LOCALLY GROWN PROVIDENCE AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 | | 1 2 | | AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 LOCALLY GROWN PROVIDENCE 2015 AIA Committee on Design Fall Conference, October 1–4, 2015 Table of Contents Remarks 6 People 9 Introduction 6 Schedule 19 Welcome to Providence 7 Projects 27 Thank You 8 Introduction The theme for 2015 is ‘Locally Grown’. Norway – International Conference Providence – National Conference “To make a place, is to make a domain that Norway is a country with a small Providence, on the other hand, is forging helps people know where they are, and by population whose economy historically forward on a shoe-string, yet it too provides extension, know who they are.” relied on fishing and farming. Their rural, compelling examples of how locally-in- Charles W. Moore FAIA natural environment has been, and still is, spired architecture, planning, and design a dominant influence on Norwegians and can lead the rebirth of a place and help As a ‘progeny’ of Charles Moore, I have their architecture. Their recent oil boom define its spirit. been intrigued by place-making. I imagine has brought unprecedented wealth which you have similar aspirations: how does one has helped fund projects from cultural Jim Childress FAIA create something that is globally inspiring buildings to housing. We will see how their 2015 Chair - AIA Committee on Design and locally relevant? devotion to nature and recent international Partner - Centerbrook Architects attention is fueling Norwegian architects to develop their own distinct version of modern architecture. 6 | | AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 Welcome to Providence We are thrilled to welcome the AIA Committee on Design to Providence, Rhode Island. It is an honor to host your group and we cannot wait to get started! Providence, along with most of the state, has a long history in manufacturing, design and craft and we are proud to show off the ways in which these traditions have continued. On your tours, you will visit masterful adaptive reuse projects in the heart of downtown Providence, uplifting gathering spaces, and thoughtful retreats outside of town. You will learn about the city’s long history and the many influences that have shaped it into the urban center that it is today. You will meet many of the people who have devoted themselves to Providence’s most recent transformations. You will learn about the companies that are reimagining Rhode Island’s legacy of manufacturing, craft and design. You will experience the magic of Waterfire along the Providence River. In the end, we hope you leave with a deeper understanding of Providence’s past and its hopes for the future. Stephanie Zurek, AIA and Vada Seccareccia, Assoc. AIA AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 | | 7 Thank You We are indebted to all of the architects, historians, Jim Barnes who advised us throughout our Derek Hayn, who many of you know from our thinkers, planners, artist, and craftspeople planning with his half a century of knowledge conference in Norway, designed and produced this included in this guidebook for sharing their ideas about everything creative in Providence. As a RISD guidebook. and inspiring us. We also appreciate their clients professor, who remains a pal to many alumni, he who have allowed us to visit their places. helped kick start us back then, and now. Susan Parrish and Lori Feinman at AIA National who have provided constant support, keeping us I am grateful to the following people who have Jennifer Zolkos, Executive Director AIA Rhode out of trouble, throughout. helped make this conference possible: Island for her support. Lastly - I could not have fulfilled my responsibil- Most importantly - Vada Seccareccia and ities for this conference without the enormous Stephanie Zurek of Union Studio who Chair this time commitment and guidance of Ann K conference. They have provided advice through- Thompson, MLS and the COD Communications out, done the leg work, reached out to people, Chair. Every group needs a librarian! helped coordinate everything and will guide us on our journey. We appreciate them sharing their city Jim Childress FAIA with us. 2015 Chair AIA Committee on Design 8 | | AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 PEOPLE AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 | People | 9 Christopher Bardt is a founding principal of James Barnes, AIA received his BArch from RISD Ann M. Beha, FAIA leads an architectural firm 3SIXØ Architecture, which was named in 2002 by in 1969. He completed graduate work at Montana with a national practice designing for institutions, Architectural Record as one of 10 leading vanguard State University where he began his teaching ca- civic, and private clients, in the arts, academic, firms worldwide. His extensive experience reer. He has served as interim dean of the Division and cultural fields. She is a graduate of Wellesley includes furniture design, residential, commercial of Architecture and head of the Department of College and MIT, and a Loeb Fellow at the and institutional commissions and planning Interior Architecture and is a recipient of