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WELCOME WELCOME TO FACADES+ SAN FRANCISCO! The Architect’s Newspaper is celebrating the 12th year of Facades+ Conferences. We are thrilled to welcome both new attendees and longtime facades fanatics to today’s dynamic dialogues. We bring fresh and relevant programming to each city, and have an exceptional group of projects, people, and expertise for you to learn about today.

Facades+ San Francisco brings together top professionals from the worlds of design, engineering, fabrication, and construction to consider how high-performance envelopes are evolving and transforming California’s built environment, and are responding to changing codes, climates, technologies, and client needs.

I’d like to thank our amazing conference Co-Chair, Francesca Oliveira of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill who has brought together today’s program of design leaders. We invite you to connect with presenters and your peers during networking breaks in the Methods+Materials Gallery and after the event.

Please get to know our sponsors exhibiting in the Methods+Materials Gallery, and learn how they will help you shape the future of facade design and technology.

Has Facades+ struck a chord with you? Have a look at our upcoming events held in 13 cities across the U.S. & Canada. Visit our website to learn more about our other events and additional opportunities to earn your CEUs. We are eager to hear from you about how we might improve the Facades+ experience.

Talk to us. And please spread the word—help us to continue to grow the Facades+ dialogue and community.

All the best,

Diana Darling President, AN Media Group

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

DIANA DARLING

DIONNE DARLING

MARTY WOOD

CEO & Creative Director, The Architect’s Newspaper

VP of Brand Partnerships, The Architect’s Newspaper

Program Director, The Architect’s Newspaper

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AGENDA

San Francisco | January 25, 2024 6 AIA / HSW CEU's

TIMES IN PST

8:00 AM 9:30 AM

CHECK-IN & BREAKFAST | Methods + Materials Gallery WELCOME

Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper

9:35 AM

PARTNER WELCOME: Justin W. Ridley | YKK

9:40 AM

PROGRAM WELCOME: Francesca Oliveira | SOM

9:45 AM

Presenters: Angela Wu | KPF Earl Patrick | Enclos

PANEL | Scaling Up: Complex Facade Coordination on 415 Natoma Adam Kyle | MEYERS + ENGINEERS MODERATOR John Kuchen | SOM

PANEL | Expressive Screening: Thirty 75 Tech

10:15 AM

11:00 AM

11:30 PM

Presenters: Courtenay Bauer | Verse Design Paul Tang | Verse Design Humphrey Yap | AGA (Architectural Glass & Aluminum) MODERATOR Francesca Oliveira | SOM

METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK PANEL | Balancing Acts: Between Embodied & Operational Carbon in Facade Design

Presenters: John Kuchen | SOM Shona O’Dea | SOM

Alex Welsh | SOM Francesca Oliveira | SOM

MODERATOR

PANEL | Material Futures: Advances in Architectural Products & Systems

12:00 PM

12:45 PM

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Presenters: J-F Robert | Blackcomb Facade Technology Sneh Kumar | Kawneer Michael Zanotelli | STI Specified Technologies MODERATOR Francesca Oliveira | SOM

NETWORKING LUNCH ROUNDTABLE | Beyond Sustainable Design: Strategies for the High-Performance Facade

1:45 PM

Presenters: Andrea Zani | Permasteelisa North America Mike Martinez | Atelier Ten Kevin Powell | GSA Francesca Oliveira | SOM MODERATOR

2:30 PM

METHODS + MATERIALS BREAK

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AGENDA SPOTLIGHT | Transforming Sunnyvale: High-Performance Facades at Multiple Scales

3:00 PM

Presenters: Peter Buffington | SmithGroup Elisa Jue | SmithGroup Dave Rossi | KPFF Fredrik Nilsson | Steinberg Hart Francesca Oliveira | SOM MODERATOR

PANEL | The Path to Net Zero Facades: Energy, Carbon, ROI

4:00 PM

Presenters: Nino Adamo | Turner Construction Nicholas Bagatelos | Net Zero Envelope Mazi Shirakh | California Energy Commission Francesca Oliveira | SOM MODERATOR

CLOSING REMARKS

4:45 PM

Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper Francesca Oliveira | SOM

5:00 PM

NETWORKING & COCKTAILS

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SPEAKERS Co-Chair FRANCESCA OLIVEIRA Principal / SOM Francesca Oliveira, AIA NCARB LEED AP BD+C, is a Principal at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where she champions sustainability principles on projects across the globe, and leads the firm’s West Coast Technical Designers. Working across all building types from civic buildings to skyscrapers, Francesca consistently generates creative solutions that expand our capacity for environmental resilience. Francesca specializes in high-performance buildings and strategic programming. Francesca earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Drexel University, and a Master's in Business Administration from Villanova University. She currently teaches at the Academy of Art.

