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The AIA Housing Knowledge Community (HKC) tracks housing issues and develops relationships with industry stakeholders to encourage and promote safe, attractive, accessible, and affordable housing for all Americans. The AIA’s Knowledge Communities offer members a personalized design- and practice-based experience that provides knowledge-sharing, networking, and leadership opportunities. Visit us at: http://network.aia.org/hkc/ or follow us below:
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Welcome to Denver, Colorado and the 2013 AIA National Convention! Today’s pre-convention workshop, which focuses on “Leadership in Housing: Creative Strategies for Healthy Neighborhoods” is presented by the AIA’s Housing Knowledge Community (HKC). The HKC, the AIA’s third largest knowledge community, provides leadership on housing issues for the AIA - developing educational programming, maintaining relationships with the industry and the academic world, and sponsoring awards programs. The HKC has over 10,000 members, and the active participation of practitioners like you is crucial to our success and continued visibility within the AIA. In addition to a six-member Advisory Group, we have opportunities for national participation in subcommittees including policy, communication, education and membership. Please contact me if you are interested in joining a subcommittee and becoming more involved with the HKC. On behalf of this year’s committee, I would like to thank you for participating in today’s pre-convention workshop and invite you to speak with me or other Housing Knowledge Community leaders here today. Multifamily construction continues to increase, driving growth in the residential construction market overall. With increased growth and increased competition, architects working in multifamily housing will be challenged to rise to the top as leaders in the field. This workshop will focus on the expanding role of the architect in addressing critical technical issues while producing beautiful buildings that are well suited to their place and inhabitants. Please see page 6 of this program for a listing of other housing activities at the 2013 AIA Convention. We particularly hope that you can join us for the Friday evening awards celebration at the University of Colorado Denver. This should prove to be an interesting evening, with the opportunity to hear directly from the awardwinning project teams on how they are able to achieve successful and beautiful housing and community projects. I hope you will join us throughout the week.
Stephen D. Schreiber, FAIA Chair, 2013 AIA Housing Knowledge Community
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S WINNERS! 2013 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards:
The Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community of the AIA, in conjunction with HUD, recognizes excellence in affordable housing architecture, neighborhood design, participatory design, and accessibility. Good design is a cornerstone of thriving homes and communities of all incomes and backgrounds. These awards demonstrate that design matters, and provide examples of important benchmarks in the housing industry. EXCELLENCE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGN: Via Verde - The Green Way Architect: Dattner Architects, Grimshaw Architects Owner: Phipps Houses, Jonathan Rose Companies Location: Bronx, New York Photo Credit: © John Hill; © David Sundberg/Esto “The diversity of living spaces and the generous public spaces just set it apart from other projects.”
COMMUNITY-INFORMED DESIGN: Community Learning Center Architect: Abacus Architects + Planners Owner: Leominster Housing Authority Location: Leominster, Massachusetts Photo Credit: © Chuck Choi “They took a high school student’s design and made it work. Simple materials were used but they make whimsical gestures.”
HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY | ALAN J. ROTHMAN: New Accessible Passive Solar Housing Architect: Abacus Architects + Planners Owner: Stoneham Housing Authority Location: Stoneham, Massachusetts Photo Credit: © Bruce Martin “This is good planning and good architecture— it accomplishes much with little. It provides occupants with dignity and a sense of feeling they are in a special place.” 4 | 2013 AIA National Convention
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2013 AIA Housing Awards:
The AIA Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community established this awards program to emphasize the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit, and a valuable national resource. ONE-AND TWO-FAMILY CUSTOM RESIDENCES:
Eagle Ridge
Halls Ridge Knoll Guest House
House in the Mountains
Lake View Residence
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING:
SPECIALIZED HOUSING:
Via Verde - The Green Way
West Campus Housing - Phase 1
Architect: Gary Gladwish Architecture Photo Credit: © Will Austin
Architect: GLUCK+ Photo Credit: © Steve Mundinger
Architect: Dattner Architects, Grimshaw Architects Photo Credit: © David Sundberg/Esto; © Ruggero & Valentina Vanni/Vanni Archive; © Dattner Architects
Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Photo Credit: © Nic Lehoux
Architect: Alterstudio Architecture LLP Photo Credit: © Patrick Wong; © Casey Dunn
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Join the HKC all week! Join the AIA Housing Knowledge Community as it will hold various sessions and events all week in Denver. Please note that some events require registration at the AIA Convention and/or a registration fee. Thursday, June 20 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM EV208: AIA Small Project Practitioners, Custom Residential Architects Network, and Housing Knowledge Community Reception Wynkoop Brewing Company. Enjoy an evening with your peers in an intimate setting at the Wynkoop Brewing Company. Light refreshments provided. Cash bar. No entry fee. Friday, June 21, 2013 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EV318: Best in Housing: 2013 Awards Celebration Architect Live, Booth 958 Join the 2013 recipients of the AIA Housing Awards, AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards, and residential architect magazine Design Awards as we honor and celebrate excellence in housing and community design. Convention Floor Access Required. Friday, June 21, 2013 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM 2013 Design Excellence in Housing: How did they do it? University of Colorado 1250 14th Street Free and Open to the Public. Join community members, students, and AIA convention attendees for a bite to eat and a moderated discussion with the 2013 AIA Housing and AIA/HUD Secretary Award winners, hosted by the University of Colorado School of Architecture and the AIA Housing Knowledge Community. The conversation will explore the ways in which development teams achieve the highest level of design and construction within the many constraints of real world practice. Bring your hard questions and design aspirations to the discussion! Saturday June 22, 2013 | 7:00 – 8:00 AM SA107 ReFAB PreFAB: The Practice and Science of Prefabrication at the Cutting Edge Convention Center, Room 207 This course will present three diverse case-studies of residential prefabrication, each from a different part of the prefabrication industry.
