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BIOGRAPHY
Recipient of the 2011 AIA Firm Award, the firm creates beautiful, integrated, living environments that inspire change and enhance the human condition. Early pioneers of sustainable design, BNIM is an interdisciplinary practice that is shaping the national and global agenda for progressive planning, responsible architecture and design excellence. Established in 1970, the firm has emerged nationally as a transformational force for established methodologies, innovative technologies, and cutting-edge research in architecture, planning, landscape, and workplace design. Through instrumental participation in the development of the USGBC, LEED, and the Living Building concept, BNIM set the standards and pioneered projects, methods and research that shaped the direction of the sustainable movement.
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BNIM is an innovator, and their workplace is a laboratory that uses a lively exchange of thoughts to stimulate exploration and sustain innovation related to site, environment, and technical investigation. The indefatigable pursuit of standards in high performance, integrated design have resulted in almost 450 awards at the local, regional and national levels ranging from excellence in design to cutting-edge research in materials and sustainability to master planning, 10 AIA/COTE Projects recognizing design and performance, including the first building to achieve both Living Building Standard and LEED Platinum (The Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Rhinebeck, NY). From pilot projects that defined the LEED rating system, to “REGEN�, the tool that USGBC has touted as the future of its LEED Program, the firm’s significant contributions to the profession today frame the way the architects of tomorrow think about, design, and fabricate our communities to celebrate humanity and achieve resiliency.
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TRANSFORMING THE INDUSTRY A TIMELINE OF LEADERSHIP IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 10 PROJECTS THAT REDEFINE A PROCESS FOR POSITIVE HUMAN, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT
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SHAPING NEW STANDARDS
Case Study: Omega Center For Sustainable Living, Rhinebeck, New York One of BNIM’s 11 TOP TEN COTE PROJECTS and First LEED Platinum + Living Building Founded the AIA Committee on the Environment
Key role in the creation & development of the USGBC, LEED, Living Building Challenge
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REDEFINING COLLABORATION: NO ONE KNOWS AS MUCH AS EVERY ONE
Case Study: School of Nursing and Student Community Center, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston
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DEFINING THE BUILDING AS SPECIES
Case Study: Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston
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NEW PARADIGM FOR WORKPLACE
Case Study: GSA Bannister Service Center, Kansas City, Missouri
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TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES
Case Study: City of Greensburg, Kansas
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REUSE AS GROUND ZERO OF SUSTAINABILITY
Case Study: Todd Bolendar Center for Dance and Creativity, Kansas City, Missouri
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DEFINING URBAN REUSE
Case Study: BNIM Iowa Office, Des Moines, Iowa
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DEFINING A PHILOSOPHY OF GENEROUS PRAGMATISM
Case Study: Iowa Utilities Board / Office of Consumer Advocate, Des Moines, Iowa
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DEFINING A PROCESS OF HUMAN-PURPOSED HIGH PERFORMANCE INTEGRATED DESIGN
Case Study: Pacific Center Campus Development - AY Building, San Diego, California
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REDESIGNING DESIGN FOR GLOBAL RESILIENCY
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INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
Case Study: Maintenance and Operations Building, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
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Deramus Pavilion
CK Choi Center for Asian Studies
School of Nursing UTSCH
2010
Heifer IRS Service International Center
(w/Polk (w/LakeFlato) Stanley Wilcox)
(w/360)
Omega Center for Sustainable Living
Kiowa County Schools
IUB/OCA (COTE and COTE Plus Awards)
IUB/OCA (COTE+) and Sustainability Treehouse (w/Mithun)
Asilong Christian High School
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SHAPING NEW STANDARDS
THE OMEGA CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING RHINEBECK, NEW YORK
The Omega Center for Sustainable Living is perhaps the only biological wastewater filtration facility in the world that combines the task of water treatment with open classrooms featuring yoga classes and pedagogy about the importance of water conservation and reuse — all in the same facility. Using Eco-machine™ technology, the OCSL cleans 5 million gallons of wastewater annually from the Omega Institute’s 195-acre Rhinebeck campus along the Hudson River in New York using plants and natural methods. The primary goal for this project was to overhaul the organization’s current wastewater disposal system for their 195-acre campus by using alternative methods of treatment. As part of a larger effort to educate the client’s visitors, staff, and local community on innovative wastewater strategies, the project openly showcases this system in a building that houses both the primary treatment cells and a classroom/laboratory. In addition to using the treated water for garden irrigation and in a greywater recovery system, the building is a teaching tool in Omega Institute’s educational program designed around the ecological impact of their system. A manifestation of “what a building does matters as much as what it looks like,” the Omega Center for Sustainable Living is the first building in the country to achieve both LEED Platinum certification and Living Building status.
