March 2013 Tracings by The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Tracings March 2013

Monthly Newsletter of the AIA Santa Clara Valley Chapter AIASCV

March 2013

PARTNERS

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AIA Santa Clara Valley Corporate Partners play an important role in our Chapter. All of these local companies are proven leaders in their fields and provide continuing support to our local Chapter and our architects.

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PORCELANOSA Corporate Partner Porcelanosa

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S CORNER

CHAPTER MEETING

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

CORPORATE PARTNER SPOTLIGHT

JOHN BARTON, FAIA

ART & ARCHITECTURE IN

North patio, pool, and guest house

CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC SPACES ART IN THE OFFICE

2012 DESIGN AWARDS

TECHSHOP

ARCHITECTURE 101

2012 DESIGN AWARDS

MENTOR PROGRAM

AIASCV CHAPTER INFORMATION

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATES

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2013 AIASCV SCHOLARSHIP DONATION FORM

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Steve Sowa, AIA President

Britt Lindberg, AIA

Vice President/President Elect

Ed Janke, AIA Secretary

Samuel Sanderson, AIA Treasurer

Chuck Campanella, Associate AIA Associates Director

Passion for Construction We love what we do. The buildings we choose to build can change lives. From research centers that eliminate diseases to institutions that educate tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaders, our work

Kay Mascoli

Executive Director Directors

Brigitte Williams, AIA Eugene W. Ely, AIA Thang Do, AIA Brian Mah, AIA David Regester, AIA Baraka Al Ramah (Keko) AIAS Student Liaison

makes a difference. There is pride in all that we do, continually strengthening our commitment.

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Jeff Current, AIA Past President

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Tsakopoulos Investments, Bank of the West Tower

What’s In Store for 2013 The first Chapter meeting for 2013 was held on January 17 at Bellarmine’s Sobrato Center. It was a huge success, thanks to Steinberg Architects Jeffrey T. Berg, AIA, Brigitte Williams, AIA, and their team - who helped us secure the venue; organize the program held in the new theater on campus; hosted tours of the building, theatre and student Kay Mascoli theatre arts center; AIA SCV Executive Director and oversaw the Photo: Bernardo Grijalva Photography selection of delicious food that was served during our networking time. We had over 100 people join us for this first gathering of the New Year!

February 20: Juniper Networks, New Corporate HQ Campus and Executive Briefing Center - see next page for an article from San Jose Construction on this wonderful chapter meeting.

A Big Thanks to our January Chapter Meeting Sponsors:

AIASCV STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS: Applications for the annual AIASCV Scholarship Program are now available and the deadline for submission is March 18. We ask everyone to encourage eligible students to apply!

Chapter Meeting Sponsor

Networking Sponsor & Featured Corporate Partner

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR AIASCV EVENTS, MARCH - JUNE: All Chapter Meetings are scheduled to be held on a Wednesday, unless otherwise noted! Please check the AIASCV Calendar of events on our website for specific dates and details.

‣ March 27: Stanford University, Student

Architectural Design Program, Off Grid Solar Decathlon Project (Program and Tour), plus AIASCV Mentor Program kick-off ‣ April 24: Historic Del Monte Building, AIASCV Scholarship Awards Dinner and Program ‣ May 15: Rolling Hills Residence in Saratoga, Architect, Louie Leu, and builder, Conrado Fine Homes - Contemporary "Green" Home Tour ‣ June 14: AIASCV Annual Golf Tournament, Cinnabar Hills, 12:30 pm Shotgun Tee-off

And we ask for your financial support of our future architects in two ways: (1) Donate to an AIASCV Scholarship Fund and Make a Difference to Students. AIASCV has four funds to receive contributions and grant scholarships, all donations are tax-deductible.

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AIASCV William R. Hawley Scholarship Fund David W. Lakamp Fund Ehrlich Rominger Scholarship Fund Leo and Trinidad Sanchez Scholarship Fund

Hors d’Oeuvres Sponsors

To donate, please complete the Donation Form, indicate which fund you are contributing to and send your donation to: AIASCV, 325 South First Street, Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95113 continued on page 11

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AIASCV CHAPTER MEETING

Juniper Networks Building for over 60 years in Silicon Valley and the greater San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose Construction Co., Inc. (SJC) has been an integral part of the construction of the valley’s most prominent corporate campuses. SJC has completed projects for many high-technology companies, including Cadence Design Systems, Oracle, Citrix Systems, Apple, LSI, and SJC’s most recent corporate campus, Juniper Networks. SJC began a relationship with the premier networking company, Juniper Networks, 10 years ago with over 100 projects and one million square feet of work at its Mathilda Campus in Sunnyvale, CA. The objective of Juniper Networks’ Mathilda Campus was a build-to-suit master site environment to accommodate a growing workforce with state-ofthe-art data centers, engineering labs, and offices. In December 2008, following work at the existing, neighboring Mathilda Campus, SJC commenced on the decommissioning, building and site demolition, hazardous materials remediation, and on-site and offsite improvements for Juniper Networks’ future 80 acre Global Headquarters Campus featuring 2.4 million square feet of innovation. The demolition on the former Lockheed Campus in Sunnyvale, CA included nine office, research, and manufacturing

Presenting Sponsor

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by San Jose Construction Co., Inc.

