her own architectural design practice, and served as an advisor for the National Design Awards at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. She received her B.A. from Vassar College and her M.Arch. from UCLA.

Richard Wener
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Brooklyn, NY

Richard Wener is Professor of Environmental Psychology and head of the BS in Sustainable Urban Environments program in the Department of Technology, Culture and Society at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. Previously he chaired this department for 8 years. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Illinois-Chicago. He is a fellow of the Division of Environmental and Population Psychology (Division 34) of the American Psychological Association and has served as president of Division 34. He has also been a member of the board of directors of the Environmental Design Research Association, which gave him its award for distinguished service to the field of environment and behavior in 1995 and its Career Award in 2013. In 2010 Professor Wener was a Fulbright Fellow at the Technical University of Vienna, where he studied behavior and sustainable design. Prof. Wener has been a Visiting Scholar at the Rutgers University Bloustein School ofPlanning and Public Policy and its Center for Green Buildings where he currently serves on the Advisory Board. Professor Wener has been a technical advisor for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence since its inception in 1987, and has co-authored 11 volumes of compilations of Bruner Award case studies of community development projects. He has also served on the editorial board of the Environment and Behavior, the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, and the Journal of Environmental Systems. Professor has published extensively on Post Occupancy Evaluation of the built environment.

Chad Smith, AIA
DesBrisay & Smith Architects
New York, NY

Chad Smith is a designer of award-winning projects since 1996, including a Progressive Architecture award for the design of the Performance Theater (with Karen Bausman in 1997). At Rogers Marvel he led the high profile competition for the Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street and developed the kate spade branded environment, among other projects. At DesBrisay & Smith, he has developed a significant portfolio in cutting-edge fitness design. Chad graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in Saint Louis, with a BA in Architecture, and received an MA from Columbia GSAPP.

Transforming El-Space Across New York State
TH0316
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

Elevated infrastructure divides communities across New York State, from train lines in the Bronx to highways in Syracuse. The negative impact of this infrastructure is well documented, but less well known are nascent attempts by nonprofits and municipalities to reclaim this ‘el-space’ for the public. Creative design and extensive cooperation between design disciplines and government agencies can transform these unique urban sites into safe, attractive, and environmentally friendly connections between communities.

Join the Design Trust for Public Space, Design Trust Fellows, and the New York City Department of Transportation, for an engaging conversation on the challenges of el-space design. The session will focus on the lessons learned from Under the Elevated, a comprehensive analysis of the space beneath New York City’s elevated infrastructure, and El-Space pilots, a series of neighborhood-based tests of strategies. The rich design possibilities inherent in el-space will be discussed, along with successful multi-agency collaboration strategies and meaningful community engagement ideas. Innovative urban design, lighting, and green infrastructure solutions will also be shared.

Susan Chin, FAIA, Hon. ASLA
Design Trust for Public Space
New York, NY

Susan Chin, FAIA, Hon. ASLA, Executive Director, leads the Design Trust for Public Space, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the future of public space in New York City.  Her projects include: Five Borough Farm, expanding urban agriculture in New York City; Making Midtown, creating a new bold vision for a 21st C. Garment District; and Under the Elevated, reclaiming space under bridges and rail lines to connect communities.  The Design Trust, a nationally recognized incubator, jumpstarted projects such as the High Line and the Taxi of Tomorrow, and influenced the City’s sustainability initiatives, Local Law 86 and PlaNYC, with its suite of High Performance guidelines.

For over 20 years she served as Assistant Commissioner for Capital Projects in the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, overseeing more than $3 billion in new construction, revitalization and public art projects citywide. Ms. Chin served as Vice President on the American Institute of Architects national board and after having served as AIA New York Chapter President. She has served on arts panels, lectured at colleges and universities and received numerous awards, including 2015 Honorary membership in the American Society of Landscape Architects, AIA New York State’s 2013 James William Kideney Gold Medal Award and 2011 Matthew Del Gaudio Award, Loeb Fellowship at Harvard and Distinguished Alumna from Ohio State University.

Neil Gagliardi
New York City Department of Transportation
New York, NY

Neil Gagliardi is the Director of Urban Design at the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) where he offers more than 30 years of interdisciplinary design and planning experience. During his seven-year tenure at NYCDOT, he has spearheaded design initiatives and implemented projects that foster pedestrian-friendly, visually-appealing, and sustainable streetscapes, public spaces, and transportation corridors citywide.

Mr. Gagliardi’s international achievements and versatile project portfolio ranges from neighborhood zoning and design plans in Queens to a transformative, art-in-action, redevelopment project in a favela of Rio de Janeiro. Forming the foundation of his career are postgraduate degrees in landscape architecture and urban planning.

Tricia Martin, RLA, LEED AP
WE Design
Brooklyn, NY

Tricia Martin, RLA, LEED AP, is a Partner at WE Design, a landscape architecture and design company based in Brooklyn, New York. Tricia works on a variety of project types that include greenways, parks, urban design, and green infrastructure projects at various scales. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University where she teaches urban design studios.

After graduating with a Master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon, Tricia moved to New York City to work for Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects.   She has cultivated a community-based design practice that integrates ecological frameworks into cultural contexts.

Tricia is regularly asked to speak about issues related to green infrastructure and landscape architecture. In 2011 she represented the American Society of Landscapes during a senate briefing in Washington DC on the topic of “Using Green Infrastructure Practices to Protect and Restore Clean Water for Communities.” She is also a past-president of the American Society of Landscape Architects NY Chapter.

Leni Schwendinger
Arup
New York, NY

Leni Schwendinger specializes in city lighting and leads the “Nighttime Design/Global Lighting Urbanist” initiative at Arup. Her designs and artworks illuminating public spaces are located worldwide. Current projects include modernizing New York City’s subway stations, a park in Las Vegas, and three signature bridges in North America.

Schwendinger is leading a research project for city districts, “Everyday Nighttime Design,” which focuses on economical, incremental lighting for streets and public housing. The research and innovative projects are shared through speaking and writing at institutions, through the NightSeeing™ program and at conferences.

Leni has lectured and taught widely throughout the US, Europe, Japan and in Australia. As an internationally-known lighting designer and speaker, she is considered an innovator and authority on urban lighting and infrastructure.

 

Designing the Largest and Tallest Passive House Building in the World
TH0416
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

Handel Architects’ residential tower for Cornell University’s new Roosevelt Island Campus will include 350 residences for students, staff and faculty. The 26-story building is part of Cornell’s 2.1 million square foot technology campus in New York City, a partnership between Cornell and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The building is being developed by Hudson Companies, the Related Companies, and Cornell University.

Cornell Tech Residential is being designed to Passive House standards, and when complete will be the largest and tallest building in the world built to Passive House standards. Passive House (PH) is the strict international building standard that drastically reduces energy consumption while creating a healthier and more comfortable living environment for a fraction of residents’ usual energy costs.

To achieve Passive House standards, Cornell Tech Residential will incorporate a number of sustainability-focused design elements. The façade, constructed of a prefabricated metal panel system, acts as a thermally insulated blanket wrapping the building structure. Purified fresh air will be ducted into each bedroom and living room, providing superior indoor air quality. Compared to conventional construction, the building is projected to save 882 tons of CO2 per year, equal to planting 5,300 new trees.

Blake Middleton, FAIA
Handel Architects
New York, NY

Blake Middleton, FAIA, LEED AP received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Cornell, having studied with Colin Rowe in the Urban Design Studio in the early 1980s. A Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, he lived and taught in Italy for two years before returning to New York to work at the office of James Stewart Polshek, now Ennead Architects. Blake joined Handel Architects as a Partner in 1997, and immediately began working on several projects in his hometown of Boston. These buildings were recognized with an AIA Honor Award for Urban Design in 2014. In addition to his urban mixed-use projects, Blake designed the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Natatorium for the City of New York, and the Santa Barbara Bowl Amphitheater in California, both of which are highly acclaimed and award winning. He is currently serving as the Partner in Charge and Lead Designer for Cornell Tech’s new residential tower, the largest and tallest building in the world built to Passive House standards. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, California College of the Arts, University of Virginia, and Cornell, and currently is teaching a graduate studio on High Rise Design at Northeastern University.

Deborah Moelis, AIA
Handel Architects
New York, NY

Deborah Moelis, AIA is a Senior Associate and a founding member at New York-based Handel Architects. She is currently serving as Project Manager for Cornell University’s new residential tower on the planned Roosevelt Island campus in New York City. Currently under construction, the tower is being built to Passive House standards, and when completed will be the largest and tallest Passive House building in the world. Recently completed projects include the design and construction of Aire, a 42-story 315-unit residential tower on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, as well as Millennium Place, a 256-unit residential building in downtown Boston, both of which she managed from design through construction. Prior to joining Handel Architects, Ms. Moelis worked in the New York and London offices of Kohn Peder-sen Fox Associates. Ms. Moelis received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from the University of Michigan and earned her Master of Architecture from Columbia University.

 

Crossover & Collaboration of Principles of Design
TH0516
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

This panel discussion will include presentations from Ford Motor Company, Gensler & Grimshaw Architects, as they explore the common threads of collaboration between each of their areas of expertise, using transportation as the core subject matter. Each panelist designs for widely varying audiences, and for different infrastructures, but the end goal of the differing entities remains the same; enhancing the end user’s experience by unique design. Moreover, the panel will explore how seemingly unrelated designs can and do crossover.

Darko Hreljanovic, AIA - Moderator
STV
New York, NY

Darko is a graduate of Cornell University’s College of Art, Architecture and Planning. Prior to gaining his Bachelor of Architecture, he attended Fordham University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History.

Darko began his architectural career in the New York office of Skidmore Owings and Merrill working with Gordon Bunshaft, Michael McCarty, and Roy Allen, luminaries of modern architecture. His involvement in the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Jeddah International Airport, and the rehabilitation of the former Union Carbide Building solidified his dedication to the principles of modern architecture. Pure and unadorned forms with clarity of idea and exceptional detailing became principles of his design methodology.

In 1982, Darko joined William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates, a firm specializing in transportation architecture. Building on the experience gained in airport work in Saudi Arabia, he became involved in airport terminal designs and expanded into other areas of transportation planning including projects in waterborne transportation, rail facilities, as well as airports. Notable during this tenure of work were his premiated designs for the Times Square Subway Complex, Terminal One at JFK International Airport, NY, and Pier 79 – the West Midtown Ferry Terminal – on Manhattan’s west side.

In 2002, Hreljanovic joined Gruzen Samton Architects applying his skills to a broad spectrum of projects within both the private and public sectors – residential housing, senior living, education (both K-12 and higher education), research facilities, master planning, and transportation. He provided oversight of the firm’s interior design department, its digital media division as well as the marketing/graphics departments, promoting an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment that sought to foster communication and the exchange of ideas, methodologies, and alternative points of view between these diverse design professionals, leading to developing more holistic and innovative solutions. In 2012 his design for the Human Ecology Building for the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University won a NYS AIA Award of Merit award.

