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FEATURES 9 NEWS+TRENDS 58 Construction costs MOVERS+SHAPERS for parking garages across 10 cities 20 Universities and AEC fi rms join forces 12 THINK TANK 28 Meet fi ve AEC Designing lobbies infl uencers to respond to the coronavirus 34 NBBJ group aims to AIA CONTINUING create buildings as 16 TRENDSETTING “open source plat- EDUCATION PROJECTS forms” Materiality and Frank Gehry’s Luma the reimagining of 38 “AEC outsiders” Arles complex push the industry historic buildings into the new decade 52 PRODUCT INNOVATIONS An industry fi rst: p.43 DEPARTMENTS natural-slate rainscreen façade 7 EDITORIAL AEC industry braces 58 GREAT SOLUTIONS for tough sledding Family workstations amid COVID-19 highlight the new outbreak Fairfi eld Area Library
ON THE COVER: Christine Williamson, Senior Associate with Building Science Corporation, launched her “Building Science Fight Club” on Instagram in June 2017. As of mid-March, her account had 30,300 followers, and grows by between 20 and 50 people per day. Learn more about Williamson and four other AEC infl uencers in our 2014–2017, 2019 Movers+Shapers report, which starts on page 20. PHOTO: COURTESY CHRISTINE WILLIAMSON JESSE H. NEAL AWARD WINNER
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HOW THE CORONAVIRUS IS CORONAVIRUS: SHORT- IMPACTING AEC TERM PAIN BUT STRONG The BD+C editors update our REBOUND LIKELY COVID-19 newsfeed hourly. Stay Attention is understandably on top of the news, trends, and focused on limiting the damage commentary on how the outbreak from the short-term effects of is impacting the AEC industry. the coronavirus outbreak. But it’s BDCnetwork.com/CoronavirusNews likely that, once disruption and uncertainty fade, the rebound in FORCE MAJEURE AND global economic activity will be COVID-19: A PRIMER ON strong, writes Oxford Economics. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS BDCnetwork.com/OxfordReport While most construction contracts contain force majeure provisions, AEC BUSINESS IMPACTS they are often not understood in FROM COVID-19: WE WANT relation to the implications they YOUR INPUT! may have on construction projects. During the past few weeks, we’ve With the onset of the COVID-19 heard from dozens of AEC fi rms pandemic, the law practice Gordon about their measures to maintain Rees Scully Mansukhani offers business operations and keep a primer on how to understand their clients’ projects on schedule your construction contract and its and budget. We’d like to hear from potential implications on your busi- you. Please take our three-minute ness in this season of change. blind survey. BDCnetwork.com/ForceMajeure BDCnetwork.com/Covid19survey
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FOLLOW BD+C ON CIRCLE 753 CIRCLE 754 By John Caulfi eld, Senior Editor | EDITORIAL | BUILDING DESIGN +CONSTRUCTION
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PANDEMIC WILL INFLICT SHORT, SHARP $300 RECESSION ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY billion The amount of funding that BD+C As this issue of in the depths of the global that will likely lead to the the American Institute of went to press, economists fi nancial crisis, being worse. sharpest quarterly contrac- Architects urged Congress from Oxford Economics • Consistent with histori- tion in consumer outlays on to invest in resilient public issued a special interim up- cal experience, the bounce record. buildings, in a March 20 date of their global forecasts back in activity will be very • Oxford Economics also letter to Congress. “This for 2020, taking into account strong once social distancing expects business investment global pandemic has laid the “expected economic measures are relaxed, and and trade to shrink by the bare the preexisting re- impact of the escalating monetary and fi scal stimulus most since the fi nancial cri- source shortage currently coronavirus outbreak and combine with a resumption sis. However, resurgent 2021 facing many of these facili- the resulting draconian in discretionary spending. growth will see the U.S. ties,” said AIA leaders. policy measures to limit its Businesses that can economy expand by 4.1% BDCnetwork.com/AIAtoCongress spread.” Here’s a recap of weather the crisis should be next year. their revised projections: prepared for a strong end to • The eurozone is headed for • The global forecasts show 2020 and start to 2021, with the sharpest recession in its the world economy, and many global growth rising as high history, meanwhile. The com- major national economies, as 5.3% in annual terms and bined supply, demand, and entering a deep recession averaging 4.4% for next year fi nancial shock caused by the during the fi rst half of 2020. as a whole. coronavirus pandemic and Over the full year, Oxford Eco- • In the U.S., the economy governments’ containment 28% nomics expects global growth is already in a recession. measures aimed at protect- The percentage of U.S. to drop to zero. The pandemic will lead to ing the population will cause contractors surveyed by the • The zero growth for 2020 profound, pervasive, and a massive hit to the economy Associated General Contrac- will mark the second-weakest persistent—but not perma- in the fi rst half of the year, tors of America in mid-March year for the global economy nent—reductions in activity, even larger than that suf- that have experienced halt- in almost 50 years of compa- with widespread cuts in so- fered during at the peak of ed or delayed projects as rable data, with only 2009, cial spending, severe disrup- the global fi nancial crisis. a results of the COVID-19 tions to supply chains, and Oxford Economics’ new pandemic. In an online a major interruption in travel forecasts see the eurozone survey conducted by the as- and tourism activity. economy shrinking by a mas- sociation between March 17 .... • Oxford Economics sive 4% in quarterly terms and 19, 22% of respondents projects that the (QoQ) in Q2 and by 2.2% in said a supplier had notifi ed ‘Businesses that can U.S. economy will annual terms for 2020. them that deliveries would weather the crisis should shrink by 0.2% The fi rm concludes its be late or cancelled. in 2020 as a forecast with: “The unprec- Contractors listed numer- be prepared for a strong end whole, com- edented nature of this crisis ous types of delays and pared with the means that uncertainty shortages. Nearly one out of to 2020 and start to 2021, 1.7% expan- around our forecasts is inevi- fi ve (18%) cited shortages of with global growth rising as sion in its tably large. Much hinges on required government actions pro-outbreak the evolution of the number or personnel, for instance to high as 5.3% in annual terms forecasts. The of infected cases and the issue permits or certifi cates fi rm expects length and severity of con- of occupancy, conduct inspec- and averaging 4.4% for a 11% drop in tainment measures. Overall, tions or lettings, or make proj- next year as a whole.’ output in Q2, we anticipate a total loss of ect awards. Sixteen percent noted a shortage of materi- — OXFORD ECONOMICS driven by a massive US GDP of $385bn in 2020 pullback in discretion- with 2 million job losses at als, parts, or equipment. ary and social spending the trough.” BDCnetwork.com/AGCstudy
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PERKINS AND WILL’S CEO SEES A LIGHT AT THE END OF COVID-19 TUNNEL ASHRAE PROVIDES COVID-19 Perkins and Will is the world’s second- RESOURCES FOR OPERATING, largest architecture fi rm, with 26 studios MAINTAINING HVAC SYSTEMS across the globe. So it is acutely aware ASHRAE has compiled a COVID-19 Pre- of the impact that the coronavirus is hav- paredness Resources Web page that ing on construction projects. includes a recently approved position The fi rm’s CEO, Phil Harrison, says the document on Airborne Infectious Dis- current situation, with some projects being eases. The site (ashrae.org/COVID19) placed on hold since the onset of the pan- provides resources from ASHRAE to demic, actually isn’t dramatically different building industry professionals. yet from the volatility that global markets The position document advises that have experienced for the past three years. new and existing healthcare intake and waiting areas, crowded shelters, and “It is too early to accurately report if similar facilities should go beyond the a higher percentage of our projects are minimum requirements of these docu- slowing, stopping or being cancelled ments. Because small particles remain due to the pandemic,” he told BD+C. airborne for some period of time, the “Notably, in some cases, we are getting design and operation of HVAC systems busier as result of the current situation, that move air can affect disease trans- as some clients are asking us to work on mission in several ways, such as by: temporary facilities.” Supplying clean air to susceptible Despite his expectation that Perkins occupants and Will would remain busy “for the near Containing contaminated air or ex- term,” Harrison acknowledges mandates hausting it to the outdoors Diluting the air in a space with that have shut down construction in cleaner air from outdoors and/or by Boston and Cambridge, Mass., and have fi ltering the air severely restricted gatherings and people Cleaning the air within the room movement in cities like San Francisco ASHRAE recommends the following and New Orleans and states like New strategies to address disease transmis- York, Illinois, and Ohio. sion: dilution ventilation, laminar and His fi rm has also had to deal with other in-room fl ow regimes, differential supply-chain disruptions that manifested room pressurization, personalized ventila- themselves fi rst in China and more tion, source capture ventilation, fi ltration recently in Italy, for such components as (central or unitary), and UVGI (upper curtain wall. room, in-room, and in the airstream). “Owners, operators, and engi- Harrison thinks it’s premature to neers are encouraged to collaborate speculate about what the coronavirus’ with infection prevention specialists longer-term impact might be on the knowledgeable about transmission of construction industry. “Much of this will infection in the community and the depend on the duration of the economic workplace,” said ASHRAE. reaction to the pandemic.” But he does see a potential silver lining from this travail. “We believe that design and wellbeing are inextricably projects. “No doubt, we will implement connected, and that, in the future, our these advanced strategies on more of clients will value this connection all the our healthcare projects, and it is certain- more,” says Harrison. ly possible that other building typologies He notes that Perkins and Will is will benefi t from some of these design already working this way. For example, features,” he says. CIRCLE 756 infection control has long been a priority Similarly, the fi rm has been applying re- of its healthcare clients, and the fi rm silient design principles in all of its work. has been incorporating advanced design “It is easy to predict that our client will features to reduce infection control in its value this approach even more,” he says.
| | 10 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION April 2020 FINDING THE PERFECT SPOT: PARKING GARAGE COSTS By Gordian
CITY Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q1 2021 Mixed-use property development is one of the hottest trends in real estate. It seems CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA 61.38 62.04 62.18 63.36 like every new downtown structure contains DOVER, DEL. 70.53 71.15 70.95 71.76 some combination of modern living spaces, GASTONIA, N.C. 57.30 57.65 57.41 58.18 trendy boutiques, big name department HUNTSVILLE, ALA. 58.35 58.57 58.73 59.41 stores, contemporary offi ces, unique dining LEWISTON, MAINE 61.95 62.22 62.37 63.56 experiences, and fi rst-class entertainment. NASHVILLE, TENN. 58.90 59.57 59.81 61.09 With so many experiences contained in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. 54.32 54.84 54.85 55.93 a single structure, a mixed-use property RICHMOND, VA, 60.04 60.33 60.34 61.34 can bring a sharp increase in traffi c to a single city block. As tenants, employees, SAN DIEGO 74.33 74.40 74.50 75.52 and customers come and go, they’ll need TEMPE, ARIZ. 56.64 57.12 57.28 58.19 spaces to park. So developers should also Please note: Square foot models are used for planning and budgeting and are not meant for detailed estimates. consider how to build parking garages into parking facilities. These localized models com/bdandc for more information about their mixed-use properties. allow architects, engineers, and other RSMeans data. RSMeans data from Gordian features preconstruction professionals to quickly This table shows the most recent costs more than 100 infrastructure models, and accurately create conceptual esti- per square foot for parking garages in including above-ground and underground mates for future builds. Visit rsmeans. select cities.