NINO ADAMO

Vice President / Turner Construction

Nino leads a team of talented and diverse professionals who share my passion for excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction.He works closely with clients, partners, and stakeholders to ensure that their needs and expectations are met and exceeded. His mission is to deliver high-quality, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions that enhance the communities and the environment in the Bay Area and beyond.

NICHOLAS BAGATELOS

President / Net Zero Envelope

Nick Bagatelos is an exterior envelope expert, running designbuild projects for more than 35 years. Nick is the founder of four facade related businesses, including Bagatelos Architectural Glass Systems, (BAGS), an established, vertically integrated, unitized glazing enterprise. With his latest initiative, SPR Consulting, Nick is delivering cost-effective exterior envelope renovations that reduce embodied carbon and operational costs.

COURTENAY BAUER

Principal / Verse Design

Courtenay Bauer is a Principal of Los Angeles-based architectural firm Verse Design, which has a sister studio in Shanghai.

Prior to co-founding Verse Design LA in 2015, Courtenay worked as a project architect at offices on both coasts of the United States.

Courtenay leverages her 20 years of experience in architectural planning, design, and contract administration on a variety of projects in the United States and China.

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PETER BUFFINGTON

Design Principal / SmithGroup

Peter Buffington is the Design Principal and Lead Designer for SmithGroup’s Workplace Studio. His depth of experience includes over 30 years practicing architecture and addressing a buildings’ context from an urban and regional perspective. He believes architecture should be expressive and environmentally responsive, but above all, it should seek and find a balance between beauty and function.

ELISA JUE

Principal / SmithGroup

Elisa Jue, AIA, LEED AP B+C is a Principal with SmithGroup.

Elisa Jue’s experience ranges from large residential projects to one of the largest medical center designs in San Francisco. She is interested in providing a supportive experience to the users of each space she designs. With a unique ability to translate complex concepts into graphic representation, Elisa often serves as a liaison on projects.

JOHN KUCHEN

Associate Principal / SOM

John Kuchen, AIA NCARB LEED AP BD+C is a Technical Architect, and Associate Principal at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. During his 17 years at SOM, John has designed enclosures for high-profile projects around the globe. John's broad portfolio includes high-rise office and residential towers, life sciences laboratories, and even automotive R&D facilities. He has played a significant role in designing civic architecture for the United States in China, including the US Embassy in Beijing, the US Embassy New Office Building Expansion in Beijing, and the US Consulate General in Guangzhou.

SPEAKERS SNEH KUMAR

Global Director of Sustainability / Kawneer

Sneh is responsible for the development and execution of strategy to deliver an increasingly sustainable product offering to customers and stakeholders. He is focused on product design and certification, along with supply chain transparency, and optimization of the overall manufacturing footprint to achieve Arconic’s sustainability commitments. With more than 20 years in the building products industry, Sneh has been involved in the commercialization of over 40 high-performance building facade products and has received multiple patent grants.

ADAM KYLE

Associate Principal / MEYERS + ENGINEERS

Adam is a mechanical engineer with experience in highperformance building systems design promoting a balance of finely tuned engineering systems and sound passive design principles. He believes successful design performs across a spectrum of quantitative and measurable to qualitative and aesthetic.

MIKE MARTINEZ

Practice Leader / Atelier Ten

Michael is sustainability and high performance building consultant.

His expertise is in sustainability and environmental design in the built environment, with a unique focus on human experience and comfort in buildings, facade optimization, and daylighting design and analysis through computational models. He has also taught at the California College of the Arts, lecturing on building energy systems and daylighting in architecture.

FREDRIK NILSSON

Design Director / Steinberg Hart

Born and raised in Stockholm, With more than two decades of experience on a range of project types and scales, Fredrik brings a keen design intelligence to residential, commercial and civic buildings in Los Angeles and around the world. Fredrik’s projects are characterized by a distinct thoughtfulness.

Design ideas are manifested in unique spatial qualities and the subtle use of materials - often reflecting his Scandinavian heritage. In his role as Design Director, he leads the design for award-winning mixed-use and commercial projects while contributing to the firm’s robust design process.

SHONA O’DEA

Sustainability Director / SOM

Shona O’Dea, LEED® AP BD+C, RESET AP, BEMP is dedicated to providing innovation and technical expertise in sustainable building design and operations at all scales; from indoor air quality to operational carbon.

Focused on the West Coast, Shona joins the global Sustainable Engineering team who facilitate goal-setting, performance simulation expertise and the overall evaluation of building design options and their impact on the environment in real time.

EARL PATRICK

Director of Design / Enclos

Earl Patrick is Director of Design and oversees Enclos’ design efforts in new and prospective work. With over 22 years of experience in the facades industry he has worked on monumental projects across the United States. Throughout his career, he has assisted clients with refining design alternatives and worked diligently to help architects achieve their vision while helping project teams meet their budgets.