Image courtesy of “Bernard Andre Photography”

buildings ranging from 50,000 SF to 300,000 SF for a total of 1.5 million SF. New construction consisted of relocated streets and utilities and a campus park on the brownfield site conversion. The construction of the campus was underway with the ultimate goal of a connected campus to empower Juniper Networks and their customers. The first completed campus building was a 29,000 SF Assembly Building Sprung Structure with a seating capacity for 2,500 followed by Building II-A, an 8story, 318,000 SF office building with state-of-the-art Executive Briefing Center, executive offices, and networking labs featuring interactive digital displays, LED “e-cloud”, walnut wood detailing, wool textiles, full-service cafeteria, and second floor “green roof ”. Building II-B, II-A’s twin, 8-story, 318,000 SF counterpart is nearing completion along with a fivelevel parking structure, between them showcasing Juniper Networks’ commitment to sustainability with four Bloom Energy Servers, solar hot water (CoGenra) array, and photovoltaic array.

Image courtesy of “Bernard Andre Photography”

Buildings II-A and II-B are planned for LEED Gold Certification and feature a CoGenra System tied into a 208V panel board generating 2,500 gallons of hot water per day for the building’s domestic hot water system. This process is completed through 36 modules that are installed on the roof of Building IIB. In addition, PV and Bloom Energy fuel cell systems, connected to the Bloom Energy fuel cell service yard through two solar storage tank heat exchangers, generate 333kW of renewable power, while four Bloom boxes at 250kW each generate a total of 1MW of energy. Buildings II-A and II-B also feature “green rooftops” with live vegetation that absorbs pollutants, retains precipitation, and recycles stormwater to assist in indoor temperature cooling and heating to reduce energy costs. Juniper Networks’ Global Headquarters Campus project has been an amazing opportunity for SJC. The impressive design, high-quality construction standards, and teamwork have led the success of the project. SJC is honored to be a part of Juniper Networks’ history, and continues to build impressive corporate campuses for the advancing technological industry of Silicon Valley. Building for over 60 years, SJC builds lasting client relationships and innovative buildings. Image courtesy of “Bernard Andre Photography”

Chapter Meeting Sponsor

Bar Sponsor

Networking Sponsor

Image courtesy of “Bernard Andre Photography”

AIASCV CHAPTER MEETING

March 2013

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Art, Architecture and the Connection Between Them In preparation of this letter, I did a little research. I even went as far as to “Google” Art and Architecture just to see what would pop up. Interestingly, I found the description of both to be very controversial. We simply cannot agree on what architecture or art are. There were dozens of definitions for both, with long debates on all sides of the arguments. The definitions of architecture did contain the word art, but not the reverse. They are considered two completely different things. For some, architecture is an art and science. For others, architecture is the process that deals with the quality of space for some human purpose or utilitarian function. Friedrich von Schelling coined the phrase that architecture is frozen music. However, whatever your definition, as architects, we have been trained to think that our architecture is sculptural art. I personally believe it to be an art first and foremost, from the initial sketches and drawings to the end of construction. I even think of the project as an art form as it ages. I have always found it interesting that most architects see themselves as architects first and artists second, but I am proud to be both. I was very impressed with our Chapter’s exhibit, Art by Architects Plus, that we had at Granite Rock last year. And we have plans to do the program again.

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We also have plans to have selections of the art created by our members on display at the Chapter office after the renovation. Our hope is that we can show the public all aspects of being an architect and what architects do. The Board shares in the dream that the new office design will provide a showroom and mini conference center that is visible from the street. The showroom will enhance our visibility in the community.

Steve Sowa, AIA AIA SCV Chapter President Photo: Bernardo Grijalva Photography

continued from page 7 All scholarships funds are administered through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Each donation requires a separate form to be completed. (2) Donate Students Tickets to attend the AIASCV Scholarship Event. In order for our Scholarship winners and their families to attend this event, and other students studying to be architects, please consider sponsoring Student Tickets for the Awards Dinner and Program. The tickets are $50.00 each. You can purchase tickets online at the AIASCV website. ADVOCACY Our Chapter was well represented at this year’s AIACC annual kick-off meeting in Sacramento, on February 21-22. This included an all-day strategy session for CACE members (my counterparts) and an all-day AIACC Board meeting. Our representatives on the Board this year are Steve Sowa, AIASCV Board President and Britt Lindberg, AIASCV Vice President / President Elect. The Grassroots Conference will be held this year, March 20-23 in Washington, D.C. Once again our Chapter will be well represented and bring back lots of great information from workshops, meeting with Legislators on Capitol Hill, and feedback from colleagues and others involved with the architectural community.

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CORPORATE PARTNER SPOTLIGHT

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Porcelanosa

by Britt Lindberg, AIA, LEED AP, AIASCV Vice President

If you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a chance to visit the Porcelanosa showroom during our AIASCV December 2012 holiday party, you are very much missing out on 14,000 square feet of discriminating and sophisticated design inspiration in the Valley. Open Monday through Saturday at 391 East Brokaw Road in San Jose, the local Porcelanosa showroom is just emerging from a complete, multi-million dollar remodel, and it is certainly worth a visit! Filled with numerous lifestyle vignettes of kitchens, baths, wall tiles, floor tiles, mosaics, laminates, solid surface materials, and innovative new products, you are sure to come away with inventive yet practical ideas for your projects and clients. Globally Since its founding in Spain more than 30 years ago, Porcelanosa has experienced incredible growth. Today their presence extends to 80 different countries through more than 400 company-owned showrooms, distribution centers, and an extensive network of independent distributors and retailers. Their unique

source-to-point delivery distribution model facilitates the fastest take-to-market process of its kind, supplying cutting edge fashion and innovation to the construction and residential markets. And, they are still growing - future showroom locations will include Seattle, Denver, and San Diego. Nationally Porcelanosa started operations in the United States more than 20 years ago. The primary industry segments driving their success include multi-family residential, commercial, and hospitality, though their products have been used across all areas, also including single family homes, restaurants, retail and coffee chains, and even the Tesla Motors corporate offices, right here in the Bay Area. Locally Their San Jose location opened seventeen years ago, and today employs thirty staff and customer service members. This distribution center serves seven states, and especially provides our Santa Clara Valley area