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Additional Housing-Related Convention Sessions This Week Thursday, June 20 | 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM TH111 Compliance under the 2010 ADA for K-12 Schools and Housing for Places of Education Convention Center, Room 207 Thursday, June 20 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM TH205 Not So Big Community: A Vision for Our Collective Future Convention Center, Room 503 Thursday, June 20 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM TH409 Re-Treads, New Threads, and In-Betweens: New Directions in Seniors’ Housing Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1B Friday June 21, 2013 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM FR214 Next-Generation Leadership in Community Design: The Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship Convention Center, Room 601 Friday June 21, 2013 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM FR208 The ADA and Fair Housing Compliance: Why Does It Go Wrong on Our Projects? Convention Center, Room 403 Saturday June 22, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SA105 Design for Aging Review 11: Award-Winning Projects Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1E Saturday June 22, 2013 | 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM SA208 Habitat Design Competition: A Case Study in Design, Sustainability, and Affordability Convention Center, Room 104
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Course Summary WE202 Leadership in Housing: Creative Strategies for Healthy Neighborhoods is organized by the AIA Housing Knowledge Community Advisory Group. All sessions will be moderated by a member of the Advisory Group. This day-long, interactive session will focus on issues specific to multifamily residential architects - both affordable and market-rate projects. We will go in-depth on timely topics such as innovative strategies for successful projects, designing for an aging population, new accessibility codes, and critical partnerships for success. The session will focus on the expanding role of the architect in providing leadership in technical issues while producing a beautiful building that is well suited to its place and inhabitants. Rather than a “one size fits all” approach, there are many creative and diverse strategies that architects are utilizing in leading housing projects. The session will include an interactive discussion on the current state of sustainable housing, based on research conducted through HUD Green Academy trainings, specifically regarding green building and healthy housing measures. Each session throughout the day-long workshop will highlight one or more of the following components: LEADERSHIP IN HOUSING RESEARCH. Architects are conducting research themselves, and partnering with university and research institutions, to establish metrics and benchmarks for housing performance, as well as using behavioral studies research to inform housing design. LEADERSHIP IN HOUSING ADVOCACY. Many architects are expanding the traditional role of the architect to become active advocates for healthy, beautiful and appropriate housing. This is reflected in architects seeking positions in government, city and regional planning, taking a more active role in community builders, and providing significant input in the project proforma. 8 | 2013 AIA National Convention
LEADERSHIP IN PERFORMANCE. Performance in housing must include not only energy efficiency, systems performance and durability; multifamily housing in today’s competitive economy must also be high performing in terms of neighborhood context, ability to serve a specific user group, and aesthetics. LEADERSHIP IN PARTNERSHIPS. Housing projects increasingly depend on multiple partners and collaborations, not only for funding and marketing but also to increase the resiliency of the neighborhood and community. We will close the day with a discussion among local developers, representatives from federal agencies and architects in leadership roles to discuss the role of architects as leaders in housing. We will discuss local trends and key projects/neighborhoods that participants may explore later either through formal Convention tours or on their own. Today’s workshop was organized by: • Jamie Blosser, Associate, Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Today’s moderators include: •
Stephen D. Schreiber, FAIA, Housing
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Katherine Williams, AIA, Architect, Studio
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Denise Everson, Redevelopment Planning
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Catherine Tang, Urban Designer, AECOM;
Knowledge Community Advisory Group Chair; Architecture+Design Program Director, University of Massachusetts Ammons; Housing Knowledge Community Advisory Group Member Specialist, DC Housing Authority; Housing Knowledge Community Housing Knowledge Community
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Typologies and Case Studies for the 21st Century
Discussion on the Current State of Sustainable Housing
Jody Beck Kathy Dorgan Amber Christoffersen Robert Garneau Mark Ginsberg
Jamie Blosser Kathy Dorgan Casius Pealer
Roger Borgenicht Jamie Horwitz
for Aging and Accessibility Standards
Policy & Resilience: Expanding the Role of the Architect
Cynthia Cody Wayne Mortenson Chuck Perry
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Session Details
Introductions | 08:30 AM - 08:45 AM Below: Via Verde - The Green Way, Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Architects.
• Robert Garneau, Associate, Grimshaw Architects • Amber Christoffersen , Program Officer, National Design Initiatives, Enterprise Community Partners • Mark Ginsberg, Principal, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, LLC • Kathy Dorgan, Principal, Dorgan Architecture and Planning • Jody Beck, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Colorado Denver Below: HUD’s Green Academy Training participants, Des Moines, IA, February 11-15, 2013.
