USC University of Southern California Ground-Up Student Housing Project | Historical Amenity Space Restoration July 1st, 2019
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Contents
Cover Letter
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Section A. About Your Firm
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Introduction 6 Experience in Student Housing
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Experience in Affordable Housing
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Experience - Approach in Historical Project Design 26 Key References
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Section B. Key Personnel
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Section C. Principal Office Location
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Clockwise from Top Left: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.; University of British Columbia, Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability Vancouver, BC; Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, Washington; Atlanta Belt Line Corridor Design and Trails, Atlanta, Georgia
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July 1, 2019
Matthew Schwartz and Martin Thaggard Lincoln Property Compan 915 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90017 Re: USC | Architectural Services - Request for Qualifications
Dear Matthew, Thank you for your consideration of Perkins and Will for the Ground-Up Student Housing Project / Historical Amenity Space Restoration. The Los Angeles studio of Perkins and Will is made up of individuals who are passionate about improving our communities and creating places that positively impact lives. The everincreasing visible homeless population in our community is a daily reminder of the countless others in the shadows and urgency of this issue. Whether it’s senior citizens, veterans, families or students, we are committed to being as much a part of the solution as we can be. Our efforts include the programming, planning, and design of over 1,500 beds of affordable/ homeless housing. We approach this crisis with an ‘all of the above” attitude where all ideas and solutions are needed. We stay in touch by regularly attending community meetings, visit with operators and providers to better understand their efforts, stay informed of the latest developments in innovative and alternative housing solutions, and invest in our own research in developing modular furniture systems designed for interim and emergency housing. We understand that 10-20% of college students are experiencing homelessness and that the Los Angeles design community is rising to the challenge to be of service. To that end, here are unique aspects of our team that we believe makes us the strongest choice for this particular project: njnj Perkins and Will Los Angeles has assembled a team of dedicated, experienced professionals residing within the City of Los Angeles who have each stepped forward with a personal commitment to assist our communities and organizations address the homeless crisis njnj We have programmed, planned, and designed over 2.4M SF in student centers and over 28,000 beds in residential life njnj Perkins and Will has a demonstrated commitment to Social Purpose projects, having provided probono professional services to 20 nonprofits in the last 10 years here in Los Angeles alone
Perkins and Will is committed to being more than consultants to Lincoln Property Company and USC, but true collaborators and trusted advisors. We thank you for the opportunity to be of service to you and to the communities we both serve. Respectfully submitted,
617 W 7th Street, Suite 1200 Los Angeles, CA 90017 www.perkinswill.com
Eric Van Aukee, AIA LEED AP® Managing Principal 213.270.8407 eric.aukee@perkinswill.com
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About Our Firm
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About Perkins and Will Our Firm
We believe that good design brings out the best in people and we thrive on projects that allow us to focus our creative energies on communities that have suffered from years of divestment. FOUNDED 1935 | 2,500 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE | 25 OFFICES
Since 1935, Perkins+Will has created innovative and awardwinning designs for the world’s most forward-thinking clients. We are architects, interior designers, urban designers, landscape architects, and consultants who approach design from all scales and perspectives. We consider ourselves “agents of change” in shaping regions, cities, and sites and are trusted advisors to a wide array of client types. Engaged, accessible, and collaborative, our staff of over 2,500 professionals brings together high design, functional performance, and social responsibility to advance project goals. We combine a deeply humanistic approach with results-driven pragmatism to create dynamic spaces for people. Research-focused and inventive, every day we reimagine how space can be used to foster stronger ties between communities, the built environment, and nature. With nearly 1,600 LEED® Accredited Professionals in building, design and construction, and neighborhood development, sustainable design is fundamental to our process.
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Our transformative research and designs help provide affordable housing to those who need it most, help students
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learn better, help patients heal faster, help business
The Life Sciences Buildings vision and design concept of “science is a gateway” describes the importance the building location has on campus and the relevance the building has for providing innovative teaching and research space in the field of life sciences that touches regionally,nationally and internationally.
meaningful daily experiences.
teams perform stronger, and help city dwellers have more
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About Perkins and Will
Clockwise from Top Left: Washington State University, Troy Hall Renovation; Plymouth State University, Merrill Place; State University of Albany, Business School; Bridgewater State University, George A. Weygand Hall
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Experience in Student Housing
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Experience in Student Housing Where you live – and how you live – during your college experience becomes a touchstone throughout life. Stories and memories are ever present. We are reimagining the future of residential life to take those lessons and many others toward even more effective experiences and outcomes. Living on campus offers a once-in-a-lifetime experience to build lifelong friendships, form tight communities, and create memories and experiences that enrich the college experience. With the right program, community size, and common amenities, the results and quality of the residential life experience can be truly transformational.
