AIA San Diego member firm, LUCE et Studio was recently selected by the Mingei International Museum to "design and implement 'a comprehensive transformation' of the Balboa Park institution... The project, which is expected to cost roughly $15 million, will renovate the galleries, expand space for community programs, forge a more welcoming connection with the newly opened Plaza de Panama, and better integrate the Cafe Mingei and the museum’s store with the museum." Congratulations to Jennifer Luce, AIA and LUCE et Studio! Read more about the project in the San Diego Union Tribune here.
Gerald W. Shonkwiler, AIA Featured in Black & White Magazine
Congratulations to our colleague, Gerald W. Shonkwiler, AIAE for his work in photography! His work will be featured in the 2016 Annual International Photographic Contest sponsored by Black & White Magazine.
The image selected this year is the City of Arts & Sciences in Valencia, Spain by the famous Valencian “Starchitect”, Santiago Calatrava. The photo was taken fairly early in the morning before the crowds had started to arrive and there were no breezes to stir up the reflecting pools around the buildings.
Señor Calatrava has also designed many unique projects throughout the world, including The Milwaukee Art Museum and the new Transit Center soon to be completed at Ground Zero in New York City.
BakerNowicki Honored with International Design Award
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2015 AIA Housing Awards for Architecture: The North Parker
Congratulations to Jonathan Segal, FAIA for The North Parker, which received an award in this year's 2015 AIA Housing Awards.
Jury Comments
I love the courtyard and the way it relates; it looks like it works on the inside and it makes a big statement on the outside. Clean, light, and fun. It’s a fun project. I think it’s a vital mix of uses that get united into one large scales project. It’s admirable taking a 1950’s modernist aesthetic and making it very sophisticated. It grabs from the outside and doesn’t disappoint. It is flexible and can serve needs for a long time. It enhances the street.
Read more about the project here.
AGC Build San Diego Awards
The Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter's Build San Diego Awards finalist's included AIA San Diego members and firms: BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - PUBLIC WORK
- The Miller Hull Partnership: San Ysidro US Land Port of Entry
- LPA, Inc.: San Marcos High School
UNDERGROUND/UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION
- URS Corporation: P1093/P1094 Communications & Electrical Upgrade
UNIQUE SMALL PROJECT - PUBLIC WORK
- Carrier Johnson + CULTURE: UCSD Structural Materials Engineering Building
- KMA Architecture & Engineering / Heritage Architecture + Planning: Design-Build San Onofre Beach Club
UNIQUE SMALL PROJECT - PRIVATE WORK
- Carrier Johnson + CULTURE: National University Sanford Education Center
- Joseph Wong Design Associates: Valley View Casino & Hotel Extreme 11-Day Makeover
UNIQUE SPECIAL PROJECT
- KMD: Las Colinas Detention & Re-Entry Facility (Phase 1)
SUSTAINABLE PROJECT
- CannonDesign: Aztec Student Union
University of California, Riverside RFQ School of Medicine Research Building 1st Floor Buildout
Download the complete RFQ Phase 1 – Program Space Development Analysis: Detailed Project Program (DPP), Existing Building Systems Analysis, Code Analysis, Concept Design Study, and Cost Estimating
Phase 2 – Executive Architect Services for Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction
Documents, Bidding and Construction Phases The University of California, Riverside (UCR) is initiating a two phase contract to complete: Phase 1, Programming Services, Concept Design, and Cost Estimating and Phase 2 Option, to enter into a full service contract for Executive Design Professional Services for Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Bidding and Construction Phases Services subsequent to completion of Phase 1 for the School of Medicine Research Building 1st Floor, and therefore invites qualified Architectural and/or Engineering (A&E) Consultants with relevant experience to submit written statements of qualifications.
- Phase 1 Services will be provided under the University’s Professional Services Agreement (PSA).
- Phase 2 Services will be provided under the University’s Executive Design Professional Agreement (EDPA).
- Exercise of Phase 2 Option will be at the sole discretion of the University.
The project delivery method has not yet been determined and as such may influence and or require the selected firm to work with the University on modifications to the contract, process, scope, schedule, or deliverables which may result in amendments to the PSA and/or EDPA for completing the work associated with this RFQ.
To receive an email copy of the RFQ Documents, email the RFQ Administrator listed below: Vilma Kern UCR Contracts Administration Email: vilma.kern@ucr.edu
You may also visit our website and download directly at: http://pdc.ucr.edu/business/consultants.html
Entities intending to submit Qualification Documents for this project, are asked to confirm their intent to do so, by emailing a written statement (Notice of Intent statement) to the RFQ Administrator by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, November 24, 2015.
Every effort will be made to ensure that all persons, regardless of race, religion, sex, color, ethnicity and national origin have equal access to contracts and other business opportunities with the University. Each candidate firm will be required to show evidence of its equal employment opportunity policy prior to entering into an agreement with the University.
Project Name: School of Medicine Research Building 1st Floor Buildout Project Number: 958017-954041 Contract Number: 958017-954041-EDPA-2016-49 UCR Rev 2012-09-14 RFQ/RFP
The University reserves the right to reject any or all responses to this RFQ and to waive non-material irregularities in any response received.
All information submitted for evaluation will be considered official information acquired in confidence, and the University will maintain its confidentiality to the extent permitted by law.
Voice of San Diego: Qualcomm Stadium
The Architectural Marvel That Is … Qualcomm Stadium?
Qualcomm Stadium
“A very significant building that we think needs to be acknowledged and celebrated.”
“A beautiful building.”
“There’s a lot going on, but the design is very clean.”
Those were all things a group of about two dozen architects and architecture students said as they toured a San Diego building this week.
They were talking about Qualcomm Stadium.
Yes, the Qualcomm Stadium that the Chargers hate so much they might leave the city over. The Qualcomm Stadium that draws Yelp reviews from fans calling it “old, decrepit and an eyesore.” The Qualcomm Stadium that NBC analyst Chris Collinsworth called “a terrible stadium” that was arguably the worst in the NFL.