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with a local supply of their internationally-styled products. Due to high local demand and success, they have also recently opened a second Bay Area location at the San Francisco Design Center. Browsing through their showroom and website, you can’t help but be inspired by the varied textures, colors, forms, and styles of their tiles and fixtures. You’ll find materials for use on building exteriors as well as interiors. One example is their new line of KRION solid surface, available in 83 colors; its sheets can be curved, shaped, and joined seamlessly for use in millwork, furniture, lamps, wallcoverings, and more. You will be limited only by your imagination. Our Chapter is certainly pleased to welcome Porcelanosa as our newest corporate partner. Say hello to their representatives at our next Chapter meeting, and contact Account Executive Gina-Marie Cossey, at (408) 784-9475 if you’d like additional information. And visit their website at www.porcelanosa-usa.com.

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COLLEGE OF FELLOWS

John H. Barton Elevated to the College of Fellows by Kay Mascoli

John H. Barton, FAIA, has been a member of AIASCV Chapter since 2004, and is principal of the firm Barton Architect in Palo Alto. His Fellowship program category was “Service to Society”. His summary statement sums up his approach to his career and life as an architect: As activist, leader and elected official, John has worked to achieve a more equitable, sustainable, and livable community that improves the quality of life for people all along the economic spectrum. His community service is not confined to perceived limits of “built environment issues.” He recognizes the interconnectedness of the ideas and solutions that address quality of life: a rich civic life, good education, affordable housing and sustainability in the use of resources. John is currently the Director of the Architectural Design Program at Stanford University, a lecturer there, and a previous visiting Scholar in Urban Studies as well. He has also taught and lectured at San Jose State University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Cañada College. John received his Masters in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. His four core areas of focus are Housing, Civic Life, Sustainability and Education.

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Housing John serves as board member for the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County which provides loans and grants to increase the supply of affordable hosing, assist first-time homebuyers, prevent homelessness and stabilize neighborhoods. He helped to fund, plan and realize The Opportunity Center, an innovative facility that uniquely integrates housing and services for 100 percent of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeless population, and provides subsidized housing units for 55 low-income families. Civic Life During his term on the Palo Alto City Council, he helped to develop new public art guidelines, passed four balanced budgets and won four statewide budget awards. He helped realize Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new public library by striking a compromise among differing community factions, resulting in the first new public building in the city since the 1970s. Barton founded a group to develop ideas that ameliorated the negative effects of Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highspeed rail plan on Palo Alto. His work informed a research project at Stanford that was recognized with Vallejo Fire Station, Vallejo, 2000

Gomes Residence, Palo Alto, 2008

awards from AIA California Council and AIA Santa Clara Valley.

The Alliance for a Livable Palo Alto, a two-year initiative that organized citizens around understanding the connection between land use and transportation planning, climate change, economics, and social equity and diversity was cofounded by John. He also helped streamline the Palo Alto's construction permitting process, reducing wait time from more than a year to a few weeks. Sustainability John developed a green building ordinance and established a point rating system for residential projects that has produced more than ten LEED rated buildings, reduced consumption and waste, and increased the use of environmentally preferable materials.

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John also co-wrote the city’s first composting plan, which will reduce garbage loads by as much as 25 percent. Education During eight years of elected service on the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Trustees, John reduced class sizes across the district, brought 90 percent of students at or above grade level at each school, passed eight balanced budgets and won eight statewide budget awards. He oversaw a $147 million bond program that included renovations to every school in the district and increased and equalized money raised across schools. He founded Californians for Improved School Finance, which defeated efforts by Governor Gray Davis to relocate some education funding for noneducational purposes. He was an appointee to the task force that rewrote California’s master plan for K-University public education. In 2012, Barton received the Palo Alto Tall Tree Award, given by local leaders in recognition of his community service and outstanding civic contributions. Public Service (Elected Positions) Palo Alto City Council, 2006-2010 Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Trustees, 1997-2005 21st Assembly District Committee, 2003-2005 Work History Barton Architect, Palo Alto, 1990-present The Steinberg Group, San José Skidmore Owings and Merrill, San Francisco Don Dommer Associates, Oakland Haviland Associates, Oakland Dinapoli-Berger Architects, Berkeley

Salvation Army Women’s Center, Oakland, 2000

The 2013 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects elevated 122 AIA members to its prestigious College of Fellows. Out of a total AIA membership of over 80,000, there are over 3,000 members distinguished with this honor. The AIA College of Fellows, founded in 1952, is composed of members of the Institute who are elected to Fellowship by a jury of their peers. It is one of the highest honors the AIA can bestow upon a member. The 2013 Fellows will be honored at an investiture ceremony at the 2013 National AIA Convention, held June 20-22, in Denver, Colorado.

Current Commissions include: Family Compound in Morgan Hill Mosque in Palo Alto The AIA Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. Tracings

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Interview Q&A with Margaret Seltenreich 1 - What is the personal significance of the FAIA designation for you? It's nice to be recognized by your peers. I’m not a big fan of awards, but as I made decisions to balance family, business, indulge the political itch along with community service for other ways of practicing, it was nice to be validated. Making the community, and making places better, is what I strive for as an architect. 2 - Since the category of your FAIA award is in the field of Service to Society, would you elaborate on what that entails?

gives a new perspective on how to approach something. It's too hard to pat yourself on the back. They can help with clarity and finding the markers of success deliverable as evidence. Be thoughtful about where you are in your life; timing is a key element. If you have just been appointed to something you might wait a year or two. Make an honest evaluation. 3) I am very thankful to the Chapter, the Board and to Kent Mather, FAIA for the shove as well as Canan Yetmen, my consultant, who was invaluable. 5 - What are your current passions within the architecture field?