Clockwise from Top Left: Smith College, Cutter & Ziskind Houses Renovation; Plymouth State University, Merrill Place; Bridgewater State University, George A. Weygand Hall Right: Roger Williams University, North Campus Residence Hall
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Experience in Student Housing
Student life facilities are the heart of an academic community. They must be welcoming for many and a refuge for one; accommodate the diversity of a small city but offer the familiarity of home. Residence life must meet students’ needs and secure their ability to both develop and succeed as global citizens. Plain and simple. Students need a safe and secure environment that is conducive to healthy living and learning, one that provides opportunities and encouragement to grow. As students become more diverse and the university becomes more
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GUIDING PRINCIPALS
engaged with its regional and local communities, as learning is not
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confined to the classroom, nor to a 12-hour day, student life facilities have
informed on guiding principles:
become important centers of communication, collaboration, living and
• Intentionality in space and
learning. They provide a common place where all students can engage
organization is the overall measure of
the college or university on their own terms.
success
We are passionate about creating living environments that evoke home,
• Right-sizing communities through
comfort and community. For each client, we lead a process that builds
clarity and identity of micro and
consensus around solutions that are just right for their campus. Each
macro frameworks
institution must define their mission for residence life: what type of
• Successful living units should be tailored to student demographics • Living learning environments provide intentionality of student success • Diversity and inclusion is at the forefront of gender fluid communities • Social common spaces and amenities are the figurative hearths of student housing
housing is appropriate, how the mix of rooms and units relate to their demographics, and where students should live. The solution to each of these issues impacts each student’s memory of their campus and it is these solutions that define each of our living environments. We have programmed, planned and designed more than 10,000 beds through residence life master plans, renovations and new buildings at institutions throughout the United States, Canada, Middle East and Africa.
• Focused group interactions – individual and collaborative – lead to the outcome that learning happens everywhere • The science of small and micro units is at the forefront for graduate students on campus • Sustainable principles can lead to behavioral change and co-ownership of resources.
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Orchard Commons Client: University of British Columbia ― Size: 448,000 square feet ― Completion Date: 2016 ― Sustainability: Canada NC 2009 Gold Registered ― Awards: 2017, Award of Excellence, Interior Design Institute of British Columbia (Open Kitchen)
A Confluence of Spaces for First-Year Students Combining student housing, academic uses, and amenities into one facility, the intent is to promote diversity and social connection by bringing more activity and life to the heart of the campus. Drawing students from around the globe, Orchard Commons is home to a diverse group of first-year students, most of whom will be living away from home for the first time. As such, the mandate to cultivate positive social interactions through the fabric of the facility is key. These factors shaped the planning and a range of ‘social spaces’ have been provided, including three-story interconnected lounges in the two residential towers. Transparency, daylight, and wood are key expressions throughout that support these spaces. At nearly a half-million square feet, Orchard Commons will provide 1,049 residence beds and dining facilities, with academic and administrative space for UBC Vantage College, an innovative program for international students that combines first-year studies with academic English programming.
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Campus Housing San Francisco, California Client: University of California Hastings College of the Law ― Size: 900 beds ― Completion Date: 2024
Transforming an Urban City Block into a Mixed-Use Academic Village Redeveloping the majority of a city block in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco will create a mixed-use, transformative Academic Village. Anchored by 900 beds for graduate students and faculty in a range of unit types, each tower – new and renovation – will feature very distinct common spaces. The incredibly diverse podiums include academic classrooms, community engagement spaces, food and retail options, and the YMCA, which will dramatically rejuvenate the urban streetscape. The heritage 100 McAllister building will be renovated to reallocate the tower for an upgrade and realignment of housing unit types. The church component in the podium will become highly desirable leasable office space in a dramatically renovated and daylit space. The current sealed access along the corner of McAllister and Leavenworth will be reopened and engaged with the community.
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Pepper Canyon West Student Housing Client: University of California San Diego ― Size: 700,000 square feet ― Completion Date: 2023 ― Units: 1,600 beds
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series of independent communities. 100 students form each community, and while the boundaries are not necessarily hard-lined, they help to scale-down the comprehensive 1600 beds. The four unit typologies – micro units, 2-bedroom, 4-bedroom, and 6-bedroom apartments – share a rigor in modularity that enables creative stacking. These same units will be constructed with the aid of industrialized methods of construction.