In 2009, Gruzen Samton became part of the international firm, IBI Group, the fourth largest architectural firm in the world. As an Associate Director of IBI Group Darko was given the opportunity to work on several expansive international projects. In the role as one of the design managers for the Red Line in Tel Aviv, Israel, a 10-station underground LRT project that is the first mass transit line in Israel’s most populous city, he was able to work collaboratively with four other IBI offices as well as numerous local Israeli firms in developing a design that was reflective of the Tel Aviv context, culture, and communities served. Recently he participated in the pursuit and award of the new Eglinton Line, a 25-station LRT line P3 project in Toronto, Canada, to the IBI Group that required extensive weekly travel to the Toronto office assisting in the development of the design.

Presently, Darko serves as Director of Design at STV, a full service firm that offers architectural, engineering, environmental, and construction management services on a wide range of projects in both the public and private sectors. He brings leadership to the architectural division placing emphasis on a clear, articulated design methodology based on appropriate use of materials, spatially articulating program hierarchy, and integrating meaningfully with contextual challenges. He is currently designing the rehabilitation of a 170,000 sf office building for the OGS on the Harriman Campus in Albany, NY; a new 14,000 sf K9 police facility for NYCDOC on Rikers Island; and continues a 20-year long work relationship with his client in Newport, NJ offering planning services.

Darko has developed strong relationships with numerous clients in both the private and public sectors. He has met their goals and objectives with designs of excellence that promote honest use of materials, are responsive to client program and operational requirements, integrate successfully with site and contextual influences and are reactive to the socio-economic fabric of the users and community served. He mentors his design staff to the merits of honest use of materials, simplicity in composition, value of exemplary detailing and to the timeless nature of designs of excellence. He is an advocate of balancing technological developments with craftsmanship and the power of the hand sketch as well as the intrinsic benefits of collaborating with parallel design professionals to further one’s understanding of the enormous potential offered by this interdisciplinary exchange of ideas as it applies towards achieving notable design solutions.

To further his understanding of alternative artisan and craftsmanship skills, he frequently attends classes at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and most recently the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine to learn the psychology and methodology behind generational skills including drystone wall construction, blacksmithing, woodworking and joinery, as they apply to the design approach, implementation, detailing and formal expressions of his design solutions.

Craig Metros
Ford Motor Company
Detroit, MI

Craig Metros is Exterior Design Director for The Americas, overseeing the exterior design teams developing new vehicles in North and South America. He  reports to Chris Svensson, Design Director, The Americas.

Metros previously was Design Director for Ford Asia Pacific, based in Melbourne, Australia. During his tenure he led the design concepts and themes around the Ford Everest utility, Ford Falcon sedan and Ford Ranger truck, highlighting his versatility across a wide range of vehicles.

Metros has a wealth of international experience, holding chief designer roles in Asia Pacific and North America as well as design manager and designer positions in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe.

The first American designer to work in the Jaguar Design Studio in Coventry, England, Metros later returned to America to lead the exterior and interior design concepts and themes for the 2004 Ford F-150. A key outcome of that program was to create a broader and more defined series walk to appeal to the varied lifestyles of truck customers, something that continues today.

Metros was born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan. The son of an automotive engineer, Metros was exposed to car culture at an early age and began drawing cars almost from the time he learned how to hold a crayon. He is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.

Metros further expresses his creativity through industrial art, drawing inspiration from traditional hot rods, moon missions, street art and modern design movements.

Each of his mixed media pieces incorporates materials found in unusual places, ranging from abandoned buildings and roadsides to junk yards and swap meets.

 

Kashyap Bhimjiani
Gensler
New York, NY

Kashyap brings great expertise in all scales of aviation design-from luxurious passenger lounges to new greenfield airports. While leading the design and planning of complex projects, Kashyap’ s ability to understand client’s goals and resolve local challenges has allowed him to generate innovative and cost-efficient design. As a highly capable designer and planner, Kashyap lays special emphasis on inducing cultural elements and experiential quality to create a memorable and enjoyable experience through  architecture.

Paulo Faria
Grimshaw Architects
New York, NY

Spec Academy – Accessibility, Safety and Platform Lifts and Elevators
SP0416
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
1 LU/HSW

There is a growing importance for elevators and lifts in today’s designs. Lifts and elevators can be an extraordinary feature added to a home or building which will enhance the life quality and safety of the end user. In this program, the participant will learn about the requirements for platform lifts, the different types of lifts, and basic design. They will also gain functional knowledge of code compliance, how to solve accessibility challenges, and solutions for evacuation for persons with disabilities.

Luke Lesniowski
Handi-Lift
Carlstadt, NJ

Spec Academy – Use of Light Gage Metal Framing in Mid-Rise Construction
SP0516
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
1 LU/HSW

More and more architects and developers are using light gage metal framing (LGMF) as the building structural system. In this one hour long course, you will learn the benefits of LGMF and how to use it in your next project. Learn the advantages of LGMF as a load bearing wall in low-rise and mid-rise buildings.

Malcolm G. McLaren, PE
McLaren Engineering Group
West Nyak, NY

Haseeb Sayed, PE
McLaren Engineering Group
West Nyack, NY

Understanding Wall-mount Concealed Tank Toilet Systems Technology, From Space and Water Savings to Hospitality ADA Requirements
SP0916
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
1 LU/HSW

This course reviews design trends by focusing on toilet system technology and its incorporation into bathroom design. The program compares a variety of systems and discusses how each can enhance function and style within the space. The program will discuss the expanding role architects and designers play in water efficiency designs – striking a balance between sustainable needs and space saving, design flexibility. By narrowing the scope to bathroom design, attention will be given to examine the appropriate ADA design criteria as well as relevant building code requirements.

Kelley DeBetta
Geberit
Des Plaines, IL

Modern Ideas for Historic Districts  – A Leadership Dialogue
FR0216
*12:45 PM – 2:15 PM & 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
3 LUs/HSW
Note – You must be present for both sessions to receive CE credit

How can we design better for our historic districts? This is a workshop to develop ideas for using modern forms and materials in historic districts for architects, urbanists and other design professionals. This hands-on-workshop includes presentations and discussions on recent initiatives, contextual zoning and landmark rules, followed by an exercise on how new buildings in a contemporary idiom or modern styles can be compatible (or incompatible) with existing historic fabric. The group will examine the issues and findings and will debate how contemporary and modern styles are appropriate for historic districts.

The goal of the workshop is to help architects make informed decisions about new projects in historic areas, specifically focusing on contextualizing contemporary designs with older neighbors in terms of height and mass, streetline, building rhythm/pedestrian experience, materiality/detailing, façade composition, and character. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will have an understanding of principles and strategies for creating projects that are contextually relevant and yet contemporary.

Jorge Mastropietro, AIA, CPHD
Jorge Mastropietro Architects Atelier
New York, NY

Jorge Mastropietro’s architectural roots are in his native Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he studied architecture for six years and later taught at a major university. He also opened his first practice there in 1992. Yet from an early age, Jorge also felt the need to explore architecture internationally, first in Europe where he received a master’s degree in urban design, and then in the United States where he worked for five years with Rafael Viñoly Architects. In 2007, Jorge decided to bring this experience to his own international firm and founded Jorge Mastropietro Architects Atelier (JMA), now a noted leader in architecture, urbanism, design-build and multifamily development.

With JMA, Jorge has been able to pursue his passion for a modern design aesthetic that is of its time, unique in presence and vision, and also respectful of alternatives. This aesthetic vision is guided by his belief in a path toward sustainability and a focus on eco-friendly design and awareness.

A registered architect both in Argentina and the United States, Jorge is a member of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Buenos Aires and the American Institute of Architects (AIA). His work is widely published and he speaks at events and authors articles on various topics, including low-energy passive design.

Bryan McCracken
City of Ithaca, Planning Division
Ithaca, NY

Since 2013, Bryan McCracken has been the Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Ithaca, NY. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Early American History from Alfred University in 2008 and graduated from Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning with Master’s degree in Historic Preservation Planning in 2011. Bryan lives in a restored 1840s home in Central New York with his wife and two young children.

 

Programming for the Third Space: Nimble Number Crunching for Innovation
FR0316
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

In an environment of tight budgets and stretched capacity on college and university campuses, project goals must meet clear metrics to prove their worth. Innovative and hard-to-quantify collaboration spaces can fall by the wayside when establishing space needs and getting projects approved. Using a case study of an academic building at University of Massachusetts Amherst, this session will share new techniques for integrating “the third space” into a program of space needs to provide a more comprehensive active learning environment.

Paradigms of collaboration, curriculum development, and pedagogy have transformed dramatically in recent years largely due to rapid changes in technology and a better understanding of how students actively learn. Although there have been changes in administrative processes, campus planners and designers must be empowered to program persuasively with often traditional academic departments to create a more effective range of spaces. Research indicates that spaces for informal interaction, which are currently lacking in many learning environments, are ripe for development as spaces that can heighten collaboration from peer to peer.

Michael A. Nieminen, FAIA
Kliment Halsband Architects
New York, NY

Michael A. Nieminen, FAIA is a Partner at Kliment Halsband Architects, a leading design firm in New York City. He has more than 30 years of experience working with such higher education clients as the University of Chicago, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, The Rockefeller University, and Yale University. Michael is a nationally recognized leader in a process-driven approach to design and frequently shares his techniques and strategies with a wide audience. He has spoken at the AIA National Convention, AIA CAE Conferences and webinars, SCUP International and North Atlantic Conferences, and AIA conferences on courthouse design and practice management. He has served as Co-Chair of the National AIA CAE Sub-Committee for Higher Education since 2014. Michael holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Florida and a Master of Architecture from North Carolina State University School of Design.

David Whitehill, AIA
Kliment Halsband Architects
New York, NY

David Whitehill, AIA is a Partner at Kliment Halsband Architects, a leading design firm in New York City. He has participated in the design and management of projects that range from planning studies and renovations of historic buildings to new buildings set in historic contexts for such higher education clients as the University of Chicago, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Wellesley College. He is a member of the National AIA CAE Sub-Committee for Higher Education, and has spoken about innovative programming for collaborative spaces at SCUP North Atlantic and SCUP International Conferences. David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Architecture from the University of Maryland.

Thomas P. Huf
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA

Thomas P. Huf is Senior Program Manager for Facilities Planning and Programming at the UMass Amherst Campus Planning Division, where he has led programming, planning, and design for capital projects on campus since 2006. He works with the Provost and Chancellor’s Offices on strategic plan priorities and their effect on facilities decisions. He has led multiple facility strategic plans and programming for instructional space, team-based learning prototyping, public health, student centers, and science and engineering facilities as well as individual buildings. The range of work has included historic asset renewal, renovation, and new construction for many parts of the campus as well as the Master Plan for 11 million gsf of space that projects future growth. Tom’s background in campus development started with degrees in Architecture and Building Science from Rensselaer and Urban Design/City Planning from Harvard.

 

Convening Design and Semiotic Talent to Build Museum Identity
FR0416
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

“A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head.” -Renzo Piano, Hon, FAIA

To create a museum that attracts people, collaboration is needed. The identity of an institution is established and promulgated by a combination of means, including printed materials, website, logotype and architecture. Museums convey a strong visual and symbolical meaning. Secular shrines to the longevity of art and the ephemerality of fad, museums strive to educate, illuminate, evoke and invoke. Can architects, graphic designers and semioticians join together to create or animate the museums of the 22nd Century?

