Symposium Agenda

4 AIA HSW CEUs

7:30 – 8:30am

Check-in & Breakfast | Methods+Materials Gallery

8:30 – 8:40am

Welcome

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  Matt Hoffman

  Director of Operations

  The Architect’s Newspaper

  Matt Hoffman

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  Matthew is the Director of Operations at AN Media. Matthew has spent the past ten years building venture-backed technology companies, forming public-private partnerships with leading government agencies and major companies, and building teams of interdisciplinary professionals to tackle complex topics like driverless cars in NYC and space travel. Trained in architecture at Penn State University, Matthew’s work in design studios and architecture firms has driven teams to produce better products and generated public engagement around well crafted ideas.

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  Elba Morales

  Associate Principal

  Hickok Cole

  Elba Morales

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  Elba is an Associate Principal at Hickok Cole where she leads the design of architecture projects in the DC/MD/VA Metro region. She is the co-founder of iLAB, a program that awards micro-grants to employees to develop original work.

  Her career is guided by the belief that great architecture is crafted by talented individuals who successfully collaborate as a team. A designer at heart, she is rigorous and passionate about the design process: from hand sketches and physical models, to parametric iterations of the building envelope, and VR walkthroughs with her team. She sets each project’s vision to realize the client’s goals, recognize a site’s potential, and transform each property into a place. In her 17 years with Hickok Cole, Elba has designed some of the firm’s most important and visible office buildings.

  Elba holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania where she was the recipient of The Paul Phillippe Cret Prize, the Arthur Spayd Brooke Memorial Gold Medal, the Mario J. Romanach Fellowship, and the E. Lewis Dales Travelling Fellowship. She will be part of ULI’s Regional Land Use Leadership Institute, class of 2019-2020.

8:40 – 9:50am

Material Innovation Curved and Pleated: Advanced Applications of Glass

The Spy Museum and 2050 M Street are two recent interventions within the center of Washington D.C. demonstrating advanced fabrication and applications of glass facades. This panel will bring together Hickok Cole, Front Inc., and Tishman Speyer in a presentation and discussion of the projects’ designs and technical intricacies. Moderator: Elba Morales

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  Bryan Chun

  Senior Associate

  Hickok Cole

  Bryan Chun

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  Bryan is a Senior Associate at Hickok Cole with over two decades of experience in commercial architecture. During his tenure with the firm, he has led the transition from traditional 2D CAD to fully integrated 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) and continues to spearhead the firm’s integration of Virtual Reality and Artificial Reality into design workflows. His work building a flexible and intelligent component library has defined office wide standards and increased design efficiency and consistency across projects. Bryan earned his LEED accreditation (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) from the US Green Building Council in 2006.

  Bryan’s passion for technical excellence and ability to lead complex, high-profile projects has led to his role as Senior Project Architect on NPR, International Spy Museum, and most recently the revitalization and expansion of National Geographic’s downtown DC campus. Bryan was an Andrew Carnegie Scholar throughout his academic career and graduated with honors from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999, with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree.

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  Marc Simmons

  Founding Principal

  Front Inc.

  Marc Simmons

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  Marc Simmons is a founding principal at Front Inc based in New York, Associate Professor of the Practice at the MIT School of Architecture + Planning, Cambridge and the past Ventulett Chair in Architectural Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Design, Atlanta. He is a licensed architect in New York State and holds Bachelor degrees in Architecture and Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo. With 25 years of experience his specialist facade knowledge is built upon previous work at Foster + Partners, Meinhardt Facade Technology and Dewhurst Macfarlane & Partners. Marc is a recognized global leader in the design, analysis, procurement and implementation of innovative and high performance building facades. Select examples of Front's work include China Central Televison HQ by OMA, the Canadian House of Commons at West Block, Ottawa by EVOQ and Architecture 49, Grace Farms by SANAA, the Perez Art Museum by Herzog de Meuron, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Shenzhen Energy Building by BIG, Brookfield Place Calgary by AFK and Dialog, Guardian Art Center by Buro Ole Scheeren, and 205 M Street by REX and Kendall Heaton Associates.