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| | BDCuniversity.com BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION 11 | THINK TANK | By Flora Liu, Studio Lead, VIATechnik
DO JUDGE A BUILDING BY ITS MODEL
accurate review of the are made. The initial
IATECHNIK design intent, including design model, for example, V component attributes, can be very simple. It is which, in turn, reduces the more important in this review cost and time per stage that the space be submittal. Different design easily visualized in 3D options and alternatives in order to spot confl icts may be easily modeled and allow stakeholders and changed in real-time to inhabit the space. during design review In design development, based on end users and different design options owner feedback. What need to be iterated in real used to take weeks of time to refl ect the owner’s back and forth through 2D feedback. This process of Team members navigating a VR walkthrough via Fuzor Project. drawings can be resolved creating options is more within a week. cost effective within the looser constraints of a 3D As we enter the “reading” 2D drawings. PHASES OF model. new decade, handwriting Some issues might DESIGN REVIEW In the construction markups on a physical therefore be omitted by Traditional BIM method documentation printed drawing set the engineer and cause segregates models from phase, collaboration is almost forgotten bigger problems down phase to phase without expands to include the history. Digital 2D shop the road. Moreover, effective overall planning architect, engineers, drawing review is the the resolution process or communication among general contractors, industry standard, and for these problems— all the stakeholders. subcontractors, and owner. in order to fl esh out the resubmission review—is This is the root cause of By conducting the review design details, projects often delayed due to this repetitive modeling and with a 3D model, the commonly develop a unclear information or the redesigns. designer can have a better fully detailed model for RFIs involved. Owners are rarely understanding of the whole mock-ups. This practice Model-based design involved during the model space and adjust the offers all stakeholders review can mitigate development process and design quickly based on all the opportunity to the shortcomings are not aware of the values the constraints. Ultimately, provide focused of 2D shop drawing of model and data. As a the model will be feedback to improve the review by overlaying result, most of the models developed to a LOD 400 building performance the design and review handed over to owners standard, which allows GCs both aesthetically and processes. By using 3D are archived without being and subs to directly use it functionally. BIM representations of utilized ever again. for fabrication purposes. Compared to creating the building to analyze On the contrary, the In a way, we are able to a full model mock-up, the and coordinate design models used in this new simply build the model as 2D design review method decisions, the design method scale up in detail designed, thereby reducing is easy, and the upfront intent is never severed as the design progresses. the number of changes and cost is low. However, the from conversations on The team can build on the decisions that need to be 2D shop drawings can be constructability and steady foundation of what made in the fi eld. hard to visualize, requiring fabrication. It allows for was already modeled as In the operation phase, a depth of experience with a comprehensive and more complex decisions owners will be provided
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BDCuniversity.com | BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION | 13 | THINK TANK | By J. Kevin Heinly, AIA, LEED AP, Managing Director, Principal, Gensler
DESIGNING OFFICE BUILDING LOBBIES TO RESPOND TO THE CORONAVIRUS
As governments and Offi ce building lobbies are to keep them cleaner from automated water dispensers; health offi cials press to ideally suited to integrate multiplying bacteria. These automated doors or even develop a vaccine for natural ventilation strategies types of materials are door-free entry points. COVID-19, we’ve been to improve air fl ushing. As popular in the healthcare looking at design strategies transition spaces, lobbies sector—in particular, 4. Integrate sensor that can aid in preventing can operate mechanical fl ooring materials technology to screen the spread of all viruses in systems that are isolated with self-disinfecting visitors. Infrared Fever the modern workplace. Most from the rest of the building. characteristics. Developers Screening Systems (IFSS) everyone enters an offi ce Opening up these high- of offi ce buildings could were fi rst deployed during building through the lobby— traffi c common areas to retrofi t existing lobbies the 2003 SARS outbreak, we view this communal the outdoors can also with similar ideas. and now can be seen on space as the fi rst line of create an ideal environment the nightly news, as the defense in preventing the for integrating landscape 3. Leverage automation technology screens travelers spread of infectious germs. features like living walls, and voice activation to for the coronavirus. The Some buildings already which organically fi lter air limit skin contact. same monitoring system have features like walk- and breath oxygen into Amazon, Apple, and Google’s could soon be integrated off mats and grates at indoor spaces. Even better voice-activated assistants in offi ce lobbies. A visitor entrances that can remove if sunlight can be part of the have transformed how we arriving at a client’s contaminants on people’s mix, because UV rays offer a interact with technology in offi ce building could be shoes, but what other natural boost for both plants built environments. screened for elevated design strategies should be and people. Taken a step further, body temperature ahead considered? Here are some these hands-free tools could of a meeting. If a fever is wellness considerations 2. Design with anti- also facilitate solution- detected, the guest could that owners and developers microbial materials. based design strategies be led into a quarantine should keep in mind when Health offi cials recommend for minimizing the need to room off the lobby as a creating offi ce buildings: refraining from forms of directly touch door hardware, precautionary measure. direct contact like shaking elevator call buttons, There, they would be able 1. Improve air quality. hands. There could also and building directories. to join the meeting remotely In most offi ce buildings, be opportunities to rethink Incorporating automation via videoconferencing indoor air is made up of offi ce design to minimize and voice activation rather than risk spreading a about 25% outside air. contact with shared surfaces tools in an offi ce building potential illness to clients The rest is recirculated like the doors we open, the could instantly minimize in a conference room and fi ltered, which means reception furniture we sit in, touchpoints and limit the setting. Since the start of it’s already been breathed and all the interior fi nishes chance of contact exposure the coronavirus outbreak, by other occupants. If we touch during the workday. to germs. makers of advanced indoor air is not regularly Fortunately, today’s Other considerations: thermal fever screening exchanged, it can actually manufacturers are already smart window shades equipment, some of which contain greater levels of integrating antimicrobial that are activated with can detect skin temperature pollutants than outside air. technology in interior sun-tracking technology; differences as little as 0.2 Natural ventilation systems design elements, including lighting systems that use degrees, have reported are an effi cient way to fl ush faucets, window shades, sensory detection to adjust surges in demand from out the bad and bring in paint, and door hardware— brightness in accordance airport operators to malls to the good air. applying coatings that work with the time of day; and hotels to military sites.
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CIRCLE 758 | TRENDSETTING PROJECTS | By David Malone, Associate Editor
FRANK GEHRY-DESIGNED LUMA ARLES COMPLEX NEARS COMPLETION S RF ARCHITECT O ELLD S
Luma Arles is a Gehry-designed aluminum spaces with natural light total rebuild of the repair contemporary arts center clad twisting tower that will and clear circulation. shop for SNCF railcars. in Arles, France, that envi- reach a height of 183 feet. Les Forges, the fi rst The building is top-lit with sions an interdisciplinary The tower features 11,000 building in the new com- linear skylights running center dedicated to the aluminum panels arranged plex, was completed in north/south that provide production of exhibitions around a frame of concrete 2015 and includes a new diffused light throughout and ideas, research, edu- and steel. open-air courtyard with a the space. The building cation, and archives. The New York City-based cafe and communal gather- also includes an artists’ project balances the origi- Selldorf Architects is de- ing space for presenta- workshop. nal 19th-century industrial signing the renovation and tions and concerts. The La Formation was the site with the center’s new conversion of fi ve original repurposed building hosts third completed building, contemporary purpose. structures into two new ex- photography and art exhibi- opening in May 2018. La Construction on the hibition facilities, a hotel, tions in fl exible gallery Formation was conceived project, which repurposes a visitor center and cafe, space. as an artists’ residence the industrial ruins of a 16- and a dance studio and The Mécanique Générale and rehearsal space and acre rail depot and intro- artists’ residence. Original was the second completed draws inspiration from its duces a new public park, steel columns and trusses building by Selldorf Archi- original use as a SNCF began in 2014. At the were refi nished and sky- tects. Mécanique Générale, staff training center. center of the complex is a lights were relocated and now a 48,000-sf exhibi- The entire complex will yet-to-be-completed Frank expanded to create new tion space, was almost a open in 2021.
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O The Wheeler Kearns Architects- DER designed space took a 63,000-sf decommissioned cheese factory and turned it into a cultural hub, with engaging indoor and outdoor areas. The design overlaps so- cial, performance, and culinary activities with art spaces to showcase contemporary art’s role in everyday life. The Tower, which reaches a height of 70 feet, is the largest space in the program and allows for vertical cir- culation up through multiple pre-existing intermediate mezzanines, which will be used for visual arts, perfor- mance, and social events. At the top of The Tower is the Tower Bar, which offers panoramic views and a fl oor skylight that looks down to the museum below. The exterior features glass panels that pay homage to the site’s history as a hunting ground for the Osage Nation. The Tower also features the entrance to DECOMMISSIONED CHEESE FACTORY The Container, a glass-enclosed space for events. BECOMES A CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE Outdoor space is incorporated in the design. In collaboration The Momentary, a contemporary arts satellite facility to with the Tulsa-based fi rm Howell Vancuren Landscape Archi- the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, tects, the landscaping includes sculptures, courtyards like the Ark., is a new multidisciplinary space for visual, Arvest Bank Courtyard, and the 42,000-sf Momentary Green. performing, and culinary arts. The project opened on Feb. 22, 2020. O RTA PR RTA O DANISH HOSPITAL IS CONSTRUCTED FROM 24 F STEEL FRAME MODULES Forta PRO, a Latvian-based modular construction company, and MT Højgaard, a Danish construction company, recently completed the MARS Satellite Radiology Clinic building in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new clinic will provide additional acute care services to patients for faster and more advanced medical research. The MARS clinic was built as a modular building offsite in Latvia and then shipped across the Baltic Sea to the assembly location. It combines 24 steel frame modules weighing up to 27 tons each. The most substantial blocks are equipped with all the necessary protection systems to provide safe and ef- fi cient operation for quicker patient diagnostics. The modules Onsite construction was completed in only two weeks were designed to fi t the most modern medical equipment such without disrupting neighboring working clinical departments or as X-Ray, CT, and MRI scanners. blocking traffi c pathways for ambulances.
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REI’S NEW HEAD- District neighborhood. The QUARTERS IS landscape will become ALL ABOUT THE a seamless part of the OUTDOORS public and private realms Located in Bellevue, through a series of pedes- Wash., the new REI trian connections, interior inside. Much of the out- reduce waste. Reclaimed headquarters building will courtyards, and a large- door space can be used wood from dead trees feature many opportuni- scale roof deck. It will fea- for meetings on nice days and bridge beams was ties for employees to get ture plants that celebrate and can also be com- also used to make confer- outside, with courtyards, the native and agricultural bined, thanks to the roll-up ence tables and chairs. bridges, and open park heritage of the area. NBBJ garage doors, with indoor The interior features an space. designed the project. space, giving employees abundance of stairs, more The eight-acre cam- The buildings’ façades options on how to work than are necessary, so pus will feature nearly will include large windows and attend meetings. employees of the company 400,000 sf of space and garage doors that can Interior workstations that promotes an active spread across three be opened to help bring were made from oak butch- lifestyle can get up and buildings in the Spring the surrounding nature er blocks in an effort to move around.
CIEL TOWER WILL BE THE TALLEST HOTEL IN THE WORLD
Currently under construction in RR as well as serviced apartments. NO the world’s largest manmade The building’s crown contains a marina, in Dubai, Ciel Tower rooftop pool, a specialty restaurant, will become the tallest hotel in and an observation deck. Other the world, reaching a height of amenities include a fully-equipped 1,181 feet. The curved forms spa, a business lounge, laundry of the building are meant to service, multiple restaurants, and a gently reflect in the setting gym. The amenities are distributed sun while the design scheme vertically through the tower, each emphasizes the verticality of being accompanied by a sky terrace the tower and is meant as a with views of the Arabian Gulf. response to vertical living. NORR designed the tower. The First Group is developing the project, which is antici- The glass and metal hotel will comprise 1,042 luxury suites pated to be completed by 2023.