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“This is simply an elegant building.” PETER BUSBY AIA 2010 AIA COTE TOP TEN JURY
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REDEFINING COLLABORATION
NO ONE KNOWS AS MUCH AS EVERYONE
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND STUDENT COMMUNITY CENTER UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER IN HOUSTON
HOUSTON, TEXAS
The School of Nursing and Student Community Center was designed using three guiding principles: provide physical and visual connections to an adjacent park; express the interior functions within the exterior massing and materials; maximize human health and productivity and minimize the impact on the environment. The design thoroughly examined the 225,000 square foot program and, through mapping diurnal usage patterns, established a program whereby utilization efficiency was substantially improved and student population increased. The annual purchased utilities cost for the LEED Gold School of Nursing is approximately 60% less than comparable buildings on the campus. This project at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston medical campus changed the way the University approaches building assets to leverage fiscal resources and attract human capital for research and learning. An open, integrated process was the key element that transformed the design from an idea into the building that exists today. To fully comprehend what was possible, an unusually high level of participation from the client and users was required; 17 firms and an equally large client group worked in collaboration from the beginning. At every level, preconceptions and concepts were rigorously tested to ensure that the strategies were consistent with the vision for constructing a building that would last at least 100 years.
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DEFINING BUILDING AS SPECIES
THE FAYEZ S. SAROFIM RESEARCH BUILDING, HOME OF THE BROWN FOUNDATION INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON HOUSTON, TEXAS
The Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building (IMM) is a compelling model for collaborative science and research. The program and design of this building is symbiotic, as is the academic research. The building is designed with two wings — large open laboratories in one wing are connected to a wing of offices via a network of open walkways. Similarly, the ground floor is open and expansive and the upper floors private and controlled. The building’s wings and various levels share a central, daylit atrium, which offers auxiliary spaces such as a central stair, auditorium, lobby, cafe, balconies, gardens and other shared spaces. All of these spaces provide opportunities for exchange and interactions, furthering the idea of a collaborative academic community. The structure was conceived as an organism with discrete parts or species. Each species is designed for individual functions with appropriate spatial configuration, mechanical systems, lighting, furnishings, and other qualities to ensure the highest levels of health, comfort, productivity, and innovation. The design of the IMM focuses on creating a dynamic, interactive environment conducive to research and learning on multiple levels. From the relationship with the outdoors, to the architecture of the building, to the interior spaces, the facility considers form and function holistically, promoting the well being of the users as well as their productivity.
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“Our genes and proteins are the game officials of our future. They already know if you have a cancer in your future. Or dementia, or some other devastating disease. We must identify these genes and proteins in our bodies and discover ways in which they might be altered to prevent those diseases from occuring in the first place ... That research is the role of IMM.” JAMES T. WILLERSON, MD, PRESIDENT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON
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NEW PARADIGM FOR WORKPLACE
BANNISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX FINANCE OFFICE AND ATRIUM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
BNIM has always considered that clients were actually everyone who would ever experience the building. As such, when designing for the General Services Administration, the design considered how well each building respected users, engaged the public, and enhanced the larger cityscape. The commitment to making good spaces and places transcends typologies or size. A light sculpture and skylit atrium are at the heart of the dynamic conversion of two bays of a dark 750,000 square foot 1940’s warehouse building into 21,200 square feet of departmental office space and circulation for the GSA Kansas City Region. The conference rooms in these offices are continuously booked by agencies throughout the complex who want to benefit from the natural light and experience that this space offers. Employees report that working in such an environment is a joy — the light of the atrium and the projected color of the light machine along with the sustainable strategies provide incalculable benefits that enhance their work experience.