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  Rustom Cowasjee

  Managing Director

  Tishman Speyer

  Rustom Cowasjee

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  Mr. Cowasjee is currently responsible for the development, design and construction of the Washington, DC, Chicago and Boston portfolios. Since joining Tishman Speyer in 1999, he has been responsible for the design and construction of the company’s projects in Northern Virginia, District of Columbia, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston. He has also been responsible for setting up Tishman Speyer’s design and construction departments and projects in India. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Mr. Cowasjee worked for London & Leeds Development Corporation and was responsible for the design and construction of the commercial office building portfolio and hotels in the Americas, including in Canada, the Caribbean and South America. He has also worked as an architect for I.M. Pei & Partners in New York. Mr. Cowasjee graduated from Cornell University with a B.Arch. and earned an MAUD in architecture and urban design from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

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  Joshua Ramus

  Founding Principal

  REX

  Joshua Ramus

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  Joshua Ramus is the Founder and Principal of REX, an internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm based in New York City. Operating across many scales, REX consistently challenges and advances building typologies, and promotes the agency of architecture. In 2016, Joshua was the first American recipient of the Marcus Prize, the $100,000 biennial, international architecture award conferred by the Marcus Corporation Foundation and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has also been credited as one of the “5 greatest architects under 50” by Huffpost, one of the world’s most influential young architects by Wallpaper*, one of the twenty most influential players in design by Fast Company, listed among “The 20 Essential Young

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  Elba Morales

  Associate Principal

  Hickok Cole

  Elba Morales

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  Elba is an Associate Principal at Hickok Cole where she leads the design of architecture projects in the DC/MD/VA Metro region. She is the co-founder of iLAB, a program that awards micro-grants to employees to develop original work.

  Her career is guided by the belief that great architecture is crafted by talented individuals who successfully collaborate as a team. A designer at heart, she is rigorous and passionate about the design process: from hand sketches and physical models, to parametric iterations of the building envelope, and VR walkthroughs with her team. She sets each project’s vision to realize the client’s goals, recognize a site’s potential, and transform each property into a place. In her 17 years with Hickok Cole, Elba has designed some of the firm’s most important and visible office buildings.

  Elba holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania where she was the recipient of The Paul Phillippe Cret Prize, the Arthur Spayd Brooke Memorial Gold Medal, the Mario J. Romanach Fellowship, and the E. Lewis Dales Travelling Fellowship. She will be part of ULI’s Regional Land Use Leadership Institute, class of 2019-2020.

9:50 – 10:10am

Networking Break | Methods and Materials Gallery

10:10 – 11:10am

Measured Opacity Placemaking and Monumentality: Opaque Facade Strategies

The capital region is no stranger to monuments and museums; two projects, the Kennedy Center’s REACH expansion and the Glenstone Museum, exemplify the power of place facades can achieve. Both case studies are demonstrations in opacity and volume and the ability of surfaces to register and heighten their surroundings. Moderator: Sophia Lau

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  Garrick Ambrose

  Senior Associate

  Steven Holl Architects

  Garrick Ambrose

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  Garrick Ambrose has been with Steven Holl Architects since 2003. He received his Masters of Architecture from Harvard University and his Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Cornell University. He is currently in charge of The Expansion to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and The Winter Visual Arts Center at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster PA. He has served as project architect for several projects including 'T' Space in Dutchess County, NY, Horizontal Skyscraper-Vanke Center in Shenzhen China, and the New Doctorate's Building for the National University of Colombia in Bogota.

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  Michael Trudeau

  Director

  Thomas Phifer and Partners

  Michael Trudeau

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  Michael Trudeau joined the office in 2011 and became a director in 2018. His experience at the firm has primarily been focused on the design, detailing, team coordination, and construction administration of the Glenstone Museum, a private, 150,000 square-foot museum complex outside of Washington D.C. He is currently working on cultural and residential projects in Dallas, Texas, Maine, and Long Island's East End.Michael has extensive experience at both Thomas Phifer and Partners and previous firms, including Richard Meier & Partners, Rafael Viñoly Architects, and others on a broad array of different programmatic typologies ranging from master planning and urban design to museums, laboratories, and residential houses to buildings for all levels of primary and secondary education.He received a Bachelor of Architecture from University of Detroit-Mercy, and also studied in Florence, Italy, and in Warsaw, Poland. He is a registered architect in the state of New York and a LEED Accredited Professional for Building, Design & Construction.

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  Aaron Davis

  Associate Principal

  Heintges

  Aaron Davis

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  Aaron Davis AIA is an Associate Principal at Heintges Consulting Architects & Engineers, building envelope and curtain wall consultants. Since joining the firm in 2011, he has enjoyed working with architects and owners on projects requiring a high degree of precision in pursuit of aesthetic and technical goals. His work includes bespoke façade solutions for notable projects including the Glenstone Museum (Thomas Phifer + Partners), Oceanwide Center (Foster + Partners), 66 Hudson Boulevard (BIG), Corals at Keppel Bay (Studio Daniel Libeskind), and Richards Medical Laboratory (Louis Kahn / EYP).