As a Palo Alto Council member, serving on the Palo Alto School Board, and on several non-profits, over the years, collaboration has grown in importance. It leads to better work. Working with Tony Carrasco, AIA on High Speed Rail, for example, has been very rewarding. Linking practice to the political part creates a unified approach to things.

I would say that collaboration between firms and looking at cities as systems are most important right now. Stanford is building and growing the architecture program. To still have business, pro bono and design work is great. 6 - How does working with students affect your own design work? Do you feel it gives you a fresher perspective of the architectural design world?

3 - Will this new honor move you to take on any significant new endeavors? A book, lecture series, travel, etc?

The students are so bright and ask great questions. It keeps you young. I love teaching and try to do a competition every year which is a democratizing effort. Everyone has equal footing.

It's been more about being a validation and a confidence builder. People do their best when their head is not in the clouds. A pat on the back goes a long way. 4 - Do you have any suggestions for those who might be considering an application for FAIA in the future? 1) You can't do it by yourself. It takes too much time and you can't ask your staff to stop what they are doing to put this together. 2) Getting a consultant is key. It's not a place to be humble, but they can help - "Here's a way to look at this" Stephenson Residence, Menlo Park, 2012

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ART IN ARCHITECTURE

Architecture and Art in Contemporary Public Spaces by Bill Gould, AIA

Myths & Fairytales, Luther Burbank Elementary School

The modern movement produced many exceptional buildings, but too often the interpretation of modernist principles created bland, austere and, at times, brutal architecture that people did not enjoy working in or living near. When a building is stripped down to its essential elements, many opportunities to create the artistic details were eliminated. In the 1980’s, Michael Graves’ Portland Municipal Services Building seemed to us in the University of Oregon architecture department to be an exciting opportunity to use purely decorative elements. The post-modern movement with its non-essential, sometimes playful, often distorted, exaggerated details marked the beginning of a shift that allowed the developers of public buildings to consider incorporating decorative elements in a new and different way. When I first started working on schools at the Steinberg Group, I felt like we were doing new, interesting design work. But the schools that still elicited the most positive responses from the community were the ones by William Weeks. These schools had presence and created neighborhoods. I wanted to design educational facilities that incorporated the same sort of artistic elements as those found in buildings like Hoover Middle School. Such schools had a level of detail that reflected how central these buildings were to the community. This idea of bridging the gap between architecture and

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art was further developed by people like Christopher Alexander, a Berkeley architect, writer and educator who experimented with incorporating tiles made by his students in an over-scaled decorative façade application. Although eager to integrate artistic details into my own designs, I understood early on that it is difficult to justify spending money on anything that was not seen as being essential in a building using public funds. What I decided to try was to replace architectural elements with usercreated public art and have a minimal effect on the project budget. About 20 years ago, while a principal at HMC Group, I began working with local artist, Glen Rogers, to develop a proposal to incorporate student art into two schools in the Campbell Union School District. With the support of the superintendent, Marcia Plumleigh, and the district board of education, we developed a few prototype projects at Rosemary Elementary and Campbell Middle Schools. At Rosemary, we agreed to move forward with several projects, including decorative acoustical panels and three-dimensional sculptures. “Free Fall,” banners of tumbling poses that were captured from the students’ shadows with a cyanotype treated fabric, hangs in the entry lobby of the school. “Lyrical Animation,” the colorful creatures that were designed and created by the students, hangs in the library. We again used children’s poses in “Reach for

the Stars,” a decorative steel balcony, and in “Our Place,” a fence that features children at play in their own environment – jumping rope, playing with balls, and swinging hoola hoops. For these two projects, the students created full-size silhouettes of each other in different poses, which were transferred to cut steel plates incorporated into an otherwise typical tube steel fence. This was an opportunity to create an artwork that was both functional and within the fence budget. “Walk by the Bay,” at Theuerkauf Elementary, in Mountain View Whisman School District, features images of flora and fauna from nearby Shoreline Park as seen through the eyes of the children. Community School of Music and Art teacher Kit Nishiura led third and fourth graders in drawing sessions of butterflies, birds, and wildflowers as well as the children’s’ modes of transportation – bicycles, scooters, and skates. Working with the students’ drawings, we designed a frieze for each section of the fence that tried to capture the quality of those drawings in three-dimensional sculptural scenes. Children’s drawings were used in a different way for the “Myths & Fairytales” fence at Luther Burbank Elementary School in San Jose. Instead of creating three dimensional sculpture, we used the children’s drawings as templates that were cut into steel fence panels, developing a new face to a blighted portion of San Carlos Street near Bascom Avenue. The new art building façade at Capuchino High School in the San Mateo Unified School District showcases “Hero

Hero Tiles, Capuchino High School

Tiles” created by students to honor their own heroes. Capuchino teachers Zan Truman and Maria Sky guided the students in making the tiles with help from local artist, facilitator and technical advisor, Marylea Adams. These works of art will forever link the student artists and their families to the history of the school. We have learned a few things. We have learned that we can’t interrupt a teacher’s lesson plans, and we must find ways to accommodate a wide range of children’s skill levels. The projects need to include content that is relevant and reinforces what they are learning at school, most often in math, science, and music, and their connection to art. When we do our work well, our projects not only add value to the students’’ education, but can also create a unique resource for the community.