The speakers will discuss the opportunity to rethink cultural institutions combining the abilities of professions that produce and understand image and meaning. The talk will suggest how a team of architects, wordsmiths and graphic designers can “raise the prominence” of a museum’s identity (in the words of SAM Director, Jim Letts) and shape a place, like the Met, that “collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.” Connecting people is not only the mission, but modus operandi. The speakers will also look at museums in the context of a city’s “brand.”

Frederic Bell, FAIA
NYC Department of Design and Construction
Long Island City, NY

Rick Bell, FAIA, is Executive Director of Design and Construction Excellence at the NYC Department of Design and Construction. Rick previously worked at DDC as Assistant Commissioner of Architecture and Engineering. His current responsibilities within DDC’s Office of the Chief Architect include implementation of new requirement contracts for architectural and engineering services and development of Guiding Principles for Design and Construction Excellence 2.0. Previously Rick was a design partner at Warner Burns Toan Lunde Architects where he led the educational facilities studio. He also served as Executive Director of AIANY where he was instrumental in the creation of the Center for Architecture. A graduate of Yale and Columbia he was elevated to Fellowship in 2000 for his work in public facility design. Rick is the recipient of the AIANYS President’s Award in 2001 and the James William Kideney Gold Medal Award in 2007. In 2014 he received the AIA National’s Edward C. Kemper Award.

Gwenaëlle de Kerret, PhD
Sorbonne University
Paris, France

Gwenaëlle de Kerret, PhD, is a Semiologist and Qualitative Research Director whose areas of specialization include the cultural identity of museums. After spending eleven years with major market research firms in Paris, including Groupe BVA and Harris Interactive, Gwen has recently established her own consultancy to provide branding and strategic planning services to cultural institutions, government agencies, architects and other design professionals. She helps organizations to evaluate their interface with their audiences and to implement change. Her doctoral thesis, at the Université Vincennes-Saint-Denis (Paris VIII), in the field of information and communication sciences, focussed on the visual identity of museums in France and the USA. Gwen has lectured at AIA conferences including the AIA 2015 National Convention in Atlanta and the 20th Anniversary AIA Continental Europe meeting in Paris, as well as recent conferences in Geneva and Toulouse. She has also moderated the AJAP young architects program at AIANY’s Center for Architecture.

Jeffrey Raven, FAIA
Raven A+U – Architecture + Urban Design LLC
New York, NY

Jeffrey Raven, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C:  Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Urban + Regional Design, New York Institute of Technology-Manhattan.  Principal of RAVEN Architecture + Urban Design. Urban design specialist whose research is applied in professional practice and disseminated throughout the profession, government and allied disciplines.  Professional practice focused on US-international urban design projects and knowledge transfer. Co-Chair, AIANY Planning & Urban Design Committee.  Coordinating Lead Author of the Assessment Report for Climate Change in Cities; Planning and Design chapter (Cambridge Press 2016).  Author of Climate Resilient Urban Design, Resilient Cities (Springer 2011) and Shaping Resilient Cities in China, India and the United States (P. Lang 2014). Technical advisor for STAR Communities and the Global EcoDistrict Protocol. Doctoral Juror: Visual Identity of Museums in Paris & New York, Université Paris 8, France.  Educated at Cambridge University, the Rhode Island School of Design and Trinity College.

Architectural Automation in the Age of Neuromimetic Artificial Intelligence
FR0516
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM
1.5 LUs

This talk explores the role of robotics and other forms of computational automation in connection to artificial intelligence, machine learning and data in the built environment. We are at a tipping point where automation and artificial intelligence are becoming relevant within the design process. By exploring the ambitious beginnings, Cedric Price and the Generator project, moves to share personal experiences in Columbia University, SCI-Arc and CUNY’s robotics and digital fabrication labs; this talk attempts to address the potential of computation’s increasing applied role within the built environment.

How do we address these opportunities in our pedagogy? What is the role of computation and automation in creating novel spaces? Are there opportunities for near real-time design/construction processes? How can designers engage the fabrication process to produce novel fabrication techniques allowing us to move away from preconceived solutions? What is the role of automation in the construction and assembly on the job site? Does this allow for unprecedented solutions?

Phillip Anzalone, AIA
New York City College of Technology/Atelier Architecture 64
Brooklyn, NY

Professor Anzalone is a Principal at Atelier Architecture 64, an architecture firm in Brooklyn, New York with diverse expertise in building design and material research based on an innovative practice focused on bridging material explorations and fabrication processes developed in the workshop with the specific needs of each project through environmental performance, architectural detailing and methods of manufacturing. Phillip’s work includes residential, commercial and institutional projects, as well as installations and pavilions, with built projects in North America, Europe and Asia. Atelier Architecture 64’s work has won AIA and SARA awards in research, urban and architectural projects.

Phillip Anzalone is an Assistant Professor of Architectural Technology at the City University of New York’s College of Technology, where he teaches courses in advanced materials, building science and technology, architectural structures, building envelope and architectural design. Phillip’s research includes the application of science and technology to architectural design problems in areas such as advanced materials, automated manufacturing and construction, active structures and building envelope systems, computational workflow and cyber-physical systems, augmented reality, building integrated machine learning, and innovative building systems. Phillip is the lead research and development faculty for the AT department’s Computer Numerically Controlled and Robotic Fabrication Laboratory.

Joseph Brennan, Assoc. AIA
Populous/New York City College of Technology
Rockville Centre, NY

Joe Brennan is an Senior Architect Technician at Populous who holds a master’s degree in architecture from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in architectural technology from New York Institute of Technology. He is currently an adjunct professor of architecture at Columbia University, a researcher at City College of Technology, and an associate of the American Institute of Architects. Prior to working for Populous, Joe worked at SHoP on a variety of large-scale projects using cutting edge technology for design, construction, digital fabrication and coordination. Joe was selected as an AIA emerging professional in 2015. Currently, he helps oversee the launch of Populous’ New York office, architectural design and coordination, and parametric design.


Ralph Steenblik, Assoc. AIA
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates/New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY

Ralph S. Steenblik has lectured, published, and exhibited his work around the world. Most recently he spoke at a UNESCO sponsored symposium on Anticipation held in Trento, Italy, co-organized and presented at Sculpting the Architectural Mind, a symposium held at Pratt Institute in the spring of 2015, and showcased work in Design Santa Fe at Site Santa Fe’s Design Lab and The International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut.

He has taught at Pratt Institute and CUNY and has been invited to sit on architectural juries at Wesleyan University, NJIT, Pratt, The University of Hartford, and Idaho State University. He founded his interdisciplinary project, Atelier of Digital Design, in 2004, and has made significant contributions at multiple renowned architecture offices, including Asymptote Architecture and Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates. He holds a masters from SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture).

Steenblik acts from the philosophy that interdisciplinary collaborations infuse spaces with nuanced solutions, and is interested in creating urban complexity and intricacy on the macro scale and inspiring, interactive spaces on the micro scale. Incorporating advanced digital tools and sustainability offers new opportunities to this ongoing project.


Frank Melendez
City College of New York
New York, NY

Frank Melendez is an architectural designer, researcher, and educator. He is a partner at Augmented Architectures and an Assistant Professor at The City College of New York, Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. His research and teaching focus on the advancement of architectural design through the integration of emerging digital technologies within the built environment. This work engages topics pertaining to computation, ecology, fabrication, synthetic materials, physical computing, and robotics.

In 2013, Frank was awarded the George N. Pauly, Jr. Fellowship at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture where he taught design studios and seminars related to his research. Prior to teaching at CMU, he taught as an Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University and has held academic appointments at Arizona State University, Yale School of Architecture, and Princeton School of Architecture. He has led and participated in workshops that focus on digital design, parametric modeling, and digital fabrication in architecture and design, at various architecture schools throughout the U.S and abroad.

His professional experience includes working at the office of Frank O. Gehry & Associates in Los Angeles, California, and serving as the Design Director at Urban A&O in New York, New York. Frank holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Architecture degree from the Yale School of Architecture.

Becoming a Fellow of The American Institute of Architects
FR0616
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
1.5 LUs

Elevation to Fellowship in the AIA is an honor bestowed on a small percentage within the Institute. Have you considered fellowship as part of your career? Ever have questions about becoming a Fellow? How about that one question on the application that you are wondering about? What exactly does the College of Fellows do to mentor interns and YAF Members? This is your chance to ask all the questions you like and do it in an informal setting.

Heidi Blau, FAIA, LEED
FXFOWLE
New York, NY

Heidi Blau, FAIA is a Partner at FXFOWLE and has over 30 years of experience providing insightful program development, project management, and design direction for educational and municipal projects. In directing the award winning renovations of Lincoln Center, she enjoys finding order in complexity. Elevated to Fellowship in the AIA, Heidi has been recognized as a Woman of Achievement by the Professional Women in Construction, and received a 2014 Outstanding Women Award from the Women Builders Council.

Suzanne Mecs, Hon. AIA NYS
AIANY
New York, NY

Suzanne Mecs, Hon. AIA NYS is the Managing Director of AIA New York.  She has worked for AIANY since 1997 when she joined the staff as Membership Assistant. Promoted to Membership Director, she has worked on programming to expand member value in addition to general recruitment and retention activities.  She was honored in 2010 with Honorary AIA New York State membership largely for the value that the “Not Business as Usual” programming brought to members hurt by the recession.  Since 2008 she has been working with the New York Chapter Fellows Committee and candidates throughout the state who are interested in or actively pursuing elevation to the College of Fellows.  Suzanne is a graduate of Harvard University, member of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of New York City and Chair of the FPC Nursery School Board.

Kelly Hayes McAlonie, FAIA
University at Buffalo, Capital Planning Group
Buffalo, NY

Maximizing Success on Integrated Projects – An Owner’s Guide
FR0716
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
1.5 LUs

Architects now have a tool which can be used to inform owners on the best approach to project delivery, aligning the project goals with the right delivery strategies.

This program will explore The Owner’s Guide to Maximizing Success in Integrated Projects, presenting the findings from a study of over 200 capital facility projects. Rather than focusing on the delivery method by considering how organizational structure, contract payment terms and team assembly process, an overall project delivery strategy should be considered when structuring design and construction services and how various strategies can work together. The most effective strategies align the core project team— owner, designers, primary builder and key specialty trades—are more effective in meeting cost, schedule and quality goals.

Three factors emerged for enabling alignment within the core project team: early involvement, qualification driven selection and cost transparency in contracts. Successful project delivery lies in designing a strategy aligning the core project team with the owner’s targeted goals.

The guide presents information to support a project delivery workshop with key project stakeholders.

Greg Gidez, AIA, DBIA
Hensel Phelps
Denver, CO

Greg Gidez, AIA is the Corporate Director for Design Services for Hensel Phelps. Prior to joining Hensel Phelps Mr. Gidez was a Principal with the Denver firm of Fentress Architects for 26 years.

As the senior design professional with Hensel Phelps, of Mr. Gidez oversees preconstruction services including procurement, design build, design assist, and design management. In addition Mr. Gidez oversees the Hensel Phelps Virtual Design Construction and Operations (VDCO) department, advancing the use of and incorporation of BIM and technology into the design and construction processes. Mr. Gidez is national speaker on integrated design and construction, and is the past Chair of the Design Build Institute of America Board of Directors, and the past Chair of the AIA Project Delivery Knowledge Community, representing alternate project delivery strategies and best practices for architects. He has served for 5 years on the Charles Pankow Foundation Industry Advisory Panel, promoting research in advanced design and construction processes.