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Universities with AEC programs hone their curricula and research to prepare students to hit the ground running in the construction industry.
Hourigan Construction is among the GC fi rms that give students and faculty at Virginia Tech a taste of real-world experience.
In the classroom and BY JOHN CAULFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR Derek Hoiem, developed the prototype for Recon- the fi eld: A. Ross Myers struct, a predictive visual data analytics tool used of Allan Myers (left image, right) inter- or more than a decade, John Klein with drones for monitoring construction progress. acts with students at has been toggling between academia Golparvar is now Reconstruct’s COO, Hoiem its Chief Virginia Tech’s School and the construction industry. His new Science Offi cer. of Construction, which he endowed. Brendon company, Generate, traces its roots to VIATechnik, a virtual design and construction fi rm Renick (right image, Massachusetts Institute of Technology that provides BIM services, was a startup in 2015 left) Assistant Project (MIT), where for more than six years Klein when it was invited to join Stanford University’s Manager with W.M. F Jordan, leads students was a teacher and research investigator. Center for Integrated Facility Engineering. “CIFE is on a tour of a Generate exemplifi es how universities have been a way for us to make sure we always have one foot construction site. coming down from their ivory towers to nurture in the future,” says Danielle Dy Buncio, a Stanford ideas that catalyze practical solutions for the built graduate who is VIATechnik’s Founder and CEO. Mar- environment. tin Fischer, CIFE’s Director, is a VIATechnik advisor. “It’s an exciting time to be in academia,” says “CIFE keeps us nimble,” she says. Mani Golparvar-Fard, Associate Professor and Klein, whose résumé includes stints at Zaha Had- Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellow at the University of id Architects and the faculty at Tsinghua University’s Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. That’s where he and a Graduate Architectural Design department in Beijing, colleague, Associate Professor in Computer Science says he’s been “fortunate” to always have one leg in
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practice and another in research. SHARING KNOWLEDGE While at MIT, he taught a design workshop whose AND PEOPLE student architects in 2018 developed a proposal A nexus with industry is ‘We’re in the knowledge transfer for The Longhouse, a sustainable building proto- common for universities with business. Students are the type using mass timber. The building processes schools of architecture, engi- that emerged from the workshop over the past two neering, and construction that drivers of the latest technology.’ years are the foundation for Generate, an archi- are striving to be invaluable to — R. RAYMOND ISSA, PE, F.ASCE, API, tectural design consultant focused on providing AEC fi rms looking to keep pace UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA digitized solutions that incorporate engineered with the latest research and wood products. trends, especially in the areas of construction tech- In January, Generate submitted for permitting a nology and management. 19,000-sf, fi ve-story Passive House structure with “We’re in the knowledge transfer business,” says 14 residential units in Roxbury, Mass. This would R. Raymond Issa, PE, F.ASCE, API, Distinguished be the Boston area’s fi rst ground-up Passive House Professor and School Director of the M.E. Rinker demonstration project built with cross-laminated Sr. School of Construction Management and the timber components. Generate is working in collabo- University of Florida. “Students are the drivers of ration with Placetailor, a fi rm dedicated to high-per- the latest technology.” formance buildings. The University of Florida is among the academic
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institutions that invite AEC fi rms to co-sponsor gets AEC fi rms in front of students at a time when classes and send their executives to be guest lectur- the industry is hungry for new talent. And fi rms get ers, to preside over research proposal reviews, and to early access to information that could give then a conduct jobsite tours for students. AEC fi rms are also competitive edge. sources of capital to perpetuate a school’s mission. For the past nine years, Skanska USA’s New York In January, for example, the offi ce has had a working relationship with Columbia architectural fi rm NBBJ an- University’s Civil Engineering and Engineering Me- ‘CIFE is a way for us to make sure nounced that it was donating chanics program. One of that program’s lecturers, we always have one foot in the $250,000 to establish a part- Dr. Ibrahim Odeh, chairs a think tank under the aus- ‘ nership with the University of pices of the World Economic Forum. In that capacity, future. CIFE keeps us nimble.’ Washington’s College of Built Odeh shared research with Skanska fi ve years ago — DANIELLE DY BUNCIO, VIATECHNIK Environments, with the goal which showed how construction had fallen even of translating basic research below agriculture as the least likely sector to adopt into action, creating innovative solutions to design technology. In response to those fi ndings, Skanska problems, and cultivating the next generation of redoubled its efforts to bring technology into its leaders. The multiyear partnership will engage fac- work, says Paul Haining, its Chief Environmental, ulty, students, and practitioners in projects, studios, Health, and Safety Offi cer. seminars, charrettes, and symposia. Academia is also where new ideas and products In return for their participations and largesse, can get road tested. Skanska has worked with AEC fi rms often have a say in what’s taught and Georgia Institute of Technology’s Digital Building researched. Exhibiting at career fairs—Florida’s Lab (DBL) on a machine-learning 3D model check- School of Construction Management has four fairs ing tool for construction safety, logistics, and OSHA annually, each attracting up to 120 companies— standards. And before launching its drone pro-
MANAGEMENT TRAINING: AEC FIRMS BRING STUDENTS INTO THE REAL WORLD
Schools of construction at uni- rience, “we’re hoping to show versities are, in some ways, aca- them more than what they could demic versions of trade schools, learn from a textbook,” says providing students with hands-on Brandon Renick, a Virginia Tech experience and post-graduate grad who is an Assistant Project job opportunities. Manager with W.M. Jordan.
At Virginia Tech, every new The relationship between in- VIRGINIA TECH SHANI SHARIF COURTESY on-campus construction project dustry and academia, however, holds back a piece of the con- can include the classroom. Over tracted work for faculty and stu- the past two years, one of the dents to deliver. On March 19, more popular courses offered in 2020, 70 students and officials the Master’s program at Colum- from Hourigan Construction bia University’s School of Civil toured an outpatient pavilion Engineering has been guided by that Hourigan is building on a syllabus assembled by Skanska offered by AEC firms. Debra Construction IQ. That student, VTU Health’s campus. Another USA’s office in New York, says Pothier, Autodesk’s Senior AEC says Pothier, helped the team contractor, W.M. Jordan, Paul Haining, the firm’s Chief Construction Strategy Manager, develop machine learning algo- recently gave VT students and Environmental, Health, and points specifically to a stu- rithms, and conducted research the dean of student affairs a Safety Officer. Several of Skan- dent at the University of Texas with construction customers and virtual reality demonstration of ska USA’s executives, including in Austin who, as an intern, real-world construction data. a 600-bed dorm under construc- its President and CEO, Rich Ken- worked closely with Autodesk’s tion, which overlayed what the nedy, have been guest lecturers data sciences, product manag- ONE STUDENT’S completed rooms and amenities for that course. ers, user experience designers, PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY would look like. Students also benefit and developers to assist in Academia is, without question, Through this immersive expe- substantively from internships the development of Autodesk industry’s farm system. Skanska
| | 22 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION April 2020 gram a few years ago, Skanska worked with DBL Eastman, one of the originators of BIM. Eastman’s and Javier Irizarry—an Associate Professor in the successor, Associate Professor Dennis Shelden, School of Building Construction and Director of the cofounded Gehry Technologies. (Shelden is now school’s CONTech Lab—to study how drones could Director of the Center for Architecture Science and be deployed for construction. This included testing Ecology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.) operational applications for safety, battery and com- DPR Construction has been an associate mem- putational power, and regulatory compliance. ber of DBL for seven years. As such, it gets invited “Without the DBL, we would not be where we are to evaluate student proposals to determine their today on either of these platforms,” states Oliver funding worthiness. DPR also attends an annual Smith, LEED AP BD+C, Associate AIA, Director of In- Industrial Symposium that includes tech startups, novation and VDC in Skanska’s Washington, D.C., of- “so we learn about the latest trends,” says Tony fi ce. He and other sources point out that an academ- Dong, Leader–Business Process Improvement and ic environment is sometimes more conducive to such Research in DPR’s San Francisco offi ce. investigations because it is less encumbered by time In another layer of support for this program, constraints, narrow agendas, or commercial preroga- DPR provides PhD researchers with access to its tives that corporate workplaces must adhere to. executives for consultation, as well as data on Universities provide the construction industry such things as 3D and 4D modeling. Dong says his with “neutral ground,” where even competitors fi rm has a similar membership arrangement with can share ideas, have open discussions, and col- Stanford’s CIFE. laborate, says Scott Marble, Chairman of Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture in Atlanta. “At Geor- BLURRING THE LINES gia Tech, it’s in our DNA to act as that bridge.” The The symbiosis of academia and industry is palpable DBL was founded in 2009 by Professor Chuck at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Va., whose Myers-
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COU Building Lab. She interned for the company during the summer of 2016 as a software developer, during which she created a workflow and defined set of rules for digital fabri- cation logic. Autodesk liked Virginia Tech students and faculty experience an on-campus construction project virtually (opposite page). Shani Sharif’s work, and recruited her. Sharif (above, at right) fi rst came into contact with her current employer, Autodesk, while she was a doctoral Sharif’s intention, upon student at Georgia Tech’s Digital Building Lab. graduation, was to teach. She had already applied for a USA provides subject matter and Since May 2017, Shani Sharif, for four year) to come to the U.S. couple of teaching positions. lecturers to Columbia’s online 38, has been a product line to study computational design at Sharif had also been recruited Coursera platform that reaches manager for Autodesk in San MIT. She later entered Georgia by Katerra. Ultimately, she 265,000 students. Skanska uses Francisco. Her journey to that Tech’s PhD program, and one of chose Autodesk, where she this as a survey pool and to at- job began about 10 years earlier, her first projects there was to de- also works in Industrial Con- tract future leaders to its firm. when she left her native Iran velop a Masonry Unit Database struction. (She will defend her (A dozen of those students now (where she earned a degree in ar- for the BIM for Masonry initiative PhD thesis on robotic fabrica- work for Skanska, says Haining.) chitectural design and practiced (BIM-M), which Sharif says gave tion this spring.)