A Walk by the Bay, Theuerkauf Elementary School

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ART IN ARCHITECTURE

Underwear, Nooses and Pipe Cleaners by Bill Gould, AIA

Artist: Jennifer Jennings Groft

Vital to our office is the annual exhibition of local, contemporary artists. The inspiration for this collaboration was born from a passion for art and a desire to enhance the work environment. Having worked for San Jose Blue in high school, I noticed that small architectural offices often looked cluttered and disorganized. Such spaces did not reflect the organization or aesthetic of the firm or the quality of their designs. After living for two years in Eastern Europe where art is so closely integrated into daily life, I moved back to the States and began working for Ken Rodriquez. I appreciated the very different quality of his office: work spaces were designed not only to be functional, but with an aesthetic that reflected the firm’s image. There was also an intentional display of art in the context of the office. I was impressed by the way the art inspired the staff, encouraging them to think in new ways, see unique solutions, and design with purpose.

Artist: Brenda Jamrus Tracings

When I opened my own firm, I committed to creating a collaborative environment that combined art and architecture. Instead of hanging photographs of our own work, we display only fine art and installation work. I do not choose the work; Kathryn Funk, a well-known curator in the Bay Area, develops and hangs our intriguing shows, and she rarely shies away from controversial work (and I

Artist: Ted Fullwood

do not censor any of it). As a fine art gallery and functioning architectural firm, Artik strives to display and handle the art in a professional way. Like any other gallery, we prep and re-paint for each exhibition, and our track lighting is tailored to accent each piece. We pay all of the artists – from graduate students to mid-career professionals -- a small monthly stipend. Some of the unforgettable shows include Ted Fullwood’s huge pipe cleaner figures and hats, Charlotte Kruk’s candy wrapper dresses, and Mitra Fabian’s large wall sculptures made entirely of Scotch Tape. Artik’s reception for the artists is an open celebration with appetizers, wine, and live music. Everyone is invited: architects, contractors, vendors, school district employees, university professors, teachers, art collectors, and an assemblage of art and architecture students. After the show, the art hangs for a year, transforming the office into a distinctive space, one that is exciting, inspiring, playful, and sometimes disturbing. The exhibitions endorse the funky, the beautiful, and the unusual. They also create good will with the art community. Merging office and gallery does in fact prevent some of the usual office clutter (if nothing else, it forces us to do a thorough cleaning and sorting each year), but more important, the art inspires our staff. Sometimes it provokes the staff as well. One year, for example, installation artist Anne Lambert hung hundreds of women’s slips from our ceiling. The piece

Art in the Office

Artist: Ema Harris-Sintamarian

was very popular at the reception, but over time, the women in the office became uncomfortable with all of the jokes it elicited. Together, we talked about the concerns, and, in spite of the discomfort, agreed to honor our commitment to the artist; we kept the work, but added a description by Lambert explaining the history of the piece and its significance. The tone of the conversations gradually changed – from slightly salacious to slightly more intellectual – but the show remained, if not divisive, certainly provocative. So why do this? Why subject the staff and clients to possible distress and anxiety? For one, the gallery opens our office and attracts a wonderfully diverse group of people. And, overall, we like the way the staff and visitors respond to the art – with surprise, joy, concern, questions, and often delight. It encourages us to look out, rather than in, and to discuss the work in positive and negative ways; it encourages engagement with remarkable art. Ideally, it inspires us to create thought-provoking designs, to find unique solutions in an unconventional, enlightened atmosphere.

Artists: Charlotte Kruk, Katherine Levin-Lau & Ken Matsumoto

Artist: Karen Haas

Artist: Bob Lamp

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2012 AIA DESIGN AWARDS

DA12-228 Robert Stephens Residence by Larry Pearson

The hilltop site in the Santa Cruz Mountains rests on 117 acres of open space covered with redwoods, madrone and coastal oaks. The homeowner is proprietor of a native plants nursery, a cowboy, a rancher and avid protector of natural habitat. He is President of the Board of Trustees of the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County and a collector of Cowboy & Indian art

nta Clara Valley

Santa Cruz Mountain Residence Architecture

2012 Design Aw Site Plan

This house is a representation of all that he believes in and in a backdrop for his collections. Trees locally harvested and milled on-site for bathroom vanities, kitchen countertops and fireplace mantles. Antique barn wood... recycled and re-sawn for ceilings and floors. The design resembles an old log cabin that has been added onto several times. This 3000sf home ($475/sf) is a place to get back to the rustic outdoor life that is embodied in the land and the architecture.

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TechShop

Founded: Corporate HQ: Employees: Members:

October, 2006 Menlo Park, CA About 100 nationwide Over 4,100 nationwide

A new type of shop for the 21st century has been born in Menlo Park, California. For a membership fee of $125 per month, TechShop's customers get access to hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of equipment, including laser cutters, CNC routers and plasma cutters, 3D printers, sand blasting cabinets, pneumatic tools, band saws, sewing machines, milling machines, injection molders, welders and more. "The goal of TechShop is to provide members with every conceivable tool and machine that they would need to build, hack, fix or create just about any kind of project," according to the company's official website.

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March 2013

ARCHITECTURE 101

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Promoting Thought Leadership by Hari Sripadanna, AIA

Introduction

Why Architecture 101

Architecture 101 is a unique advocacy program for our profession that our Chapter initiated in 2000. As the current Chairperson and as a committee member and board liaison for many years, I wanted to share with our members the benefits of this unique program, the main impetus that created the program, its subsequent evolution through the years, its success in attaining some of the goals, and lessons learned through the process.

