Be Counted
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an act of remembrance and solidarity
Be Counted
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an act of remembrance and solidarity
Be Counted 9-11 An Act of Remembrance and Solidarity 1st Edition Feb 2013 Book by Gui Talarico www.gtalarico.com
Be Counted Team Michael Kalish : : The Artist The idea and the initial configuration of the towers and turnstile passage was conceived by Michael Kalish in 2010. Virginia Tech + WAAC : : The Architects Virginia Tech via the Washington Alexandria Architecture Center was contacted in early January, 2011 and was asked to suggest methods of production, implementation and transportation. A. Zahner : : Fabrication + Structure The A. Zahner Corporation would assist with production of the structure and all required structural calculations.
Concept Be Counted 9-11 was envisioned to travel through the United States for one year beginning at the tenth anniversary of 9-11, and was allow the participation of individuals in all communities and in all states, to have the opportunity to Be Counted. To walk through the actual turnstiles of the New York subway as an act of physical union, as an act of remembrance , and as an act of full solidarity. All individuals would stand beside the victims and families of 9-11; stand up and “Be Counted.�
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The Experience Visitors would traverse through the steel memorial through two large rectangular columns, created to represent silhouettes of the twin towers. As a visitor entered, they would walk through turnstiles and become part of the memorial. As each visitor passes through the memorial and turnstile, a large-scale ticker embedded in the design would turn, placing each individual’s mark on the piece. A ticket with the persons unique number would be dispensed with the website address of the 9-11 memorial for a continued relationship. The motions of the body join the thoughts of the mind and all are united by being counted. The three trucks arrive in any parking lot, they unite and extend upward the symbols of 9-11 – the twin towers, their light beams extending through the night sky, their geometric skins containing the same thousands of lights.
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Journey The exhibit was expected to travel throughout the USA, for one year, making multiple stops in all states for maximum impact
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accessibility.
Millions
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individuals were envisioned to participate, demonstrating remembrance and solidarity. The interstate highway system would have served as the grid for the movement of the Be-Counted travel route with side journeys as deemed appropriate - an effort would have been made to work both with municipalities and the commercial big -box companies so that site location and power needs could be easily obtained. The installation would be similar to the arrival of mechanized fair rides - all on trucks and self contained - with a quick process for erection utilizing scissor lift technology combined with nesting containers that are hydraulically elevated. The ability for the towers to quickly retract would alleviate possible difficulties with storms or high winds. The searchlights, reminiscent of similar use at the 9-11 NYC site would announce and signal the location at each site.
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Design Components
Original NYC Turnstiles ADA compliant Access Ramps
Gooseneck trailer
Searchlight
Electric Counter
Perforated Stainless Steel Panels
Stainless Steel Structural Frame
Scissor Lift / Hydraulic System
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Installation
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“The installation would be similar to the arrival of mechanized fair rides all on trucks and self contained - with a quick process for erection utilizing scissor lift technology combined with nesting containers that are hydraulically elevated.�
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Implementation Team / Michael Kalish Best know known for his iconic personalities like James Dean, the Beatles, Beethoven, and others, Kalish has spent the past 15 years mastering the unique medium that he developed - license plates, twisted, cut and riveted together into stunning images. His work has been featured everywhere from The New York Times to Art in America and hangs in the homes of musicians, world leaders, actors, and professional athletes. Michael Kalish is the correct artist to envision such an American method of honoring, such an inclusive act of participation, a combination of mobility, symbolism, and poetic presence. Artist Background In what began some two decades ago as a vision and interest in fashioning sculptures from used license plates, Michael Kalish is now being hailed by art dealers, critics, and the art world as a masterful artist. His primary and signature medium, the license plate, or as Kalish refers to them as “the thumbprints of automobiles,� allows each piece to embrace Kalish’s ideals with his own sophistication, imagery and distinctive style. The subject matter of the work, in combination with the way his artwork is created, leaps off the wall at the viewer even before the medium is discovered. Throughout the past 15 years Kalish has been growing a career, which has taken him from a single gallery showing to national and international exposure and representation in galleries across the world including Los Angeles, New York, Stockholm and Hong Kong.