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Lawson School of Construction was started in 2006 actively addressing the challenge,” says Kleiner. with a $10 million endowment from two construction Ryan Saulsbury, Hourigan’s Executive Vice Presi- company CEOs: A. Ross Myers of Allan Myers and dent, elaborates that this collaboration syncs with John Lawson of W.M. Jordan. “We were formed by the efforts of his fi rm’s corporate safety director, the industry, for the industry,” says Brian Kleiner, Brian Rizzo, to elevate Hourigan’s CM practice to PhD, Director and Bogle Professor of Industrial & “best in class.” Systems Engineering. “Within the school, we have At College Station, Texas A&M’s Department several communities of practice with attached of Construction Science has had a Construction centers or labs, through which industry, faculty, and Industry Advisory Council since 1998. That council students partner.” has grown to 247 member fi rms, and includes Turner Virginia Tech has an industry board comprised of Construction, Lendlease, and Mortenson. The council MIT students, in a design workshop tiers related to involvement, as well as faculty-indus- offers 12 endowed scholarships per year, and a conducted by research try committees. All of its construction students do $25,000 research grant, says Patrick Suermann, PE, scientist John Klein, de- multiple internships, and the school conducts two LEED AP, Associate Professor and the Charles Dewey veloped a proposal for The Longhouse, a sus- career fairs per year. “We are the pipeline to meet McMullan Chair in Construction Science. One student tainable multifunctional the industry’s shortage of construction profession- team used that grant money recently to build a free- prototype engineered als,” says Kleiner. To widen that pipeline, industry standing 25-foot-tall arch using a robotic arm. as a series of timber laminated veneer donors pledged $25 million for a building that would The department also has a $20 million research lumber arches spanning double the School of Construction’s physical capac- program, much of it funded by federal agencies across the building’s ity, in exchange for the university agreeing to double like the National Science Foundation. That program shorter dimensions. provided the money for one recent investigation where a student team used wearable sensors to study worker motion patterns on an off- shore prefabrication facility. Using that research, tools were relocated to be more convenient for workers to use. Suermann says that heed- ing this research ultimately saved the facility $1 million in annual operating expenses. These relationships between academia and industry are two-way streets. Universities rely on indus- try’s input about what research proposals are worth pursuing. This input typically injects real-world experience into research that, otherwise, might not go beyond the white paper or prototype, says Golparvar-Fard. “And there’s a big difference between the research prototype and practical prototype.” He adds that while the research enrollments in its construction management and done at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urba- construction engineering management programs. na is rigorous, “it doesn’t always have relevance.” When asked how Virginia Tech’s School of Con- Saulsbury of Hourigan Construction says that con- struction meets the industry’s needs, Kleiner points cepts which universities ask general contractors to specifi cally to the school’s new Automation and test sometimes turn out to be too complex, costly, Robotics in Construction and Design and Engineering or would take too long to develop. “This is where (ARCADE) lab. Several companies, including Hourigan fi rms like ours come in,” to turn ideas into practical Construction, a Richmond, Va.-based GC, are trying solutions, he says. to fi gure out how much and which technology should VIATechnik, which has done more than 2,000 be adopted for construction. “School researchers are projects, has seen how tech works and who’s using
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it. “So we can collaborate with research students to In an interview last year with Oracle’s Trailblazers Generate’s fi rst solve problems, in ways that don’t need to be com- blog (bit.ly/3cxuX9m), Golparvar recounted how his project is a 19,000-sf mercially viable initially,” says Dy Buncio. VIATechnik research and PhD dissertation at the University of residential building in also partnered with Stanford to co-deliver CIFE’s fi rst Illinois and at Virginia Tech focused on the interface Roxbury, Mass., known internally as Model C, VDC course. “We were able to scale the course and of construction management and computer vision. and made from cross- offer real-time industry feedback,” she says. “Reconstruct’s visual 3D command center for con- laminated timber. struction projects emerged from this work,” he said. WHERE STARTUPS CAN MARINATE Golparvar tells BD+C that he also tapped into UICU’s Universities in recent years have emerged as the Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellowship, which provided go-to places for AEC and ConTech startups to him with space and a team on campus; as well as incubate and refi ne their products and services. the university’s 43,000-sf incubator EnterpriseWorks ALICE Technologies, the AI platform for construc- at Research Park, whose shared services program tion planning and scheduling, was initially funded provided operational and legal support. by Stanford, for example. Exyn Technologies’ drone His team tested this tool with multiple construc- navigation software was incubated at the University tion companies, most prominently Turner, which in of Pennsylvania’s Grasp Lab. 2016 greenlighted its use as a pilot program during However, a product’s development via an academ- the construction of the Sacramento Kings’ much ic portal can take all kinds of twists and turns. ballyhooed Golden 1 Center stadium. Golparvar-Fard contends that startups “bridge the The success of that pilot opened doors for Golpar- gap” between academic theory and what industry var to pitch Reconstruct to several other construc- needs. Reconstruct is a case in point. tion fi rms, including Clark Construction and Gilbane.
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posed the formation of an Executive User Group under Solemma to raise capital for the development of a suite of circadian light software tools under the name Climate Studio. COURTESY VIRGINIA TECH COURTESY HOK, says Quinn, was the fi rst AEC fi rm to invest in that user group, which has since grown to 15 investors. The user group includes such AEC fi rms as Arup, Foster + Partners, AECOM, BuroHappold Engineering, Kieran Timberlake, P&W, atelier 10, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and Gensler; as well as Harvard, University of California at Berkeley, MIT, and Cornell University. Quinn says the team that has worked on Climate Studio for a year was scheduled to release it pub- licly on March 20.
STRENGTHENING THE CONNECTIONS “The pairing of academia and industry can be a “The response was overwhelmingly positive,” he powerful mix,” says P&W’s Haymaker. “And part of Job fairs conducted by universities are invalu- recalls. Reconstruct now has offi ces in Menlo Park, the research ‘story’ is having practical impact.” The able to the schools’ Calif., Chicago, and Austin, Texas. Many of its 35 universities interviewed for this article would agree industry partners for employees are graduates of the University of Illinois. unanimously, as they prepare their students to be- recruiting future leaders to their companies. Perkins and Will has been working with Georgia come leaders in the construction fi eld. Tech’s DBL on an automated planning layout tool, Suermann of Texas A&M says he wants to in- which started when John Haymaker, P&W’s Director of troduce a program he’s familiar with from his days Research, was an assistant professor there. (He also teaching at the Air Force Academy’s Department of taught at Stanford’s CIFE, where he earned his PhD.) Civil and Environmental Engineering: a Field Engi- A student named Subhajit Das had created a neering and Readiness Laboratory, which provides Space Plan Generator, that put lists of spaces into cadets with a solid foundation for learning scientifi c a tool to come up with an adjacencies matrix to theory and engineering design principles in more produce a space plan. Through his class, Haymaker advanced courses. connected Das with P&W and Autodesk. “P&W The University of Washington’s College of Built showed how us they did healthcare space plan- Environments is piloting an Applied Research ning, and Subhajit, under my guidance, tested” the Consortia (ARC), whose purpose is to better align generator. students with industry partners on various projects. Haymaker says the Space Plan Generator didn’t Its agenda also promotes equity, diversity, and inclu- quite meet the levels of precision and geometric sion to encourage women and minorities to enter control that users required. “We needed to connect and stay in the construction industry. Carrie Sturts analyses into this generative loop more easily,” he Dossick, Professor of Construction Management, explains. The school and P&W may have found that envisions that ARC will partner with other colleges solution in the work of another student, Nirvik Saha, within the university to be part of between eight and who has created a Design Optimization Tool Set 10 degree programs. Fees from member businesses (DOTS, as in “connecting the dots,” quips Haymak- would go toward scholarships for students. er), a series of Grasshopper components that allows Dossick is the former Executive Director of the designers to more precisely implement their own university’s Center for Education and Research in design logic using a sequence of scripts. Saha is Construction (CERC), from which ARC is an offshoot. preparing to defend his thesis. She sees programs like these as the linkage con- Sean Quinn, Sustainable Design Director for necting academia and industry. They broaden the HOK Group’s Pacifi c Region, has had a longstand- faculty’s impact, give students greater exposure to ing relationship with Christoph Reinhart, Associate real-world work-related problems, and allow industry Professor at MIT’s Energy Initiative and Sustainable to explore new things it might otherwise not do in a Design Lab. Last year, Reinhart, who is also CEO commercial context. of Solemma—which distributes a daylighting and “We’re excited about this program’s potential,” energy modeling RHINO plug-in called DIVA—pro- she says.+
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CIRCLE 760 MOVERS+SHAPERS | INFLUENCER? NOT ME! 5 AEC infl uencers say they prefer to see themselves as educators and even entertainers for their knowledgeable and inquisitive audiences.
BY JOHN CAULFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR
isinger Build this year celebrates its 15th anniversary as an architect-driven builder and renovator in Austin, Texas. The company does six to eight residential proj- ects per year, and under normal circumstances prob- ably wouldn’t be known outside of its local market. R But Matt Risinger, its 47-year-old CEO and Chief Builder, is also an indefatigable social media star who has expanded his brand via blogging and posting videos dedicat- ed to “fi ne craftsmanship and building science” on YouTube. In late December, he branched out by forming his own Build- ShowNetwork, that costars three other contractors and an archi- tect, and publishes six new videos weekly (two of which also get posted on YouTube). The 700-plus videos that Risinger published from June 2008 through the end of February 2020 generated just short of 100 million views. In March, his subscriber base hit 600,000. Just don’t lump Risinger in with the famous-for-being-famous crowd whose media exposure is their business model. “I’m in a unique position: I’m a day-to-day builder who lives and breathes it,” he says. Risinger acknowledges that one goal of his videos is to encourage people “to learn and do better” when it comes
| | 28 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION April 2020 to building healthier and more effi ciently. But he episodes, which get ‘My goal is to help teach architects sees himself more as a mentor than an infl u- between 400 and 900 about building science and encer, who instructs practitioners and the general downloads. (Her produc- ’ public about the virtues of sustainability. tion pace slowed last year construction. I want to show how That might be a distinction without a difference. while she was pregnant, the “AEC” parts fit together.’ But Risinger’s self-identifi cation refl ects how other but she’s back to posting — CHRISTINE WILLIAMSON, infl uencers in the AEC and building science are- twice a month.) “It’s been BUILDING SCIENCE CORPORATION nas view themselves. steadily drawing, and I get Catherine Meng, AIA, didn’t see herself as a downloads for older episodes, so people are still potential infl uencer when, in 2018, she launched discovering the podcast.” More to the point, about Design Voice, a podcast where she interviews one-third of her guests now approach her about women in the AEC world about their careers being interviewed. and work. Her 30-minute episodes can now be Bob Borson, FAIA, Associate Principal with heard over multiple platforms that include Apple architecture fi rm BOKA/Powell, who founded and Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher for Podcasts, Twitter, co-hosts the popular Life of an Architect podcast Player.com, and RadioPublic.com. and blog, dismisses any suggestion that he’s an Design Voice stems from Meng’s own experi- infl uencer. “‘Infl uencer’ is a ridiculous word. If ence: She had just moved to San Francisco and you have to tell people you’re an infl uencer, you’re got a job with Kwan Henmi, a woman-owned not,” says Borson. design fi rm that, a year later, was acquired by DLR However, there’s no denying that a lot of people Group, which Meng recalls “had a very different have wanted to read or hear what Borson has to workplace dynamic. Even my mentors were trying say, ever since he started writing a blog in July to fi gure out their roles there.” 2010 as a creative outlet and to see if he was As of late Febru- still “technologically relevant.” To his surprise, the ary, Meng had blog clicked, reaching 350,000 visits per month produced 29 at its peak. (Borson notes that, at the time, AIA’s
CHRISTINE WILLIAMSON, BUILDING SCIENCE FIGHT CLUB Launched “Building Science Fight Club” on Instagram on June 7, 2017. It didn’t cross the 1,000-follower threshold for a couple of years, as Williamson says she blocked “hundreds” of accounts that she suspected were either fake or not in the AEC professions. Building Science Fight Club got its first big boost when the builder Matt Ris- iinger, who had already established himself as an influencer through YouTube vvideos, reposted one of Christine’s episodes a few years after she launched. ““I sent Matt a note to thank him as my plane took off from LaGuardia. By the ttime I touched down in Dallas, my audience had nearly doubled [to 2,000],” rrecalls Williamson. COURTESY CHRISTINE WILLIAMSON COURTESY AAnother boost came when she was interviewed by Mark LePage, who orga- nizes the EntreArchitect podcast. “I think, long term, that it was probably mmore significant than the big rush I got from Matt,” she says. HerH page’s biggest milestone is when, in December 2019, NCARB, the licensing board for architects, emailed an article about the best Instagram aaccounts for architects to its membership. “I got 2,000 followers in two ddays,” says Williamson. AsA of mid-March, her Instagram account had 30,300 followers, and grows by between 20 and 50 people per day.