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Cutter & Ziskind Houses Renovation Northampton, Massachusetts Client: Smith College ― Size: 68,500 square feet ― Completion Date:2014 ― Sustainability: LEED Silver
Sensitive Renovation to Preserve Mid-Century Modern Vibes In 1957, Smith made a radical stylistic departure from the traditional houses by building two new decidedly modernist buildings, the Cutter and Ziskind houses. From their conception they were controversial, as many considered them stark, unwelcoming, and lacking the warmth of the more traditional houses. The opinions on Cutter and Ziskind range from “raze them and start over” to preserve and respect their architectural heritage while addressing issues that any 1957 building has, including worn out systems and building components, energy inefficiency, and updating spaces to support the needs of today’s students. Smith chose the latter course of action and selected Perkins+Will based upon their depth of expertise in student life and residential life as well as their legacy of respect for modernist design. The renovations restore the mid century heritage of design through color palettes, carpet patterns, and furnishing. In addition to the house dining rooms and kitchens, the project includes a 300 seat dining hall adjacent to a rejuvenated courtyard.
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Experience in Affordable Housing
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Experience in Affordable Housing The ever increasing visible homeless population in our community is a daily reminder of the countless others in the shadows and urgency of this issue. This is why we are committed to being as much a part of the solution as we can be. Our efforts include staying in touch by regularly attending community meetings, visiting with operators and providers to better understand their efforts, staying informed of the latest developments in innovative housing solutions, and investing in our own research in developing modular furniture systems specifically designed for interim and emergency housing. Any problem that is experienced by 50,000+ people in Los Angeles is a complex issue that requires an “all of the above� attitude. There is no silver bullet to a condition that involves so many, in a place as multi-cultural, multi-national and multi-lingual as Los Angeles. That is why Perkins+Will LA has become involved with a wide range of organizations and project types which span from a city wide effort to provide immediate shelter, to permanent supportive housing, to a village of tiny homes.
Clockwise from Left: Dockside Green, Victoria, BC; Clinton Commons Development, Oakland, California Top Right: Corazon del Valle, Panorama City, California
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Experience in Affordable Housing
We believe that good design brings out the best in people and we thrive on projects that allow us to focus our creative energies on communities that have suffered from years of divestment.
Project Experience
Northtown Library And Housing
Atira Women’s Resource Society &
Clinton Commons
Chicago Housing Authority /
Atira Development Society
Chicago Public Library &
41 East Hastings Low Income Housing
Resources For Community Development Affordable Housing 55 Affordable Units Oakland, California Corazon del Valle Mixed-Use Affordable Housing 180 Affordable Units Los Angeles, California Skid Row Housing Trust Olympia and Weldon Hotel Renovation Concepts 125 Affordable Units Los Angeles, California City of Los Angeles Various "A Bridge Home" Facilities Up to 100 beds Los Angeles, California Building O 51 Units, 8 Affordable Units San Francisco, CA Sara's Circle
Affordable Senior Housing
100 Low Income Units
44 Affordable Senior Units
Vancouver, British Columbia
Chicago, Illinois
Windmill West, VanCity Enterprises
Mary’s Place
Dockside Green Mixed-use Housing
• White Center Shelter Ph 1 Phase 1: 30 beds Seattle, Washington Bianca’s Place Shelter 80 beds
Development 49 Affordable Units Victoria, British Columbia Gerding Edlen Development
• North Family Shelter 100 beds Seattle, Washington
Pine+Minor Residences
• Guest Rooms 71 Units; 150 beds Seattle, Washington
25 Multi-Family Tax Exempt Units
• Former Day's Inn up to 30 beds South Lake Union, Washington • Kenmore Shelter Up to 80 beds Kenmore, Washington
Mixed-Use Housing Development 111 Units, Seattle, Washington Detroit Eastern Market 257 Units, 116 Affordable Units Detroit, Michigan Sugar Hill Arts Mixed-use Development 68 Units, 17 Affordable Units
• Shoreline Shelter 100 beds
Detroit, Michigan
Shoreline, Washington
Windmill Developments
• Offices and Apartments 10 SRO Units Chicago, Illinois
Dallas Confidential Residential Tower
The Acqua + The Vento
Workers Housing
Mixed-Use Housing Development
270 Affordable Units
4 Affordable Units
• Permanent Supportive Housing 38 SRO Units Chicago, Illinois
Dallas, Texas
Calgary, Alberta
Garfield Green
Intracorp
Confidential Housing Facility
Mixed-use Affordable Housing
Ashley Mar
87 Units; Over 200 beds
32 Affordable Units
Mixed-Use Housing Development
Seattle, Washington
Chicago, Illinois
125 Affordable Units Victoria, British Columbia
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Corazon del Valle Panorama City, California Client: Los Angeles County Community Development Commission ― Size: TBD ― Completion Date: 2023 ― Units: 180 Affordable Units ― Population: Homeless / Low-income community
Affordable Mixed-Use Development Casa del Valle represents a nexus between the alleviation of the housing and homelessness crises, high-quality and cost-effective design, and a strong connection to the community. The development focuses on providing high-quality affordable homes to vulnerable individuals and low to lower-income households. Inspired by the concept of the hill town, a dense and vibrant community stepping and stacking up on itself, the design provides a strong sense of community space, more intimate clusters of units, and access to a variety of green spaces. The design responds to surrounding context and varying building heights by rising from two levels at the street edge to five at the rear of the site defining a low and porous active street edge, reaching an urban density that belongs to the current context, and will remain contextual in the future as the adjacent sites develop.