Architects play a key role in achieving design success because we possess “the unique ability to understand the broader parameters of a problem and be critical of assumptions, to arrive at elegant solutions, often with minimal means”. –Architecture 101 This unique skill is often underused to find solutions only to individual projects that, at best, balance the interests of our clients with the broader social responsibilities of projects, but do little to positively impact city’s and neighborhood’s quality of life, infrastructure & environment at a larger scale.

How Architecture 101 Committee was formed Most of us strive to advance broader community goals by educating our clients during the design process about the social impacts of the individual project. Sometimes we get lucky when our clients share the same vision: that allows us to create greater success with achieving individual project goals as well as the interests of the community. However, we are in a unique position to understand the broader parameters to offer a better vision, thought leadership and ultimately elegant solutions for our cities and THE quality of life in our communities, going beyond our success with individual projects. When we shrink from our civic responsibilities and offer very little in terms of public advocacy and thought leadership, we lose ground in being relevant to the problems we face in housing, healthcare, education, infrastructure, environmental resources, disaster preparation, or the future evolution of our cities. We have become almost an afterthought and are rarely at the table where important topics are discussed or decisions are made about the built environment. So, two important questions we ought to ask ourselves; 1.

How can we influence and effect positive change for the wider community?

How can we offer our thought leadership for a better future?

The Architecture 101 advocacy program is our Chapter’s program to raise awareness of our unique abilities & foster a greater exchange of ideas between the architectural design community and any organization involved in shaping the built environment. The program was first developed in the year 2000 by members of our Chapter, including Kent Mather FAIA, David Kaneda AIA, Pamela Anderson Brule AIA, Judith Wasserman AIA, Richard Kirchner AIA, Kevin Jones AIA, and many others. The program was created to address the concerns our architectural design community had with the city design review process. The city design review process for architectural projects had become a lengthy and expensive process that had unpredictable outcomes; the resulting design was often a patchwork of compromises that neither satisfied the client nor was in the best interest of the public. As such, this educational presentation had the ambitious goal to improve the interaction between architects and non-professional elected or appointed city administrations planning commissions and design review boards during the city planning approval process, and to help non-professionals better understand the following:

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The program was fairly successful, with committee members presenting the educational program to a number of city planning commissions in the Bay Area as a free one-hour presentation, for which cities in return issued a proclamation celebrating the 150 year anniversary of the AIA (in the year 2007). As a part of the program, the Chapter also displayed the latest design awards at each city hall for one week. In addition, the longer, half-day presentations of Arch 101 earned income for the Chapter. These workshops were offered to planning departments in various cities to augment their urban planning skills with architectural concepts.

Evolution of Arcitecture 101 Program In 2007 a new group of committee members got involved in the program, including Sam Sanderson AIA, Walter Rask AIA, Rebecca Rounds and Hari Sripadanna AIA, We became the second generation committee members and participated in the presentations to various cities. Based on the feedback we received from the cities we presented to, we began Tracings

to realize that we needed to do more to make the program meet the evolving needs of our Bay Area cities. A number of trends have converged to require a concerted effort by city administrations to develop policies that encouraged better quality of life for their respective cities. They include continued growth in Bay Area real-estate values; the need to create an identity for city downtowns; the necessity to increase the tax base by encouraging office space for emerging technology companies, retail and mixed used development; and increased pressure on resources and infrastructure. Cities began to change their design review processes as they attempted to define good design based on their specific situation and in their own terms. Many hired consultants to come up with design guidelines and some cities even had training programs for new planning commissioners, to help them understand the interests of their community. While these are laudable and sincere efforts to raise the quality of design, many of the design guidelines often resulted in a

prescriptive, overtly simplified set of suggestions and recommendations. To illustrate a few examples; •

“Fully screen roof top equipment by parapet walls or a roof well on all four sides”

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“Retail and commercial buildings in, or adjacent to residential neighborhoods, with predominantly gabled roofs, shall have gabled roofs to create a residential scale and character.”

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“Maintain the dominant existing scale of an area. Second story additions in predominantly one story residential neighborhood should appear as one story.”

While design guidelines like the ones above, may be necessary for the city to maintain certain basic design standards, they do not encourage specific design responses to a particular context, or innovative or creative solutions. Merely copying the design guidelines and mimicking the style of the existing buildings in the neighborhood makes building design superficial, and degrades the quality of the neighborhood. Typically, the design review process revolves around the issues of height, density, the amount of open space around the building, privacy

and parking, but rarely about the quality of the design. City planning commissioners and review boards often expressed their inability to improve the quality of design and the built environment using their existing design guidelines. They wanted to have enough familiarity with the subject to help evaluate the quality of design rather than rely exclusively on code compliance or a particular architectural style. Based upon all this feedback, the Architecture101 committee concurred that the presentations should focus on qualitative aspects of the design review instead of giving them a broad overview of architectural design. We found the work done for the presentation before the San Francisco Planning Commission by The Public Policy Committee of AIA San Francisco (written by John Schlesinger AIA and Susie Coliver) particularly relevant to our goals.

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While we continued to present a broad overview of architecture with topics such as understanding design documents and architectural vocabulary, we applied the lessons of AIA San Francisco (with their permission) to the Architecture 101 presentation by focusing on two specific ideas: 1.

What is a contextual design response (how can creative design proposals respond to the site specific context)? How does a proposed project benefit the public realm (with its infrastructure/ urban design features)?

We also used our AIASCV design award winning project images as examples to illustrate the content. This modification made a significant difference in the visual quality of our presentation and highlighted the best of Santa Clara Valley’s architectural design excellence.