Late last week, I tagged along on a behind-the-scenes tour of Qualcomm, which is considered an architectural gem in certain circles. The tour was organized by the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
“We felt it was important to have a tour of the building since it’s been in the news so much and it’s potentially threatened with demolition,” said the tour guide, David Marshall, president of a local historical architecture firm. “A lot of people know it just as the place where the sports teams play, but from an engineering and architectural standpoint it’s a very significant building that we think needs to be acknowledged and celebrated.”
Qualcomm Stadium is one of just two San Diego projects to have won a prestigious, national AIA award (the other is the famous Salk Institute for Biological Studies). Completed in 1967, the massive concrete stadium is an example of a style of mid-century modern architecture called brutalist.
“Which sounds harsh,” Marshall said. “But it comes from the French term, brut, which means concrete. Think [of brutalist architect] Le Corbusier – or massive concrete that communicates strength and functionality.”
The stadium was designed by San Diego firm Frank L. Hope & Associates. Frank Hope Jr., principal of the firm when it landed the stadium contract, joined Thursday’s tour to help Marshall dive deeper into the design of the multi-use stadium, which has hosted three Super Bowls and two World Series.
Frank Hope Jr. thinks Qualcomm is all right.
After a brief introduction and a failed attempt to watch a short documentary detailing the construction of the stadium (some of the electrical outlets in the club lounge weren’t working), Marshall led the group through the walkways, press boxes and locker rooms inside Qualcomm. The big recognizable concrete circular entrance ramps inspired most on the tour to whip out their phone cameras and snap pictures.
“I love these ramps,” one woman said.
Stains on the concrete, smells emanating from restrooms and other wear-and-tear was evident in the nearly 50-year-old building. But Hope said he thought things were going to be much worse.
“It looks fine to me,” he said, addressing the group in the Aztec locker room, which smelled of decades of sweat. “After reading what I read in the paper of the sports writers I expected that the whole place was junky, but it looks nice.”
In the city’s environmental impact report analyzing the possibility of replacing Qualcomm with a new stadium, the historical section, which was prepared by Marshall’s firm, lists the current stadium “as significant at the local level and eligible for historical listing in the National Register, the California Register and the City of San Diego Historical Resources Register.”
That historical status doesn’t mean the stadium can’t be torn down. If the city does opt for demolition, though, it’ll need to do something to soften the blow, like document the building through historical reports and photographs, or possibly create some kind of interpretive display.
Hope and Marshall told the tour crowd they recognize the old stadium’s need for an upgrade – smaller things like a new Jumbotron, plus larger construction projects like moving the club houses so they have views of the field (they currently offer views of the parking lot).
Overall, though, the pair said they think the building’s worth saving.
“It just came at me that [stadiums] are the biggest buildings in almost any town or city and they’re the ugliest,” Hope said. “You know; they really were ugly. And I said look, this is going to be a beautiful building, whatever happens. And it turned out to be that way.”
Meanwhile, the city has shown no signs of a last-minute embrace of Qualcomm Stadium. The mayor’s office recently doubled down on the effort to build a new stadium in Mission Valley by releasing a videoshowing off the design concept.
Even if the city does ultimately demolish Qualcomm, Marshall has some ideas on that front too.
“There’s a lot you could do inside this concrete shell,” Marshall said. “It’s as much about sustainability and keeping this out of the landfill than it is about architecture and adaptive reuse. I think we should be looking at what we can reuse.”
AIASD Qualcomm Stadium Tour Coverage
The 'Q' is OK, its architect says
Retired local architect Frank Hope Jr. returned to Qualcomm Stadium 50 years and three days after voters approved his $28.5 million design for San Diego’s first major league sports facility.
And contrary to the drumbeat for a $1.2 billion replacement, Hope, 85, pronounced the present facility in good shape and serviceable for many years to come.
“I do think it’s a very nice piece of architecture,” Hope said as he provided a running commentary to more than 40 architects who toured the stadium Thursday. “It’s easy to look at. It’s fun to use.”
Some other commentators call the stadium a “dump” and “dilapidated,” an embarrassment to the NFL, its fans, players and the sport.
But when it was built, Qualcomm, then known as San Diego Stadium, was considered state of the art and won the first honor award for a sports facility from the American Institute of Architects, whose local chapter organized the tour.
David Marshall, who led the tour and authored a historic assessment for the city’s environmental impact report on a new stadium, acknowledged the stadium might not survive if a replacement is built. But he argued that renovation and modernization is both the economical and environmentally responsible course to take.
“I haven’t heard any real strong reasons (for replacement) other than it’s an old building and it’s easier to build a new one,” said Marshall. “It might be easier but it is not cost effective and it doesn’t take into account the significance of the building or the quality of the architecture.”
Compared with the current high-stakes battle over a new stadium as a way to keep the Chargers in town, Hope’s stadium sped through the design, voter approval and construction process in 16 months as smoothly as 30-yard field goal.
Did it go over budget, one tour attendee wanted to know.
“There were no cost overruns because there was no cash for overruns,” Hope said.”
He recalled City Manager Tom Fletcher pleading for voter approval, saying it would only cost the equivalent of a “carton of cigarettes” per person.
“And we did get 68 percent or something like that,” he said when voters approved the bond measure on Nov. 2, 1965.
Hope, whose father founded his firm in 1928, said he first was hired to find a site. Then he toured six or seven stadiums around the country and returned to town to share his findings. He won the design and engineering contract, a notable feat for an architect at age 35 with no stadium experience.
Hope Design Group went on to design multiple other buildings, from Seaport Village to an airport terminal expansion, colleges and museums, hospitals and hotels -- and the Union-Tribune in Mission Valley. The firm also did work in Saudi Arabia, the proceeds of which underwrote one of the first computers for architectural design in San Diego.
“It just came to me that these are the biggest things in almost any town or city and they really were ugly,” Hope said, following his stadium study tour. “And I said to Gary (Allen, his design architect) and everybody, ‘Look, this is going to be a beautiful building whatever happens,’ and it turned out to be that way.”
He offered some insights into what sets it apart from other football stadiums:
▪ Concrete, not steel: The 68,000 cubic yards of poured-in-place and precast concrete meant the building’s structure would explicitly express its function without the need for tacked on architectural flourishes. The modern “brutalist” style, Marshall added, refers to the French term for raw concrete, not a brutish monstrosity.