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Confidential Competition Los Angeles, California Client: Confidential ― Size: 70,000 square feet ― Completion Date: Ongoing ― Units: 51 Permanent Supportive Units ― Population: Homeless Veterans and Seniors
Supportive Housing Competition This project is an innovative architectural response for supportive housing within the City of Los Angeles. It combines the efficiencies of modular construction and offsite prefabrication with the ability to create architecture that is thoughtful and responsive to its surroundings. As a Tier 4 building, it maximizes the unit count at 51 and the number of stories at six above grade. Pedestrian movement is prioritized along Santa Monica Boulevard and throughout the facility with vehicular access relocated to the alley. Facing Santa Monica Boulevard, the building’s curvilinear form softens the street edge and engages and welcomes those on foot. The main entry into the facility is located to the north and welcomes residents and visitors into a ground floor lobby. While an entry into the community room is provided from the lobby, a separate door directly from the sidewalk is also offered mitigating congestion within the building when larger gatherings occur. This project is an approach that is sensitive and thoughtful in both plan and section. Beginning from the ‘inside out’, the building function drives the initial planning and begins to inform the architecture. It is influenced from the ‘outside in’ by the adjacent properties and the shape of the property.
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Campo Verde Los Angeles, California Client: Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) ― Size: 220 square feet ― Completion Date: Ongoing ― Population: Homeless community
Homeless Tiny Home Concept
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Campo Verde is a conceptual tiny home development that aims to tackle homelessness. With the homeless population count increasing,
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Perkins+Will in collaboration with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), Habitat for Humanity, Wells Fargo, Los Angeles Police Department, and others, took an "all of the above" approach solution and developed a tiny home that could house a homeless neighbor quickly and efficiently.
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The tiny home model gives land owners flexibility, provides a human
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scale solution that could be more appropriate in certain single-family residential neighborhoods, provides a sense of community in a villagelike environment and gives a tenant a stand-alone complete unit. The units can be used in interim or permanent housing models. They can be built to include a bed and storage or a full unit with kitchenette and
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Depending on the housing model, the development may include parking, common space, community room, office space, outdoor dining area, pet area, and hygiene stations. This housing typology works well on land that is difficult to plan or requires a less dense solution to appease the community.
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The DOME ™ Los Angeles, California Client: Perkins and Will ― Size: 72"h x 74"w ― Completion Date: Ongoing ― Population: Homeless community
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Offices and Permanent Supportive Housing Interim housing programs often rely on furniture designed for higher education or detention facilities with the goal to provide a fast and affordable solution, not keeping in mind the needs of the guest. Throughout our research and visits to various interim facilities, we found that every organization prioritizes privacy, safety, partition heights, common space, bed size, storage, lighting, charging stations, etc. differently. 32 pods on 53’ trailer
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The Perkins+Will Los Angeles Studio took the opportunity to develop a product that could help solve the challenges operators and guests face surrounding the sleeping unit. The DOME is a modular, unitized system specifically designed for interim and emergency housing. It includes all the essential furnishings commonly found in these facilities including a private place to sleep, lockable storage, and a USB charging port. The unit can be stacked for efficient storage and shipping, bringing initial installation costs down. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION DO NOT DISTRIBUTE
This product is patent pending.
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Experience Approach in Historical Project Design
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About Perkins and Will
Experience in Adaptive Reuse Design Now, more than ever, the environmental impact of existing buildings demands our attention. Adaptive reuse is one of the most sustainable strategies available to us today. These strategies offer tremendous opportunities to learn and build on the past while creating transformative places for the future.
↑ Perkins and Will Atlanta Studio, Atlanta, Georgia Our Atlanta Studio serves as a living lab and educational tool reflecting our environmental commitment to our colleagues, clients and community, our on-going pursuit of design excellence and its value to society.