Session 1 | 08:45 AM - 10:50 AM Housing Typologies and Case Studies for the 21st Century Design is often thought of as a luxury rather than a substantive contribution to the function and purpose of a building. This session will kick off the workshop by providing examples of innovative design and design processes that produced sustainable, high performing, healthy and beautiful housing for a variety of user groups and markets. Speakers will showcase projects from the Rose Fellowship throughout the country; the award-winning Via Verde project in the Bronx as an exemplary project for high density, sustainable housing; and state the case for appropriate density in various types of neighborhoods and communities. The workshop will include different categories of housing (affordable/ market/ urban/ rural/ transitional/ mixed-use/ TOD/ supportive/ senior). This workshop will showcase two recent projects which have won multiple awards for good design as well as exemplary social practices. It will also discuss historical housing patterns that are typical to older sections of Denver and offer exemplary ways to think about housing affordability in an urban context. A map is located in the Appendix of this handout to encourage participants to do a self-guided walking tour on their own later in the week. Speakers for this session include: 10 | 2013 AIA National Convention
Session 2 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Interactive Discussion on the Current State of Sustainable Housing This session will engage participants to discuss their successes and challenges in practice, specifically regarding the incorporation of green building and healthy housing measures. The discussion will start off with a report on participant experiences from HUD’s Green Academy, which includes a series of on-site green building trainings around the country for affordable multifamily developers and funders. It will end with a description of resources and opportunities available to AIA members through the AIA’s Housing Knowledge Community. Speakers for this session include:
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• Kathy Dorgan, Principal, Dorgan Architecture and Planning • Casius Pealer, Principal, Oystertree Consulting • Jamie Blosser, Associate, Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Below: New Accessible Passive Solar Housing, Abacus Architects + Planners.
Session 4 | 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM Partnerships, Policy & Resiliency: Expanding the Role of the Architect
Session 3 | 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM Housing for Aging and Accessibility Standards Many architects, both in affordable and marketrate housing, are responding to the needs of a significant aging population. Speakers will share their research and stories from the field on the needs and patterns of our aging populations that can be incorporated in appropriate designs for seniors. They will also discuss the specific and often confusing requirements of new accessibility codes in terms of housing, and creative strategies not only for compliance but for improvements. Speakers for this session include: • Jamie Horwitz, Associate Professor of Architecture, Iowa State • Roger Borgenicht, Executive Director, ASSIST Opposite Right: Highlands’ Garden Village, Perry Rose LLC and Jonathan Rose Companies
Leaders in the housing field are realizing the need for critical partnerships to ensure their housing projects are successful. There are many new and emerging collaborations in the policy world that are helping to provide a larger impact with fewer resources. Many cities and small communities are partnering with regional planning efforts and collaborating on a large scale to increase their self-sufficiency and community resiliency. This session will explore the many different facets of leading by collaboration, including a discussion on the HUD/DOT/EPA Partnership on Sustainable Communities. A Denver-based developer will present their work with the Urban Land Institute and local government agencies and neighborhoods, and speakers will discuss community resiliency principles as a means to provide for long term sustainability. Speakers for this session include: • Wayne Mortenson, Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow at Neighborhood Progress, Inc.; Vice Chair, AIA National Associates Committee (NAC) • Chuck Perry, Managing Partner, Perry-Rose • Cynthia Cody, Sustainability Coordinator, State Partnerships and Sustainable Practices Program, EPA Region 8
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Jody Beck, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Colorado Denver, jodybeckis@gmail.com
Jamie Blosser, Associate, Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, jblosser@aosarchitects.com
Jody Beck is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Colorado Denver. His research focuses on the connections between the politics of daily life, patterns of inhabitation and the design of landscapes at all scales.
Jamie Blosser is an Associate at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects and founder of the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative (SNCC), an initiative of Enterprise Community Partners and the research arm to her architectural practice. The primary goal of SNCC is to promote best practices in sustainable development in rural and tribal communities. The recently completed 2013 Case Studies project showcases 17 exemplary tribal projects around the country and is available on the SNCC website.
Jody has recently published John Nolen and the Metropolitan Landscape, which connects Nolen’s political and social visions with his design proposals by analyzing his extensive writings, personal correspondence and some of his most significant works. While Nolen is best known as a city planner, he trained as a landscape architect and used the titles ‘landscape architect’ and ‘city planner’ interchangeably throughout his career. A prolific practitioner, he was engaged in nearly 400 projects throughout the United States between 1905 and 1936, including town planning, industrial housing, state and city parks, new towns and regional planning. Jody plans to write his next book on the impact of the New Deal on the landscapes of Montana. At the University of Colorado Denver, Jody teaches a class titled “Site, Society and Environment,” which is premised on the notion that we ought to think of sites as overlapping sets of human and non-human relationships that have moral claims on our professional activity - rather than as mere legal descriptions of boundaries within which we have to balance our client’s expectations with legal limitations on action. He teaches seminars which focus on food systems, the politics underlying the urban American vernacular landscape and utopian urban thought. 12 | 2013 AIA National Convention
Jamie’s work is rooted in community design. As an Enterprise Rose Fellow from 2000-2003, her work received the Harvard University’s Honoring Nations award and EPA Smart Growth Award for Small Communities. Recent work has received the 2013 APA/ HUD Secretary’s Opportunity & Empowerment Award and a 2012 SEED award, awarded to six projects internationally. She is on the Advisory Group for the AIA Residential Knowledge Community and a member of the Board of Directors for the Housing Trust in Santa Fe. Jamie has lectured throughout the country on the importance of cultural and environmental sustainability. Her work was highlighted in Urban Habitats, by William Morrish, Katie Swenson and Susanne Shindler, and has been selected for inclusion in New Architecture on Indigenous Land. Jamie received her Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Roger Borgenicht, Executive Director, ASSIST, future@xmission.com
Cynthia Cody, Sustainability Coordinator, State Partnerships and Sustainable Practices Program, EPA Region 8, cody.cynthia@epa.gov
Roger Borgenicht is Director of ASSIST Inc, a nonprofit community design center (CDC) in Salt Lake City founded in 1969. ASSIST provides architectural design, community planning and development assistance to nonprofit and community organizations, and housing and accessibility design assistance to low income households or persons with disabilities.