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N June 2018. Through mid-February 2020, he had produced 42 episodes, at roughly a twice- a-week clip. Borson and his co-host Andrew Hawkins, AIA, LEED AP, select topics for their COURTESY BOB BORSO COURTESY podcasts from the blog’s “greatest hits,” says Borson, who notes that the podcast’s audience skews a bit younger. Listeners seem to especially like topics about sketching, and those with humor. One podcast about tiling a bathroom got 26,000 hits in one day. Why? “Who knows?” responds Borson. “I never really gave much thought to the audience I would draw.” However, he estimates that 30% to 40% of the podcast’s listeners return for the answers to hypothetical questions that he and Hawkins pose during each episode.
BIGGER FISH IN A SMALL POND Infl uencers don’t necessarily need big audienc- es to have an impact. Amy Baker, AIA, LEED AP, CSI, CDT, SCIP, is an architect licensed in Michi- gan. She had 17 years’ experience with larger BOB BORSON, FAIA, LIFE OF AN ARCHITECT fi rms before she opened her own shop in Royal PODCAST AND BLOG Oak, Mich., in the fall of 2018, specializing in First blog post: July 2010. spec writing. Last June, she started posting First podcast: June 2018. The episode, titled “Character Develop- “SpecFunFacts” on Instagram, “because I like ment,” had been downloaded 5,054 times. researching building materials and writing short As of early March 2020, the podcast has had 160,175 total downloads informational posts that people fi nd helpful and (44 episodes), for an average of 258 downloads per day. can read in a couple of minutes.” One episode, “Inside the Firm,” released Feb. 17, 2020, had 1,652 She didn’t think her “nerdy and technical” downloads in the first 24 hours. posts—which sometimes include information Lifeofanarchitect.com attracts 4,200 daily visitors, and averages about enclosures, as she’s on the local Building 150,000 per month. Enclosure Council Board—would fi nd an audi- ence outside of Michigan. “It was just a hobby, really,” says Baker. But last December, her account—which had about 150 followers at the Bob Borson (center) and time—got a shout out from Christine Williamson, Andrew Hawkins (left), membership was only around 100,000, “so I who produces the widely viewed Building Science cohosts of the Life of an Architect podcast, wasn’t just getting architects.”) Fight Club page on Instagram. Baker immediately which gets nearly 260 At fi rst, he was pumping out three or four picked up 550 followers over a 24-hour period. downloads per day. blogs a week. He admits he’s not a writer, A month later, Williamson posted another of and that his blogs were sometimes stream-of- Baker’s SpecFunFacts on her Instagram page, consciousness ramblings. But readers liked his and Baker picked up 200 more followers. authentic style and humor: one blog’s headline As of mid-February, Baker had 67 posts and read, “Men and Urinals: It’s time for one of 936 followers on Instagram, which she tries to them to change.” Another was titled, “Guide- add to at least once a week. lines to Rat Homicide.” Williamson—who has been dubbed “the queen Borson has scaled back his blogging to once of building science” on one manufacturer’s web- a week, but it’s still getting 150,000 weekly site—sees herself as being more infl uential than visits. His blog has been translated into 400 an infl uencer. “I’m infl uential not because I’m on dialects and has 30,000 back links. Instagram but because of my technical compe- More of Borson’s attention and energy these tence. My infl uence is not based on popularity or days are on his podcast, which he started in ‘likes,’ but on my job in the real world.”
| | 30 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION April 2020 Williamson is a Senior Associate with Building marily, and professionals in ‘“Influencer” is a ridiculous Science Corporation. Her experience is in com- general. She does get some mercial construction, and she focuses on investi- interest from homeowners, word. If you have to tell people gating nonstructural building failures. Her path to too. And her reach is expand- ’ you’re an influencer, you’re not.’ building science and social media was circuitous. ing: When BD+C interviewed — BOB BORSON, FAIA, BOKA/POWELL, Having graduated from Princeton University Williamson in January, her LIFE OF AN ARCHITECT with a degree in French, Williamson earned a account had just received a MArch degree from NewSchool of Architecture comment from a viewer in Australia. + Design in San Diego. After a detour to San Williamson is trying to help make continuing Antonio for a marketing job she detested, she education a community activity. She recently joined Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, where posted about the importance of keeping a drain- she worked under Fiona Aldous, who encour- age space between masonry walls clear and at aged her junior staff to get out to jobsites. least two inches. But she received a comment Williamson is quick to point out that she’s not from a residential contractor about how hard an architect, and that she’s more comfortable that would be for residential construction, which in the fi eld than in the studio or classroom. She gave her pause and prompted a follow-up post. refers to Building Science Fight Club as her Her Instagram account got its fi rst big boost “virtual jobsite.” (One of her main “infl uencers” from Risinger and an interview she did a few is her father, Joseph Lsitburek, Building Science years ago with Mark LePage, who hosts the Corporation’s Founding Principal.) EntreArchitect podcast. But the biggest mile- “My goal,” she explains about her Instagram stone for Building Science Fight Club was when presence, “is to help teach architects about NCARB, last December, emailed to its members building science and construction. I want to an article about the best Instagram accounts show how the ‘AEC’ parts fi t together.” While for architects to follow. “I got 2,000 followers in she admits that social media “didn’t come two days,” says Williamson. Her follow- super natural to me,” it has become “a low-risk ers now total around 30,300. way to become a better teacher.” What she posts on her Instagram account WORKLOAD is usually related to what she’s working on at MANAGEMENT 169,681 Building Science Corporation. “Or sometimes, Williamson produces her TOTAL –– 200K it’s just something that I happen to see” as posts herself on week- PODCAST she’s walking around neighborhoods and ends using her iPad, and DOWNLOADS 169,681 jobsites (she lives in Dallas). (45 EPIDODES) Her posts are directed at architects pri- –– 150K
The Life of an Architect podcast has seen steady growth since its debuted on June 14, 2018, –– 100K and is attracting more than just 109,900 architects as its audience. Data courtesy Bob Borson. 78,860 –– 50K 49,100 10,200 Life of an Architect Snapshot: Life of an 1,500 30,180
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the segments take her anywhere from three to By 2017 he was getting 20,000 views per vid- 20 hours to complete. She admits that this level eo, and he started his own production company of work is ultimately “not sustainable forever and so he could put out two videos per week. As he is taking time away from my clients.” What she’d published more consistently, his subscriber base like to do more of is to speak publicly and teach, exploded. “Having regular content is huge, be- and she envisions her Instagram account evolv- cause the world is hungry for content,” he says. ing into a pay-per-view education platform. Now, he has eight or nine regular sponsors, She and some of the other infl uencers and “lots of others” who are interested in him interviewed are ambivalent about accepting doing a video about their products. (He says he sponsorships, mostly because they fear losing tests out products before he agrees to include their freedom to write or show what they want them on his show.) Between 30% and 40% of his to. Meng says that when she started Design audience is builders and remodelers, and anoth- Voice, a professional development grant from er 10% architects, with the rest being “interested DLR Group defrayed some of her operational parties” that include homeowners. expenses. Her broadcasts aren’t sponsored yet, After all of his success, Risinger is still en- but she’d consider that in the future to cover the thusiastic about building and social media. He cost of hiring an editor. expects to produce at least one video per week Risinger fi rst started blogging to drum up busi- for the foreseeable future, not just to satisfy his ness for his fi rm, which he opened shortly after audience, but for himself. “I learn something he had relocated to Austin from Portland, Ore. new every day.”+ His blogs and videos heightenedeightened his profileprofile, as as he started being recogninized d at iindustry d events. Four years ago, Risinger felt f he needed to upgrade the quality of his videos, which he was recording using a fl ip caamera. He invested in a professional crew so hee could post every Friday. That’s when he began so lic it ing his ven dors to sponsor his content. Hee was spen ding more t han $13,000 per month, annd with this new revenue stream he was able to bbreak k even.
AMY BAKER, SPECFUNFACTS Launched her Instagram account in the fall of 2018. In mid-December 2019, she got a boost after Christine Williamson of Building Sci- ence Fight Club gave her a shout out on her Instagram “stories.” During the 24 hours that was posted, Baker picked up about 550 followers. After Williamson posted one of Baker’s SpecFunFacts in January, Baker picked up another 200 followers in
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SY CAT CATHERINE MENG, COURTE DESIGN VOICE PODCAST Podcast launched in March 2018, and had 23 downloads on the first day. The podcast’s audi- ence peaked to about 1,200 in January 2019. After a hiatus last year during which Meng was on maternity leave, the podcast’s relaunch has seen its audience increase steadily; since Decem- ber 2019 through late Febru- ary 2020, it has about 3,000 downloads. Not surprisingly, the most popu- lar downloads featured better- known interviewees or firms, such as Margaret Cavanaugh of Studio Gang, and Carrie Moore and Jen Grosso of Skidmore Owings & Merrill. ER
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URTE Austin, Texas, and after hearing a lecture by David Meerman Scott, CO who espoused social media. He posted once or twice a month, and started getting recognized by people at industry meetings. A year later, he started checking out YouTube as a marketing vehicle. Using a flip camera, he shot his first video in 2008, with the intention of embedding his blogs into the videos, which he published once or twice a month. Within a couple of years, he was getting calls from people in other cities asking him questions. In 2016, he invested in a professional video crew to improve the quality of his videos and to be able to post every Friday on You- Tube. That’s also when he started soliciting suppliers to sponsor his videos. By 2017, his videos were getting 20,000 views per week, at which point he started his own production company to increase postings to twice a week. His subscribers rose to 100,000 in 2018 and 250,000 in 2019. Between June 12, 2008, and February 28, 2020, his 700-plus videos on YouTube had 99,993,121 views. In December 2019, he launched BuildShowNetwork.com, which publishes six videos a week, two of which get reposted on YouTube. As of early March 2020, Risinger’s site had 600,000 subscribers.
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| | 34 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION April 2020 ) TEA M SHOT ( ; NBBJ ) ‘We’re bringing STADIUM ( computational tools HAO FENG
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NBBJ’s Design Performance Group includes, from left, Nate Holland, a computational expert; Peter Alspach, a building physicist, who directs the group; and Margaret Montgomery, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, an environmental futurist. One of DPG’s fi rst projects was the 80,000-seat Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium in China (at left). NBBJ’s year-old Design Performance Group helps building teams make smarter choices earlier.
BY JOHN CAULFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR
n early February 2020, the city of Bel- levue, Wash., made accessible render- ings of Bellevue 600, a 43-story offi ce tower that Amazon is building on a site that the ecommerce giant purchased in I April 2019. Construction of this 600-foot- tall, 885,000-sf tower is scheduled to begin next year, and should be accepting oc- cupants by 2024. Embedded early in that project was NBBJ’s Design Performance Group (DPG), which the Seattle-based architectural fi rm created a year ago. The goal of this group is to transform buildings into “open source platforms” for the purpose of connecting design with improve- ments in occupants’ cognitive powers, produc- tivity, and health. The consulting team is now up to 25 people, and includes experts in building physics, architectural design, and engineering. “Since our launch, the DPG has had instantaneously traction with our clients,” says Steve McConnell, LEED AP, NCARB, RA, Managing Partner at NBBJ.