KEVIN POWELL

Director of Emerging Building Technologies / GSA

Kevin M. Powell is the Director of Emerging Building Technologies for the General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service (PBS), and program director for the GSA Proving Ground (GPG). Mr. Powell focuses on identifying innovative technologies, practices and processes that optimize how PBS designs, delivers and operates more than 185 million square feet of Federal real estate. Kevin brings two decades of experience in building science, design research and policy analysis.

JUSTIN W. RIDLEY

Assoc. AIA Architectural Sales Representative / YKK AP

Justin is a Building Envelope Specialist with YKK AP America.

He is a graduate of Texas Tech University, College of Architecture with a B.S. in Architecture. Justin’s career covers over 18 years of experience within the Architectural, Engineering, Building Material Manufacturing & Distribution communities. Justin is also actively involved in community development & volunteering where he resides in San Francisco, CA (Russian Hill).

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SPEAKERS J-F ROBERT

Professional Engineer / Blackcomb Facade Technology

As a Professional Engineer and owner of Blackcomb Facade Technology, J-F Robert has focused his practice on significant curtainwall projects. His experience ranges from 60 story high rise, PHI certified commercial buildings, high end residences and complex freeform structures.

Blackcomb Facade Technology is the exclusive fabrication partner for RAICO Bautechnik in the Pacific Northwest for all systems types including Timber, Steel and Aluminum.

DAVE ROSSI

Principal / KPFF

Dave Rossi has over 30 years of structural engineering experience, project management, design, and analysis of both new and existing buildings. He has experience in steel, concrete, masonry and timber buildings of a variety of project types. Dave’s resume also includes work on unique structural elements such as glass pedestrian bridges, complex public artworks.

MAZI SHIRAKH

ZNE and Decarbonization Lead / California Energy Commission

Mazi Shirakh, PE is a senior mechanical engineer; he served as the ZNE lead for the 2019 cycle of the BEES and served as the decarbonization lead for the upcoming 2022 Standards cycle at the California Energy Commission. Previously he was the project manager for the 2008, 2013, and 2016 cycles of the Standards, working with the PG&E, Edison, SDG&E, SMUD, LADWP, and a large team of consultants to couple efficient envelop, lighting, and mechanical systems with PV and storage systems to make decarbonization and ZNE goals a reality.

PAUL TANG

Founding Principal / Verse Design

Paul Tang is the founding principal of Verse Design. Prior to establishing his current practice, Paul was a former partner of Hakomori + Tang Architecture, Pleskow Rael Tang, and was formerly the Asia Pacific Specialist with focus on China for SOM. He has taught at USC School of Architecture for over 19 years. He was the former and founding Academic Director of USC American Academy in China.

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ALEX WELSH

Senior Associate Principal / SOM

Alex Welsh, AIA, RIAS, LEED AP BD+C is a Senior Associate Principal and Studio Head in SOM’s San Francisco office. Alex has a broad range of experience including over 30 years working internationally with leadership responsibilities in both design and management of significant projects. He has a strong design and technical background with proven competency in design management and coordination, and the resolution of technical issues.

ANGELA WU Director / KPF

As Director of KPF’s San Francisco office, Angela leads KPF’s on-theground project coordination on the west coast, meeting regularly with clients to provide seamless communication and a streamlined approach to project management.

With more than 20 years of architecture experience, Angela has led a variety of projects in terms of both type and scale, ranging from singular residential, office, retail and institutional buildings to large-scale, mixed-program, multi-building complexes.

HUMPHREY YAP

Chief Design Engineer / AGA (Architectural Glass & Aluminum)

Humphrey Yap is a leader in the curtainwall industry with 20 years of experience bridging aesthetic, environmental and safety goals with custom curtainwall systems that fit within budget, schedule, and project constraints. Sustainability of building materials and lifecycle of buildings, drives a focus on both embodied and operational carbon.

ANDREA ZANI

Building Physics Leader / Permasteelisa North America

Andrea Zani is the Building Physics and Sustainability Leader at Permasteelisa North America where he is responsible for managing and leading the Building Physics team in delivering high-performance curtain wall systems for all North American projects. Andrea is also involved in innovative design concepts and advanced simulation techniques with the goal of improving user comfort, increasing energy efficiency, and decreasing carbon emissions.

MICHAEL ZANOTELLI

Facade & Curtain Wall Specialist - Western US & Canada / STI Specified Technologies

Michael has over 20 years of realworld experience supporting many of largest, high profile curtain wall projects throughout the Western United States.

Through his knowledge and expertise, Michael developed a solid reputation working closely with inspectors, glazing contractors, and curtain wall consultants as a trusted resource on a wide range of real-world perimeter fire containment solutions for all construction types including CLT Mass Timber.

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