▪ The round pedestrians ramps, stairs, escalators and multiple gate entries simplify access and exit, compared with other facilities where fans can get lost between the parking lot and their game seat.
▪ The lighting system, contained in a series of 28-ton precast concrete rings surrounding the seating bowl, adds not only an elegant architectural element but also makes it easy to change lightbulbs. Stadium Manager Mike McSweeney said he was keeping the building together with “spit and paper” -- a reference to the city’s shortfall in maintenance funding -- but thanked Hope for “giving us such a great spot” and making his assignment the “pinnacle of my career.”
▪ The facility was built atop a 37-foot “mountain,” built from 2.5 million cubic yards of dirt excavated from the north face of the cliff across Friars Road. That solved two problems: It raised the stadium above the flood plain and buried the lower seating sections to reduce the facility’s bulk. There’s no soils stabilization problem, Hope said, because the stadium sits atop a series of steel columns extending to bedrock. “If they tear this thing out and want to level it out, they’re going to have to pull out I don’t know how many columns,” Hope said.
▪ The multipurpose use for both baseball and football necessitated the installation of movable seating sections. Hope said he approached a local Firestone sales representative over cocktails one day and the man returned with a unique rubber-tire solution that remains in place today.
But the stadium design incorporated solutions that annoy users and fans today.
The lowest seats are just above the field level and make it difficult for attendees to see the action when someone stands up in front of them.
Hope said he proposed early in the design phase to eliminate those seats but an advisory panel said people would buy the seats regardless.
“These last three rows have been bugging me for years,” Hope said. “People stand up when something happens, whether it’s in the first seat or the 10th seat,” Hope said, even in the newest stadiums. And Qualcomm’s obstructed sight lines exist only at those field seats (and around some columns) and virtually nowhere else.
The solution is a giant television JumboTron scoreboard that fans can view when their view is blocked -- and that recalls a tale all its own.
Hope said the city issued a separate contract for a state-of-the-art scoreboard and the mayor’s oversight committee took charge of that element. But the video didn’t work right for two years and he escaped any blame.
“That was the best thing that ever happened to us,” he said.
NFL owners, players and managers complain about the locker rooms, while sports writers complain about the press box.
But after looking at the Aztecs’ locker room -- not much more attractive than a high school facility, as one touring architect said -- Hope smiled.
“It looks fine to me,” he said. “After reading what I’ve read in the paper by sports writers, I expected the whole thing to be a junk heap. It looks as nice as almost any athletic facility looks. So I’m not going to believe them anymore.”
As for the press box, he said, somewhat tongue in cheek, “You can never really satisfy the press with anything. You’ll hear stories that it’s not big enough; there are special requirements. But you don’t really need all those damn reporters.”
One other complaint about the stadium is the stains on some of the concrete and other cosmetic blemishes. Architect Marshall said some could be removed through power washing but he did not recommend painting the concrete -- since that would necessitate perpetual repainting at great cost.
Marshall’s report said there are some hairline cracks and and some chipping and flaking of the concrete but no signs of settlement, structural damage or hazards.
For all its architectural innovations, Qualcomm does not sport luxury skyboxes for high-roller corporate ticket holders and lacks the electronic bells and whistles evident in the newest stadiums.
Some of that could be remedied through a thorough renovation, estimated to cost between $350 million and $700 million. But as the cost of new stadiums has escalated beyond the billion-dollar level, the gap could give more credence to preservationists’ arguments that it’s foolish and wasteful to throw away a building that hasn’t even turned 50.
“I’m not sure what NFL modern standards are,” Hope said. “If it has to be the same kind of stadium as the new Dallas or some of the other billion-dollar ones, I don’t think we can do it (with Qualcomm)... The question: Is San Diego prepared to do that? I don’t believe they are.”
City officials plan to ask the voters that very question next November, depending on the outcome of the NFL’s decision on which team, if any will be allowed to relocate to Los Angeles. The Chargers have indicated their intentions to apply for relocation next year.
Marshall said Qualcomm is clearly eligible to be declared a historic site, perhaps even at the national level, and if it sounds odd to call a 1967 stadium “historic,” it is certainly a landmark, he said.
“When people think of San Diego and they think of architecture, this building is on national TV many times a year, and that makes it significant, and being a quality design, of course, helps as well,” Marshall said.
Hope, who said at that early stage in his career he should have been designing houses instead of a major sports stadium, recalls attending the first game on Aug. 20, 1967, and feeling the roar and stomping feet of 50,000 football fans.
“It was the most exciting thing I’ve ever had happen,” he said. “Coming in here to see the whole thing full of people, it was an incredible feeling to me.”
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles: All The Right Places
All the Right Places
BY JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT
UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center Central Utility Plant
Richard’s Grove Pavilion
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North Embarcadero Visionary Plan
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7th & Market
When you drive around San Diego County, you may see construction as a sign of progress, an economic stimulant and/or a window of opportunity. When you can see in one spot the breadth of commercial and residential projects that are transforming our communities and potentially shaping the future, you also realize the wealth of talented professionals in our midst. Such was the situation at the Design Awards presented by the San Diego Chapter of the American Institute of Architects that capped last month’s Archtoberfest.
Jurors — a five-member panel from AIA’s Seattle Chapter — focused not only on design, craft and beauty, but also on LEED certification and social design responsibility.
Each award presentation allowed a bit of a virtual tour with a description of the projects’ attributes that impressed the judges. Among them, I was enthralled by the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center Central Utility Plant. Who (besides an architect or engineer) would think that a utility plant could be a stunner? The CUP, which won CannonDesign an award, began recycling steam condensate last March. The tiered, curvilinear structure rises from the ground like a hill with a plateau top, blending with its natural surroundings in a way that should inform the way future utility plants are developed. “The integration of landscape, structure and an unsexy program in an open, expressive and well-resolved form is what makes this project special,” the judges said.
I was especially taken by Asquared Studios’ Richard’s Grove Pavilion, which also won an award. Unfortunately, it’s the city of Windsor in Sonoma County that enjoys this project, suited for anArchitectural Digest spread (Asquared also has offices in Santa Rosa). The pavilion is elevated to appear as if it floats above the ground, and its see-through design gives the Santa Fe caboose next to it definitive importance.