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The group is also branching out with a series buildings, and corporate offi ce towers. Early analysis by DPG helped reduce the amount of steel of digital tools, developed by its computational One such project, whose construction is nearing needed for the shell of Hang- expert Nate Holland, which include the rollout completion, is the 80,000-seat-capacity Hang- zhou Sports Park Stadium to of a daylighting analytical tool that can be used zhou Stadium in China, located on a 400,000-sm one-third of what a structure this size would normally by non-experts. McConnell says other tools site on the Qian Tang riverfront, opposite the require. Algorithmic scripts will soon be available to analyze acoustics and city’s new Central Business District. In partner- were also applied to every people movement and interaction; many of the ship with CCDI, NBBJ designed this sports park seat in the stadium to maxi- mize fan views and comfort. tools will be predictive. “We’re bringing computa- (which includes a 10,000-seat tennis center) with tional tools to the masses,” he says. computational analysis. Its Design Performance Lots of AEC fi rms talk about the importance Group leveraged advanced parametric scripts and of getting teams involved as early as possible modeling techniques to develop and optimize the on projects. To explain what makes the DPG stadium’s exterior shell. different, McConnell conjures up a hypothetical Design changes for this project could be made academic medical center project, where NBBJ within an extremely short turnaround period. The would now embed its experts with a conceptual close communication among building team mem- design team to create a “frictionless” discus- bers enabled the design team to ensure quality sion with clients. “Before, all of these decisions control and fi nd further optimization opportuni- would have been made by architects fi rst,” says ties. Early analysis helped reduce the amount of McConnell. steel needed to one-third of what a stadium this Peter Alspach, NBBJ’s Director of Design size would normally require. Algorithmic scripts Performance, says that he joined NBBJ, from were also applied to every seat in the stadium to Arup, because, “I wanted to get in at the onset maximize fan views and comfort. to make early decisions.” Amazon already had set pretty aggressive per- Because the DPG is still relatively small, it formance goals for Bellevue 600, says Alspach. selected a “Green 15” number of buildings Where his DPG entered the picture early was in to work on initially. The projects were chosen the building’s façade design to set performance because of their size and the environmental targets and to help the design and building impact they could make. These include large teams recognize solutions for such things as healthcare projects, biotech and biomedical daylighting and passive ventilation.
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The group was also involved in improv- environmental impact. These include the ing performance that is related to energy fi rm’s 2030 Commitment to designing effi ciency, carbon management, and human carbon-neutral buildings, the formation productivity (much of these analyses were of a health research partnership with INNOVATIVE DESIGNS accomplished through modeling). Alspach the University of Washington’s College of FOR SPECIALIZED says the “human experience” drove the fa- Built Environments (CBE), NBBJ’s Applied çade design that is consistent from the top Research Fellowship program—now in its APPLICATIONS of the building to its base, “despite varying fi fth year—and the incubation of virtual solar exposures,” he explains. Design deci- reality productivity company Visual Vocal. sions were “automated” into a set of rules On January 16, NBBJ announced that that didn’t impact the project’s cost or it would donate $250,000 to the CBE. scheduling. “Standardization is a big plus “Connecting the knowledge loop between for construction,” he says. practices and academy is key toward This tower and a second 33-story offi ce ensuring our buildings foster and nurture building to be constructed on the same human health,” says Renée Chang, FAIA, site will add 15,000 jobs to this metro. Dean of the CBE. McConnell adds that McConnell says that NBBJ’s strategy is this multiyear partnership would anchor Y NBBJ S URTE CO
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Meet the ‘AEC outsiders’ who are helping to push the industry HELP into the new decade.
‘As all things move to
model-based designs, these DR D Y SY HDR HD ’ T specialists bring a very OURT unique eye and skillset to COURTE COURT CO show what can further be HDR’s Visualization + Interactive Design done with those models.’ Manager, Ken Coul- ter, guides a client — SCOTT FORAL, HDR through a VR visual- ization of a project.
BY DAVID MALONE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Each of these AEC outsider jobs are unique, serv- ing very different purposes, but they are all meant s part of BD+C’s 2019 Giants 300 to help their respective fi rms with the same main Technology and Innovation Study, 130 of goal: drive innovation efforts. the nation’s largest AEC fi rms were polled Sure, these fi rms could train a few current on a variety of topics, including whether employees in the latest in game design or machine or not the fi rm had a non-AEC hire in the learning, but AEC professionals have enough on A past 24 months. Nearly two-thirds (63.8%) their plates without becoming specialists in a new reported that they had hired an “AEC out- skill outside of their wheelhouse. sider” in this time period. Software programmer (35.4%), data analyst SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING (29.2%), game designer/VR specialist and Lean/Six With the amount of data fi rms are currently collect- Sigma expert (both 16.2%), and AI/machine learn- ing, it has become impossible to manually process ing (ML) specialist (9.2%) were the most popular it. That’s where the software programmer comes in. hires. (Download the fi nal report at BDCnetwork. “We gather feedback from the occupants of our com/2019TechSurvey.) buildings, both before and after they move. This is a
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huge amount of data and it needs to be processed HDR’s V+ID Manager has worked on myriad projects, and analyzed automatically,” says Dane Stokes, including serving as the primary software architect Design Technology Specialist with ZGF Architects. for a prototype BIM application on the $3.98 billion “The creation and management of these systems is Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge project. The V+ID the brunt of this position.” Manager used gaming technology to create supe- ZGF currently has one software programmer rior visual quality and performance connected to a whose specifi c job it is to help ease the collection structured query language database for design and and management of data. The ability to collect, construction documentation, as well as per-element process, and understand this data more quickly and attribution. accurately allows ZGF to better understand user The V+ID Manager and VR teams also developed satisfaction of its projects at a a companywide application called VisSuite. The cus- meaningful scale. tom-designed application was developed completely DPR Construction, on the in-house and gives employees the ability to create ‘The utilitarian function of AI other hand, currently employs ap- portfolios of various content such as model view- could provide the catalyst our proximately 20 people as part of ing, VR and AR with models, 360 panoramas with ‘ its software and data team. The annotation and navigation points, and point cloud industry needs to greatly reduce fi rst hire for the role occurred optimization and viewing. All of the created content waste that is inherent in our in 2008 when the fi rm realized is shareable to internal colleagues and external current construction workflow.’ off-the-shelf solutions didn’t fully clients for mobile device viewing. The entire system solve its business problems and was created with a game engine. — DEREK WHITE, SMITHGROUP created silos of information. Game designers bring technical capabilities oth- “There was a need to create ers don’t have, which is important, especially as the integrations between point solutions and systems industry moves toward a more BIM-centric future. of record so that we could build effi ciencies into our “As all things move to model-based designs, these construction lifecycle,” said Hrishi Maha, National specialists bring a very unique eye and skillset to Data and Analytics Leader, DPR. show what can further be done with those models,” DPR’s software and data team developed an ap- Foral said. “This capability extends beyond all cur- plication called ourPlan (later acquired by Autodesk rent known technologies with gaming engines and and rebranded as BIM 360 Plan). OurPlan was a far into the future.” Lean construction planning Web application that supported the Last Planner System for optimizing AI AND MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST short-interval planning. The app gave everyone in- Five years ago, SmithGroup created two new focus ar- volved with a project access to a detailed plan, keep- eas within its Technology in Practice group: Data Solu- ing the entire team informed of the current schedule tions and Computation. The two groups work together at any given time. This helped to reduce the need for to improve the acquisition, analysis, and study of data constant status meetings and shaved weeks of time for client projects. “This may range from surveying from traditional construction schedules. 1,000 employees of a client, to using indoor environ- DPR considers ourPlan its biggest innovation suc- mental data to predict occupancy, to utilizing machine cess to date. “Software developers have allowed DPR learning algorithms to create better programming to leverage modern technologies and bring effi cien- scenarios,” said Derek White, CIO, SmithGroup. cies to how we build our projects better, faster, and A little over two years ago, the group’s focus on AI smarter,” Maha said. “It makes life easier for project and ML increased. The two groups consist of a total team members and puts them in a position to succeed of six people—with backgrounds in architecture, by leveraging technical tools.” engineering, sociology, research, and data science— four of which are actively pursuing AI and ML efforts. GAME DESIGNERS AND VR SPECIALISTS One of these efforts is SensorLab, a project being Seven years ago, HDR created a new position, led by SmithGroup’s data scientist, software devel- Visualization + Interactive Design (V+ID) Manager, opers, and a mechanical engineer. The team col- that applies to all HDR practice groups worldwide. lected hundreds of millions of data points focusing “A major reason for the creation of a role leveraging on indoor human comfort and combined it with addi- gaming technologies was to incorporate more so- tional data sets, including meeting invites and facial phisticated visualization options,” said Scott Foral, detection to provide an accurate understanding of Vice President with HDR. offi ce occupancy, utilization, and human impact on In the seven years since the position was created, environmental conditions. This data was then fed
| | 40 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION April 2020 into a predictive model to anticipate occupancy of of advanced visualization services, game designers rooms and the occupancy impacts on air quality. and VR specialists will need to keep moving past the “Our SensorLab work is probably the most old boundaries and drawing new ones. complete example of combining big data, machine While AI and ML specialists represent a smaller learning, and prediction to provide greater under- segment of outsider hires in the industry, the future standing of human impact on interior space,” says of these positions may be the most important of White. Currently, the predictive model is being used all. Not only do AI and ML expand design opportuni- to proactively control building mechanical systems in ties that were previously unattainable, but these advance of negative environmental factors. technologies could also help change the entire AEC ML specialists are also working to create systems industry for the better. that accelerate the analysis of images and video “The utilitarian function of AI could provide the collected by stationary cameras and drones to count catalyst our industry needs to greatly reduce waste people and other objects such as cars, as well as that is inherent in our current construction work- being used to deliver real-time performance analysis fl ow,” says White. “From automatic code review to within a collaborative design environment via Neural predictive construction schedule impacts, construc- Network regressors trained from pre-simulated data. tion projects stand to benefi t from not only a stream- “There are multiple avenues that are more open to lined process but a signifi cantly superior solution in us with this expertise in-house,” says White. quality and sustainability to our clients.” The AEC industry is a much more complex entity THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR AEC OUTSIDERS than its acronym suggests, and once the benefi ts of All AEC outsider positions are set to expand as tech- a new way of doing something (i.e., “AEC outsiders”) nology continues to advance and imbue the industry. are seen as useful or better than current practices, Data collection isn’t slowing anytime soon, which it quickly becomes necessary and the new normal. means more software programmers are going to be Or, as Foral puts it, “Very soon, the bleeding edge needed to accurately collect, manage, and process becomes a commodity.” AEC outsiders are about to data. And as both fi rms and clients see the value be the industry’s most valuable commodity.+ RESILIENCE MATTERS. No other structural material is as strong as steel.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this article, you should be able to: + UNDERSTAND how materials contribute to the unique character of existing buildings. + DETERMINE the most important aspects of an existing building and how to prioritize these in reuse. + EXPLORE strategies to make change in a culturally sensitive and sustainable way. + LEARN about particular resources to empower architects, including technical tools and supporting communities.
BY JASON JEWHURST, PRINCIPAL, BRUNER/COTT ARCHITECTS
hick. Heavy. Delicate. Beautiful. Confi - dent. These intangible qualities ema- nate from existing buildings, embod- ied in their unique material palettes, construction, craft, and design. Our fi rm Tbelieves that if you listen carefully, a structure reveals its character. And once you understand, you can transform.
