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Theme: Advancing Further into Regenerative Design and Social Justice
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022 | All times are in Pacific Daylight Time
5–7 p.m. PDT
Welcome Reception at Holmes
Join us for cocktails and light bites as we kick off the Design Colloquium.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022 | All times are in Pacific Daylight Time
8 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
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8:30 a.m.
Welcome
Land and Labor Acknowledgement
Saskia Dennis-van Dijl
Review Schedule and Opening Statements
Cameron MacAllister Group and Mark Cameron, Cameron MacAllister Group
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8:45 a.m.
Keynote Speaker - Sharon Prince, Founder/CEO, Grace Farms
Design for Freedom by Grace Farms reimagines architecture by raising awareness and inspiring responses to disrupt forced labor in the building materials supply chain. Grace Farms Foundation’s interdisciplinary humanitarian mission is to pursue peace through five initiatives – nature, arts, justice, community, and faith – and at Grace Farms, a SANAA designed site for convening people across sectors.
Panelists:
- COOKFOX Architects – Susie Teal, AIA, LEED AP, Partner
- FX Collaborative – Ann Rolland, FAIA, LEED AP, Partner
- Ennead - Amy Mielke, AIA, Director of Ennead Lab, Associate Principal
Open Forum discussion: how can the design professions support and further the efforts that Grace Farms Foundation has started?
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10:30 a.m.
Break
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10:50 a.m.
Understanding the practice of MASS Design Group
MASS Design Group is the 2022 recipient of the AIA Architecture Firm Award. From their founding they have been a distinctly different architectural firm. This presentation will explore how the practice has evolved.
Katie Swenson, Senior Principal, MASS Design Group
Questions and Open forum discussion
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12 p.m.
Lunch
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1 p.m.
Design for a Carbon Free Resilient Future
The Design Colloquium has focused on design for sustainability and resiliency, for several years. In 2022, we are exploring how our efforts are progressing, by going deep with a single project as a case study: the story behind the PAE new Headquarters, the first developer-led Living Building.
Facilitator: Paul Schwer, PE, LEED AP,President, PAE Consulting Engineers
Panelists:
- Justin Brooks, AIA LEED AP BD+C, Principal, ZGF – the architectural design
- Jill Sherman, Principal, Edlen & Company – the financial model
- Katie Zabrocki, Senior Associate, PAE Consulting Engineers – the engineering innovations
Open forum discussion
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2:45 p.m.
Break
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3:15 p.m.
For Profit Social Enterprises
Social Purpose and Benefit Corporations
Laura Howard and Syvia Magid, Partners, Fox Rothschild
Presentation from our Sponsors followed by questions and discussion
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3:30 p.m.
PechaKucha Presentations
Transsolar KlimaEngineering – Tomasso Bitossi, Associate Director
Miller Hull - Ruth Baleiko, FAIA, Partner
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4:00 p.m.
Summary and Discussion
Summary and reflections on Day 1. Free time to get re-acquainted, meet new colleagues, and walk and talk outside
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5:00 p.m.
Walk to Sessions Restaurant
Cocktails and dinner
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022 | All times are in Pacific Daylight Time
8 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast
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8:30 a.m.
Benchmarking Survey
Presentation of results of benchmarking survey
Clark Davis, FAIA, Cameron MacAllister Group
Scott Lelieur, AIA, Director of Operations Lake|Flato
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8:50 a.m.
PechaKucha Presentations
MJMA - Ted Watson, Managing Partner
Holmes - Megan Stringer, Associate Principal
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9:20 a.m.
Lessons Learned from working during the pandemic
Panelists to share what they learned that they will take into the future: e.g.
How their work processes have changed;
Whether they have altered their recruitment efforts
How their culture has been affected
Panelists:
- Studio MA – Tim Keil, RA, Principal
- Lake|Flato - Tenna Florian, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Partner
- Payette – Sarah Lindenfeld, AIA, Managing Principal
- hcma architecture + design - Darryl Condon, Managing Principal
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10:00 a.m.
Break Out Groups
Each group discusses what they learned from working during the pandemic, that they will take into the future.
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10:50 a.m.
Break
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11:00 a.m.
Reports from the break-out groups
Facilitator: Mark Cameron
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11:40 a.m.
Update on the GDA/DC Book Club
Amy Donohue, AIA, NOMA, LFA, BORA
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11:45 a.m.
Facilitated Discussion
Highlights and take-aways from the two days
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Noon
Adjourn