Joseph Wong Design Associates garnered two awards for its North Embarcadero Visionary Plan. The jury bestowed an Urban Design award on this project, calling it a transformative example of taking the waterfront back from the automobile and giving it back to the pedestrian. In the Divine Details awards category, they specifically noted the cut-out text roof of a pavilion.
While I appreciated the jury’s recognition of numerous outstanding projects, I was shocked that they withheld awards in the Unbuilt category, stating that the submissions “were not presented from a strong conceptual framework.” Pshaw. AVRP Studios’ 7th & Market rendering blew me away with its slanted walls and jutting structures below an impressive, 450-foot tower. It struck me as Dubai-ish, but scaled to San Diego. Perhaps the Seattle-ites would have been swayed if AVRP had scribbled the Starbucks name and mermaid logo onto the street-level market front.
In any event, there were many projects deserving of the recognition bestowed. Below are the awards as selected by the jury.
Architecture Awards
The North Parker, Jonathan Segal Architect
Palomar College Humanities Building, LPA Inc.
Sorrento, Steven Lombardi Architects
801 Alma Family Housing, Rob Willington Quigley, FAIA
North Park Post Office Lofts, FoundationForForm
Richard’s Grove Pavilion, Asquared Studios Inc.
UCSD Audrey Geisel University House Architectural Rehabilitation, IS Architecture
UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center Central Utility Plant, CannonDesign
UCSD Biomedical Research Facility Unit 2, ZGF Architects LLP
Interior Architecture Awards
Guss Lodl Apartment, Luce et Studio
BKM Headquarters and Showroom, Hollander Design Group
Urban Design Awards
North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, Joseph Wong Design Associates
Urban Discovery Academy, AVRP Studios
Committee on the Environment Awards
UCSD Biomedical Research Facility Unit 2, ZGF Architects LLP
Pitzer College Residential Life Phase 2, Carrier Johnson + CULTURE
Divine Detail Awards
San Diego Central Library Major Donor Recognition Program, Luce et Studio
North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, Joseph Wong Design Associates
Weightless Lounge at San Diego Art Fair, Steven Lombardi Architects
Energy Efficiency and Integration Awards
Sage Creek High School, Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects Inc.
Celadon at Ninth and Broadway, Studio E Architects and SVA Architects
Cal Poly Pomona Student Recreation Center, LPA Inc.
Advanced Home Efficiency Award
Mancaluso Residence, DZN Partners
The San Diego Union-Tribune: The best architecture in San Diego
The best architecture in San Diego
San Diego’s second annual Archtoberfest celebration of local architecture ended this week with top honors going to big and small projects.
The American Institute of Architects’ local chapter handed out its yearly Design Awards on Thursday in Balboa Park, passing along comments from a five-member, Seattle-based jury.
Words like “sweet,” “playful,” “fluidity” and “simplicity” were sprinkled throughout their critiques.
“The general overall quality of the work was really high,” said jury chairwoman Anne Shopf.
Best architecture in San Diego
Of the 62 entries judged by written background and emailed images, she cited in particular the Joseph Wong Design Associates’ approach to the first phase of the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan. It won both an urban design honor award and a “divine detail” award.
“I think that was awesome that we could award a project for planning and detail,” she said. “It had that breadth of excellence and that really shone through.”
Honor award jurors
▪ Anne Schopf, Mahlum
▪ Susan Jones, Altelierjones
▪ Donald Horn, GSA Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings
▪ John Chau, LMN Architects
▪ Dawn Bushnaq, Bushnaq Studio Architecture + Design
Details: aiasandiego.org
Steve Shinn, the AIA’s program committee chairman, said the jury seemed to focus on how materials, from wood to concrete, were used. They also looked at how sustainable buildings were in their use of energy and environmental impact. Another factor — how design helped to foster a “sense of community.”
“The advantage of selecting a jury that is somewhat remote is you get a more impartial jury that probably will not recognize the buildings or the architects,” Shinn said, “ so it becomes more of a focus of design as opposed to firm recognition.”
More broadly, Shinn said the winners reflect a new found confidence bolstered by a growing economy in which architects and their clients can explore new directions.
Honor Awards
The North Parker, North Park, Jonathan Segal Architects; Palomar College Humanities Building, San Marcos, LPA
Guss Lodl Apartment, La Jolla
North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, downtown, Joseph Wong Design Associates; Urban Discovery Academy, downtown, AVRP Studios
UC San Diego Biomedical Research Facility Unit 2, ZGF Architects (honor award); Pitzer College Residential Life Phase 2 (merit award), Carrier Johnson + Culture
Other awards
San Diego Central Library major donor recognition via art and architectural interventions, by Luce et Studio Architects; North Embarcadero Visionary Plan roof cutouts by Joseph Wong Design Associates; Weightless Lounge at the Balboa Park Activity Center by Steven Lombardi Architects
Del Monte in Ocean Beach by Steven Lombardi Architects
Sage Creek High School, Carlsbad, by Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects; Cal Poly Pomona Student Recreation Center by LPA
Horton Plaza shopping center, Jerde Partnership
San Diego Board of Supervisors and the county Department of General Services
Maxine Ward
Merit awards
Palomar College Humanities Building, LPA; Sorrento, Steven Lombardi Architects; 801 Alma Family Housing, Rob Wellington Quigley; North Park Post Office Lofts, FoundationForForm Architecture & Development; Richard’s Grove Pavilion, A-Squared Studios; UC San Diego Audrey Geisel University House architectural rehabilitation; UC San Diego Medical Center central utility plant, Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design; UC San Diego Biological Research Facility Unit 2, ZGF Architects.
BKM Headquarters and Showroom, Hollander Design Group.
Discover Architects Exhibit
Discover Architects is sponsored by AIA Palomar, a non-profit organization, designed to reveal the diversity of services and talents offered by AIA Palomar members. The exhibit will include models and plans for residential, commercial and other projects ranging from small-scale homes to high-rise office buildings. All members are encouraged to submit entries designed to promote architecture and projects in North County.