← The Ferry Building, San Francisco, California The adaptive reuse of the building into a retail and office building included restoring the Nave to create a naturallylit public market hall running the 660’ length of the building.
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↑ University of Washington, Husky Union Building, Seattle, Washington The original building was constructed in 1949, and its subsequent expansions in 1952 and 1975 had been cobbled together in piecemeal fashion. The renovation and expansion project knits these elements together, creating a single unified center for the University community.
The transformation and reuse of existing neighborhoods, campuses, waterfronts, industrial sites, and buildings are an essential part of our commitment to reducing environmental impact. Adapting and repurposing existing spaces adds richness and nuance to the places in which we live, work, learn, and heal. Today, we are reinventing some of the world’s most iconic buildings and sites. Our approach leverages contemporary design ideas to define new buildings and redefine existing ones, repurpose abandoned infrastructure, remediate brownfield sites, and create open space.
Adaptive Reuse Adaptive reuse entails reinventing existing buildings for new uses. We begin this process by identifying the defining characteristics of a given structure and then imagining how those features might creatively serve other purposes. We always seek ways to respect a building’s original design when making alterations and additions. Our work therefore honors a site’s past while supporting the present and innovating for the future. Our adaptive reuse projects transform entire streets, neighborhoods, and districts, unveiling new opportunities for older spaces, breathing life into abandoned sites, and bringing renewed vitality and opportunity to communities worldwide.
Preservation Historic buildings have enduring architectural and cultural qualities that cannot be replicated today. By preserving important buildings, we recognize and protect the craftsmanship of previous generations, while creatively and sensitively providing
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to function for contemporary uses. Our preservation projects are typically designed
The new building, with its historic façade and contemporary addition, serves as a metaphor for the conservatory’s vision to preserve the music of the past while
received the substantial benefit of historic tax credits.
in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and many have
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Student Union San José, California Client: San José State University― Size: 242,700 square feet ― Completion Date: 2017 ― Sustainability: LEED Gold
Expansion Providing 110,000 Additional Square Footage This project expands and completely reinvigorates the existing Student Union at San Jose State University, the oldest institution of higher learning in California. Designed by the pioneering Bay Area modernist Ernest Kump as a cast concrete monument to student life, many of the building’s systems were nearing the end of their useful lives. The project preserves and restores the exposed concrete frame of the original 1969 Kump design, while updating the exterior infill components to align with those of the expansion design. The use of concrete on the additions complements the original building— the new addition’s language of glass, metal wall panel, and rainscreen is woven through infill sections of the Kump building within the concrete frame, tying the old and new languages together. The campus fabric of outdoor space and pathways is strengthened through newly created outdoor gathering areas for various student programs.
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Troy Hall Renovation Pullman, Washington Client: Washington State University ― Size: 50,000 square feet ― Completion Date: 2017 ― Sustainability: LEED Silver ― Awards: 2018, Merit Award, AIA Seattle Honors; 2017, Citation Award, AIA Washington Civic; 2017, Build Northwest Award, Association of General Contractors
Adapting an Old Dairy Building into a Modern STEM Center The new Troy Hall on Washington State University’s Pullman campus transformed a 1920s dairy building – once home to the WSU Creamery and Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shop – into a modern interdisciplinary science education and research facility for the Department of Chemistry and the School of the Environment. This 50,000 square foot, four-story facility was one of the first adaptive reuse preservation projects delivered with design-build in Washington. The result was a modern facility that restores the historic exterior and reinvigorates the beloved building. The team set out to preserve as much of the original building’s historic character as possible, while also expanding space for the needs of the school. The new program includes academic instruction, multidisciplinary interaction, and cutting edge research, in order to help WSU respond to their demand for additional STEM program areas. The new design maximizes programmatic research and teaching space while also creating spaces for communication and collaboration across disciplines.
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Center for Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Boston, Massachusetts Client: Wentworth Institute of Technology ― Size: Renovation: 21,000 New Construction: 19,000 square feet ― Completion Date: 2012 ― Awards: Education Facilities Design Award, Boston Society of Architects, 2013; Green Judges’ Choice Winner, Green Education Design Showcase, 2012
Expansion and Renovation for The transformation of The Center for Sciences and Biomedical Engineering shifts the pedagogy from a classroom plus lab model to an integrated teaching environment, where all teaching occurs in the lab and its surrounding collaboration spaces. The existing Center for Sciences and Biomedical Engineering was fully renovated and expanded to accommodate three Chemistry labs, five Physics labs, one Material Science lab, one Biology lab, two Biomedical Engineering labs, and one recitation space. Support space and collaboration space bond these spaces to the greater building organization. The dynamic organizing element of the project is the Forum, the space between the existing and the new buildings. This multilevel open space is a see-and-be-seen space as well as a large informal meeting environment. Glass walls provide views into the labs, an open stair creates a clear path of travel, and daylight through a new clerestory washes the new environment in natural light. The faculty is collocated in the building, with 36 offices in a combination of private and shared rooms.