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Lessons Learned 1. We are in a unique position to understand the broader parameters of the problems we face in our communities. Architects should participate in public advocacy and thought leadership and should proactively offer solutions. 2. We began with concerns that the design review process can sometimes be time consuming, expensive, arbitrary and vague, and that it encourages mimicry and rewards the ordinary. While some individual projects may still go through a difficult review process, our interactions with City leaders gave us confidence that they are actively seeking solutions to these problems, and that we can make this process much easier by building ongoing relationships, and by proactively addressing the citys’ and neighborhoods’ concerns about how our design proposals address the site context and benefit their respective communities.

3. Because zoning ordinances and design review guidelines have to outlive the transient nature of the elected officials' leadership, they tend to become more prescriptive and thus allow little room for interpretation or creativity. Training elected officials about fundamentals of architecture and design, influencing public policy, and educating the general public by outreach programs can help this process encourage design excellence.

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Presented Architecture 101 at HAC monthly meeting. HAC stands for the Housing Action Coalition and is Santa Clara County’s central housing advocacy organization. Monthly meetings serve to keep the community and its stakeholders updated on current housing and development issues.

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The AIASCV Chapter will showcase the winners of the 2012 Design Awards via presentation boards set up at Mountain View and Saratoga City Halls this spring, in association with Architecture 101 presentations with their city planning commissions.

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The Architecture101 committee is discussing possible collaboration with the City of Saratoga to update its city design guidelines.

Advocacy for a Wider Community Lately the Architecture 101 committee is involved in various activities to promote design excellence and thought leadership for improving the quality of life in our communities. Thanks to the initiative taken by our Executive Director, Kay Mascoli, Architecture 101 has become a tool for outreach, finding common areas of interest and collaboration with various interest groups that shape our built environment. Highlights of our recent activity include:

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Presented Architecture 101 at Santa Clara County Association of Planning Officials (SCCAPO)

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Presented Architecture 101 at GBI working committee meeting. GBI stands for the Grand Boulevard Initiative and is a regional collaboration dedicated to the revitalization of the El Camino Real corridor as it runs through San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.

Architecture 101 is seeking volunteers to join the committee to participate in its various upcoming advocacy initiatives. We invite interested members to contact info@aiascv.org.

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2012 AIA DESIGN AWARDS

Saratoga Creek Residence by David Stark Wilson

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Entry Number response to the goals of preserving and

This large woodland site lies in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Defining the eastern edge of the property is a meandering seasonal creek. The creek is nearly dry in the heat of summer but swells to a rambunctious flow with the arrival of the winter rains. The home is a

enhancing the presence of the existing oak woodland and seasonal creek.

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Outdoor fireplace and seating area

North patio, pool, and guest house

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The house massing is a set of smaller structures interconnected by glassed-in walks and vaulted roof structures that wind through the oak canopy, responding in plan to the requirements of the protected driplines. Courtyards and outdoor spaces unite the house and landscape. White cement panel siding was selected to brighten the deep shad under the oak canopy. Zinc standing-seam roofing and a custom wood window system

North patio and pool

fill out the palette of materials on the exterior. Natural stone, concrete, plaster, bronze and dark hardwoods combine in rich palette of color and texture in the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior.

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INTRODUCING THE AIASCV MENTOR PROGRAM

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Introducing the AIASCV Mentor Program

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MENTOR PROGRAM

The Concept of Laddership Mentoring is an integral part of the architectural profession. In the past, mentoring has generally been thought of as a one-on-one relationship between a mentor and mentee, the licensed architect and the intern. The recently revamped and successful mentor programs at AIA chapters in Seattle, San Francisco, Iowa and Kansas City have broken this mold as they employ the concept of Laddership. Laddership mentoring expands the one-on-one relationship to a mentor group of four individuals with different levels of experience. The added benefit to this approach is that with

the diversity in project types and the rapid changes in technologies, there is always something new to learn and knowledge to be shared by all members. By creating a group of four, with varying level of experience and expertise, all members of the group are always engaged as both the mentor and mentee. The removal of the traditional roles and this collaborative spirit have brought forth much greater satisfaction and success from all participants.

MENTOR LEVELS The AIA SCV Emerging Professionals Committee will be rolling out a mentor program for our chapter over the course of the next two months. The goals of the program are to build a network for architectural professionals beyond the office environment; promoting personal and professional development in the areas of leadership, mentoring, and relationship building. And for emerging professionals, it should provide supplemental tools and support to fulfill the requirements for licensure. Modeled off the AIA San Francisco Chapter’s successful Mentorship program, the experience level of the four mentor group members will be: • Seasoned licensed professional (SP): 15+ years of experience • Mid-level licensed professional (MLP): 5+ years of experience • Mid-level unlicensed professional (MUP): 5+ years of experience • Emerging unlicensed professional (EUP): 0-5 years of experience

fill-out and submit a 12-question survey (see survey sidebar). The survey responses will be compiled and distributed to all participants prior to the event. At the event, there will be 10 tables with four seats each. One person of each experience level will be at the table, the group will talk for approximately 5 minutes and then the MLP, MUP and EUP individuals will move to another table to meet another three individuals. This will be repeated nine times until each participant meets all thirty participants from the other experience levels. Before leaving, each participant will identify five individuals from each of the other three experience levels that they would like to be matched with. The mentor program committee will use this input to create the groups. Mentor Groups Announcement Event April (Date TBD): In April, another event will be held where the groups will be announced and the new groups will have time to meet for the first time. Also, at this time, we will provide, to the groups, a list of students that would like to participate in the program. We ask the groups to consider adding a student as fifth member to group, for the period that they are attending a school in the area.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE Program Kick-off Event: A key factor in determining the success of any mentoring relationship is the chemistry between the individuals. Rather than arbitrarily assigning individuals to a group, there will be an event in March, in conjunction with the March chapter meeting, where all the individuals signed up to participate, will have the opportunity to meet each other and provide feedback on which participants they would like to be matched with. The event will be structured like a speed-dating event. Prior to the event, each participant will

Remainder of the Year: Groups meet on their own as often as they like, a minimum of three additional times. After the Announcement event, the groups are on their own to determine how often they will meet and what they will discuss. The only requirement is that someone from the group report back to the mentor committee each time they meet. This information will be used to gauge the success of the program.