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Implementation Team / Michael Kalish Kalish and his astonishing work have been featured in the pages of the NY Times, People, Art News and USA Today, as well as appeared on the CBS Sunday Morning and CNN’s “To the Top.” After years of creating pieces exclusively from license plates, Kalish has progressed and began to incorporate vintage truck tailgates into his artwork. The use of such materials has further advanced his body of work to feature and debut yet another series devoted to sculptures of intricate Roses and Icons. His body of work has grown into an illustrious array of pieces that embrace everything from Americana and iconic portraits to still life and historical imagery. It is the combination of Kalish’s material, resourcefulness and creativity that has thrust the artist into the national spotlight. His work has been in exhibitions varying from International museums and galleries including The United States Embassy in Moscow, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Guggenheim Las Vegas (YCC), Arvesta Museum in Sweden and the windows of Barneys New York. Fresh off his first solo museum show at the Riverside Museum of Art of California, the next year ushers in a litany of new creative ventures for the artist. Kalish’s Los Angeles studio is filled with budding new collections, eager collectors are awaiting their newest piece, and gallerists and curators are seeking the artist to show in their respective galleries and museums. In his five solo shows around the globe in the coming year, Kalish will be exhibiting works from the classic images of the icons that made him famous to his newest collection; roses created from classic cars.
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ReALIze [ www.realizeali.com ] Following a private commission by Muhammad Ali and his wife Lonnie, Kalish and his team of more that 30 artists, designers, and architects have begun work on “ReALIze,” a larger than life, interactive, experiential sculpture that endeavors to capture the true ‘essence’ of Ali. This seminal artistic piece will offer fans an opportunity to “touch and feel” Ali, while bringing his journey, beliefs, talent, personality and courage to life for those who revere him, and those who have never “experienced” him.
Notable collectors: Atlanta Braves Stadium
Tampa Children’s Hospital
The Walt Disney Corporation
Nike Corporation
Ringo Starr Kid Rock Joe Cocker Sharon Stone Jay Leno Tim Allen Brendan Fraser
Courtney Cox & David Arquette
Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver
Muhammad & Lonnie
Press Releases Artist Michael Kalish and DRIVE4COPD Partner on Ground-Breaking Monument Michael Kalish’s License Plate Art
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Implementation Team / Virginia Tech Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [ www .vt.edu ] Mission Statement Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a public land-grant university serving the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world community. The discovery and dissemination of new knowledge are central to its mission. Through its focus on teaching and learning, research and discovery, and outreach and engagement, the university creates, conveys, and applies knowledge to expand personal growth and opportunity, advance social and community development, foster economic competitiveness, and improve the quality of life.
Background Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech takes a hands-on, engaging approach to education, preparing scholars to be leaders in their fields and communities. As the commonwealth’s most comprehensive university and its leading research institution, Virginia Tech offers 215 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 30,000 students and manages a research portfolio of nearly $400 million. The university fulfills its land-grant mission of transforming knowledge to practice through technological leadership and by fueling economic growth and job creation locally, regionally, and across Virginia. Founded in 1872, Virginia Tech has the largest number of degree offerings in Virginia, more than 125 campus buildings, a 2,600-acre main campus, off-campus educational facilities in six regions, a study-abroad site in Switzerland, and a 1,700-acre agriculture research farm near the main campus. The campus proper is located in the Town of Blacksburg in Montgomery County and is 38 miles southwest of Roanoke, in the New River Valley. Current enrollment: 28,687 on-campus; 82.3 percent undergraduate; 17.7 percent graduate. Total enrollment on and off campus is 31,006.
Sponsored Programs The Office of Sponsored Programs assists with the development and processing of proposals for sponsored projects, including submission to funding agencies and administrative help throughout the life of the project. Each department and center has a designated pre-award project administrator who will handle all proposals regardless of sponsor. Once awarded, project administration is assigned by sponsor and a finance team is responsible for revenue collections and account reconciliations.