Bryan Franz
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Dr. Bryan Franz is a researcher and educator dedicated to improving the project delivery process in the building construction industry.  Specifically, he studies organizational strategies for assembling, managing, and evaluating project teams.  Dr. Franz applies quantitative research methods that blend social constructs, such as leadership roles and group cohesion, with objective project performance data.  His current research seeks to understand how the integration of design and construction disciplines contributes to the development of effective teams.  Dr. Franz earned a B.S. (2005), M.S. (2011) and Ph.D. (2014) in Architectural Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.  Before joining the faculty at the University of Florida, he worked as a project manager with James G. Davis Construction Company, a medium-sized general contracting firm serving the Washington, D.C. region.

Rob Leicht
Penn State University
University Park, PA

Rob’s research interest focuses on collaboration, notably interdisciplinary collaborative efforts, within Architecture, Engineering, and Construction. Within collaboration the research revolves around processes, technologies, and competencies to improve outcomes from interdisciplinary interaction. Some secondary areas of interest include: engineering education, research methods, leadership, alternative delivery methods, and risk management

Reskinning Upstate’s Computer Warehouse Building
FR0816
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

The Upstate Medical University’s 1970’s SUNY-brutalistic style Computer Warehouse Building was literally falling apart, due to weather and limitations of the original construction. As with similar period buildings it was also thermally inefficient. Traditional repair methods were considered, but expensive, without functional, thermal or aesthetic benefit.
Reskinning was the solution. Reskinning is the replacement of a building’s exterior facade or cladding, including upgrades to the thermal envelope. This presentation explores the reskinning process, including design process, energy performance, indoor thermal comfort, aesthetics and addressing functional problems with the building exterior.

The design team of engineers and architects will share their methodology of the assessment of the building envelope. This includes: appearance; physical stability and durability issues; as well as infrared investigations of the heat loss and uninsulated areas of the articulated facade. They will review the system selection process, including cladding materials, rainwater management options, insulation choices, and incorporation of air barrier systems. Renderings of the chosen system – metal panels and brick over rock wool insulation – will be shown, as well as photos of the completed project.

James A. D’Aloisio, PE, SECB, LEED AP
Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
East Syracuse, NY

Jim D’Aloisio is a Principal with Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, a structural engineering, landscape architecture, and building envelope services firm in East Syracuse, NY. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mr. D’Aloisio is a Registered Professional Engineer (NY and MA), Certified by the Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB), and a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP). Jim is chair of the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Climate Action Team, a former member and chair of the SEI’s Sustainability Committee, and is on the steering committee of the SEI Thermal Bridging Task Committee. Jim’s a principal investigator for the Pankow Foundation-sponsored research project “Thermal Break Strategies for Cladding Systems in Building Structures.” He is a former Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council’s New York Upstate Chapter, a former USGBC National Board Member (2009), and is a trained member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. He is an Urban Green Council trained presenter on the NYS Energy Conservation Code, has written over 20 articles on the relationship between building structures and sustainability, and has presented over 200 times, including day-long seminars on structural building forensics, special inspections, and sustainability in the built environment.

Michael Naylor, AIA
Envision Architects
Albany, NY

Julia M. Zimmer
Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
East Syracuse, NY

Spec Academy – Understanding Residential Elevators
SP0616
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM
1 LU/HSW

Driven by an aging population, the need for residential elevators continues to grow. Families want to stay in their homes longer, and home elevators are instrumental in achieving their goals. This program provides comprehensive learning on what type of elevator to use in residential project, the codes effecting usage, as well as, the safety considerations and proper planning to avoid common construction mistakes.

Andy Darnley
Nationwide Lifts
Syracuse, NY

Spec Academy – Build a Better House at Lower Cost by Controlling Infiltration
SP0716
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM
1 LU/HSW

This presentation discusses the impact of reduced air infiltration on energy use and the moisture dynamics that determine whether or not the house is “too tight”. Specific examples of how lowering air infiltration compares to other alternatives for lowering energy use are given, including increased insulation values and reduced window U-values. The basic science controlling moisture dynamics in frame construction is presented to give the audience an understanding of what governs the speed and direction of moisture diffusion, how the amount of moisture movement via diffusion compares to the amount of moisture moving via air infiltration, and the role of sorption/desorption of framing materials in determining the moisture tolerance of the wall structure. Specific examples are given to aid understanding.

Ken Lynch
Tremco Barrier Solutions
Walpole, MA

Spec Academy – The Design & Performance Advantages of Composite Shake, Shingle, and Slate

SP0816
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM
1 LU/HSW

This course provides an overview of the characteristics and green features of composite shake, shingle and slate vs. alternative shake and slate options as well as a discussion of the relationship of composite shake, shingle, and slate to various green certification programs.

Loren Bosazzi
Enviroshake
Chatham, ON

Rise & Shine Breakfast & Presentation

SA0116
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Moderated by AIANYS President Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, FAIA, the panel presentation will explore the unique relationships formed between architects and the public officials who are responsible for charting a successful, vibrant community plan. The discussion will be from the perspective of those who have been active in the development of a large scale, cohesive and inclusive collaborative community planning processes.

Funding, public input and designing for the future are all inherently dividing factors when master-planning any area, from urban to suburban, where the overlapping dependency on each member of the team is critically important in delivering a successful project to the residing constituents.

Chris Hawley
City Planner, City of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Alan Greenberger, FAIA
Former Philadelphia Deputy Mayor
Philadelphia, NY

Monica Kurzejeski
Deputy Mayor, City of Troy
Troy, NY

Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, FAIA – Moderator
AIANYS President

PREPARE Structural Systems Problem Solving Course for the A.R.E.

SA0216
10:15 AM – 4:30 PM

6 LUs/HSW
$80 fee includes breaks and materials
Course is open to any ARE candidates

Prepare candidates for the Architect Registration Exam (A.R.E.) Structural Systems Exam (4.0) and / or those related sections for the A.R.E. 5.0 by using the instructor’s professional experience and education in architecture and structural engineering

The Structural Systems Short Course will cover the following:

  • A brief overview of the A.R.E. 4.0 to 5.0 as it relates to Structural Systems
  • Review of the NCARB tested competency areas over which ARE candidates will be evaluated.
  • Problem solving with the instructor. The attendants will learn how to categorize the problem, identify what is being asked to solve, start the problem, identify why incorrect answers are incorrect and why correct answers are correct.

Marc Mitalski, PE, SE
PREPARE, Inc.
Champaign, IL

In 2002 Mr. Mitalski founded PREPARE to “prep” candidates for the Structural Systems portion(s) of the Architect Registration Exam (A.R.E.). PREPARE’s professional education services continue to be well received nationally and internationally (i.e., Canada, China, Great Britain, and Puerto Rico) by the future architects of the world demonstrating his national reputation as a top educator in the architecture profession.
In 2004 Mr. Mitalski was named The Dean F. and Avis E. Hilfinger Faculty Fellow in Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) School of Architecture and remained part of the UIUC School of Architecture community as a Visiting Assistant Professor through 2011. Mr. Mitalski’s teaching responsibilities included the instruction of primarily graduate level courses focused on the integration of structure in architecture and the advanced design and detailing of materials (i.e. wood, masonry, steel, seismic).
Mr. Mitalski’s current interests include the use of technology for blended learning environments to: a) better deliver content, b) encourage student interaction / participation, and c) improve student learning / retention of material. Mr. Mitalski’s significant contribution to the blended learning environment is the design, development, and implementation of PREPARE’s patent pending software EQuALS™ (Exam Question and Answer Learning System™). EQuALS™ is robust system to store and deliver content coupled with a professional, engaging student interface and behind the scenes analytics.

 

Sunnyside Gardens: Theory, Preservation and Practice in a Historic District
SA0316
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
1.5 LUs/HSW

Sunnyside Gardens is one of the most admired, and most studied, planned communities in the United States. Inspired by the English Garden City movement, Sunnyside featured thoughtfully designed open space, generous plantings, and low scale streetscapes of modest brick homes within the grid of Queens.

The community is a unique historic example of a collaborative effort of design disciplines. Led by architects and town planners Clarence Stein and Henry Wright with blocks of houses by architect Frederick L. Ackerman and the landscape by Marjorie Cautley, it was built between 1924 and 1928.

This program will explore, first, the theories which inspired the designers (a historic collaboration of urban planning, architecture and landscape architecture), second, how the enclave was protected and regulated over the decades, and third, how the properties and open spaces have been adapted and restored. Respecting the historic plan while inserting a modern program yields a case study of preservation as sustainability. Have the social ideals embodied in the original collaborative plan been replaced by the collective desire to preserve the scale and charm? Design involving history and precedent has become the means to preserve and maintain a sense of community in this historic collaborative effort.

Laura Heim, AIA LEED AP
Laura Heim Architect, PLLC
Sunnyside, NY

Laura Heim AIA, LEED AP, has over 30 years of experience in architecture and historic preservation as both practitioner and teacher. Her firm is dedicated to creating architecture which is sensitive to the circumstance of site while skillfully resolving complex program issues. Located in historic Sunnyside Gardens, New York, the award-winning firm has a particular expertise in historic preservation, adaptive reuse and renovation, as well as new design. Her firm has completed over 25 projects in Sunnyside Gardens to date.  One restoration project, Skillman Avenue Residence, received a 2010 AIANYS Award of Merit in the category of adaptive reuse.  A native of Northern Virginia, Ms. Heim received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia and her Master of Architecture from Columbia University where she was awarded the American Institute of Architects Medal for Design/Academic Excellence.  Ms. Heim has taught architectural design and history at the University of Virginia, University of Florida, Catholic University, SUNY Stony Brook, Pratt Institute and NYIT. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Historic Districts Council, and was the Chair of Architecture on the Steering Committee of the Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance.  She served as the president of the Queens chapter of the American Institute of Architects, AIA Queens, from 2009-10.

Jeffrey Kroessler, PhD
John Jay College, CUNY
New York, NY

Jeffrey A. Kroessler, PhD, is an associate professor in the Lloyd Sealy Library at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is the author of Greater New York Sports Chronology (Columbia University Press, 2010); New York, Year by Year: a Chronology of the Great Metropolis (NYU Press, 2002); Historic Preservation in Queens (1990); and Lighting the Way: a Centennial History of the Queens Borough Public Library (Donning, 1996). He contributed to the Encyclopedia of New York City; The Encyclopedia of New York State; and Robert Moses and the Modern City: the Transformation of New York, and has published articles on New York history in Journal of Planning History, New York History, and Long Island History Journal. He received a B.A. from Hobart College, a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate School, and an M.L.S. from Queens College. He has been active in historic preservation since the 1980s, having served on the board of the Historic Districts Council and the MAS preservation committee. He is a member of the coordinating committee of the City Club, and chair of the Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation. In the 1980s he co-founded the Queensborough Preservation League.

 

Building Enclosure Commissioning BECx and ASTM E2813-12
SA0416
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
1.5 LUs

ASTM E2813-12 “Standard Practice for Building Enclosure Commissioning” (BECx) was released in 2012. Although referenced in Standards and Owner’s programmatic requirements, the applied aspects, goals and benefits of building enclosure commissioning are sometimes unknown, if not misunderstood.  This presentation will outline the intent of BECx as intended by ASTM E2813-12 and its process from project inception through occupancy.