80% Reduction in Back Orders New Orders are Fullfilled
60% faster
Axonometric light machine
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TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES GREENSBURG, KANSAS When the New York Times said, “the crows awoke on Sunday to an all but lifeless landscape in this farming town on the rolling plains…” it was only one day after an EF-5 tornado leveled nearly all of the buildings in Greensburg, Kansas, leaving its 1,400 residents with the seemingly impossible task of starting over. BNIM was on the ground in Greensburg just days after the disaster, at the request of Governor Kathleen Sebelius, to lead a comprehensive disaster recovery effort. Three years after an EF5 tornado destroyed more than 95 percent of the town, Greensburg has become a model eco-community that is also redefining the future of rural America. The comprehensive sustainable planning effort, and the subsequent rebuilding effort, have garnered worldwide attention. Greensburg is 100% powered by renewable energy and is the first city in the United States to commit to LEED Platinum certification for all city-owned buildings. Greensburg has been recognized nationally and internationally for its vision, leadership and comprehensive sustainable planning. BEFORE TORNADO
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REUSE AS A GROUND ZERO OF SUSTAINABILITY THE TODD BOLENDER CENTER FOR DANCE AND CREATIVITY KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
The relocation of the Kansas City Ballet (KCB) involved careful preservation and adaptive reuse of the 52,000-square feet historic Power House at Kansas City’s Union Station, a former coalburning plant designed by Jarvis Hunt and completed in 1914. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, the building sat abandoned from the 1970s until 2006. Transforming the Power House was a monumental task, adhering to The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The original fenestration was of primary historic consideration. On the exterior, the cadence of large, paned windows, was celebrated and carefully maintained and replicated. To repair the masonry, a perfect match to the existing bricks from the original kiln and manufacturer was used to replace 822 bricks set using the original mortar compound. In the end, the contractor removed and replaced 17,500 bricks, 268 pieces of terra cotta and 158,000 linear feet of brick joint, and cleaned and sealed 134,000 square feet of brick and terra cotta. The design features repurposed industrial remnants for new use or visual interest throughout. Kansas City Ballet saw an increase of 70% in school enrollment from 2010 – 2011 (the last year prior to the new building) to 2012 - 2013. Ticket sales from 2010-11 season to 2011-12 season of their annual play, Nutcracker, rose by 28% and overall season attendance was up by 92%.
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LAYERS OF DESIGN: New Systems and Architectural Spaces
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DEFINING URBAN REUSE
BNIM DES MOINES OFFICE
Located within a former bank lobby on the southeast corner of an active street intersection in an area that has experienced the departure of tenants at all scales, this open studio engages the urban core and fosters collaboration. The design solution quickly focused on a response to urban and social sustainability. The focus turned to repurpose a space that had been vacant for nearly 10 years and create an interior environment that extends outside the glass walls to animate the streets beyond. The project provided a different view to this Midwest City; a view with a certain urban grittiness and the possibility to imagine a new way to engage the city surrounding it. The space uses the minimal insertion of partial height elements to harvest daylight and define programmatic functions. Spatial organization follows the preexisting window module, reinforcing the interior diagram and engaging the public at street level. The studio is organized around a central wall clad in a continuous rhythm of cork panels for critiques, spontaneous collaboration and display, which creates an edge to the studio environment and defines an open conference area and kitchen/library/workspace. The studio has brought life to the street level and helped foster a rejuvenation of the urban core.
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DEFINING A PHILOSOPHY OF GENEROUS PRAGMATISM IOWA UTILITIES BOARD – OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE DES MOINES, IOWA
This is Every Building. Every aspect of this building’s process and design can serve as a starting point for the design of any other building. This project was designed to integrate replicable sustainable strategies, serving as a demonstration project for other government facilities and private enterprise. While many of the employed strategies are “off the shelf,” what makes this application particularly significant is the multitude of strategies integrated together to achieve a building of exemplary energy performance. As home to the State regulator of utilities, the IUB/OCA office building embodies a mission to lead by example for other building owners while educating the public about energy efficiency. At the outset, IUB/OCA presented a fundamental goal: achieve an energy use intensity of 28 kBTU/sSF per year, equivalent to 60% energy savings beyond the energy code baseline. The IUB/OCA, currently operating at 16.7 kBTU/sSF per year (81% below the national average), is a model case study demonstrating a successful high performance integrated design process that can be replicated by other architectural teams to achieve similar goals. In keeping with the firm’s philosophy, it uses a process of replication and innovation in which past successful strategies serve as the foundation for the innovation of new processes and strategies. Through demonstration and outreach, these innovations become part of the public knowledge base for future replication.