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Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC The Washington Alexandria Architecture Center [ www.waac.vt.edu ] The Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC) has been functioning as the urban extension of the Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies, School of Architecture + Design in the Washington Metropolitan Area since 1980. Since 1985, the WAAC has served also to house a Consortium of architecture schools engaging the
S CH O O L OF A RCH I TECTU RE + D ES I G N
WA SHI N GTO N AL EX A N D R I A AR CHI TECT UR E C EN T ER
following universities:
Bauhaus-University of Weimar, Germany California Polytechnic State University Mississippi State University Louisiana State University Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom Tallinn Art University, Estonia Technion, Israel
Universidad del Desarollo, Chile University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain University of Mendoza, Argentina Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador UNAM, Mexico Yokohama National University, Japan
Outreach The WAAC, through its Outreach efforts has managed the International Design Competition for the Center for Innovative Technology for the State of Virginia, the national Design Competition for the Women in Military Service to America at the entrance to Arlington Cemetery and most recently the International Design Competition for the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial under construction at the Tidal Basin of the National Mall. The WAAC also was the recipient of the grant from the Department of Energy to initiate and visualize the Solar Decathlon for the National Mall in 2002, subsequently the WAAC participated in the submission of entries to the Solar Decathlon from Virginia Tech culminating in the First Prize in the Solar Decathlon Europe in 2010 - www.lumenhaus.com The Center is committed to individual professional growth through the design process as revealed and validated by the produced work. It has faith in the value of architectural elements synthesized through both reason and intuition. It honors research leading to codified objective knowledge in an evolutionary process of reconsideration and representation. This assures the WAAC a polemic ranging from the philosophic through the scientific, without a rigid dogma, and with a sense of individual responsibility. Construction and Design are inclusive of all cultures, originating in the common unity of the human condition and, like all endeavors, are the product of desire and reason, of dream and detail.
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Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC Design Philosophy The WAAC seeks to explore and expand design pedagogy and design processes related to the urban environment. It is ideally situated to utilize the resources of the national and international design/development/planning community in the Washington/Baltimore Metropolitan area. Visiting lecturers and adjunct faculty enrich the curriculum of the WAAC, and the WAAC participates in many collaborative efforts with metropolitan entities, such as the Smithsonian Institution and the National Building Museum. The WAAC enrolls students in their fourth, fifth, and graduate years of study, and grants degrees in the M. Arch. 1 program for those students with a five-year professional degree, and the M. Arch 2 program for students with a four-year Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree. M. Arch 3 students (those students with initially a non-architectural baccalaureate degree) are able to attend the WAAC during their thesis level of study after having completed their first two years at the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. The WAAC also offers a Master of Landscape Architecture degree as a 3 year MLA program for individuals with a Bachelorette Degree in other disciplines. A Ph.D. in Architecture and Design Research with a concentration in Architectural Representation and Education is available to qualified candidates. All schools participating in the Consortium share the common goal of providing their respective students with an academic environment that utilizes the metropolitan area as an educational laboratory. Each member school provides 3-15 students and one faculty member for an academic year, thereby establishing a diverse student body, varied faculty perspectives, and a broad educational program for those choosing to study at the Consortium. All students remain enrolled in their individual schools, and courses are designed to provide appropriate academic credit for member institutions. All students must be upper-year undergraduates or at the Masters level to participate as Consortium residents.
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Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC / Significant Projects Significant Projects Solar Decathlon
[ www.solardecathlon.gov ]
Virginia Tech through its Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center organized the site plan, graphics, and national publicity for the implementation of the first Solar Decathlon held in the National Mall in 2002. This was done through a grant from the Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. “The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is an award-winning program that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency. Since 2002, the Solar Decathlon has established a worldwide reputation as a successful educational program and workforce development opportunity for thousands of students” -www.solardecathlon.gov
Lumen HAUS
[ www.solar.arch.vt.edu/documentary/ ]
LUMENHAUS is the third solar house designed and built at Virginia Tech as part of a research program begun in 2002. An innovative design integrating architecture and technology, the project won the international Solar Decathlon Competition in Madrid, Spain in June of 2010. The Lumen Haus has been exhibited at the following location: 2009 National Building Museum, Washington D.C. 2009 National Mall, Washington D.C. 2010 Time Square, New York [ ABC’s Good Morning America ] 2010 Royal Palace, Madrid 2010 Millennium Park, Chicago 2011 Site of Farnsworth, Plano, Illinois
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Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC / Significant Projects Martin Luther King Memorial Competition (National Mall) [ www.mlkmemorial.org ] The Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center managed the site selection, and International Competition which received over 900 entries. “To commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by leading a collaborative funding, design, and construction process in the creation of a memorial to honor his national and international contributions to world peace through non-violent social change” -www.mlkmemorial.org
4-Mile Run International Competition
[ www.4milerun.org ]
The competition to design and build this bridge begins with a request for qualifications and culminates in a public presentation given by three finalists. A winning team was chosen based on the strength of their professional skills and the potential for their conceptual design to become an icon for the Four Mile Run and its surrounding community. The Four Mile Run Pedestrian-Cyclist Bridge Project is funded by the Virginia Department of Transportation through a Transportation Enhancement Grant.