RISD’s Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. studies. His research on the geometry of sunlight, John Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching. She has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor materials, materiality and tectonics as critical of Architecture at the City College of New York, to architectural making and thinking has been Barnes is a registered architect, certified by a Trustee and Past President of Historic New widely published and exhibited. Bardt has been a NCARB with an active practice in the southern England, and served on Visiting Committees at the member of the architecture faculty at RISD since New England region. His professional work has Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and at MIT. Ann has 1988. He has been a visiting professor at Cornell been by recognized by the RI AIA, the Providence been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award University and at the National Academy of Design Preservation Society and RI Monthly magazine. from the New England Chapter of the Victorian and Art, Slovakia and currently serves on the Barnes currently serves on the Board of Directors Society in America, an Anniversary Award from Board of Governors of the RISD Museum. Bardt of the RI AIA, Ace Mentoring RI and the Revolving the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the holds a Bachelor’s of Architecture from RISD and a Fund of the Providence Preservation Society. Alumnae Achievement Award from Wellesley Master’s of Architecture from Harvard University. College, and the Women in Design Award of Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects. 10 | People | AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA is one of the founding Jan Brodie was, until recently, the Executive Peter Gill Case, the founder of Truth Box, received principals of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, which Director of the I-195 Redevelopment District his Masters in Architecture from the Rhode Island began practice as Bohlin and Powell in 1965. The Commission. The Commission is charged with School of Design and his undergraduate degree firm’s success, and the professional recognition bringing to market 19 acres reclaimed after the from Brown University in Urban Studies. Through- it has attained, are in large measure attributable relocation of 195 in downtown Providence. out his career, Mr. Case has built an architectural to his design insights and unflagging dedication practice around a broad definition of sustainable to setting the highest standards for all design Jan was the Northeast Regional Director at The design. In some instances, this has led to the work produced by the firm. His leadership Community Builders in Boston. While there Jan adaptive re-use of older buildings and large-scale and inspiration have established a culture of oversaw one of the largest non-profit housing mill buildings. In other instances, this has thoughtful, thorough design thinking throughout developers in the country. She was Vice President translated into using alternative building materials the practice, and he remains keenly interested at The Armory Revival Company in Providence and and strategies such as straw bale homes, passive in both broad conceptual thinking and detail Vice President at Graham Gund Architects, Inc. solar design, structural insulated panels, and even expression, reviewing the development of design shipping containers. Mr. Case began sustainable and documentation regularly with project teams. She received her MBA in Finance from The development work in 2004 in order demonstrate In 2010, the American Institute of Architects Wharton School, and her Master’s in Architecture to a variety of markets that green, conscientious awarded Peter with the Gold Medal, the highest from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the design enhances the revenue and balance sheet of honor for an individual in the profession. University of Pennsylvania. Jan also holds a M.S. real estate ventures, without necessarily costing in Administration from University Pennsylvania more than conventional building. Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Williams College. AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 | People | 11 Arthur Chang has been an architect at NADAAA Steve Durkee founded Durkee Brown Architects Jim Estes, FAIA since 2011 following nearly seven years as a in 1994. He directed the adaptive reuse of 15 Estes/Twombly Architects Project Manager at Office dA. Before that, he was significant historic buildings within the Downtown a designer at Wallace Floyd Design Group. He Providence National Register Historic District. Professional Experience received a BARCH from California Polytechnic He joined Cornish Associates in 2010 to help with Estes/Twombly Architects, Newport, RI State University-San Luis Obispo and a Master of the mission to make Providence one of the great 2000-Present Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. urban places in America. When he’s not enjoying Estes & Company Architects, Newport, RI life in Downcity, he’s helping grow transit in RI as a 1989-2000 board member of the RI Public Transit Authority.