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I am interested, how do I get involved? If you are interested in participating please email aiascv.epc@gmail.com and identify your experience level. Being the inaugural year, we are limiting the program to 10 groups, and the allotted spaces will be filled on a first-come basis. If we have more participants than slots, we will put people on a wait list. If groups lose a member or feel that they would like to add a fifth member to their group, they can contact the committee for the names of people on the wait list. SURVEY • • • • • • • • • • • •

What are your source(s) of inspiration? What is your proudest professional achievement? What are you currently reading/favorite book? Where is your hometown, how many years have you been in the Bay Area? What is your favorite restaurant in Bay Area? What is your favorite place you’ve traveled to or place you would like to visit? What do you want to get out of this mentorship program? What do you have to offer to a mentorship group? What is your favorite website? If you weren’t an architect, what would you be? Name one favorite architect or designer? What’s on your bucket list?

Mentor Program Committee Chuck Campanella Associates Director

Britt Lindberg Vice President

Brian Corbett EPC Marketing

Orlando T. Maione Named a Fellow Past President of AIA Santa Clara Valley (1986), Orlando T. Maione, was also elevated to become a member of the College of Fellows in 2013. When he was a member of our Chapter he was very actively involved, and now is part of AIA Long Island. Orlando submission category was “Led the Institute”. He is part of the firm, Maione Associates. Congratulations, Orlando!

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NEWS

March 2013

YAF ON TAP MONTHLY MEET-UP

LOCATION: San Pedro Square Market Bar 87 N. San Pedro Street San Jose, CA Look for an AIA sign on the table (outside if weather permits, or inside) TIME: 5:30pm - 7:00 pm

FEBRUARY 12 The American Institute of Architects Santa Clara Valley invites you to attend our monthly Young Architects Forum after-work meet-up: YAF ‘On Tap’!

RSVP: No RSVP Required

Join us for this informal gathering on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. The event targets architects licensed ten years or less, but is open to all. Meet your peers, share ideas, and learn something new!

DISCUSSION: Work-Life Balance

Each month will feature a topic relevant to young architects, which will lead off the discussion for the evening.

COST: Buy your own drinks Light appetizers will be provided

March 2013

AIASCV MEMBERS

AIASCV 2013 New Members Name

Company

Lynne Bryan, Assoc. AIA Janice Chiu, Assoc. AIA Diana Desbard, Assoc. AIA Bob Lounden, AIA Richard Minert, AIA Mariela Rennick, Intl. Assoc.

Lynne Birch Architect Sullivan Design Studio Dennis Kobza & Associates Fentress Architects Minert Architects Del Rio Stone

SAVE THE DATE 2013 AIA Santa Clara Valley 26th Annual Golf Tournament 14 June 2013 12:30 pm CINNABAR HILLS GOLF CLUB Tell your friends and mark your calendar! Tracings

2012 AIASCV New Members

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Company

Steve Andews Amy Chan, Assoc. AIA Will Chandler Sally Darby, Assoc. AIA Florencia Djoe, Assoc. AIA Jessi Fontanilla, Assoc. AIA Erika Frederick Rachel Freund, Assoc. AIA Valeria Garza-Hefner Richard Gessner Bernardo Grijalva Pinky Rose Job, Assoc. AIA Kyu Kim, Assoc. AIA Swetha Kopuri Chaelyun Lee, AIA Thomas Mangano, Assoc. AIA Joel Mission, Intl. Assoc. AIA Paul Moran Sue Mulia, AIA James Naftzger, AIA Carisa Nakano, Assoc. AIA Behrooz Nemati, Assoc. AIA Angshupriya Pathak, Assoc. AIA Lydia Peros, Assoc. AIA Cheryl Piha, AIA Clinton Prior, Assoc. AIA Aejie Rhyu, Assoc. AIA Donald Schallock, AIA Dan Schmidt, Assoc. AIA Emery Smith Stanley Spears Stanley Suen, AIA Hoang Tran, Assoc. AIA Peter Winters Anita Wong, Assoc. AIA Fanny Wu, Assoc. AIA Christopher Young, Assoc. AIA

Barry Swenson Builders The Argonaut Chandler Building & Development Fergus Garber and Young Architects Magna Karsa Dennis Kobza & Assoc. Charles M. Salter Assoc. Devcon Construction San Jose State Monarch Consulting Arborists Bernardo Grijalva Photography ACS Architects California College of the Arts Manor’s Design JMMission Design Group Level 10 Construction Whitney Polcyn Architects Axis Construction Consultion Gordon Prill, Inc. PCI Construction, Inc Barry Swenson Builder Anderson Brule’ Architects In 2 Change Fergus Garber Young Steinberg Architects ABD Architects Barry Swenson Builder RMS Supply, Inc. Audio Visual Design Group Gensler MM Housing PH Winters Construction AEDIS Architecture and Planning The Irvince Company

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RECEPTION @ 5:30

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