Harley Ellis Devereaux wins 2015 SMPS San Diego Award
Harley Ellis Devereaux has won a 2015 SMPS San Diego A/E/C Rockstar Award in the Project of the Year Public — Award of Merit category for its work on Solana Ranch Elementary School. Situated on a 10-acre site in the Pacific Highlands Ranch area of San Diego, Solana Ranch Elementary School serves approximately 650 students and is designed as a community-oriented school.
Organized as a series of small learning communities in the form of two-story houses arranged along an internal street, each house consists of eight classrooms grouped around a two-level shared resource area interconnected by an internal staircase as well as dedicated outdoor spaces.
Because of sustainable design strategies such as integrated photovoltaics, daylighting, discplacement ventilation and natural ventilation, the school is now achieving a 60% offset in energy use.
Learn more about the awards and the winners here.
RFQ: Pierce Hall Classroom Addition and Building Renovation
University of California, RiversideRequest for Qualifications Pierce Hall Classroom Addition and Building Renovation
Phase 1 – Classroom Building Concept Study, Existing Building Infrastructure Assessment, Program Space Redevelopment Analysis, Schematic Design, Design Development, and Cost Estimating
Phase 2 – Executive Architect Services for Construction Documents, Bidding, and Construction Phases
NewSchool of Architecture & Design and the American Institute of Architects San Diego Announce New Graduate Architecture Scholarship
The AIA San Diego Graduate Architecture Scholarship will be awarded to those who embody the mission of the Center for Healthy Environments at NewSchool NewSchool of Architecture & Design (NewSchool) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Diego have announced a collaboration to launch the AIA San Diego Graduate Architecture Scholarship. The annual scholarship of up to $20,000 is geared toward the top architecture candidates who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree at NewSchool and who express interest in supporting the mission of the Center for Healthy Environments at NewSchool -- which focuses on the fields of neuroscience in architecture, healthy urbanism and sustainable architecture.
The top AIA San Diego scholarship recipient each year will also be considered for a Research Assistant position with the Center for Healthy Environments, which will oversee NewSchool’s research activities as a member of the AIA Design and Health Research Consortium.
“We are pleased to collaborate with NewSchool of Architecture & Design for this graduate scholarship,” said Bastiaan Bouma
The national Design and Health Research Consortium, to which NewSchool was named a charter member, supports basic research on how design affects public health.
“This new scholarship, offered in conjunction with AIA San Diego, will further advance NewSchool’s commitment to encouraging the study of neuroscience for architecture and healthy urbanism,” said Kurt Hunker, Graduate Architecture Program Chair at NewSchool. “Courses and tracks on these topics prepare students to advise and act on policy change and architectural and design advancements for human and environmental health.”
NewSchool’s School of Architecture continues to be globally recognized for its forward-thinking professors, industry connections and inspiring campus community. NewSchool’s Master of Architecture program has been named one of the Top-30 graduate programs in architecture in the world by Frame magazine, one of the leading resources for graduate programs in the design fields.
The Scholarship Committee that will review submissions and make scholarship awards includes members of the leadership team of Center for Healthy Environments at NewSchool of Architecture & Design along with the Executive Director of the AIA San Diego.
The Committee is currently accepting submissions. For more information about applying, visit http://newschoolarch.edu/academics/school-of-architecture/aia-san-diego-graduate-architecture-scholarship/.
About NewSchool of Architecture & Design:
Located in downtown San Diego, NewSchool prepares students for career success in design fields through an emphasis on interdisciplinary and global design skills, industry collaborations and real-world projects. Programs of study include architecture, construction management, product design, media design, game art, and interior architecture & design. The school’s design environment provides inspiration for the school’s students and faculty, recognized for their work regionally and internationally. NewSchool is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission. NewSchool’s Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture and Executive Master of Architecture programs are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). NewSchool is a member of the Laureate International Universities network – a global network of more than 80 campus-based and online universities in 28 countries. Through this network, students at NewSchool are prepared to work in a global and diverse work environment through the school’s collaborations with sister institutions in the Laureate network, including award-winning schools such as Domus Academy in Milan, Italy and Media Design School in Auckland, New Zealand. For more information about Laureate International Universities, visit www.laureate.net.
San Diego Project Selected for 2015 Education Facility Design Awards
Nine Projects Selected for the 2015 Education Facility Design Awards
Best new learning centers showcase latest design trends in education
Contact: MattTinder 202-626-7462 mtinder@aia.org http://twitter.com/AIA_Media
Washington, D.C. – August 10, 2015 – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) has selected nine educational facilities for this year’s CAE Education Facility Design Awards. The program honors educational facilities that the jury believes should serve as an example of a superb place in which to learn, furthering the client's mission, goals and educational program while demonstrating excellence in architectural design.
Learn more about the recipients below or here. Contact Matt Tinder (mtinder@aia.org) for high resolution images.
Berklee Tower | Berklee College of Music; Boston Award of Excellence William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
This 16-story mixed-use building creates a center of gravity and a strong identity for the Berklee College of Music campus. Most prominent is a 40 foot high performance/dining space that fronts onto a major Boston thoroughfare, showcasing student performances nightly. Twelve floors, housing 380 students plus a fitness center and music practice rooms, sit above the performance space. Six double height lounges on the residential floors help build community by linking two floors of students. In support of Berklee’s growing programs in music technology, two floors below grade house the largest recording studio complex in New England.
Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB), University of Arizona & Northern Arizona University; Phoenix, Arizona Award of Excellence CO Architects with Ayers Saint Gross
The most salient external design feature of the project is the striated copper cladding, which is a response to the harsh desert climate. The design meets the two universities’ high aspirations for identity, sustainability and powerful new learning environments. Many student-focused spaces encourage interaction between students and lecturers. The instructional elements of the project are organized in east-west blocks to minimize the building’s exposure to the intense Arizona sun. These blocks are located close together, creating a narrow, man-made “canyon”. This self-shaded space is for outdoor gatherings and provides access to lecture halls and innovative learning studios.
University Center, The New School; New York City Award of Excellence Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP with SLCE Architects
This new multipurpose facility is the “heart” of The New School. With its 230,000-square-foot, seven-story campus center and 130,000-square-foot residential tower, the University Center reimagines the organizing elements of a traditional campus, from quads to classrooms and living quarters. Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal campus pathways work together to facilitate movement through the building, while increasing opportunities for interaction among students and faculty, reflective of the university’s interdisciplinary nature. Academic spaces are flexible and easily adaptable, and can be renovated or reconfigured with minimal impact on power, data, or lighting to meet changing needs.