Cindy is the Sustainability Coordinator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 8 Office. She is developing broad and integrated sustainability approaches inside and outside her agency. Having been with EPA for 22 years, she has a broad knowledge of the agency and has held positions in many different programs over those years including manager for the Air Quality Planning Program and the NEPA Program. She has focused on cross-agency collaborations and encouraging innovative approaches for environmental decision making. Cindy is EPA Region 8’s lead for the DOT-HUD-EPA Interagency Partnership on Sustainable Communities. She graduated from CU-Boulder with a degree is Civil/Environmental Engineering.
Roger began working on community design issues while working for SOM on an urban freeway project in Baltimore that sought to reduce the impact on inner city neighborhoods. Ultimately, the architects helped to save the inner harbor of Chesapeake Bay from a 12 lane bridge over historic waters. More recently, he is founder of the Future Moves Coalition and is coChair of Utahns for Better Transportation. In the 1970’s Roger operated his own design/ build practice in the San Francisco Bay Area and was author of The Elsie Street Plan, a citizens based development plan for a diverse, low income neighborhood. He was co-founder and Director of the Bernal Heights Community Foundation, a neighborhood based community development corporation in San Francisco. Roger is co-author of The ASSIST Guidebook to the Accessible Home: Practical Designs for Home Modifications and New Construction and works with organizations around the nation to promote practical solutions for accessibility needs in existing homes and how to easily add a range of safety and access features in homes.
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Amber Christoffersen, Program Officer, National Design Initiatives, Enterprise Community Partners, achristoffersen@enterprisecommunity.org
Kathy Dorgan, Principal, Dorgan Architecture and Planning, dorgan@kdorgan.net
Amber Christoffersen coordinates the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI), a program that connects national leaders in affordable housing design and development to improve the quality of development projects in the schematic design phase. Amber also developed, and manages the first-ever PreDevelopment Design Grant, a grant program that provides funding and technical assistance to community developers to help create sustainable, high-quality development projects. She comes to Enterprise with a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from The University of Georgia and a Bachelors Degree in Economics from The College of William and Mary. Amber’s graduate-level work focused on the role of public space in urban revitalization efforts, an interest that originated with community design projects she completed in Washington, D.C. and Salvador, Brazil. Prior to her entry into to the world of design, Amber worked at the National Geographic Society where she grew her passion for environmental stewardship.
Kathleen Dorgan, AIA, LEED-AP, Principal of Dorgan Architecture & Planning and an adjunct member of the faculty of the Roger Williams University, is a practitioner of comprehensive community development. Trained in architecture (Rensselaer) and urban planning (Pratt), Kathy contributes to the development of incremental strategies for neighborhood-renewal and community-building. Her projects are featured in Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing, Design Advisor, Design Matters and the National Building Museums exhibit Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset. Kathy served as 2012 Chair of the AIA Housing Knowledge Community and was past president of the Association for Community Design. Her areas of expertise include participatory and sustainable design. During a Loeb Fellowship, Kathy conducted research on community design, and as a HUD Community Builder Fellow, she coordinated Livability, University Partnerships, Homeownership, Healthy Homes, Brownfield Redevelopment and Smart Growth Initiatives. During her tenure as Executive Director of the Capitol Hill Improvement Corporation in Albany NY over 1500 buildings were renovated or constructed and a rich variety of programs for area residents and merchants were developed. Kathy is active in volunteer groups and is a frequent speaker, instructor, and writer about design and community renewal. She is a member of the Design School at Harvard’s Alumni Council and UMASS Architecture + Design Advisory Council.
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Robert Garneau, Associate BFA BES BArch AIA LEED, Grimshaw Architects, robert.garneau@ grimshaw-architects.com
Mark Ginsberg, Principal, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, LLC, mark@cplusga.com
Robert joined Grimshaw in 2003 when the firm was being established in New York. He is an Associate and the global leader for the firm’s Sustainable Design Group. Robert is dedicated to sustainable design with the conviction that it is an imperative for architects that design environments and engage the ecological context.
Mark E. Ginsberg, FAIA, LEED AP is a founding partner of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, leading award-winning residential, institutional, and urban design projects, which range from multifamily developments to institutional and mixed-use projects. A registered architect in New York and New Jersey, Mark received a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater design and government from Wesleyan University. Prior to his architectural training, he worked for the New York City Department of City Planning as a planner for environmental and waterfront programs.