Neil W. Garry, PE, RRC, REWC, BECxP
Bell & Spina, Architects-Planners
Syracuse, NY

Neil W. Garry is a partner at the Rochester, New York office of Bell & Spina, Architects-Planners.  Much of his 18 year professional career has focused on the technical aspects of building envelope systems.  He is a licensed Structural Engineer (PE), Building Enclosure Commissioning Process Provider (BECxP), RCI Registered Roof Consultant (RRC) and RCI Registered Exterior Wall Consultant (REWC).  Neil is a member of ASTM International Technical Committee DO8, Roofing and Waterproofing, and Committee E06, Performance of Buildings.

The Challenge of Facilities Management for Cultural Institutions
SA0516
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
1.5 LUs/HSW

Not-for-profit cultural institutions and organizations – including museums, galleries, and foundations – are often housed in historic buildings that have ongoing, expensive maintenance and repair needs. With limited funds for capital improvements, “deferred maintenance” becomes a serious problem leading to costly repairs taking funding away from an institution’s core mission. Many of these institutions have few maintenance staff and limited experience in working with design professionals.

This presentation will profile The Buffalo History Museum as an example of the challenges faced by cultural institutions in managing and optimizing their facilities. The Museum first retained Thinking Outside the Square (TOTS) to develop a visitor experience plan that quickly morphed into a full facilities assessment and space utilization study. Led by a partnership between TOTS and Design Synergies Architecture, the project integrates the expertise of a diverse design team to address the complex needs of a 21st century museum housed in three century-old buildings. It demonstrates the importance of developing a collaborative client partnership, and offers advice on dealing with challenges of fundraising, working with Boards and Committees, and balancing mission-related functions with the demands of aging bricks-and-mortar facilities.

Roxanne D. Button, AIA, MRAIC, LEED AP
Design Synergies Architecture PC
Buffalo, NY

Roxanne Button AIA, MRAIC is the Principal of DesignSynergies Architecture (DSA), a sustainability and interior-focused architectural firm based in Buffalo. She founded the firm in 2012 after more than two decades of working at architectural and interior design firms, not-for-profit organizations, and government agencies in Canada and the U.S.

Roxanne is a LEED-Accredited Professional (BD+C, Homes) and has been involved in sustainable design for almost 25 years. Her diverse background includes designing and managing LEED projects, consulting for green buildings, and scriptwriting for a green renovation TV series. She served as a board member for the New York Upstate Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, and co-hosted Buffalo Green Drinks for three years. She also represented the USGBC on the local organizing committee for the American Solar Energy Conference in 2009 and oversaw the development of Public Day.

Roxanne is a trainer with the GPRO green building program for construction professionals and contractors, and recently organized a GPRO workshop for technical teachers in the Buffalo Public Schools. As a member of the National Education Reviewers Team and GreenBuild review team for the USGBC, Roxanne contributed to the development of educational programs for fellow LEED AP’s for over a decade. She continues to create and deliver programs for design and construction professionals on green building and sustainable design topics.

Brian McAlonie

Thinking Outside the Square Inc.
Buffalo, NY

For over 30 years, Brian McAlonie has utilized his broad range of expertise in the communications, museum studies, and design fields as a consultant for cultural institutions, heritage organizations and for-profit corporations throughout North America.

Brian assists clients with creating educational, engaging and entertaining visitor service experiences and environments for children, families and communities that spark imagination, inquiry and learning. Mr. McAlonie also assists these organizations with leveraging and maximizing their earned income opportunities to increase revenues.

In 2010, Brian completed his M.A. in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He also speaks regularly to various national and international museum professional associations, including the Canadian Museum Association, the American Association of State and Local History, Museum Association of New York, Museum Enterprises and others.

Brian was also an adjunct lecturer of Museum Studies at Buffalo State College, State University of New York from 2011-2014. Brian is currently writing a book for Rowman & Littlefield Publishing titled, Creating the Ultimate Museum Experience: A Planning Handbook, which will be released sometime in 2017.

Melissa Brown
The Buffalo History Museum
Buffalo, NY

Melissa Brown joined The Buffalo History Museum (TBHM) staff in 1998 as Collections Assistant; promoted to Collections Manager/Exhibit Researcher in 2003; and was appointed Director of Research & Interpretation in 2009. She became the Museum’s 11th Executive Director in 2011.

She effectively represents TBHM to its constituents and plays a leadership role in the region. Brown is an expert in managing collections and has consulted on over a dozen major exhibits at other WNY museums.

Accomplishments include rebranding from The Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society to the welcoming “The Buffalo History Museum” during our 150th Anniversary. Additionally, 27 exhibits opened including “Inside Tim Russert’s Office,” individual giving increased by 40%, programs increased by 30%, and visitation has increased by 18%.

She received her M.A. in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University in 2000, adding to her 1995 B.A. in history and museum studies minor from SUNY Oswego.

Ms. Brown is a native of Gasport, NY and remains a loyal WNYer. Outside of work, she’s busy with her children- twin daughters, Madison (11) & Ellery (11) and son, Quinn (8). She enjoys visiting and stories; antiquing; upcycling; reading; researching and spending time with her large extended family.

 

Design Strategies for Renewing and Expanding Historic Libraries
SA0616
10:15 AM – 1:30 PM

3 LUs/HSW

Communities across New York State are grappling with how to transform their historic library buildings. Whether through renovation alone or renovation and expansion; these building have proven potential for expansion and renewal to serve today’s dynamic and technologically-rich library service goals. The “one-size-fits-all” nature of the quiet environment that typified public libraries of the past has given way to the library as a transformative center of activity and learning in the local community. The seminar will explore successful strategies for community involvement in the essential planning and renewal of historic library buildings. Interactive public planning and skillful design strategies will be shared in a seminar including a presentation and interactive discussion.

Elisabeth Martin, AIA
MDA designgroup
Brooklyn, NY

Elisabeth Martin has practiced architecture for nearly 30 years, with experience over a range of building types, new and restored, including a focus on facilities planning.  As a partner in NYC-based design studio MDA designgroup international, she leads the Institutional and Residential project teams.  Prior to joining MDA designgroup in 2003, Ms. Martin served as the Director of Planning, Design, and Facilities for Brooklyn Public Library (BPL).  From 1996 to 2003, she directed BPL’s capital program, directing and performing design services for projects at each of its 58 branches, the renovation and expansion of it 300,000 square-foot landmarked Central Library, and spearheaded the renewal of all18 existing Carnegie branches.

Prior to assuming her position at Brooklyn Public Library in July of 1996, Ms. Martin served as the Program Director for the Libraries Unit of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC).  At DDC, she administered the Library Capital Construction Program for the 216 branch libraries comprising the three NYC Public Library systems: New York Public Library, Queens Borough Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library. Prior to joining the public sector, Ms. Martin worked in the private sector with a focus on the design and renovation of public buildings.  She is known as a strong advocate of quality design. She co-wrote the first set of Design Guidelines for building types issued by DDC and has published articles and lectured on successful strategies for renewing historic structures.

Ms. Martin holds a Master of Architecture from Yale University School of Architecture and a Bachelor of Arts in Design of the Environment from the University of Pennsylvania. She co-teaches a course entitled “The Planning & Design of Public Libraries” at the Harvard Design School and teaches Interior Design at the School of Visual Arts.

Ms. Martin has held leadership roles in the American Library Association and in the American Institute of Architects (AIA). As a result of her advocacy for design excellence in public and institutional buildings, in 2002, Ms. Martin was awarded the American Institute of Architect’s Public Architect Award for her years of efforts in advocating for and delivery of design excellence in the public realm.

Jeffrey Hoover, AIA
Tappé Associates
Boston, MA

Jeffrey Hoover specializes in programming, planning and design of learning environments, with particular focus on libraries, as well as master plans and feasibility studies for colleges and universities. Mr. Hoover has been actively involved with architectural conferences and symposiums throughout the country, speaking on: future libraries, historic renovations and additions, and the influence of technology on the practice of architecture. He has been an instructor for Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design’s Office of Executive Education, teaching Library Planning and Design, since 1999.

Mr. Hoover has regularly presented seminars and lectures for: American Library Association national conferences, the New England Library Association Conference, and the Boston Society of Architects Annual Convention (“Build Boston”), and the annual Traditional Building Conference.

Jeff has recently been Chair of the Architecture for Public Libraries Committee for the American Library Association was a committee member for a decade.

| GENERAL SESSIONS

Opening General Session – Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, Bjarke Ingels Group

Thursday, September 29, 2016
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM

1 LU/HSW

The opening General Session to the 2016 Design Conference brings to the forefront what this year’s Conference is all about: the benefits and applications of collaboration and how both elements are essential to solving problems and achieving true innovation. Mr. Bergmann’s presentation demonstrates the philosophy behind good collaboration into practice for revolutionary design.


Kai-Uwe Bergmann,
AIA Bjarke Ingels Group
New York, NY
Kai-Uwe Bergmann is a Partner at BIG who brings his expertise to proposals around the globe, including work in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Kai-Uwe heads up BIG’s business development which currently has the office working in 20 different countries as well as overseeing BIG’s Communications. Registered as an architect in the USA (eight states), and Canada (one province), Kai-Uwe most recently contributed to the resiliency plan BIG U to protect 10 miles of Manhattan’s coastline. He compliments his professional work through previous teaching assignments at University of Pennsylvania, University of Florida, IE University in Madrid, and his alma mater the University of Virginia. Kai-Uwe also sits on the Board of the Van Alen Institute, participates on numerous international juries and lectures globally on the works of BIG.

Crossover & Collaboration of Principles of Design

Thursday,September 29, 2016
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM

1.5 LUs/HSW

The panel discussion will interactively explore collaborative design principles from various industry professionals.  Designers from Ford Motor Company, Gensler and Grimshaw Architects, will discuss the commonalities of their areas of expertise, using transportation as the core subject matter. Each panelist designs specialty applications for varying consumer groups, with the collective goal of enhancing the end user’s experience by unique design.

Moreover, the panel will explore how the seemingly unrelated designs do in fact interrelate. The moderator will pose a variety of questions to demonstrate how design encompasses many matters within their respected industries and specialties, allowing each panelist to discuss their own unique challenges within their specific designs.

Participants will be given the opportunity to interact with the moderator and panelists with their own design challenges, and learn from their peers how a seemingly unrelated project can help to enhance their own projects.

Darko Hreljanovic, AIA - Moderator
STV Architects
New York, NY
Darko is a graduate of Cornell University’s College of Art, Architecture and Planning. Prior to gaining his Bachelor of Architecture, he attended Fordham University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History.

Darko began his architectural career in the New York office of Skidmore Owings and Merrill working with Gordon Bunshaft, Michael McCarty, and Roy Allen, luminaries of modern architecture. His involvement in the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Jeddah International Airport, and the rehabilitation of the former Union Carbide Building solidified his dedication to the principles of modern architecture. Pure and unadorned forms with clarity of idea and exceptional detailing became principles of his design methodology.

In 1982, Darko joined William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates, a firm specializing in transportation architecture. Building on the experience gained in airport work in Saudi Arabia, he became involved in airport terminal designs and expanded into other areas of transportation planning including projects in waterborne transportation, rail facilities, as well as airports. Notable during this tenure of work were his premiated designs for the Times Square Subway Complex, Terminal One at JFK International Airport, NY, and Pier 79 – the West Midtown Ferry Terminal – on Manhattan’s west side.