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Charles E. Young Research Library Renovation Los Angeles, California Client: University of California, Los Angeles ― Size: 60,000 square feet ― Completion Date: 2011 ― Sustainability: LEED Gold ― Awards: 2012, Design Award, Southern California Development Forum (SCDF)
Updating Historic Library to Meet Modern Needs Designed in the 1960s by renowned architect A. Quincy Jones, the Charles E. Young Research Library serves as the primary library for UCLA graduate students and faculty in humanities and social sciences, and it houses the administrative offices of the UCLA library system. The building required modifications to meet the needs of its users, expand the library’s offerings, and upgrade the library’s physical environment. Perkins+Will provided pre-design, programming, and design services for renovation of the First Floor and A Level, focusing on the public areas to create flexible, aesthetically appealing spaces, to introduce technological improvements, and to improve the circulation and function. Challenges of the project included creating an information-rich, technologically empowered social center for the campus while understanding and relating to the original concepts of this significant piece of architecture. Additionally, the wall-like nature of the enclosing brise soleil and site fencing were addressed to allow more daylight to reach into the deep floor plan.
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References and Key Personnel
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References Clifford Beers Housing, Inc. Audrey Peterson Senior Project Manager Clifford Beers Housing, Inc. 11739 Victory Blvd. North Hollywood CA 91606 213.316.0108 x105 apeterson@cbhousing.org
Weingart Center Ben Rosen Director of Real Estate Development Weingart Center 566 S. San Pedro St. Los Angeles CA 90013 213.689.2183 ben.rosen@weingart.org
California State University, Long Beach Melissa Soto, MURP Campus Planner Office of Physical Planning & Sustainability California State University, Long Beach 1331 Palo Verde Avenue Long Beach, CA 90840 562.985.5127 Melissa.Soto@csulb.edu
Clockwise from Top, to Bottom: Clifford Beers Housing, Inc.; California State University, Long Beach; Weingart Center
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Key Personnel
We immerse our teams in the clients’ culture, mission, values and vision in order to design buildings and spaces that are as responsive to their communities as they are to their occupants. For each of the project team members, working with USC University to house our homeless neighbors is a significant opportunity:
Our leadership team is known industry-wide for the ability to organize, gain consensus among community groups and lead a diverse team toward effective solutions. Together, we will examine options for maximizing several critical functions, including but not limited to:
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innovation and efficiency in all aspects of a project.
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Eric Aukee, AIA, LEED AP
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Principal, Managing Director With over 30 years of architectural design and management experience, Eric Van Aukee has led a variety of commercial healthcare, government, research, and higher education projects throughout the nation. These projects have been for public, institutional, university, and commercial clients which have shaped Eric’s understanding of the unique requirements of clients in the public and private sectors. A nationally recognized authority on green design and sustainable architecture for 25 years, he was instrumental in the establishment of industry-leading design standards and principles, prior to the formation of the USGBC, in his work for the U.S. Navy. As managing director of the Los Angeles Office, Eric has responsibility for the successful delivery of all work produced by the office and the maintenance of client relationships which ensure the highest level of service and integrity.
Education
Project Experience
Master of Architecture
County of Los Angeles
Tulane University, School of Architecture
Corazon del Valle
Bachelor of Architecture Tulane University, School of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture University of Nottingham, Department of Architecture, England
Registrations Licensed Architect Pennsylvania, California, Maryland, Utah LEED Accredited Professional
Stanford University School of Medicine Space Master Plan Stanford, California
Mixed-Use Affordable Housing
Judicial Council of California
Los Angeles, California
Mid-County Civil Courthouse Menifee, California
UCSF Health UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center Parnassus
American Institute of Architects
Heights Masterplan and Programming
Los Angeles Chapter Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
House Research Institute
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Wallis Annenberg Research Center
Sheikh Zayed Tower and
Los Angeles, California
Charlotte R. Bloomberg
University of California Riverside Plant Growth
Children’s Center Baltimore, Maryland
Environments Facility
University of California, San Diego
Riverside, California
— Computational Translational Research Institute Peer Review
Qualcomm Interior Renovations & Lab Design Seattle, Washington, Boston Massachusetts The Creek at Dominguez Hills Carson, California
— Neural Therapeutics Research Laboratory San Diego, California AquaTecture WaterpodTM Wastewater Treatment Facility Los Angeles, California
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USC University of Southern California
Yan Krymsky, NCARB Design Director Yan Krymsky has 20 years of experience designing leading international projects including multi-unit residential, institutional, healthcare and educational facilities. His design ethos fosters the integration of digital technology to achieve innovation across all design sectors. A Los Angeles native, Yan is a graduate of the University of Southern California, School of Architecture. His work has received numerous honors and recognitions, including several AIA Next LA and AIA Honors awards. He regularly writes on the impact of computation in the process of design and has presented research work at several leading universities. He’s an active participant in downtown LA’s arts community where he currently lives.