Robert has primary roles on a range of Grimshaw projects, applying first principles to the design process and ensuring deep design excellence. Projects include Via Verde, the recently completed award winning affordable housing project in the Bronx, as well as the Fulton Street Transit Center in Lower Manhattan currently under construction. With a Bachelor of Architecture as well as a Bachelor of Environmental Studies, Robert’s focus is on ecological building design. Prior to architecture he had a career as a visual artist after a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Robert was an early adopter of the green building movement, becoming a LEED accredited professional and a USGBC member in 2001. He is a registered architect in New York State with NCARB certification and is a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Mark is a past President of the AIA New York Chapter, a former chair and current member of the Housing and Planning and Urban Design Committees, and past director of AIA New York State. He had a leadership role at New York New Visions (NYNV), the planning and design community’s pro-bono response to 9/11 to assist in the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan, which received numerous awards. He has received awards from the AIA New York State and City Chapter recognizing his outstanding and valuable service to the profession. He served on the AIA National Housing Task Force and the Housing Knowledge Community advisory group. He sits on the Board of Directors of the New York and National Housing Conference and Citizen’s Housing and Planning Council, where he is a member of their Executive and Zoning Committees, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Urban Design. He has lectured extensively on affordable housing, sustainability and zoning, and urban design. AIA Housing Knowledge Community | 15
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Jamie Horwitz, Associate Professor of Architecture, Iowa State, jhorwitz@iastate.edu
Wayne Mortenson, Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow at Neighborhood Progress, Inc.; Vice Chair, AIA National Associates Committee (NAC), WMortensen@npi-cle.org
Jamie Horwitz, PhD, is associate professor at Iowa State University where she teaches design research courses in architecture and industrial design. Her new work focuses on “Innovations in Products, Practices and Parks.” She worked on a design assistance team that helped move a small town devastated by the floods of 1993 upland and into a national model of sustainable design, and continues to visit and write about the afterlife of the ghost town. Her book, Eating Architecture, about architecture and food, was published by Princeton Architectural Press. Horowitz has a doctorate from the City University of New York, an Ed M from Harvard University and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. She is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking research, teaching and writing.
Wayne lives in Cleveland, Ohio where he works on behalf of Cleveland’s urban communities as an Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow at Neighborhood Progress, Inc. With graduate degrees in architecture, urban design, and social work, Wayne’s professional focus revolves around the creation of equitable and just communities.
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Wayne has served on the national boards of the AIA, AIAS, and NAAB and is the 2012 Chair of the AIA National Associates Committee. His immediate plans include architectural licensure and improvement of the world through the medium of the built environment.
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Casius Pealer, Principal, Oystertree Consulting, casius@oystertree.org
Chuck Perry, Managing Partner, Perry Rose LLC, chuck@perry-rose.com
Casius Pealer is Principal of Oystertree Consulting L3C, a mission-driven company that provides real estate advisory services focused on affordable housing. Oystertree specializes in supporting public agencies and non-profit developers using green building as an additional tool to achieve long-term affordable housing solutions. Trained as an architect and a real estate attorney, Casius has over 15 years of community development experience, including five years as legal counsel for public housing authorities across the country implementing mixed-finance redevelopment projects. Casius served as the first Director of Affordable Housing at the U.S. Green Building Council and is a Senior Advisor for the Affordable Housing Institute in Boston, MA. Casius was 2011 Chair of the AIA Housing Knowledge Community and an Adjunct Lecturer in Tulane University’s innovative Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development (MSRED) program. He has been published in the ABA Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law as well as the AIA Journal of Architecture and Architectural Record, and is a regular speaker at professional conferences nationally. Casius holds a B.Arch/M.Arch from Tulane University’s School of Architecture and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Chuck Perry is recognized as an authority in community based planning and mixed-use, mixed-income real estate development. He has an extensive background in creating visions for new sustainable communities, developing catalytic projects to transform housing and commercial markets, and overseeing the financing necessary to project implementation. As managing partner of Perry Rose, Perry directed the development of the award winning Highlands’ Garden Village (HGV), leading the team from concept to entitlements, financing, design, construction and ongoing property management. The HGV PUD, written by Perry, served as a model for Denver’s mixed-use zoning code. Other projects include revitalization plans and financial feasibility analysis for the Denver Housing Authority’s South Lincoln Redevelopment (SoLi) and the Seattle Housing Authority’s Yesler Terrace. Perry is also a partner in Rose Companies Management (RCM) where he participates in the acquisition, financing, management, and disposition of market rate and affordable apartments and commercial properties. Prior to Perry Rose, Perry served as the Assistant Director of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) and senior housing planner for the Denver Planning Office (DPO). Perry holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from MIT with specialization in citizen participation, housing and environmental planning. AIA Housing Knowledge Community | 17
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Additional Resources (websites) Today’s speakers have provided additional resources (either website links or attachments) for your reference. For more information on housing, please visit the AIA Housing Knowledge Community website at: http://network.aia.org/hkc/.