Vashon Island High School; Vashon Island, Washington Award of Excellence Integrus Architecture
Located on a small island in Puget Sound, the design team worked with the community to understand the close connection the students have to the landscape. The design team sought to preserve this sense of connection by imparting a quality of porosity to the new building. The concept of porosity defines how the building supports spatial connections and how students move in and out of the building. Shared areas are located adjacent to more formal teaching spaces, while a learning commons extends the library. A small group presentation room is perched within the commons and a central courtyard provides sheltered outdoor learning areas.
Carl Sandburg Elementary School; Kirkland, Washington Award of Merit NAC|Architecture
Preserving and enhancing the park-like feel of the northwest corner of Carl Sandburg Elementary School was central to the planning of the replacement school. The majority of the classroom neighborhoods are focused on a grove of 70 year old Big Leaf maples, creating multiple outdoor learning spaces that enjoy the natural setting. The school accommodates a capacity of 600 students in neighborhoods of either 3 or 4 classrooms. Each neighborhood is organized around an open shared learning area, small group rooms, and teacher planning areas. Transparency between spaces expands the classroom, allowing small and large group activities to occur in the adjacent shared areas.
Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta Award of Merit Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
The Clough Commons supports collaborative learning, scientific instruction and undergraduate life at the center of Georgia Tech’s campus. The three dimensional grid of circulation and daylight frames large zones of flexible furnished common spaces supporting student study, interaction and experiential learning. The building transforms its hillside site, anchoring campus circulation and framing Tech Green, the school’s central outdoor space. Clough Commons has become the hub of academic activity on the Tech campus, while its landscaped roof garden is one of Tech’s most popular destination amenities.
Reed College Performing Arts Building; Portland, Oregon Award of Merit Opsis Architecture LLP
Reed College’s Performing Arts Building consolidates theatre, dance, and music programs, previously scattered across the 116-acre campus, into a vibrant and cross-disciplinary home for the arts. The 78,000-square-foot building incorporates spaces specifically attuned to the technical needs of each program, yet adaptable to encourage teamwork, experimentation, and change. The building functions as the public front door to the campus. A variety of sustainable design strategies fully complement its numerous functions. All performance and teaching spaces open to the three-level, light-filled, arts atrium merging informal and formal learning.
e3 Civic High School; San Diego Walter Taylor Award LPA, Inc.
From the entry park the central circulation provides students with more than just a path of travel. The transparent connection between education and community is emphasized with the central steps and gallery space connecting the two floors. Every gathering space has a pull out or quiet area and every learning cluster or village has a small team room in addition to the larger social space. These informal environments support 21st century learning skills with areas for critical thinking, collaboration, and communication. To encourage movement throughout e3, every space has multiple functions to give purpose and attract multiple users.
Nueva School at Bay Meadows; San Mateo, California Shirley Cooper Award Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
The Nueva School presents high school students with an integrated “ecology of learning” that connects them to a complex changing world. The new campus provides a landscape of innovative educational spaces that supports cross disciplinary engagement and project-based inquiry, fosters a strong community, and models healthy, low-carbon living and learning. Adaptively reusing space at a former horse racing venue, the school is an integral new part of its budding community.
The jury for the 2015 Educational Facility Design Awards includes: J. Stuart Pettitt, AIA (Chair), Straub Pettitt Yaste Architects, William C. Ayers, education advocate; Victoria S. Bergsagel, Architects of Achievement; Mark Kranz, AIA, SmithGroup JJR and Robert Miklos, FAIA, designLAB architects.
About The American Institute of Architects Founded in 1857, the American Institute of Architects consistently works to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. Through nearly 300 state and local chapters, the AIA advocates for public policies that promote economic vitality and public wellbeing. Members adhere to a code of ethics and conduct to ensure the highest professional standards. The AIA provides members with tools and resources to assist them in their careers and business as well as engaging civic and government leaders and the public to find solutions to pressing issues facing our communities, institutions, nation and world. Visit www.aia.org.
CDC Releases New Built Environment Assessment Tool
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/built-environment-assessment/ A wide array of tools exists for measuring different features of the built environment, many of them well validated. These existing tools fall into three categories: 1) interview or self-administered questionnaires which primarily measure perceptions, 2) tools that collect archival (existing) data, often using GIS, and 3) systematic observation or audit tools. It is often difficult for local program staff and evaluators to know which features of the built environment are most important to measure on the basis of the health behaviors and outcomes they are trying to affect. It is also difficult to know which tool(s) to choose to most accurately and feasibly assess those features.
The Built Environment Assessment Tool (BE Tool) (an adaptation of MAPS) was designed to alleviate some of the challenges posed by the significant number of narrowly focused tools aimed at only one activity (walking), one subpopulation (older adults), or one public health area (inactivity). It was created as a collaborative enterprise across multiple areas of public health - health promotion, injury prevention, environmental health, etc. It is a direct systematic observation data collection instrument for measuring the core features and quality of the built environment related to behaviors that affect health, especially behaviors such as walking, biking, and other types of physical activity. There are many aspects of the built environment. The built environment includes the buildings, roads, sidewalks, utilities, homes, transit, fixtures, parks and all other man-made entities that form the physical characteristics of a community. The built environment can impact human health by affecting rates of physical activity, air pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter that can exacerbate asthma and respiratory disease, and emissions of carbon dioxide that contributes to climate change.
The BE Tool was not designed to assess every aspect of the built environment. Rather the tool assesses a core set of features agreed upon by subject matter experts to be most relevant. The core features assessed in the BE Tool include: built environment infrastructure (e.g., road type, curb cuts/ramps, intersections/crosswalks, traffic control, transportation), walkability (e.g. sidewalk/path features, walking safety, aesthetics & amenities), bikeability (e.g., bicycle lane/path features), recreational sites and structures, and the food environment (e.g., access to grocery stores, convenience stores, farmers markets, etc.). Additional questions or modules could be added by users if more detail about an aspect of the built environment, such as the nutrition environment or pedestrian environment, is desired.
