2022 Spring Program

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

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Theme: Advancing Further into Regenerative Design and Social Justice