  Aaron holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from Columbia University in New York and has presented at conferences nationwide including Façade Tectonics and the National Institute of Building Science. His published work includes "Architecture Beyond Criticism: Expert Judgement and Performance Evaluation", published by Routledge.

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  Sophia Lau

  Senior Associate

  Hickok Cole

  Sophia Lau

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  With over 15 years of international experience, Sophia Lau leads design efforts at Hickok Cole as a Senior Associate across institutional, commercial and residential sectors. She is the Senior Project Designer on National Geographic, a Pavilion addition, and renovation of the existing museum. Additional notable projects at Hickok Cole include 80 M Street SE, the Highlands, the TEG Live Concert Hall, Robinson Terminal, 300 M Street SE, the World War I Memorial, and the Yogyakarta Master Plan.Sophia was awarded her Masters of Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), and her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from The University of California at Berkeley. During her tenure at Harvard, she took a year off to work for Pritzker Prize laureate Herzog & de Meuron in Switzerland. While there, she worked on DD and CD packages for the Basel Convention Center & BBVA Headquarters in Madrid. She has also worked in Hong Kong, San Francisco, and Boston.Sophia has extensive teaching experience and has taught at University of Maryland, Harvard University Career Discovery, and Boston Architectural College. She continues to be involved in academia as a critic at final reviews.A licensed architect and AIA member, Sophia chaired the AIA|DC Advocacy Committee for 3 years during which she spearheaded community outreach and education. Today she continues to lead public workshops with the AIA and DC Office of Planning. She is the chair of Hickok Cole’s Design Committee.

11:10 – 11:30am

Networking Break | Methods and Materials Gallery

11:30am – 12:30pm

Sustainability High Performance Facades and Materials Research

In January 2019 Washington D.C.’s city council passed the ambitious Clean Energy Act DC, an ambitious piece of legislation enacting strict building performance energy standards by 2021. Complying with the new standard will require innovative facade solutions as well as the application of high-performing materials. Join Transsolar and UC Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment in a discussion-led panel focused on their sustainability process and materials research. Moderator: Holly Lennihan

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  Tommaso Bitossi

  Associate Director

  Transsolar

  Tommaso Bitossi

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  Tommaso focuses on two aspects of climate responsive design - architecture and climate engineering. His unique perspective on the integrated design process together with his understanding of both, the architectural and the engineering approaches, facilitate the communication of complex strategies to the design team. In addition to his international project management responsibilities, Tommaso developed and coordinated the education components of the Transsolar Academy, a program designed to enable young professionals to gain basic climate responsive design knowledge.

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  David Lehrer

  Communications Director

  Center for the Built Environment

  David Lehrer

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  David Lehrer is the director of communication at the Center for the Built Environment, a research center at UC Berkeley. David works with the center's industry partners to catalyze industry/university collaborations, and has been a key contributor to research on workplace surveys, high performance facades and visualizing information in commercial buildings. He holds an MArch from UC Berkeley and a BFA from the University of Arizona. David previously acquired over 10 years of experience as a designer and architect. He is a frequent speaker and an organizer of events related to building performance and technology.

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  Holly Lennihan

  Director of Sustainable Design

  Hickok Cole

  Holly Lennihan

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  Holly serves as Director of Sustainable Design for Hickok Cole’s high-performance building practice. Currently, she is spearheading the completion of the American Geophysical Union’s HQ renovation, which is designed to be the largest existing net zero energy retrofit building on the east coast. She is a member of ULI Washington’s Sustainability Committee, the Tysons Partnership Sustainability Council, the DMV NZE Coalition and the USGBC NCR Chapter’s Women in Green.Under Holly’s leadership, the team has won a series of state and federal grants focused on sustainability, resilience and urban ecological systems. The Sustainable Design practice has also provided consultation services to the District of Columbia’s Department of Energy and the Environment including, a budget analysis for sustainable infrastructure construction, a masterplan for the Kingman and Heritage Island Park, and creating a Sustainability Guide for Existing and Historic Properties. Holly and her team were awarded a United States Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant to design the Kingman Island Ranger Station out of cross laminated timber, resulting in a more comprehensive understanding of how to incorporate mass timber into the firm’s holistic design offerings.Over the course of her design career, Holly has worked on repositioning of existing office buildings, historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects, corporate interiors, multifamily housing, educational facilities, and master planning studies. For over 20 years, she served on the board of Mi Casa, a DC-based nonprofit housing developer whose expertise includes representing tenants in the TOPA process, applying LIHTC financing, and creating affordable rental properties while maintaining those in existence.Holly has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Harvard University and a Masters of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

12:30 – 12:40pm

Closing Remarks

By Matt Hoffman