SGPA President Retires After Four Decades
Admired President Announces Retirement After Four Decades With California-Based Architecture Firm
As one of its most influential leaders prepares to retire, SGPA reflects on the lessons imparted and honors a lifetime of career achievements.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (July 30th, 2015) – After 40 years with SGPA Architecture and Planning, President Dave Reinker is retiring. Dave served SGPA as Director of the San Francisco office (1981-1988), Project Principal (1988-1997), and most recently as President for the past eighteen years (1997-2015).
“For decades, Dave has been a steadfast leader for the firm and his presence will be sorely missed,” said Keith Pittsford, Vice President of SGPA. “He bestowed his vision, lessons, and legacy to our staff of 40 dedicated professionals inspired to carry on his standards of excellence.”
During Dave’s tenure, he led by example with integrity, passion and foresight. Dave managed complex architectural projects across the firm’s portfolio, including education, senior living, retail, mixed-use, office, and civic clients. A Registered Architect in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, Dave has been a speaker and panel member on retail and mixed-use projects for the International Council of Shopping Centers and is a past member of its program committee. Dave is also a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), and is known for his expertise in the realm of entitlements and governmental processing procedures.
Dave pursued and received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In 1975, Dave joined SGPA Architecture and Planning’s San Diego office, the only office at the time. Under Dave’s leadership, the San Francisco office opened in the 1980s. Dave returned to Southern California as a Project Principal in 1988, and from 1997 to 2015, Dave served as SGPA’s President.
A look back at some of Dave’s projects over the last 40 years includes the following:
San Diego International Airport appointed SGPA to lead the design team for new construction of Terminal 2 as part of its 1998 Airport Upgrade Project. Incorporating highly technical design elements in a creative design, Dave acted as Principal In Charge on Terminal 2, the largest single component of this mega-project. The 320,000 square foot expansion included eight new gates, a new ticketing concourse, revised baggage system, retail concessions and an award-winning energy management system. Dave and his team were an integral part of this large, successful and challenging project.
Dave led the renovation of the Flower Hill Promenade, located near California’s famous Del Mar racetrack. This mixed-use project entailed a full renovation of common spaces, new construction, and landscaping. Flower Hill is a leading example of a successful “retail destination” – under Dave’s influence, SGPA integrated hospitality elements in common areas and blended retail with active uses.
The Bay Area’s Alameda Marina Village is a project Dave recalls fondly as one of the first challenging and motivating projects early in his career. It left a large impression on Dave and helped to guide work for the firm on future projects.
While Dave will not be involved with day-to-day operations at SGPA, he will continue to sit as a Chairman on the SGPA Board of Directors.
About SGPA Architecture and Planning
Forty-six years ago, SGPA was founded when Donald Schoell, Eugene Geritz, Robert Paul and Arthur Allard merged their architectural practices to form a new entity. Since opening its doors, the firm has designed an integral part of the Southern California and Bay Area landscape, providing places for thousands of people to shop, gather, learn, and heal.
Today, SGPA consists of 40 people across two offices in San Diego and San Francisco. The collaborative technologies that allow us to function as one team across time and distance have expanded the scope of SGPA’s work immensely. We believe that the ever-evolving marketplace will continue to change over the next few decades, especially as densification and mixed use become more viable and desirable. SGPA aims to meet these changes by keeping its focus on what’s important: creating places that enrich daily life.
Additional information can be found at www.sgpa.com.
Request for Design Professional Qualifications FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH BUILDING 1
Request for Design Professional Qualifications for Project #958025 Multidisciplinary Research Building 1 from the University of California, Riverside. Download the RFQ below: 958025 RFQ DesignProfessional_MRB1_2015-07-20
RFQ Addendum 1: 958025 RFQ MRB_DesignProfessional_Addendum1_2015-07-23
RFQ Addendum 2: 958025 RFQ MRB_DesignProfessional_Addendum2_2015-07-28
2016 AIA San Diego Slate of Officers and Directors
OFFICERS
- *President: Daniel Stewart, AIA
- Vice-President/Pres-Elect: Philip Bona, AIA
- Secretary/Treasurer: Steve Shinn, AIA
- **At Large Director: To be confirmed
COMMISSIONERS
- Advocacy: Sandra Gramley, AIA
- Public Awareness: Kevin Bussett, AIA
- Emerging Professionals: David Garcia, Assoc AIA
AIACC DIRECTORS***
- President: Daniel Stewart, AIA
- President-Elect: Philip Bona, AIA
- Immediate Past President: Michael Roush, AIA
*Automatically succeeds from president-elect position. Not put to the membership for a vote.
**The At-Large Director is an ex-officio (non-voting) position whose primary responsibility is sponsorship development with the goal of increasing sponsorship revenue. The Director will work with the Chapter’s Executive Director and President to develop and implement the Board’s sponsorship development program. Additional responsibilities include attending monthly Board meetings and working with the Executive Director and Chapter President to promote and enhance the Chapter’s visibility in the community.
** The chapter's three AIACC directors, per our chapter bylaws, are the president, president-elect, and immediate past president. In effect, they are ex-officio positions.
TIMELINE:
- Jul 23: Nominating Committee requests the AIASD Board approve the proposed slate at July 24 Board of Directors meeting.
- Jul 24: AIASD Board-approved slate mailed to members 60 days before election.
- Aug 18: Deadline for additional nominations from the members. (Requires five letters/nominations from members in good standing as well as an electronic profile to be distributed to the membership).
- Aug 22: If no additional nominations received, Board Secretary may cast one ballot on behalf of all members for any/all uncontested seats.
- Sep 2: Distribute ballots and post electronic profiles. (Only when additional nominations occur.)
- Sep 16: Deadline for votes to arrive (if a mail ballot has been sent).
- Sep 24: Annual Meeting/Election if Needed; votes tabulated and President declares elections.