Session 1 | Housing Typologies and Case Studies for the 21st Century On housing case studies and best practices: • “2013 AIA Housing Awards.” American Institute of Architects. http://www.aia.org/practicing/ awards/2013/housing-awards/index.htm. • “2013 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards.” American Institute of Architects. http://www.aia.org/practicing/ awards/2013/hud-awards/. • “2013 NAHB Green Awards.” National Association of Home Builders. http://www.nahb.org/award_ details.aspx?awardID=470. • “Affordable Housing Design Advisor.” http://www.designadvisor.org. • “Curry Stone Design Prize.” http://currystonedesignprize.com. • “Design Matters Best Practices in Affordable Housing.” University of Illinois at Chicago. http://www. uic.edu/aa/cdc/AHDC/website/. • “HUD Best Practices.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. http://www.huduser.org/ portal/bestpractices/home.html. • “Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Awards.” Urban Land Institute. http://www.uli. org/programs/awards-competitions/jack-kemp-awards/. • Powell, Alvin. “Building with an eye on the sky.” Harvard Gazette. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/ story/2013/05/building-with-an-eye-on-the-sky/. • “Public Interest Design.” http://www.publicinterestdesign.org/ • “Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.” http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/bruner/ and http://www. brunerfoundation.org/rba/. • “SEED Awards for Excellence in Public Interest Design.” SEED Network. https://designcorps.org/ awards/winners/. • “Social Economic Environmental Design.” SEED Network. http://www.seed-network.org/ and http:// www.seedocs.org/. On Enterprise Community Partners and the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship: • “Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute.” Enterprise Community Partners. http://www. EnterpriseCommunity.org/ahdli. • Cary, John and Martin, Courtney.“Dignifying Design.” New York Times. http://www.nytimes. 18 | 2013 AIA National Convention
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com/2012/10/07/opinion/sunday/dignifying-design.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0. • “Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship.” Enterprise Community Partners. http://www. EnterpriseCommunity.org/designfellowship. • “Pre-Development Design Grant.” Enterprise Community Partners. http://www.EnterpriseCommunity. org/designgrant. • Kimmelman, Michael. “Design as Balm for a Community’s Soul - Tassafaronga Village and Richardson Apartments in Bay Area.” New York Times. http:///www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/arts/design/ tassafaronga-village-and-richardson-apartments-in-bay-area.html?pagewanted=all • Kimmelman, Michael. “In a Bronx Complex, Doing Good Mixes With Looking Good.” New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/arts/design/via-verde-in-south-bronx-rewrites-low-incomehousing-rules.html?pagewanted=all. On market-rate housing: • “Boomers Seen Trending Toward Smaller Homes, Aging in Place.” ForResidentialPros.com. http://www. forresidentialpros.com/article/10410804/boomers-seen-trending-toward-smaller-homes-aging-inplace • Caulfield, John. “Can the Multifamily Boom Last?” Multifamily Executive. http://www. multifamilyexecutive.com/multifamily/can-the-multifamily-boom-last.aspx • Soloman, Christopher. “For many homeowners, less is so much more.” MSN Real Estate. http:// realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=13107878 • Sommer, Jeff. “Housing Trends, Short and Long Term.” New York Times. http://economix.blogs. nytimes.com/2013/04/15/housing-trends-short-and-long-term/ • Shiller, Robert J. “Why Home Prices Change (or Don’t).” New York Times. http://www.nytimes. com/2013/04/14/business/why-home-prices-change-or-dont.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 • Wood, Chris. “Design Demands.” Multifamily Executive. http://www.multifamilyexecutive.com/ development/design-demands.aspx On Via Verde and New York: • “New Housing New York Legacy Project.” AIA New York. http://www.aiany.org/NHNY/Legacy_About. html. • “Via Verde - The Green Way.” http://viaverdenyc.com/. • “Via Verde - The Green Way.” American Institute of Architects. http://www.aia.org/practicing/ awards/2013/housing-awards/ViaVerde/. • “Via Verde - The Green Way.” American Institute of Architects. http://www.aia.org/practicing/ awards/2013/hud-awards/ViaVerde/ On the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative and tribal case studies: • Ludwig, Terri. “The Hidden Housing Crisis in Indian Country.” Huffington Post. http://www. huffingtonpost.com/terri-ludwig/native-american-housing_b_3193289.html AIA Housing Knowledge Community | 19
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Session 2 | Interactive Discussion on the Current State of Sustainable Housing On the HUD Green Academy: • “HUD’s Green Academy Training.” Oystertree Consulting. http://www.oystertree.org/2012/10/30/ huds-green-academy-training/. On disaster relief and relocation: • “Affordable Housing & Disaster Resilience.” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. http:// www.acsa-arch.org/resources/faculty-resources/curriculum-research/housing-programs/affordablehousing-disaster-resilience-cedar-rapids-ia/information. • Sugarman, Joe. “Digging in your heels sometimes means moving, says Casius Pealer.” Residential Architect. http://www.residentialarchitect.com/sustainability/digging-in-your-heels-sometimesmeans-moving-says.aspx.
Session 3 | Housing for Aging and Accessibility Standards • “ASSIST: A Community Design Center.” http://www.assistutah.org/. • “Concrete Change: Visitability.” http://concretechange.org/. • Horwitz, Jamie. “Beyond Net-To-Gross: Analong tools for Thinking with Non-Architects about the Design of Ciculation and Other Shared Spaces.” Iowa State University. http://www.aia.org/aiaucmp/ groups/ek_public/documents/pdf/aiap080053.pdf. • Maisel, Jordana L., et. al. “Increasing Home Access: Designing for Visitability.” AARP Public Policy Institute. August 2008. http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/2008_14_access.pdf. • “Neil Burgess: How your brain tells you where you are.” TED. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/neil_ burgess_how_your_brain_tells_you_where_you_are.html. • Smith, Stanley K., et. al.“Aging and Disability: Implications for the Housing Industry and Housing Policy in the United States.” Journal of American Planning Association. June 2008. https://www.bebr.ufl.edu/ files/Aging_Disability_0.pdf. • “The Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access.” http://idea.ap.buffalo.edu/.