“Bridges are built to connect, traverse, and inspire. The pedestrian and cyclist bridges planned to reach across the 4-Mile Run Creek will be the defining elements in bringing people to the shores of the stream and to each other. As pieces of transit infrastructure, the bridges will also link neighborhoods, streets, and pathways, thus providing a more accessible and desirable means to walk or bike across the region. The first of these bridges is to establish the design language for the others to follow, and is the subject of this professional competition. Taking inspiration from its surrounding natural and industrial elements, the bridge is to be a modern, sustainable, and sculptural piece, spanning clear across the run with minimal impact to the streambed. “ 21
Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC / Significant Projects Women in Military Service for America Memorial Competition [ www.womensmemorial.org ] The Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center organized, managed, and participated in the jury of the National competition for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. “A national competition was conducted for a design concept for the Memorial and in November 1989, the design of Marion Gail Weiss and Michael Manfredi was selected from the more than 130 submitted. The National Capital Planning Commission and the Fine Arts Commission voted unanimously for final approval of the design on April 6, 1995.” -General Wilma L. Vaught, President Women’s Memorial Foundation. “Described by The Washington Post architecture critic Ben Forgey as “a perfect gesture in a proper place at a fitting moment,” the multi-award-winning design for the Women’s Memorial has been hailed as an elegant solution to integrating an exciting new purpose with an existing, historic structure.” -womensmemorial.org Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) International Competition
[ www.cit.org ]
The Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center managed and coordinated the International Competition for the Center for Innovative Technology headquarter. Today, CIT’s operating structure consists of service lines that enable it to respond quickly and efficiently to new opportunities with government and private sector clients. The service lines – CIT R&D, CIT Entrepreneur, CIT Broadband, and CIT Connect – establish a clear identity that allows us to meet our goals and close innovation gaps. “ -cit.org “In 2005, CIT celebrated 20 years of creating technology-based companies and strategies for innovation. From its original mission to enhance the research and technology transfer activities of Virginia universities, CIT has moved its focus toward the new technologies, entrepreneurs and technology companies that make innovation happen. 22
Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC / Team Jaan Holt : : Lathrop Professor of Architecture + WAAC Director Academic Appointments Director, Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center,Alexandria, Virginia, 1984 to present Chairman of Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, 1976–1981 Management + Research 2010 Competition Manager 4 mile Run Pedestrian-Cyclist Bridge 2006 Project Manager United States Presidential Helicopter Facility Reception Desk 2004 Federal Emergency Management Agency Internal Competition “Security with Civility” 2001 Competition Manager Texas A&M University, Bonfire Memorial Competition, 2001 2000 Competition Manager Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Competition 1990 Competition Manager / Jury Member Women in Military Service for America 1986 Center for Innovative Technology, 1984–1986
Education
Honors and Awards
Master of Architecture University of Pennsylvania
College of Architecture and Urban Studies Outreach Award, 2000 Special Award, Virginia Society, American Institute of Architects, 1989 Allied Profession Award, Northern Virginia Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1987 Architecture Study Abroad Coordinator, 1976 Outreach : : Conceived and Implemented Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center 1980 - present Washington-Alexandria Architecture Consortium,1985–present Alexandria Campus for the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center
Graduate work completed in the studio of Louis I. Kahn, Robert Le Richolais, and August Komendant. Post graduate study with Architect Louis Barragan, Mexico City, Mexico. Bachelor of Architecture Virginia Tech American Institute of Architects Medal American Institute of Architects Fellowship for study at the Architectural Association, London
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Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC / Team Henry Hollander : : Outreach Coordinator + Alumni Relations Henry Richard Hollander is Coordinator for Outreach and Alumni relations at Virginia Tech’s Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC). He received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architecture from Virginia Tech. For Virginia Tech and the WAAC, Henry has designed, managed and produced international, national, local and student design competitions and exhibits . Notable projects include: The Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial The Women in Military Service to America National Memorial U.S Department of Energy Solar Decathlon U.S. Air Force Memorial Frederick Douglass National Memorial and Gardens Tinner Hill Cultural Center, Embassy of Switzerland-The Architecture of Ticino Exhibit FEMA Design security with civility.