Education
Project Experience
Bachelor of Architecture
County of Los Angeles
University of Southern California School of
Corazon del Valle
Architecture
Mixed-Use Affordable Housing
California State University, Long Beach
Los Angeles, California
—Atherton Site
Accreditations
City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering
National Council of Architectural
Various ‘A Bridge Home’ Facilities
Registration Boards (NCARB);
Los Angeles, California
Cert. #27263
Destination Crenshaw Outdoor Museum Los Angeles, California
—Campus Housing Master Plan —Housing and Residential Life Offices Riverside, California
Casa Verde Homeless Tiny Home Development Los Angeles, California
University of California Riverside Housing Master Plan and
The Dome
Schematic Design Competition
Furniture System for
Riverside, California
Interim/Emergency Housing Los Angeles, California City of Los Angeles Lincoln Heights Jail Site Adaptive Reuse
Creek at Dominguez Hills Dominguez Hills, California Kaiser Permanente Watts Learning and Health Pavilion
Design Competition Studio City, California Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles Camp Lakota Dining Facility and Cabin Design Frazier Park, California
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Los Angeles, California University of California Riverside Plant Growth Environments Facility Riverside, California
Dganit Shtorch, AIA, LEED AP
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Senior Project Architect / Project Manager With two decades of architectural experience, Dganit is a knowledgeable source for affordable housing, special needs housing, historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects. Her experience with construction administration and project management spans across a variety of project types including residential, healthcare and higher education facilities. Dganit's strengths lie in her attention to detail, her exceptional organizational skills, and her excellent relationships with clients, consultants and building officials. Dganit has also served as an Associate Preservation Architect for the City of Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Resources, where she reviewed potential designations for historic buildings, applications for additions and/or alterations to Cultural Heritage Monuments and historic buildings that are in the Mills Act contract program. Currently, she serves on the Hancock Park HPOZ Board.
Education
Project Experience
University of Southern California
Crenshaw Senior Housing (The Curve)*
Graduate Certificate in Historic
Affordable Housing
Preservation
Los Angeles, California
University of Southern California
Coronel Apartments*
Bachelor of Architecture
Affordable Housing Hollywood, California
Registrations California Architect: License #C-31402 LEED Accredited Professional
Vistas Del Puerto 1830 Locust* Affordable Housing Long Beach, California Immanuel Senior Housing*
Linda Vista (Hollenbeck)* Low Income Senior Housing Boyle Heights, California 950 S. Broadway, DTLA* Adaptive Reuse Housing Los Angeles, California The Hesby* Multi-famliy Housing* North Hollywood, California Seabluff Condominiums* Playa Vista, California
Professional Affiliations
Long Beach, California
Hancock Park HPOZ Board, Board Architect
Paloma Terrace*
2008 - present
Low Income Family Housing
153 San Vicente Blvd*
South Los Angeles, California
Santa Monica, California
Broadwood Terrace*
* Completed prior to joining Perkins and
Low Income Senior Housing
Will
Spaulding Square HPOZ Board, Board Architect, 2008 - 2018
Chapman Court* Koreatown, California
South Los Angeles, California
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USC University of Southern California
Christopher Allen Waight, AIA, LEED AP
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BD+C
Practice Leader Chris loves what he does. As a fourth generation Californian, whose family has been located in San Francisco and Los Angeles since the 1860s, history informs Chris’ keen understanding of place. Chris’ insight benefits his clients, and they draw on his expertise to help them achieve their design goals. Trust is a crucial success factor for him, and the strength of the relationship that he has with clients as the design process unfolds is paramount. As lead architect on several significant projects, Chris’ sense of accomplishment can only be defined through two-way dialogue, and he is particularly thrilled when users tell him the building works for them. Ultimately, that is his goal.