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Development. http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/sustainable_housing_ communities/HUD-DOT_Community_Challenge_Grants. • “HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grants.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/sustainable_housing_ communities/sustainable_communities_regional_planning_grants. On Denver-based projects: • Benfield, Kaid. “A close look at a smart growth icon: Denver’s Highlands’ Garden Village (Part 1).” Switchboard: Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog. http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ kbenfield/a_close_look_at_a_smart_growth.html. • Huspeni, Dennis. “Aria Denver sings about proposed $80M project.” Denver Business Journal. http:// www.bizjournals.com/denver/print-edition/2012/11/23/aria-denver-sings-about-proposed-80m. html?page=all. • Shaw, Mark. “DHA Breaks Ground on $22-Million Phase 2 at Mariposa.” ENR Mountain States. http:// mountainstates.construction.com/mountainstates_construction_firms/2012/0416-dha-breaksground-on-22-million-phase-2-at-mariposa.asp. • Trageser, Claire. “EPA chief uses Denver as growth role model - Garden Village is called just what Obama wants.” DenverPost.com. http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12676296. On Yesler Terrace: • “Taking Stock in Public Housing: The Redevelopment of Seattle’s Yesler Terrace.” Sustainable Cities Collective. http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/global-site-plans-grid/134631/taking-stock-publichousing-redevelopment-seattle-s-yesler-terrace.
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Above: Children’s play area designed with safety surface located in the courtyard
Front cover: East facing façade on Brook Avenue
“The New Housing New York Legacy Project and Via Verde represents architects re-engaging in the design of affordable housing, the best practices for environmentally friendly design as well as the wider concept of sustainability through community meetings where stakeholder voices were heard and locally-driven planning efforts were used as a model.” Shaun Donovan HUD secretary
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Via Verde The Green Way
Via Verde is an affordable, sustainable residential development comprising 222 apartments in three distinct building types—a 20-story tower at the north end of the site, a 6- to 13-story mid-rise duplex apartment component in the middle, and 2- to 4-story townhouses to the south. The project was the winning entry in the international New Housing New York Legacy Competition, sponsored New York City HPD, the AIA New York, NYSERDA and Enterprise Community Partners. It reflects a public commitment to create the next generation of social housing and seeks to provide a setting for healthy, sustainable living. A dynamic garden serves as the organizing element for the community. The garden begins as a ground level courtyard and then spirals upwards through a series of programmed, south-facing roof gardens, creating a promenade for residents. A terrace and community room at the top floor of the tower offers dramatic views. The multifunctional gardens create opportunities for active gardening, fruit and vegetable cultivation, recreation and social gathering, while also providing the benefits of storm water control and enhanced insulation. The building takes the form of a “tendril” rising from grade to the tower, enclosing the courtyard and emphasizing a relationship to the natural world. A main point of entry leads to residential lobbies and townhouse entries located around a courtyard. The ground floor features retail, a community health center, and live-work units, creating a lively street presence. Above the main entrance overlooking the street and courtyard are resident community spaces, including a fitness center. Totaling 300,00sf with 277,000sf residential, 7,500sf commercial/ community and 40,000sf green roof space, Via Verde – The Green Way will set new standards for the sustainable design of affordable housing. The complex is designed to achieve LEED NC Gold certification.
Above: Apple orchard farm accessible to all residents
Right: Community gardening plots encourage residents to grow fruits and vegetables
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Healthy Living Via Verde is designed to promote a healthy lifestyle and community. Stairwells with natural light are easily accessible, promoting wellness and encouraging regular use for physical activity. Cultivating the development of community and pride of place, Via Verde has reserved its premium space – the penthouse floor of the tower building – for the community common room, open to all tenants. Via Verde’s design, incorporating a shared courtyard and large windows, promotes cross ventilation between two outside exposures – increasing the natural circulation of fresh air in the homes and reducing reliance on air conditioning. Photovoltaic panels provide solar energy to Via Verde and are incorporated into the design of the beautiful outdoor pergolas and south facing facades, introducing the materials into the everyday lives of all residents. The project aims to highlight health and wellness in its ground floor space, which will be home to a 5,500 square foot wellness center operated by Montefiore Medical Center. A ‘Living Green Guide’ will be given to each resident with information on how to promote energy optimization and green, healthy living. Top: Interior of townhouse unit on the southern end Above: Colorful stairwells with natural light promote physical activity
Floor 20 Community Roof and Roof Terrace
Floor 10–18 Extensive Green Roofs
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Design and Development Team
Co-Developers Phipps Houses is New York City’s oldest and largest not-for-profit developer and owner of housing for low- and moderate-income families. Phipps has developed nearly 6,000 units and continues to own 5,100 units of affordable rental housing in New York. Another 2,000 apartments, representing an additional affordable housing investment of over $680 million in 13 projects, are in construction or the development pipeline. Approximately 75% of Phipps’s apartments are affordable to families earning 60% or less of the area median income. In total, Phipps has created over $2 billion in affordable housing assets. www.phippsny.org Jonathan Rose Companies is an award winning real estate development, planning, owner’s representative, and investment firm whose mission is to repair the fabric of communities. A leading green urban solutions provider, the firm currently manages over $1.5 billion of work, much of it in close collaboration with not-for-profits, cities and towns. Jonathan Rose Companies has offices in New York, Connecticut, Colorado, New Mexico and Washington. www.rosecompanies.com