Adjunct faculty critic for student design reviews, Management of Japanese student exchange program and coordination of numerous student field studies. Mr. Hollander is also the owner of Hollander Associates in Old Town Alexandria , Virginia. Hollander Associates is an award winning design firm specializing In architecture, architectural and environmental graphics, exhibits and architecture design competitions. He has provided service for Federal, State and local government agencies; the American Institute of Architects at the national and local level; the academic world including public and private Universities; private U.S . and foreign industry; private foundations and a broad range of architecture firms. He also serves as design chairman and on the board of Directors for the Frederick Douglas Gardens and National Memorial in Washington, DC . 24
Education Master of Architecture Virginia Tech Bachelor of Architecture Virginia Tech
Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC / Team Joe Wheeler, AIA : : Associate Professor - Virginia Tech Professional Experience 2006 Principal, Wheeler Design Studios LLC, Blacksburg, VA 2005 Registered Architect, State of Virginia, AIA/NCARB 1995 Project Architect, Kerns Group Architects 1995 Visiting Architect, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Washington, D.C. Research Projects 2010 Lead Project Coordinator. Virginia Tech LumenHAUS, Solar Decathlon Europe 2008 Co Coordinator, Prefab Modular Design for Habitat for Humanity 2005 Lead Architect and Project Coordinator. ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Blacksburg Build Honors and Awards 2011 NCARB Prize, Lumenhaus -Natl. Council for Architectural Registration Boards 2011 CASE Award for Creative Partnership; Council for Advancement of Education 2010 First Place Overall in Solar Decathlon Europe Competition- LumenHAUS 2010 Xcaliber University Award for Outreach Excellence 2010 Architecture Excellence in Outreach – School of Architecture + Design 2007 Creative Achievement Award, College of Architecture and Urban Studies Exhibitions 2010 Times Square LumenHAUS Exhibition, ABC’s Good Morning America 2010 Royal Palace, Madrid, Spain Solar Decathlon Europe LumenHAUS. 2009 Solar Decathlon, Washington DC, LumenHAUS 2009 International Contemporary Furniture Fair NY., “Industrialized Furniture” 2002 National Competition Organizer and Project Team Member, Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Competition.
Education Master of Architecture Virginia Tech Nick Cyrus Award for Design Build Bachelor of Architecture Florida A & M
Synergistic Activities 2009 Presentation to Congress; Internet Caucus – Smart Home Technology 2007 Symposium Co-chair. “Digital Craft in Today’s Architectural Practice.” 2007 Consultant, Embassy of the U.S., Madrid, Spain, Information Resource Center 25
Implementation Team / Virginia Tech / WAAC / Team Gui Talarico : : Graduate Student + Teaching Assistant
[ www.gtalarico.com ]
Gui Talarico is former graduate student and teaching assistant at Virginia Tech’s Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center. He received his Master’s of Architecture from Virginia Tech in 2011. While attending Virginia Tech, Gui was deeply involved with many activities and projects: he participated as a volunteer at the Solar Decathlon 2007 and 2009, helped in the coordination of the International 4-Mile Run Bridge Design Competition, and several other Virginia Tech outreach events. Throughout the last 3 years, Gui has provided services of graphical design, 3D modeling, and architectural visualization for several offices in the Washington metropolitan area, as well as in Europe and Brazil. He possess a wide variety of valuable technical knowledge and skills, including graphic design, architectural visualization, video production, photography, and web-design. He is passionate about computers and finding ways to integrate technology and architecture. Honors and Awards 2012 Maxwell Rendering Award - Honorable Mention 2012 AIA Unbuilt Awards (with Jaan Holt) - Honorable Mention 2011 Intelligent Cities Forum at the National Building Museum - First Place 2011 Virginia Society AIA Prize (with Ace Elsea) - Honorable Mention 2011 Architecture Excellence in Outreach – School of Architecture + Design
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Education Master of Architecture Virginia Tech Bachelor of Architecture Virginia Tech
Implementation Team / Zahner A. ZAHNER : : Fabrication + Structure
[ www.azahner.com ]