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PACIFIC CENTER CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT SAN DIEGO, CA
The Pacific Center Campus Development (PCCD) is designed around one notion: human nature. This model workplace and development lab represents transformational replication, which transcends dated office buildings to provide an innovative environment that attracts and retains the best talent. Embracing its San Diego location, the building connects people with nature to increase workplace wellbeing. The overall master plan turns a fundamentally vehicle-oriented campus into a pedestrian-focused one, with urban-scaled active, natural spaces and trails that extend the building into the site. The Research + Development (R+D) Building includes all office and lab program spaces. A flexible, open workplace distributes horizontal circulation to inspire collaboration. Employee surveys requesting natural light and ventilation drove design elements such as an open, daylit stair with bold, colored graphics to encourage connections between floors. The materials palette and color story draw inspiration from nature, using warm, vibrant colors for dynamic social spaces and cool, muted colors for focus areas. The Amenities Building is a highly interactive, porous facility that promotes connection on multiple levels. The program was derived from a visioning process that identified employees’ priorities and combined dining, training, exercise, and wellness services into a single building. The scaled outdoor spaces connect to Lopez Canyon beyond, coming alive through human interaction. This softened landscape and pedestrian path in Sorrento Valley link multiple facilities into a singular corporate campus.
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REDESIGNING DESIGN FOR GLOBAL RESILIENCY
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUILDING PALOMAR COLLEGE, SAN MARCOS, CA
While campus operations facilities are often relegated to secondary locations, the Maintenance and Operations Complex for Palomar Community College District is located at a highly visible campus gateway. The design integrates traditionally segmented shop spaces, office spaces, and warehouse space into one facility. Designed as a Net Zero building, this facility is also intended to achieve LEED Platinum certification and become the first Living Building Petal certified community college building in the world. A unique passive design system embraces the southern California climate, and a narrow building footprint provides year-round optimal temperatures throughout the building. Innovative design strategies, such as thermal chimneys and roof monitors, create increased natural ventilation, lower building energy consumption, and decrease mechanical infrastructure. Other sustainable strategies, such as rainwater harvesting, renewable energy, and daylight harvesting, provide the user with a “long life, loose fit� building, which allows the Maintenance and Operations Complex to remain useful and operational well beyond the life many similar buildings.
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SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES AND FEATURES • • • • • • • • •
100% Daylight for all Office Spaces 100% Natural Ventilation for all Shop and Offices Primarily Native Californian Landscape 86% Cooling Load Reduction 29% Heating Load Reduction 105% Renewable Energy Provided by Solar Panel Array 20.95 Current Designed EUI 67% Passive Ventilation (Shops and Storage) v. 33% Active Ventilation (Offices) 50/50 Balanced Site - Hardscape/Softscape
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INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
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Founded the AIA Committee on the Environment
Key role in the creation & development of the USGBC and LEED
Birth of the Living Building concept through Plus Ultra, a report about the Montana State University’s NIST-funded project
BNIM develops the Sustainability Report & Matrix to explain the financial costs of sustainable design for the David & Lucile Packard Foundation in Los Altos, CA
BNIM FIRM PROFILE
Kansas City, Des Moines, San Diego, Houston, Los Angeles, Baltimore
2011 AIA National Architecture Firm Award
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Industry Fellows
AIA National Presidents
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AIA National Young Architect
AIA/COTE Top Ten Building Awards
452 Omega Center for Sustainable Living: World’s First LEED Platinum + Living Building Certified
Awards for Design, Leadership and Planning
BNIM’s story is the story of the sustainable design movement. It is also the story of a strong Midwest design firm looking to make a difference in it’s local community, that ended up being sought nationally for ideas about human health and happiness, creating thriving communities and how the built environment can have a benign or restorative impact on humans and our natural world. BNIM’s own development parallels and has influenced every major milestone in sustainability in the architectural profession.
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BNIM designs the first building to achieve Living Building Challenge — the Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, NY
With help from BNIM, Greensburg becomes the First City in the U.S. to adopt LEED Platinum Standard
BNIM along with USGBC develops REGEN, a tool that goes beyond LEED to help designers work regeneratively
GLOBAL IMPACT OF WORK
over 140K
over 30K
$50 Billion
over 100
LEED Professionals Worldwide
LEED Projects Worldwide
Green Building Market
Countries with LEED Projects
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