Co-Architects Dattner Architects is a New York City firm well-known for design excellence and civic engagement. The firm is vitally engaged in master planning and architectural commissions for a wide array of clients including educational and cultural institutions, public agencies, not-for-profit groups and corporate clients. Dattner Architects seeks to realize their clients’ highest aspirations, while respecting shared social responsibility, built within available resources. Below: Detail of south facing photovoltaic panels
The exploration of the connections between an individual project and its larger urban, social, and environmental context is a hallmark of the practice. Dattner Architects is a leader in sustainable design and in innovative design for affordable housing. www.dattner.com Grimshaw Architects was founded by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw in 1980. The practice became a Partnership in 2007 and operates worldwide, with offices in New York, London, Melbourne and Sydney employing 300 staff. Grimshaw Architects’ international portfolio covers all major sectors, and has been honored with over 150 international design awards including the prestigious Lubetkin Prize for the most outstanding building chosen from the RIBA International Awards in 2007 for Southern Cross Station. The practice is dedicated to the deepest level of involvement in the design of their buildings in order to deliver projects that meet the highest possible standards of excellence. The firm’s work is characterized by strong conceptual legibility, innovation and a rigorous approach to detailing, all underpinned by the principles of humane, enduring and sustainable design. www.grimshaw-architects.com
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Design and Construction
Co-Developers: Phipps Houses and Jonathan Rose Companies Co-Architects: Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Architects General Contractor: Lettire Construction Landscape Architect: Lee Weintraub Landscape Architects Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates MEP Engineer: Ettinger Engineering Associates Geotechnical Engineer: Pillori Associates Civil Engineer: Langan Engineering Lighting Consultant: Domingo Gonzalez Associates Exterior Wall Consultant: Front, Inc. Technical Consultant: Robert Schwartz Associates Solar Consultant: Bright Power Energy Consultant: Association for Energy Affordability Commissioning Agent: Dome Tech
Right: Aerial view of the terraced roofs and courtyard
Below: Once a former brownfield site, the triangular lot of Via Verde neighbors the South Bronx High School and its adjacent field, just south of the development
Back cover: Overhead view of community courtyard, amphitheater and green roofs
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Contact Kirsten Sibilia Chief Marketing Officer Dattner Architects e: ksibilia@dattner.com t: 212.589.7005 www.dattner.com Allison Dolegowski Public Relations Coordinator Grimshaw Architects e: allison.dolegowski@grimshaw-architects.com t: 646.293.3622 www.grimshaw-architects.com
General Information gruen@gruenassociates.com Telephone Number (323) 937-4270 Fax Number (323) 937-6001 Mailing Address 6330 San Vicente Boulevard Suite 200 Los Angeles, CA 90048
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Session 3 | Housing for Aging and Accessibility Standards Organizations on Visitability: • Assist Inc. - A Community Design Center (assistutah.org) Provides design assistance and training on access modications for existing for existing homes and plans for new homes. ASSIST Inc 218 E. 500 S. - Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (801) 355-7085 - info@assistutah.org • Concrete Change (concretechange.org). Promotes visitability of all homes. Concrete Change 200 Dancing Fox Road - Decatur, GA 30032 (404) 378 - 7455 - info@concretechange.org • Idea Center (ap.bualo.edu/idea) Provides research and design assistance on universal design and visitability. Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access University of New York at Bualo 378 Hayes Hall, School of Architecture and Planning, Bualo, NY 14214-3087 (716) 829-3485 - idea@ap.bualo.edu Articles on Visitability: • Maisel, Jordana L., et. al. “Increasing Home Access: Designing for Visitability.” AARP Public Policy Institute. August 2008. http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/2008_14_access.pdf. • Smith, Stanley K., et. al.“Aging and Disability: Implications for the Housing Industry and Housing Policy in the United States.” Journal of American Planning Association. June 2008. https://www.bebr.ufl.edu/ files/Aging_Disability_0.pdf.
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For retrofits, 30” doors on swing clear hinges allow passage for most wheelchairs
34” - 36“ doors meet accessibility requirements
Melissa Hoffmann, Access Design Coordinator, ASSIST Inc
“The most frustrating, yet easily solved, accessibility problem I see in new homes is 28 inch wide bathroom doors that prevent a wheelchair user from entering a ground floor bathroom, even temporarily after a hospital stay.”
28” doors block entry to wheelchair users
NO MORE 28” WIDE BATHROOM DOORS!
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2013 AIA Housing Knowledge Community Advisory Group Chair Stephen D. Schreiber, FAIA University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA schreiber@art.umass.edu Chair Elect Jamie S. Blosser, AIA Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Santa Fe, NM jblosser@aosarchitects.com Immediate Past Chair Kathleen Dorgan, AIA Dorgan Architecture & Planning Storrs, CT dorgan@kdorgan.net Secretary R. Denise Everson, Assoc. AIA District of Columbia Housing Authority Washington, DC REverson@dchousing.org AIA 5 Victor Mirontschuk, AIA EDI International, Inc. New York, NY victorm@ediarchitecture.com Past Chair Casius Pealer, Assoc. AIA Oystertree Consulting New Orleans, LA casius@oystertree.org Thomas Burns, Assoc. AIA Davis Square Architects Boston, MA tburns011@gmail.com Donald R Gray, Jr., Assoc. AIA Fitzgerald Collaborative Tallahassee, FL dgrayjr@gmail.com Michael Kelly, AIA District of Columbia Housing and Community Development Washington, DC mpkelly77@yahoo.com Jeff Seabold, AIA Seabold Architectural Studio Jackson, MS jeff@seabold-studio.com Catherine Tang, Assoc. AIA AECOM Los Angeles, CA catherine.tang@aecom.com Katherine R. Williams, AIA San Francisco, CA krw_sf@sbcglobal.net
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