“Zahner has been engineering and producing advanced sheet metal surfaces for over 100 years. Andrew Zahner, the great grandfather of current President & CEO L. William Zahner, ran a small business called Eagle Cornice Works in Joplin Missouri in the late 1800’s. There he provided custom architectural metal cornices to many of the surrounding towns in southern Missouri and Eastern Kansas. In 1897, he uprooted his business and moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he founded the A. Zahner Company. Today, metal is experiencing a new renaissance [...] The architectural industry is also in the midst of a shift to digital construction. Zahner is on the forefront of this shift, using Building Information Modeling and Digital Definition to provide a transparent construction process. The result is reduced construction errors, leaner construction, and high-tech craftsmanship.” - azahner.com
Awards 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2007 2007 2006 2004 2004 2002 2000 2000 2000 1999
AIA Design and Craftmanship Award for Kauffman Stadium AIA Design and Craftmanship Award for the Kansas City Power & Light Bridge International Architecture Award for Taubman Museum The Nascar Hall of Fame Project, 1 Million hours without a lost-time injury. SMACNA - OSHA Work Safe Partnership Award Allied Arts & Craftsmanship Award for the Kansas CIty Art Institute Facade L. William Zahner named Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) L. William Zahner awarded Copper Medal, Associazone Italiana di Metallurgia (AIM) Award of Merit Cultural Midwest Construction Award of Merit McGraw Hill 1994 Advanced Construction Technology Award OCEA Award of Merit – American Society of Civil Engineers AFLCIO Labor Management Award – National Recognition Sheet Metal Contractor of the Year Award (L. William Zahner) Engineering News Record – Top 25 News Makers of the Year American Institute of Architects Citation for Architecture and the Built Environment
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Budget / Cost Construction Cost Cost
Quantity
Item
$255,000
3
Aluminum truck bed
$24,000
4
Stainless steel turnstiles
$245,000
10
Perforated stainless steel boxes
$85,000
10
Electronic counter / info screens
$190,000
2
Scissor / man lifts
$95,000
2
Searchlights
$52,000
2
Aluminum ADA non-slip diamond pattern ramps
$210,000
2
Construction / assembly
$55,000
1
Electrical / Computer systems
$177,000
1
Architecture / Engineering fees
$140,000
1
Overhead / contingency TOTAL CONSTRUCTION
$1,528,000
Transport + Exhibition Cost [ One Year ] Cost
Quantity
$312,000
6
[ Crew ] $25/hr x 40 hrs/wk x 52 weeks
$450,000
3
Transportation / Insurance
$350.000
365
[ Nights ] Lodging
$90,000
365
[ Days ] Meals
$100.000
1
$1,302,000
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Item
Overhead / contingency TOTAL TRANSPORTATION / EXHIBITION
Total Project Cost Cost
Item
$1,528,000
Total Construction Cost
$1,302,000
Total Transport / Exhibit Cost
$125,000
Documentation and Publication Production
$2,955,000
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
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Be Counted 9.11 About the Project The vision of the Be Counted 9.11 project was conceived by Michael Kalish in 2010. In the summer of 2011, he approached Virginia Tech’s Washington Alexandria Architecture Center. The WAAC would help Kalish turn his vision into an Architecture reality. During that summer, Jaan Holt, Henry Hollander, and Gui Talarico worked together to develop the content that was shown in this book. The WAAC team along with Michael Kalish presented the project to potential investors, including some “big box stores”, but they were not able to secure capital to fund the project.
About the Book This book was compiled by Gui Talarico, using the content from the presentation mentioned above. The purpose of this book is to formalize Kalish’s vision and the efforts made by WAAC team.
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Be Counted 9-11 was envisioned to travel through the United States for one year beginning at the tenth anniversary of 9-11, and was allow the participation of individuals in all communities and in all states, to have the opportunity to Be Counted. To walk through the actual turnstiles of the New York subway as an act of physical union, as an act of remembrance , and as an act of full solidarity. All individuals would stand beside the victims and families of 9-11; stand up and “Be Counted.� The work is a collaboration between Michael Kalish and the Virginia Tech Washington Alexandria Architecture Center [WAAC ].