In 2002, Hreljanovic joined Gruzen Samton Architects applying his skills to a broad spectrum of projects within both the private and public sectors – residential housing, senior living, education (both K-12 and higher education), research facilities, master planning, and transportation. He provided oversight of the firm’s interior design department, its digital media division  as well as the marketing/graphics departments, promoting an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment that sought to foster communication and the exchange of ideas, methodologies, and alternative points of view between these diverse design professionals, leading to developing more holistic and innovative solutions. In 2012 his design for the Human Ecology Building for the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University won a NYS AIA Award of Merit award.

In 2009, Gruzen Samton became part of the international firm, IBI Group, the fourth largest architectural firm in the world. As an Associate Director of IBI Group Darko was given the opportunity to work on several expansive international projects. In the role as one of the design managers for the Red Line in Tel Aviv, Israel, a 10-station underground LRT project that is the first mass transit line in Israel’s most populous city, he was able to work collaboratively with four other IBI offices as well as numerous local Israeli firms in developing a design that was reflective of the Tel Aviv context, culture, and communities served. Recently he participated in the pursuit and award of the new Eglinton Line, a 25-station LRT line P3 project in Toronto, Canada, to the IBI Group that required extensive weekly travel to the Toronto office assisting in the development of the design.

Presently, Darko serves as Director of Design at STV, a full service firm that offers architectural, engineering, environmental, and construction management services on a wide range of projects in both the public and private sectors. He brings leadership to the architectural division placing emphasis on a clear, articulated design methodology based on appropriate use of materials, spatially articulating program hierarchy, and integrating meaningfully with contextual challenges. He is currently designing the rehabilitation of a 170,000 sf office building for the OGS on the Harriman Campus in Albany, NY; a new 14,000 sf K9 police facility for NYCDOC on Rikers Island; and continues a 20-year long work relationship with his client in Newport, NJ offering planning services.

Darko has developed strong relationships with numerous clients in both the private and public sectors. He has met their goals and objectives with designs of excellence that promote honest use of materials, are responsive to client program and operational requirements, integrate successfully with site and contextual influences and are reactive to the socio-economic fabric of the users and community served.  He mentors his design staff to the merits of honest use of materials, simplicity in composition, value of exemplary detailing and to the timeless nature of designs of excellence.  He is an advocate of balancing technological developments with craftsmanship and the power of the hand sketch as well as the intrinsic benefits of collaborating with parallel design professionals to further one’s understanding of the enormous potential offered by this interdisciplinary exchange of ideas as it applies towards achieving notable design solutions.

To further his understanding of alternative artisan and craftsmanship skills, he frequently attends classes at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and most recently the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine to learn the psychology and methodology behind generational skills including drystone wall construction, blacksmithing, woodworking and joinery, as they apply to the design approach, implementation, detailing and formal expressions of his design solutions.


Craig Metros
Ford Motor Company
Detroit, MI
Craig Metros is Exterior Design Director for The Americas, overseeing the exterior design teams developing new vehicles in North and South America. He  reports to Chris Svensson, Design Director, The Americas.

Metros previously was Design Director for Ford Asia Pacific, based in Melbourne, Australia. During his tenure he led the design concepts and themes around the Ford Everest utility, Ford Falcon sedan and Ford Ranger truck, highlighting his versatility across a wide range of vehicles.

Metros has a wealth of international experience, holding chief designer roles in Asia Pacific and North America as well as design manager and designer positions in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe.

The first American designer to work in the Jaguar Design Studio in Coventry, England, Metros later returned to America to lead the exterior and interior design concepts and themes for the 2004 Ford F-150. A key outcome of that program was to create a broader and more defined series walk to appeal to the varied lifestyles of truck customers, something that continues today.

Metros was born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan. The son of an automotive engineer, Metros was exposed to car culture at an early age and began drawing cars almost from the time he learned how to hold a crayon. He is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.

Metros further expresses his creativity through industrial art, drawing inspiration from traditional hot rods, moon missions, street art and modern design movements.

Each of his mixed media pieces incorporates materials found in unusual places, ranging from abandoned buildings and roadsides to junk yards and swap meets.


Kashyap Bhimjiani, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Gensler
New York, NY
Kashyap brings great expertise in all scales of aviation design-from luxurious passenger lounges to new greenfield airports. While leading the design and planning of complex projects, Kashyap’ s ability to understand client’s goals and resolve local challenges has allowed him to generate innovative and cost-efficient design. As a highly capable designer and planner, Kashyap lays special emphasis on inducing cultural elements and experiential quality to create a memorable and enjoyable experience through  architecture.

Paulo Faria
Grimshaw Architects
New York, NY

Transportation and the urban built environment have been Paulo’s specific focus, with projects associated with mobility in New York, London, Toronto, Hawaii, and Doha. He has been involved in many aspects of projects, including place making, component design, public furniture, maintenance and operations and logistics. He led the finishes and systems integration for Fulton Center in Lower Manhattan prior to becoming its overall Project Architect. While with Billings Jackson Design, he led the industrial design for the pedestrian wayfinding program for the New York City Department of Transportation, the station-wide components for the Honolulu Authority of Rapid Transit, and the componentry design for the Chicago’s Navy Pier. A Principal at Grimshaw, Paulo is currently working on Phase 1 improvements at Chicago Union Station and the NYCT/MTA Stations Design Guidelines and Enhanced Station Renewal Program. 

Making Meaningful Architecture: Community Engagement in Sandy Hook and Beyond

Friday, September 30, 2016
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM
1 LU/HSW

As an environment for learning and collective activities of all kinds, schools provide an essential resource to communities. Building a school which emerges from a specific context and spirit, the project team must engage the community directly, tapping into the most vital resource for designing meaningful architecture: the creative potential of the community. This challenge is especially fraught following violent trauma, as obstacles to constructive engagement arise such as suspicion and dread. Our interactive session draws upon our firm’s experience designing the new Sandy Hook School and reveals new aspects of the evolving role of the architect.

Participants will engage in an active workshop process – similar to that employed in Newtown – leaving behind all preconceptions. Attendees will learn a basic method for engaging others in attentive listening. This is crucial to making meaningful architecture, and can also serve to help a community reconnect with themselves, and continue to heal.


Julia McFadden, AIA
Svigals + Partners
New Haven, CT
Associate Principal with Svigals + Partners, Julia McFadden, serves as leader of the firm’s Education Studio and as project manager for the new Sandy Hook School in Newtown, CT. Her unique ability to facilitate dialogue and creative engagement with large community groups lends extremely well to her role in this project. A true consensus builder, she accelerates client collaboration and project goals through experience, deep technical knowledge and holistic problem-solving practices.

Jay Brotman, AIA
Svigals + Partners
New Haven, CT
Jay Brotman, Partner at Svigals + Partners, has more than 30 years of experience in the planning and design of educational facilities. He is currently Partner-in-Charge of the new Sandy Hook School in Newtown, CT, where he has been exploring the balance between security and the desire to create an open and inviting public facility. Jay’s ability to orchestrate a collaborative design process results in spaces that balancing both functional needs with human needs.

The Rise & Shine Breakfast & Presentation

Saturday October 1
8:30-10:00
1.5 LU/HSW

Moderated by AIANYS President Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, FAIA, the panel presentation will explore the unique relationships formed between architects and the public officials who are responsible for charting a successful, vibrant community plan. The discussion will be from the perspective of those who have been active in the development of a large scale, cohesive and inclusive collaborative community planning processes.

Funding, public input and designing for the future are all inherently dividing factors when master-planning any area, from urban to suburban, where the overlapping dependency on each member of the team is critically important in delivering a successful project to the residing constituents.

Chris Hawley
City Planner, City of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Chris Hawley is a city planner and preservationist in Buffalo. He is currently a planner for the Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning, where he has worked principally on a comprehensive rewrite of the city’s land use and zoning policies. He has previously worked for developer Howard Zemsky and U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, and is a graduate of New York University.


Alan Greenberger, FAIA
Former Philadelphia Deputy Mayor
Philadelphia, PA

Alan Greenberger’s 42-year career has three significant chapters.  For 34 years, he was a practicing architect with Mitchell/Giurgola Architects and its successor, MGA Partners, where he was the design lead on many award winning projects.  In 2008, Mr. Greenberger left his practice to join the administration of then-Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter as the city’s Chief Planner and then Deputy Mayor for Economic Development.  Under his leadership, the City produced a new zoning code and comprehensive plan – both the first in 50 years – and is experiencing its most dynamic growth in half a century.  At the end of his term, Mr. Greenberger successfully secured World Heritage City status for Philadelphia, the first United States city to receive the designation.   Following the end of the Nutter administration, Mr. Greenberger was appointed Distinguished Teaching Professor and Lindy Fellow at Drexel University.


Monica Kurzejeski
Deputy Mayor, City of Troy
Troy, NY

Monica Kurzejeski is the Deputy Mayor for the City of Troy, NY, and oversees the day-today operations of Troy government, managing all city departments and municipal employees. Prior to her appointment by Mayor Patrick Madden, Monica was the Economic Development Coordinator for the City and the founding Executive Director of the Troy Community Land Bank. She has worked to continue the development of Downtown Troy, but more importantly worked to spread the momentum to other parts of the Collar City. Of the 9 buildings included in the historic Cuff and Collar District throughout the city, only 2 of the properties today remain available for development. As an ally to neighborhoods, community organizations, small businesses and large developers, Monica works to provide an inclusive approach to reimagining Troy knowing that it takes more than just the municipal government to do the work.
In addition to her work for the City, Monica also served as the Market Manager for the Troy Waterfront Farmers’ Market, a position she held since 2009. With her diverse background, she brought a dynamic approach to this Capital Region market and was instrumental to the success it holds today.
With a resume that includes Economic Development, Property Management, Construction, Retail Management, Event Coordination and versions of Chief of Staff, Monica brings to the position critical thinking (a self-professed continuous improvement junkie), decision making, community relations, organizational management, and regional knowledge. While working for developer John Hedley, the team worked to develop Hedley Park Place, Flanigan Square and The Market Block in Downtown Troy – some of the early development that has led to Downtown Troy’s success today. She takes pride in the fact that many of the tenants that she has placed in the past 15 years are still thriving and calling Downtown Troy their home. Her dedication and passion for the community, the Region and Troy provide her motivation to do what is right for the City of Troy.


Margaret O'Donoghue Castillo, FAIA - Moderator
AIANYS President

(Bio still to come)

| TOURS

Photo Credit: Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation

Historic Structures Within Congress Park

TR0116
Friday, September 30

12:30 PM -2:30 PM (30 minutes for travel time)
Transportation included.

1.5 LU’s/HSW

$35 fee includes transportation. 

This tour will take a look at how Congress Park, a National Historic Landmark, has evolved over time.  In 1826, John Clarke, a New York City entrepreneur who was the first to bottle Saratoga’s water, purchased Congress Spring and over time acquired land surrounding the spring to create Congress Park as a place for visitors to promenade after sampling the mineral waters. In 1870, John Morrissey, former heavy weight and New York State senator, built an Italianate Club House at the center of the park to host gambling.  Richard Albert Canfield purchased the Saratoga Club House and invested an estimated $800,000 in enhancing the building and the grounds of Congress Park to bring them up to the standards of the top European establishments. Over the years other improvements were made to the park including the addition of the Italian Garden, War Memorial, Carousel, and the Spirit of Life & Spencer Trask Memorial. The tour will provide a general overview of the park’s development and focus on the recent award-winning restoration of Spirit of Life & Spencer Trask Memorial, a joint project of the City of Saratoga Springs and City of Saratoga Springs, and the restoration efforts of the Canfield Casino.