TRANSFORMATIVE RE-USE Remnants of paint, patched brickwork, and equipment Re-use projects demand a nuanced approach rails in the lightwell at MASS to design to create spaces for today without MoCA’s Building 6 in North Ad- discarding the value of existing building fabric. ams, Mass., give the new space texture and historic context. | | BDCuniversity.com BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION 43 | RECONSTRUCTION |
As the climate crisis escalates, fi nd- innately appealing. Older materials often reveal ing creative ways to transform these the hand of their maker, showing the time, craft, buildings becomes increasingly critical. and skill invested in their creation and assem- Opportunity abounds: There are billions of bly—think imperfect hand-molded bricks, board- extant square feet nearing the end of useful life fi nished concrete, carved stone blocks, or hewn and a near-constant demand for space to accom- beams with mortise-and-tenon joinery. Even if the modate new offi ces, community spaces, housing, average passerby doesn’t know why, they feel the and more. Architects are in a position to make mystique of these materials. these existing places useful again for the benefi t Time and place – These materials are also a of their communities and the planet. product of the resources and technology avail- “Just to preserve and clean up historical build- able at the time and place of their construction. ings is not suffi cient,” says Bruner/Cott Principal This lends an innate sense of “belonging-ness,” Jason Forney. “We really must breathe new and as the materials often refl ect the local land- creative life into them.” Adapting old buildings to scape, region, and vernacular (for example, local new use and identities is vital to our craft—and stone used in masonry construction). Through re- materiality is key to these transformations. search on biophilic design principles conducted by Stephen Kellert and others, we know that this MATERIALITY IN EXISTING BUILDINGS sense of place is an important aspect of creat- The value and design potential of extant build- ing positive spaces for people. ings is in many ways rooted in their material- Original craftspeople often knew their local ity. In addition to their aesthetic or structural materials in a way we have largely lost—how to cut properties, their materials are imbued with and lay the hardest stone for the foundation, or the meaning related to their use, origin, context, most rot- and pest-resistant wood species. When and impact. The sensitive, considered use of considering new materials for a re-use project, it is materials plays a central role in the success- important to think about how they refl ect context ful interpretation and transformation of these and the technological capabilities of today. buildings, especially Patina – A related characteristic of historic if they have historical materials is patina—the physical signs of use signifi cance. and change over time. Wear marks in an original Historic value – limestone stairtread show the imprint of those A major aspect of that have come before. Water-stained timbers the signifi cance of or charring from a past fi re tell the story of the existing materials is building without words. These signifi cant indica- their intrinsic historic tors of the passage of time are valuable remind- value. This may be ers that our current context is part of the greater an association with a arc of time. noteworthy historical Rarity – Original materials are singular fi gure, a time period specimens that simply cannot be recreated. We or event, or a particu- may lack the skilled labor, natural resources, larly fi ne example of or fi nancial means to make a faithful reproduc- an important style tion, and new material will lack the patina and or period in design. authentic associations of the original. It may The materials are sometimes all that remains also be the case that the process of making a
Portable moisture sensors of a structure’s former use, time, culture, and historic material is no longer acceptable from a are one way to evaluate context. This connection has cultural value, health, sustainability, or human rights perspec- the current condition and its continued existence provides a bridge tive; for example, lead plumbing soldering, or of masonry structures. Damp walls show evi- between the past and present. As early preser- materials made on the basis of slave labor. dence of damaging water vationist Wendell Philips said, regarding the fate When recreating existing material is impossible, infi ltration. of Boston’s Old South Meeting House: “Shall the original becomes all the more valuable. we tear in pieces the roof that actually trembled Sustainability – Carl Elefante, AIA, famously the words that made us a nation?” said: “The greenest building is one that is al- Authenticity – There is a sense of authenticity ready built.” Existing buildings represent signifi - and craft in historic materials that makes them cant embodied material, energy, and carbon; any
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BRUNER/COTT ARCHITECTS (BEFORE) Identify basic characteristics, requirements, and constraints New black-framed of the building windows at the reno- vated Swift Factory in Assess the building materials’ Hartford, Conn., present condition, value, and meaning a more welcoming aspect Interpret what you’ve learned to the surrounding neighborhood. re-use should take this “sunk” value into careful about what’s important to the unique identity consideration. Another crucial value is longevity. of the building “Older buildings have already proven their Intervene with a new design that bridges the durability,” says engineer and preservation spe- existing building and its new use. cialist Matthew Bronski, Principal with Simpson Identify + Decode – The fi rst step is to Gumpertz & Heger. “If we can keep buildings identify the basic characteristics of the build- going for hundreds of years and keep them ing: type, location, age, and use. The design out of the landfill, that’s a good thing, and team should take thorough stock of the materi- should inform our material recommendations in als, paying close attention to potential issues design.” common to the particular building typology. This Contrast – Part of the unique design opportu- is also the time to determine the proposed pro- nity of existing buildings is the contrast be- gram, project timeline, budget, potential mate- tween new and old. Their material duality allows rial sourcing, and site or region-specifi c design for added design interest, both in juxtaposing constraints. Think of this identifi cation stage as new and old materials (for instance, patinated the scaffolding on which to build a comprehen- brick against modern steel and glass), and in sive picture of the building as it is—what do we carving new spaces and programs out of the have, what do we know, and what is still to be fabric of original materials. This crossover is determined? a source of richness in re-use work. “There is Assess + Research – From this framework, something magical about old buildings,” says the team can begin to build a full “character Forney. “And the contrast between old and new sketch” of the building that includes both its makes this magic felt more intensely.” physical characteristics and cultural meaning. A well-researched “character sketch” allows you to PROCESS measure potential design ideas against how well Though all historic buildings are different, the they preserve, enhance, or transform the essen- essential materials considerations are the tial quality of the place. same for each. A thoughtful approach generally Integrity + Quality – Take stock of the exist- includes these steps: ing materials. What condition are they in? What
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EDITING 1 Modifying the 2 shell of the existing building – opening up, fi llling in, 4 restoring.
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1 Openings in brick wall 2 Brick or masonry infi ll
At MASS MoCA, the design 3 Floor infi ll team took a layered approach 4 Brick wall continuation to materials, including editing 5 existing fabric, weaving in new 5 Floor removal materials, and inserting new ele- ments to reshape spaces.
is intact, what may need repair, what must assessment of the health impacts of existing or be replaced or demolished? Also look for the potential materials. A re-use project presents an root causes of material damage or degrada- important opportunity to not only address indoor tion. Common causes are lack of maintenance, air quality and toxicity issues but to improve the inappropriate material use, or water infi ltration health impacts of a building. resulting in cracking, spalling, or interior fi nish Sustainability – Examine materials for sus- damage. Interventions should address these tainability concerns and opportunities. Energy issues to prevent further damage and avoid effi ciency improvements in historic buildings are introducing new weaknesses for future failures. possible with careful design. Safely increasing Human and environmental health – A thorough thermal performance or reducing air infi ltration in health and safety assessment should be done historic structures requires analysis and testing to determine if there are dangerous, illegal, or prior to developing design strategies. Engineers unhealthy chemical compounds present in the ma- may use a hygrothermal model to make sure new terials. A trained environmental engineer or hazard- interventions don’t create condensation issues, ous materials specialist can help determine what or a freeze-thaw model to examine how seasonal poses a direct threat to human health and must be water damage might occur in the building enve- removed, what may be remediated or stabilized in lope. An energy model can help the team walk place, and what may be acceptable as is. through different insulation or envelope options Remember: not all potentially hazardous materi- to fi nd the best balance of low-carbon materi- als are regulated under current building codes, als, energy effi ciency, and preserving historic and the defi nition of “safe” changes over time character. For instance, in the renovation and re- (asbestos and lead paint were once considered use of a venerable brick powerhouse at Amherst safe and effective). Proactively investigating College in Massachusetts, our fi rm used energy potential health and environmental risks can modeling to determine that a combination of help prevent future regrettable material choices. additional roof insulation and radiant heating Resources such as the Living Building Challenge systems provided thermal comfort without sacri- Red List Declare Database, Green Science Policy fi cing the building’s bare-brick aesthetic. Institute, Building Green, and the Healthy Building It is also critical to understand the embodied Network can help develop a more comprehensive value of existing materials. Even if an existing
| | 46 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION April 2020 building has a high energy use intensity (EUI, of it? Are they positive or negative? How do they a measure of energy use per square foot), the relate to the space and surrounding context and additional carbon emissions associated with landscape? All of this will inform decisions about energy effi ciency upgrades may make it more which material qualities are important to keep, prudent to leave the building as-is. and which need to adapt to meet current needs Life cycle analyses (LCA) can help determine and expectations. a building’s embodied carbon footprint and how Historic value – Another critical component of this might be conserved to reduce additional re-use projects is a historic value assessment. carbon output. Software and plug-ins like Tally, Is the building associated with a signifi cant per- the Athena Impact Calculator, and the new EC3 son, event, time period, or architectural style? Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator Does it contain a particularly unique material are popular LCA tools. An LCA can also look at or feature? There are some buildings that merit ecosystem impacts, resource depletion, human “pure” preservation based on their historic health impacts, and cost to provide hard data or aesthetic signifi cance. These may demand on which to base material choices, effi ciency a conservative materials approach, with an improvements, and conservation strategy. emphasis on preserving original material and Where possible, LCAs should reference cli- design intent, and faithfully recreating original mate or carbon neutrality timelines to assess details whenever possible. how the project will impact climate goals (for However, many existing buildings are prime instance, the AIA’s challenge to reach carbon candidates for re-interpretation and re-use. For neutrality by 2050). these, transformation strategies can be more Also consider minimizing waste via mate- dramatic. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s rial conservation in re-use work: the more the Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings is design can employ existing materials to accom- a good guide for determining historic signifi cance. modate the new program and needs, the lower Project goals – As with all design work, make the project’s environmental impact from new sure there is a clear understanding of the project material harvesting, extraction, manufacture, goals and values. What does success look like for transport, and construction. the building owner, design team, occupants, etc.? Cultural context – Just as important as the These goals will help frame the decision-making physical properties of materials is their cultural process and align expectations with stakeholders. importance. Talk to the building owners, com- munity members, and neighbors to cultivate INTERPRET (AND RE-INTERPRET) context. Are there stories related to certain ma- Interpreting all of this information is no small terials, features, or time periods? Keep an ear feat. Design teams must ask themselves, con- out for “emotional baggage” associated with the sidering the full context of the assessment, what building’s history. What are people’s perceptions is truly important? It’s crucial to cast a critical
CARBON IN EXISTING BUILDINGS
Embodied carbon refers buildings accounts for 11% carbon emissions from new environmental impacts than to the greenhouse gas of annual global greenhouse construction, compared to new construction of similar emissions associated with gas emissions; as our overall 10% associated with build- size and use type.” Because the extraction, manufactur- building stock becomes ing operations. This context existing buildings already ing, transportation, and more efficient, embodied dramatically increases the represent a significant car- construction of building carbon accounts for a larger value of existing materials. bon “investment,” a smart materials. Operational percentage of the industry’s A seminal study from the sustainable design approach carbon is the emissions- overall carbon footprint. Preservation Green Lab of considers the value of this related building operation, The Carbon Leadership the National Trust for His- embodied carbon versus the including heating, cooling, Forum and Building Green toric Preservation showed potential carbon emissions and lighting. Significantly, estimate that by 2050, ma- that “building re-use almost of demolition and new new embodied carbon from terials will comprise 90% of always yields fewer construction.