Education
Project Experience
Bachelor of Architecture
University of Hawaii Foundation, Atherton
Southern California Institute
-- Mixed-Use Student Housing
of Architecture
-- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
East Los Angeles College Student Success/Language Arts Building Los Angeles, California Moorpark College
Honolulu, Hawaii
Registrations
California State University, Long Beach
Architect
-- Housing Feasibility Study
California
-- Housing Strategic Development Plan
College of the Desert
#C-30979
-- Housing & Residential Life Office Studies
Visual Arts Building
Long Beach, California
Palm Desert, California
Accreditations
Health Sciences Center Moorpark, California
University of California Riverside
School District #38
LEED AP® BD+C
Housing Master Plan and Schematic Design
Brighouse Elementary School
U.S. Green Building Council®
Competition
Richmond, British Columbia
Riverside, California
California State University, Northridge*
Golden West College
-- Student Union Phase II
-- School of Nursing and Health Services Building
-- Oviatt Library Lower Level Lecture Hall Northridge, California
-- Public Safety Building Huntington Beach, California
* Completed prior to joining Perkins and Will
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August Miller, LEED AP
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Project Designer August is an architectural designer focused primarily on design, technology, and visualization through parametric processes, renderings, and modeling. He brings five years of experience with commercial, residential and educational projects nationally and internationally. He is a talented designer who thrives on exploring the unique possibilities of concept rich, site specific, and sustainable conscious architecture.
Education
Prior Experience
Master of Architecture
County of Los Angeles
University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Corazon del Valle
Bachelor of Science, Architecture Studies University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri
LEED Accredited Professional
Lassonde Studios Salt Lake City, Utah
Mixed-Use Affordable Housing
Arizona State University*
Los Angeles, California
Biodesign C Tempe, Arizona
Casa Verde
Registrations
University of Utah*
Homeless Tiny Home Development
Hilton Foundation Headquarters*
Los Angeles, California
Phase 2 (unbuilt)
University of California Riverside
Agoura Hills, California
Plant Growth Environments Facility
California State University, Long Beach
Riverside, California
2 College of Continuing and Professional
Xi’am Jiaotong-Liverpool University General Planning Scheme Competition Taicang, China
Education- CCPE New Classroom Project Design Competition Long Beach, California EMAAR Tower*
Ali Yungu School Alibaba Design Competition Hangzhou, China
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Design Competition Dubai, United Arab Emirates
USC University of Southern California
Miguel Rivera Project Facilitator Growing up in a low-income family, Miguel always knew he was interested in design. Over the course of his career, his passion for bringing high-quality and innovative design to communities with limited resources grew. He has worked with organizations like Watts House Project, Clifford Beers Housing, Weigngart and TreePeople on projects ranging from large-scale planning efforts to low-income/interim housing facilities and small residential landscapes for low-income residents throughout Los Angeles. Miguel regularly attends community meetings to support affordable/ special needs housing, volunteers at interim housing facilities, and has met with various operators to not only understand how a shelter operates but to understand what the guests need. Miguel understands the power, the privilege, and the responsibility we have as designers and he channels that towards bringing positive impact to our communities.
Education
Prior Experience
Bachelor of Science,
County of Los Angeles
Landscape Architecture
Corazon del Valle
California Polytechnic University, Pomona
Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Los Angeles, California City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering Various ‘A Bridge Home’ Facilities Los Angeles, California
Watts House Project* Low-Income Residential Redevelopments Inglewood, California Hagg Lane, LLC.* Butternut Creek Master Plan Hillsboro, Oregon Limonite Avenue* Jurupa Valley, Northwest Riverside
Casa Verde Homeless Tiny Home Development Los Angeles, California
County, California RMV Community Development, LLC.* Rancho Mission Viejo PA-2 Master Plan
The Dome
South Orange County, California
Furniture System for Interim/Emergency Housing
Integral Partners Funding, LLC.*
Los Angeles, California
North River Farms Studies & Framework Plan
TreePeople*
San Diego County, California
City of Inglewood Greening Plan
Changsha Baxizhou Island*
Inglewood, California
Master Plan and Villas Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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Principal Office Location
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The Los Angeles Studio Our studio is as diverse and distinctive as the bold colors and shapes we use in our designs. Located in the heart of downtown L.A., we’re 100 professionals strong, 100 percent dynamic. A mission-driven team, we thrive on projects that we know contribute to the greater good, and that help make a lasting, positive change in the lives of the people who use them.
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USC University of Southern California
We are a team of individuals who are passionate about improving our communities and creating places that positively impact lives. For this project 100% of the work will be completed by our Los Angeles Studio and by the team members identified in the Key Personnel section.
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Eric Van Aukee, AIA LEED APÂŽ Managing Principal 213.270.8407 eric.aukee@perkinswill.com