Samantha Bosshart
Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation
Saratoga Springs, NY
Samantha Bosshart has nearly 20 years of historic preservation experience. Upon graduating from Indiana University with a BA in History, she moved to Galveston, Texas where she oversaw the rehabilitation of five historic houses and was the Programs Coordinator at Galveston Historical Foundation. Following Galveston, Samantha completed her coursework for Historic Preservation Planning MA at Cornell University. She then became the Director of Preservation Services at Historic Albany Foundation and joined the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation as Executive Director in 2008.


Dan Wilson, AIA
Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture & Preservation LLP
Albany, NY
Dan Wilson is a founding partner of Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture and Preservation, LLP a full-service architectural firm specializing in the renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse of our nation’s existing and historic buildings. Located in historic Albany, New York, they provide a disciplined but nimble approach to the preservation of our existing and historic building stock. They have been involved in many restoration and reuse projects including the restoration of the Spirit of Life and Spencer Trask Memorial in historic Congress Park, Saratoga Springs and the interior renovation and restoration of St. Anthony’s Church in Schenectady. They are currently working on restoration and reuse of Universal Preservation Hall, Saratoga Springs, exterior restoration of the Old Albany Academy Hall and the restoration and reuse of the Old Albany High School for SUNY Albany’s new school of Science and Engineering.

Martha Lyon
Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture, LLC
Northhampton, MA

Jack Healy, P.E.
Ryan, Biggs, Clark, Davis Engineering & Surveying, P.C.
Clifton Park, NY

Deborah LaBreche, P.E.
City of Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs, NY
Debbie LaBreche is the Asst. City Engineer for the City of Saratoga Springs. By day she wrangles with preserving and restoring the City’s infrastructures: both critical and historic; by night (and weekends), she shops local, manages her small family and horse farm, and gawks at old buildings. Debbie is grateful for the invaluable team of historians, architects, and structural engineers who help her to ensure the appropriate treatment of the City’s significant landmarks.

M. Jeffrey Baker
Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects
Albany, NY

Adelphi Hotel- Credit AP Photo Mike Groll
Photo credit Mike Groll

The Adelphi Hotel: One Year Later

TR0016
Friday, September 30

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

$30 fee

Back by popular demand, the unique and historic tour of the crown jewel of Saratoga, the Adelphi Hotel renovation project.  Nearing completion, this tour looks at the updated plan and progress made for the nearly $40 million renovation and preservation process.

 

The Adelphi Hotel is a rare surviving High Victorian Hotel Inn from the end of the 19th century—when Saratoga Springs reigned as America’s “Queen of the Spa’s.”  Constructed in 1877, the distinguishing Italianate Façade rises four stories above street level with slender columns that are capped with a fantasy of Victorian fretwork.  After its purchase in 2012, its new owner closed the hotel to begin work on an ambitious renovation, overhaul and preservation effort.

 

The Adelphi hotel is being renovated by BCI Construction in concert with Dominick Ranieri Architect P.C. and is scheduled to reopen to the public for the summer 2017 season.  A portion of the project is being financed through federal and state historic tax credits.

Dominick Ranieri, AIA
Dominick Ranieri Architect P.C.
Guilderland, NY

Dominick Ranieri studied at the University of Miami (UM) where he trained under world renowned architects Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the designers of Sea Side Florida and the founders of the international movement known as “New Urbanism”. At UM Dominick received a Bachelor’s of Architecture Degree and graduated as an internationally recognized award winning student after achieving publication by Rizzoli and an award for his design submission to the Venice Biennale in 1985.

Since then Dominick has maintained an affinity for great and enduring architecture and has worked on several restoration and renovation projects from Miami Florida to Saratoga Springs New York, and continues his efforts to preserve great buildings while respectfully repurposing them for the 21 century.

Most recently dra has been engaged by a long time client to document, restore and renovate the Historic Adelphi Hotel built in 1877 in the City of Saratoga Springs NY.

Dominick is licensed in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. He is a member of NCARB, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Congress of Residential Architects (CORA) and is the founding member of the Place Making Chapter of CORA. Mr. Ranieri has been a member of The Congress of New Urbanism (CNU) since 2000, as well as a founding member of the New York State Chapter of the CNU and is a CNUNY board member.

Brian Murray
RBC Construction
Saratoga Springs, NY

Photo Credit: Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation

Walking Tour of Historic North Broadway, Saratoga Springs 

TR0216
Friday, September 30

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
1.5 LUs/HSW

$35 fee 

This tour takes a unique look at the history of Saratoga’s elite.  The tour will highlight the grand Queen Annes along North Broadway, featuring homes built by Saratoga’s most prominent figures, such as Lucy Skidmore Scribner, George B. Cluett, Williams B. Gage, and Senator Brackett.  Two of Saratoga’s best-known resident developers, Henry Watson and Gideon Putnam, originally laid out Broadway during the early 1800s.  By 1854, North Broadway played host to many of the first full time residents in town.  Saratoga continued to grow through the late 19th century.  After a period of decline, when many of the properties were divided and houses were converted into apartments, separating homes from carriage house, the area was saved through private re-investment.  North Broadway still captures the gilded age of Saratoga Springs through the variety of architectural styles including, Queen Anna, Italianate, Shingle style, Colonial Revival, and Romanesque Revival.  This tour has been adapted for architects and will highlight key historic preservation attributes.

Samantha Bosshart
Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation
Saratoga Springs, NY
Samantha Bosshart has nearly 20 years of historic preservation experience. Upon graduating from Indiana University with a BA in History, she moved to Galveston, Texas where she oversaw the rehabilitation of five historic houses and was the Programs Coordinator at Galveston Historical Foundation. Following Galveston, Samantha completed her coursework for Historic Preservation Planning MA at Cornell University. She then became the Director of Preservation Services at Historic Albany Foundation and joined the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation as Executive Director in 2008.


Dan Wilson, AIA
Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture & Preservation LLP
Albany, NY
Dan Wilson is a founding partner of Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture and Preservation, LLP a full-service architectural firm specializing in the renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse of our nation’s existing and historic buildings. Located in historic Albany, New York, they provide a disciplined but nimble approach to the preservation of our existing and historic building stock. They have been involved in many restoration and reuse projects including the restoration of the Spirit of Life and Spencer Trask Memorial in historic Congress Park, Saratoga Springs and the interior renovation and restoration of St. Anthony’s Church in Schenectady. They are currently working on restoration and reuse of Universal Preservation Hall, Saratoga Springs, exterior restoration of the Old Albany Academy Hall and the restoration and reuse of the Old Albany High School for SUNY Albany’s new school of Science and Engineering.

| EVENTS

Opening Night Party
at the
Saratoga Automobile Museum

September 29, 2016

Shuttle will depart from the Saratoga Hilton at 6:45 pm.

Start your 2016 Design Conference off at the Opening Night Party, at the Saratoga Automobile Museum, by meeting new colleagues, and seeing old friends. Enjoy food, fun, cocktails and CARS! Explore the exhibits in this totally restored and renovated Saratoga Bottling Plant, a beautiful neo-classic structure built in 1934.
The exhibit on display may be a name familiar to you – Sam Posey. An architect turned race car driver turned broadcaster will have his collection on display, entitled “Posey: Shifting through the creative life of Sam Posey.”
The party will be held from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, and shuttle service will be provided from the Saratoga Hilton. Tickets are included with your full conference registration, or can be purchased a la carte. However you get your ticket, you’ll want to make sure you have one!

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AIA New York State
Design Awards

Join us for the 2016 Design Awards event, celebrating the best New York architects have to offer. These are the projects which move and invoke, striking our senses, creating the awe-inspiring architecture AIA New York State members are known for on a worldwide stage.
The all-inclusive event will be held on Friday, September 30th at 7:00 pm in the Saratoga Hilton Ballroom.

(Note: this is a black tie preferred event)

Sponsored
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Rise & Shine Breakfast and Presentation

October 1, 2016
7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Start your final day of the 2016 Design Conference with breakfast, followed by a collaborative panel presentation moderated by AIANYS President Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo, FAIA.

The panel presentation will explore the unique relationships formed between architects and the public officials who are responsible for charting a successful, vibrant community plan. The discussion will be from the perspective of those who have been active in the development of a large scale, cohesive and inclusive collaborative community planning processes.

Funding, public input and designing for the future are all inherently dividing factors when master-planning any area, from urban to suburban, where the overlapping dependency on each member of the team is critically important in delivering a successful project to the residing constituents.

The panelists include Chris Hawley, City Planner of Buffalo, former Deputy Mayor of Philadelphia, Alan Greenberger, FAIA and Deputy Mayor of the City of Troy, Monica Kurzejeski.

Breakfast is included with your full registration. Single day and Keynotes & Seminars only registrants include only the presentation, which will begin at 8:30 AM. Breakfast can be added to your registration for $30.

| SCHEDULE

AIA New York State third annual Design Conference will focus on how design excellence can not only be a catalyst to creative solutions within our own profession but also innovation for other parallel design disciplines.

The opportunity to use design as a means for achieving progressive solutions whether they be in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, branding, furniture and the fashion industry, speaks to the idea that good design, regardless of its discipline, influences and impacts one’s environment. Collaboration among other architects, or design professionals in the various other disciplines is a key component in architecture.

Wednesday
September 28, 2016

9:00 am  – Registration Open for Conquering the Energy Code only

10:00 am – 6:00 pm – Conquering the Energy Code for Commercial Architects & Engineers

Thursday
September 29, 2016

9:00 am – 6:00 pm – Registration Open

11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Spec Academy

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – General Session –  Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm – Continuing Education/Tours

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm – General Session: Collaboration & Crossover of Design Principles

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Opening Night Party – Saratoga Auto Museum

Friday
September 30, 2016

6:30 am – 6:00 pm – Registration Open

7:00 am – 8:00 am – Spec Academy

8:15 am – 9:45 am – General Session  – Julia McFadden, AIA & Jay Brotman, AIA Making Meaningful Architecture: Community Engagement in Sandy Hook and Beyond

9:00 am – 3:15 pm – AIANYS Expo 2016: Saratoga City Center

12:45 pm – 2:15 pm – Continuing Education/Tours

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Continuing Education/Tours

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Spec Academy

7:00 PM – 2016 AIANYS Design Awards Event

Saturday
October 1, 2016

7:00 am – 10:00 pm – Registration

7:00 am – 10:00 am – Rise & Shine Breakfast & Presentation

10:15am – 1:45 am – Continuing Education/Tours

10:15 am – 4:30 pm – PREPARE Structural Systems Problem Solving Course for the A.R.E.

| REGISTRATION

Full Registration

Early Bird After September 2nd
 AIANYS Member: $385 AIANYS Member: $450
 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $250 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $265
 Non Member: $585 Non-Member: $650

 

Includes:

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Spec Academy Programs* – Choice of 3

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 4

Opening General Session – Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)

Afternoon General Session – Crossover & Collaboration of Principles of Design

Opening Night Party at Saratoga Automobile Museum

Refreshment break

Friday, September 30, 2016

Spec Academy Education Programs – Choice of 3

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 7

Morning General Session on Friday – Making Meaningful Architecture: Community Engagement in Sandy Hook and Beyond- Julia McFadden, AIA & Jay Brotman, AIA – Svigals + Partners

2016 Expo, showcasing materials & services to enhance your projects and business operations

Lunch in Expo

Refreshment breaks

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Continuing Education Seminars- Choice of 4

Rise and Shine Breakfast & Presentation

(Does not include Design Awards Reception & Dinner)

*The Spec Academy is a new edition to the 2016 Design Conference. Spec Academy programs will provide you with technical information on methods and materials to enhance your projects.  Come and have an early start to your conference program on Thursday, or, on Friday, have an early morning cup of coffee or top off your day with one of these informative sessions.