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Former factory buildings, such as the Waltham Watch Factory in Waltham, Mass., with their large windows, open fl oor- plans, and patinated surfaces, make for fl exible and characterful re-use projects.
eye; despite the prevalence of conservatism in existing physical properties or location. preservation work, nothing is off-limits just Is the proposed new use/program a good fi t because it’s old. Remember, materials help tell for this building type? Or, if the program has not the story of the building over time, including today. yet been determined, what might be a natural What are the most important aspects of fi t? Some typologies, like former 18th- and the building’s materiality—its overall form? A 19th-century factory buildings, can be suc- certain set of materials? A particular signifi - cessfully re-used for a wide range of programs cant architectural or spatial element? Get clear because of their slender columns, regular grid, about why they are important. Conserving the narrow fl oor plates, and large windows. Oth- overall form or appearance of a building can ac- ers, like mid-century cast-in-place concrete commodate a wider range of interventions than buildings, can be harder to repurpose without preserving original materials. signifi cant expense. Are there elements that must be preserved in order to comply with Historic Commission INTERVENE: PRESERVE, REMOVE, requirements or in order to receive Historic EDIT, ADD Tax Credits? Bronski recommends color-coding Design interventions in re-use work can include a plans to clarify possibilities for intervention: red wide range of strategies, from light-touch conser- for elements or spaces that must be conserved, vation to total transformation, and most projects yellow for areas where some intervention is will employ several types. acceptable, and green for areas of low historic Remediate – Obviously, it is important to ad- signifi cance open to radical transformation. dress the root causes of deterioration. Consider How important is it that the building retain the necessity of repair work in the context of some reference to its historic use or context? the new use; for example, if a formerly enclosed Preserving material reference to the original building is being re-purposed as a seasonal building use—perhaps in the form of conserved performance venue, full-scale repair of windows industrial equipment, displays of artifacts, or old and openings may not be necessary, and work signage—can help ground the project in its past. can be limited to simple stabilization. In some cases, however, it may be desirable to Preserve – When preserving the building’s “start fresh” and simply use the building for its original appearance is important, it’s often best
| | 48 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION April 2020 to conserve as much material as possible. For important materials, ask: How deteriorated is each element? What would it look like if it was patched? Replaced with new? If we had to re- place this element, how would we do that within BRUNER/COTT ARCHITECTS the project timeline and budget? Consider the life span of the material after restoration com- pared to a replacement. For example, a wood window sash can be repaired and restored almost indefi nitely, whereas a modern double- glazed window sash has a lifespan of about 30 years, after which it goes to landfi ll. If energy ef- fi ciency is a concern, it may be better to restore wood windows and add storm windows rather than changing them out for newer models. “Fabrication of materials has changed drasti- cally over the past three centuries,” notes Bruner/Cott architect Adrienne Cali. “Stone, brick, steel, wood, and glass were sourced, fabricated, and constructed differently than they are now. New wood siding is smoother, without better to replace deteriorated original elements saw marks; bricks are fl atter and lack large with a hardier material, taking the opportunity to Rough wooden inclusions; glass is clearer and doesn’t have reduce the building’s maintenance burden. On shingles at the Charles bubbles or waves; mortar is smoother and more a conservation project at Dartmouth College’s River Speedway in uniform. And only a handful of manufacturers Baker Tower in Hanover, N.H., our fi rm replaced Boston are a hallmark of its Arts & Crafts make convincing restoration products.” failing plaster decorative columns with fi berglass style. A good alternative option is to “harvest” reproductions. Similarly, we replaced rotted wood material from elsewhere on site for use in high- balustrades with spun copper replicas. These visibility areas. This retains original craftsman- mediations will last much longer and are suitably ship and limits the need to manufacture new convincing from a distance. materials. Add – Contrary to traditional preservation Edit – It’s also important to determine how thinking, new additions to existing buildings important patina is to the desired building need not fade into the background. Bold mate- character. For buildings of historic signifi cance rial interventions can help visually transition the or where a sense of time and texture is impor- building into its new program use and offer an tant, careful consideration must be given to opportunity to improve elements that never really how much materials are cleaned to remove dirt worked, or which don’t support the new use. or remnants of past repairs. This cannot be Take your cue from historic building stock and undone, and over-cleaning runs the risk of eras- strive to work with enduring materials; wood, ing the building’s charm. Unless the new design stone, and concrete offer longevity and purity demands it, leave those layers of paint, fi lled-in of form that have been proven to create high- windows, and lingering hardware. Conversely, quality spaces over centuries. Also consider it might sometimes be appropriate to employ the human emotional response to potential new techniques to artifi cially age materials so that materials, especially those that will be seen up new fabric does not call too much attention to close or touched by building occupants. itself. This approach will never result in perfect At our MASS MoCA project in North Adams, replication, but it may allow the original materi- Mass., a large-scale transformation of a former als to take center stage. factory complex into contemporary art galleries, Sometimes what’s important is not the exact an early strategy was to avoid bland “commer- material, but its overall form and composition. cial interior standard” materials that elicited This may be the case with large-scale architec- zero response—“think painted sheetrock, vinyl tural details like steeple fi nials which are only fl ooring, subway tiles,” says preservation expert ever seen from afar. In these cases, it might be and Bruner/Cott Principal Henry Moss. Instead,
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new materials with evocative retrofi tted previously. It’s not always easy to identify textures and fi nishes hold their own problems, especially dry rot or insect infestation against the dramatic scale and patina hidden within timbers. Only a thorough condition of the original building elements. assessment can determine their current structural Remove – Effective re-use can be just as much integrity; hands-on investigation with a screwdriver about removing building fabric as adding. Forney or awl will reveal the difference between superfi - describes this at MASS MoCA: “[MoCA] was a cial peeling paint and dangerously deteriorated or massive undertaking—we removed existing fl oors, infested wood members. walls, and façades. By taking things away, we al- Intervention – Historic timber has value as lowed spaces to be sculpted and reconnected in an irreplaceable resource, and should be saved artistic ways that are energetic and powerful.” whenever possible. Unlike stone or concrete, wood retains its embodied carbon only as long IN PRACTICE as it is intact and protected from decomposition. Let’s examine these material considerations Old-growth wood is also harder and more durable through three types and time periods of build- than its modern counterparts. If intact wood ele- ings: wood-framed cultural buildings, masonry ments cannot be used in-situ or repurposed on industrial buildings, and Modernist/Brutalist site, they should at least be removed carefully concrete buildings. for architectural salvage. Wood cultural buildings – As a typology, wood There is also a hierarchy directly associated with cultural buildings cover a wide range of building nearness—if you can walk up and touch it, then types, including churches, community meeting the craftsmanship and authenticity of the original spaces, and early educational buildings. They material becomes more important and should be typically share a common material language: conserved. In other cases, structural integrity may large structural timbers, dimensional infi ll framing demand replacement, partial replacement, or ad- and decking, clapboard or shingle siding, steel dition of new materials; this is most acceptable in connectors and fasteners, and stone rubble or locations removed from direct access. brick foundations/piers. Many of these buildings A recent renovation of Harvard Hall at Harvard feature wood sash windows and plaster or wood- University in Cambridge, Mass., found signifi cant carved ornamentation and detailing. Their timbers damage to the original solid chestnut columns bear the marks of their construction, showing supporting its cupola. In consultation with the sawn texture, axe marks, or carved letters and Cambridge Historical Commission, our design team numbers used to guide assembly. They are a win- decided to replace the columns with modern cross- dow into the technologies, timber resources, and laminated-timber painted to match the surrounding skills of their makers. This evidence of the hand woodwork. This was a major intervention, but closer is a large part of their cultural value, as it con- to the material identity of the original building than nects buildings to their original time and place. inserting steel supports. Modern composite timbers Common problems – The greatest threats to also have high strength to volume and have a lower wood buildings are fi re and water. Many older carbon footprint than many structural alternatives. wood buildings have faced fi re at some point in One strategy unique to wood-framed buildings their history, resulting in loss of original material is that they can be moved relatively easily with and evidence of past patching and repair. Water proper planning, logistics, and stabilization. This infi ltration from neglected roofi ng, fl ashing, gutter, mobility opens up possibilities for more radical or coping details also threatens the structural design interventions and new ways of thinking integrity of timber buildings. about site planning. As part of a renovation and Wooden sill plates may rot from damp conditions addition project for the Lunder Arts Center at +EDITOR’S NOTE or from insect infestation of softened wood, as Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., the historic debris-fi lled gutters spill over and create a splash North Prospect Congregational Church was jacked Additional reading is required for this course. zone at the building base. The north sides of build- up and moved several hundred feet to accommo- To earn 1.0 AIA CES HSW ings, where the wood does not dry out regularly, date a new building on site. This allowed the new learning units, study the are more susceptible to decay over time. addition, with its more contemporary materials article carefully and take Wood siding and shakes will rot without suf- palette and form, to ease the transition between the exam at: BDCnetwork. fi cient ventilation behind them; this condition the traditional church structure and the surround- com/HistoricBuildings may be seen in buildings that have been poorly ing urban fabric.+
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FAMILY WORKSTATIONS HIGHLIGHT THE NEW FAIRFIELD AREA LIBRARY The workstations are the perfect remedy for squirming, restless children and toddlers.
As libraries position The four custom workstations themselves less as a feature attached play spaces place just for books designed for infants and tod- dlers, with a mirror at the low- and more as community est level and a series of interac- centers, designers are tive learning panels above. beginning to get creative in how to make spaces as inclusive and family friendly from the desk area. The play as possible. spaces, which have been OF QUINN EVANS CHRIS CUNNINGHAM, COURTESY The 44,803-sf, Quinn designed for infants and Evans-designed Fairfi eld toddlers up to two years of Area Library in Henrico age, feature a mirror at the County, Va., has a simple lowest level and a series of new feature that the fi rm interactive learning panels says is the fi rst of its kind in above. A durable vinyl mat, the country and hopes it will which can be easily wiped go a long way in creating a down, cushions the bottom family-friendly library space. of the play space. Quinn Evans collabo- Library staff can rated with TMC Furniture switch out the pan- to create four custom els as desired to area further simplifi es workstations meant for provide a variety access and cleaning library patrons and their of content from efforts. children. The workstations day to day. When the library feature an adult-sized desk The play opened in October for the parent or caregiver space’s exte- 2019, The Fairfi eld attached to a play space rior panels are immediately became outfi tted with activities to designed with a a hit among patrons support early learning. woodland scene, with children. “One The four workstations, and the materials woman, who came to dubbed The Fairfi eld, are and colors of The the reception with an located in the children’s Fairfi eld complement infant and young child, area on the second fl oor so the aesthetics of the said ‘I’m going to be in the parents and caregivers can library interior, integrating library all the time because also watch any older children them into the overall design giving each user privacy, but you’ve got a place for me.’ they may have reading and scheme. Perforated circles in still allowing them to see We were excited to be able playing nearby. As parents varying shapes allow babies the child in the attached to create something that or caregivers sit at the desk to peek out of the play play area. supports the library’s goals and use the computer, small space while also echoing the The vinyl mat and the while also complementing children can be placed in the curvilinear, organic shapes maple fi nish on the worksta- the overall design vision for attached play space (think a prevalent throughout the chil- tions are non-toxic and can the space,” said Shannon motorcycle with a sidecar), dren’s area. Wooden panels stand up to frequent clean- Wray, CID, LEED AP, Senior which is easily observable separate the workstations, ings while a gate on the play Associate with Quinn Evans.
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