Unlicensed Guest

 Early Bird After September 2nd
Unlicensed Guest: $250 Unlicensed Guest: $315

Unlicensed guest package must accompany a full registration

 

Includes:

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Opening General Session – Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)

Afternoon General Session – Crossover & Collaboration of Principles of Design

Opening Night Party at Saratoga Automobile Museum

Refreshment break

Friday, September 30, 2016

Morning General Session on Friday – Making Meaningful Architecture: Community

Engagement in Sandy Hook and Beyond- Julia McFadden, AIA & Jay Brotman, AIA – Svigals + Partners

Lunch in Expo

Refreshment breaks

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Rise and Shine Breakfast & Presentation

(Does not include Design Awards Reception & Dinner) 

Keynotes & Seminars Only

Early Bird  After September 2nd
AIANYS Member: $325 AIANYS Member: $390
AIANYS Assoc. Member: $180 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $195
Non-Member: $425 Non-Member: $490

 

Includes:

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Spec Academy Programs* – Choice of 3

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 4

Opening General Session – Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)

Afternoon General Session – Crossover & Collaboration of Principles of Design 

Refreshment break

Friday, September 30, 2016

Spec Academy Programs – Choice of 3

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 7

Morning General Session on Friday – Making Meaningful Architecture: Community Engagement in Sandy Hook and Beyond– Julia McFadden, AIA & Jay Brotman, AIA – Svigals + Partners

2016 Expo, showcasing materials & services to enhance your projects and business operations

Lunch in Expo

Refreshment breaks

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 4

Rise and Shine Presentation
(Does not include Opening Night Party, Design Awards Reception & Dinner or Saturday morning breakfast – breakfast can be included for an additional $30) 

*The Spec Academy is a new edition to the 2016 Design Conference. Spec Academy programs will provide you with technical information on methods and materials to enhance your projects.  Come and have an early start to your conference program on Thursday, or, on Friday, have an early morning cup of coffee or top off your day with one of these informative sessions.

Single Day Registrations

Thursday Registration

 Early Bird After September 2nd
AIANYS Member: $110 AIANYS Member: $160
AIANYS Assoc. Member: $50 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $65
Non-Member:  $210  Non-Member: $260

 

Includes:

Spec Academy Programs* – Choice of 3

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 4

Opening General Session – Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)

Afternoon General Session – Crossover & Collaboration of Principles of Design
Refreshment break

(Does not include Opening Night Party) 

*The Spec Academy is a new edition to the 2016 Design Conference. Spec Academy programs will provide you with technical information on methods and materials to enhance your projects.  Come and have an early start to your conference program on Thursday, or, on Friday, have an early morning cup of coffee or top off your day with one of these informative sessions. 

Friday Registration

 Early Bird After September 2nd
AIANYS Member: $165 AIANYS Member: $215
AIANYS Assoc. Member: $95 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $110
Non-Member: $265 Non-Member: $330

 

Includes:

Spec Academy Programs* – Choice of 3

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 7

Morning General Session on Friday – Making Meaningful Architecture: Community Engagement in Sandy Hook and Beyond- Julia McFadden, AIA & Jay Brotman, AIA – Svigals + Partners

2016 Expo, showcasing materials & services to enhance your projects and business operations

Lunch in Expo

Refreshment breaks

(Does not include Design Awards Reception & Dinner) 

*The Spec Academy is a new edition to the 2016 Design Conference. Spec Academy programs will provide you with technical information on methods and materials to enhance your projects.  Come and have an early start to your conference program on Thursday, or, on Friday, have an early morning cup of coffee or top off your day with one of these informative sessions.

Saturday Registration

 Early Bird After September 2nd 
AIANYS Member: $110 AIANYS Member: $160
AIANYS Assoc. Member: $80 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $80
Non-Member: $210 Non-Member: $260

 

Includes:

Continuing Education Seminars –  Choice of 4

Rise and Shine Presentation
(Does not include Breakfast) 

Architectural Students

Student Full Registration
No early bird

Full Registration: $85

 

Includes:   

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Spec Academy Programs* – Choice of 3

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 4

Opening General Session – Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)

Afternoon General Session – Crossover & Collaboration of Principles of Design 

Refreshment break

Friday, September 30, 2016

Spec Academy Programs – Choice of 3

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 7

Morning General Session on Friday – Making Meaningful Architecture: Community Engagement in

Sandy Hook and Beyond– Julia McFadden, AIA & Jay Brotman, AIA – Svigals + Partners

2016 Expo, showcasing materials & services to enhance your projects and business operations

Lunch in Expo

Refreshment breaks   

Saturday, October 1

Continuing Education Seminars – Choice of 4

Rise and Shine Breakfast & Presentation

(Does not include Opening Night Party or Design Awards Reception & Dinner) 

*The Spec Academy is a new edition to the 2016 Design Conference. Spec Academy programs will provide you with technical information on methods and materials to enhance your projects.  Come and have an early start to your conference program on Thursday, or, on Friday, have an early morning cup of coffee or top off your day with one of these informative sessions

A La Carte Special Programs & Events

Pre-Conference Seminar: Conquering the Energy Code for Commercial Architects & Engineers

Must be registered for full or one day fees to register
Includes breaks & materials, lunch will be on your own

Wednesday, September 28th
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

AIANYS Member: $75
AIANYS Assoc. Member: $75
Non-Member: $75

PREPARE Structural Systems Problem Solving Course for the A.R.E.

Open to ARE candidates only
Saturday, October 1st
10:15 AM – 4:30 PM

AIANYS Assoc. Member: $80
Non-Member $80

Opening Night Party
Saratoga Automobile Museum
Thursday September 29, 2016, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
In order to purchase a ticket, you must be registered using one of the registration options
.

 Early Bird After September 2nd 
AIANYS Member: $85 AIANYS Member: $85
AIANYS Assoc. Member: $85 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $85
Non-Member: $85 Non-Member: $85

Design Awards Reception & Dinner

Saratoga Hilton
Friday, September 30, 2016 7:00 pm
You do not need to be registered for the Design Conference to purchase tickets to this event.

 Early Bird After September 2nd 
AIANYS Member: $95 AIANYS Member: $120
AIANYS Assoc. Member: $95 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $120
Non-Member: $95 Non-Member: $120

Saturday Morning Breakfast
Saratoga Hilton
7:00 AM

This is already included in your full registration, unlicensed guest registration and architectural student registration.
In order to purchase a ticket, you must be registered using one of the registration options.

 Early Bird After September 2nd 
AIANYS Member: $30 AIANYS Member: $30
AIANYS Assoc. Member: $30 AIANYS Assoc. Member: $30
Non-member $30 Non-Member $30

Bring a Non-AIA Member and Receive $100 discount off of both registrations

To take advantage of this opportunity and receive a $100 discount from your Full Design Conference Registration, register along with a non-member who also purchases a full registration. The non-member will also receive a $100 discount. Both applications must be e-mailed, faxed or mailed together with payment directly to AIANYS to be eligible for this special rate.

Please note: Any member or non-member who receive the $100 discount will be charged $100 if either of the two registered persons cancels their registration prior to the Design Conference.

For more information contact AIANYS at 518/449-3334 or email Michele Brown at mbrown@aianys.org.

 

Early bird Registration ends September 2, 2016

 

Registrations rates will increase by $65 after this date, with the exception of Associates, which will increase by $15.

All persons attending any function of the 2016 AIANYS Design Conference or staying at the Saratoga Hilton must also be registered for the Conference using the AIANYS Registration form. No exceptions.

 

Register Online:

By registering online through the AIANYS website, you will receive instance confirmation on the programs and tours selected

Please be sure to put your correct e-mail address in when registering, as your schedule and confirmation will only be sent to your e-mail

Please carefully review your personal information as this will appear on your name badge

You can modify your registration any time online until September 22, 2016

Online registration will end on September 22, 2016

Please bring your schedule (which is emailed to you once you register) as they will not be provided at Conference.

 

Register By Mail:

Please request a form by contacting Michele Brown, Special Projects Coordinator at mbrown@aianys.org or by calling 518-449-3334.

Questions:

Call AIANYS at 518-449-3334 or e-mail Michele Brown, Special Projects Coordinator, at mbrown@aianys.org.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Design Conference registrations may be cancelled up to 5pm, Thursday, September 14th, 2016, less a $50.00 administrative fee, per person. Any cancellations received after September 14th and up to September 20th, 2016 will receive 50% refund of paid registration fee. Any cancellations received after September 20th, 2016 will forfeit their paid registration fee. Design Award Dinner ticket cancellations will be refunded at full price until September 22nd.  Any member or non-member who receive the $100 discount will be charged $100 if either of the two registered persons cancels their registration prior to the Design Conference. All cancellations and refund requests must be in writing to David Hodgkinson, Director of Finance, AIANYS, 50 State Street, 5th Floor, Albany, NY 12207 or email dhodgkinson@aianys.org.

Registration Hours for Check-in at the Conference

  • Wednesday, September 28, 2016: 9:00 am – 10:00 am (For Conquering the Energy Code only)
  • Thursday, September 29, 2016: 9:00 am – 6:00 am
  • Friday, September 30, 2016: 6:30 am – 7:00 pm
  • Saturday, October 1, 2016: 7:30 am – 10:00 am

| ACCOMMODATIONS

Saratoga Springs, where winners are crowned, history was made and you’ll be this fall.  When you arrive in Saratoga for the 2016 Design Conference, enjoy all Saratoga has to offer.  Amazing restaurants, wonderful specialty shops, museums, spas and great shopping will keep you entertained in your free time.  Also, let’s not forget the parks and the springs.  Nestled in the Adirondack Mountains, there is so much natural beauty in the upstate City.  Visit the lake, scenic byways, waterfalls and gardens, Saratoga is a natural wonder on to its own.

Come as a guest to the AIANYS Design Conference, stay for all the surrounding area has to offer.  From harness racing to rock climbing, to spa treatments to golf, and fine dining to brewery’s and distilleries, take full advantage of the three-day event.

For a full listing of events, attractions, dining and more, visit www.saratoga.com and for those who are on the go, download the Saratoga App for an enhanced experience on-the-go at http://www.saratoga.com/app/

Room Block with Special Rate Ends August 28th.

We’ll see you at the 2016 AIANYS Design Conference!

Conference Room Rate:

$175/night

Address:

Saratoga Hilton
534 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Phone:
(518) 584-4000

Directions

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