Overview of the Nominating/Election Process for the 2016 Board of Directors
BYLAWS SECTION 4.3
(4.31) Nominations. [Committee’s] slate shall be approved by the Board of Directors and published in the Chapter newsletter at least 60 days prior to the election. Noticed in this same publication will be the qualifications for each officer/director position and a time schedule and procedure that would allow more names to be added to the slate by the general membership. All Institute assigned members, in good standing, may be added to the Nominating Committee’s slate by producing letters from five (5) Institute assigned members (in good standing) nominating him/her for a specific officer or director position. Additional nominations are to be received by the Chapter no later than 25 days after the mailing of the Chapter’s newsletter announcing the Nominating Committee’s slate. Profiles of all qualified candidates shall be published in the Chapter’s newsletter and mailed to the membership 20 days prior to the election.
(4.32) Voting; When Required. If there is only one nominee for any office or directorship, 20 days before the election, the Secretary may cast a ballot for the full number of votes of the membership for the said nominee, whereupon the President shall declare the candidate(s) elected by acclamation. Otherwise, each contested office and directorship shall be placed on ballots for the voting thereof. Such voting shall be by ballot in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws.
AIA Selects Eight Projects for National Healthcare Design Awards
Projects showcase the best of healthcare building design and health design-oriented research
Contact: Matt Tinder 202-626-7462 mtinder@aia.org http://twitter.com/AIA_Media
For immediate release: Washington, D.C. – July 20, 2015 – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program. The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare building design and healthcare design-oriented research. Projects exhibit conceptual strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital.
Recipients were selected in four different categories:
Category A: Built, Less than $25 million in construction cost Category B: Built, More than $25 million in construction cost Category C: Unbuilt, Must be commissioned for compensation by a client with the authority and intention to build Category D: Innovations in Planning and Design Research, Built and Unbuilt
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This addition to the Cleveland Clinic Brunswick Family Health Center provides a new 22,500-gross-square-foot emergency department at grade, a processing lab, an imaging center, a second story expansion space of 17,000 square feet intended for future fitout as exam rooms and offices and a roof top heliport. Compatible with the original structure but easily identifiable as a new component, the project promotes a healing environment of serenity through intuitive way finding, resolution in the integration of medical equipment and devices, a strategic placement of art and a strong connection to the natural environment.
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department; Spokane, WA Mahlum
This addition creates a safe, calming environment for young patients in traumatic circumstances. The building’s ‘emergency red’ panels serve as recognizable focal point on the medical campus, while a light-filled atrium accented by wood and warm colors welcomes visitors arriving from the sheltered drop-off zone. Clinical and public spaces employ graphics, art, comfortable furnishings, and inspirational displays to create restorative surroundings. The Kid’s Club overlooks a healing garden, providing refuge and views for patients and their families. Advanced medical care is delivered via central care team zones close to patient care areas; glass partitions allow visual connections with acoustical privacy.
This new offsite primary care clinic is one in a series of new neighborhood practices intended to raise the profile of the New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) in the surrounding community. Located in Astoria on a corner site along a busy thoroughfare, the two-story brick building was completely gutted to accommodate new exam and consultation rooms. A perforated metal screen masks the irregular pattern of existing windows on the ground floor, allowing daylight to enter during the day and artificial light to emit a glow at night. An illuminated ceiling is visible through the full height glass, contributing to the unique presence of NYHQ in the neighborhood. The attention to detail, abundance of natural light, and select use of color make this a soothing and sophisticated patient environment.
Vitenas Cosmetic Surgery and Mirror Mirror Beauty Boutique; Houston Harrell Architects, LP
This ambulatory surgery center is squeezed into a tight 19,100-square-foot site that was completely redeveloped. The resulting three story building reflects the surgeon’s personal style and emulates the quality of his cosmetic surgery practice. The exterior is clad in white metal panels, corrugated zinc panels, and white plaster; all accented by the two story corner "jewel box" window wall. The interiors continue the sleek design of the building exterior with minimal color and crisp detailing that speak of the surgeon’s attention to design. A variety of textures were introduced via the flooring, custom wall panels, and drapery. The design puts patients at ease with its elegant palette of materials, furnishings and lighting.
Bridgepoint Active Healthcare is designed to meet the needs of those coping with complex chronic disease. In a setting inspired by nature, rehabilitation is fostered by motivating recovery through salutogenic design that connects with a person’s sense of physical and emotional well-being. From animated public spaces to intimate private ones, Bridgepoint embraces community and landscape. Panoramic views in every patient room, open terraces on the roof, mid-tower and at grade provide broad visual engagement with the surrounding community. These linkages are ‘personalized’ across the building facade with a seemingly randomized pattern of 472 vertical window projections, each representing a patient.
Category C Fifth XiangYa Hospital; Changsha, China Payette
Located in ChangSha, China in the growing Tianxian district, the Fifth XiangYa Hospital is slated to anchor the developing community adjacent to Xianguling Park. The hospital is connected to the park, both physically and visually. The new 2,500-bed hospital will provide a new world class model for the delivery of healthcare in an integrated, efficient and uplifting environment. Each half of the campus is organized around a central concourse, along which all the clinical functions are organized. The meandering inpatient towers hover above it. Two levels of service functions and parking provide the operational base below ground.
The future Robley Rex VA Medical Center embraces a model of care that embodies healing with honor. By consciously integrating nature with architecture, patients and families will find solidarity and respite in a light-filled concourse, quiet air gardens, and elevated courtyards. Each setting offers a unique experience, from contemplation to celebration; and provides a framework for integrating art, education, and support. Designed as a full replacement of the existing facility, the cost-effective facility is planned for one million square feet of inpatient and outpatient services and 104 beds, providing north central Kentucky and southern Indiana veterans with easy, timely access to care.
Category D Studio Dental Mobile Unit Montalba Architects, Inc.
Montalba Architects Inc.’s primary challenge was to create a spacious interior while accommodating Studio Dental’s required program for its Mobile Unit, which travels to businesses offering convenient dentistry. The 26-foot-long trailer with 230 interior square feet features a waiting area, sterilization room, and two operatories. The sterilization room is hidden behind millwork panels that wrap around to form the patient waiting bench. A centralized, double-sided millwork panel houses equipment for both operatories and gestures up to 11-foot-plus ceilings with translucent sculpted skylights. The materials reinforce Studio Dental’s identity with natural wood millwork, bright-white surfaces, and a custom perforation pattern.
Jurors for the 2015 National Healthcare Design Awards include: Scott Habjan, AIA(Chair), SOM; Michael Folonis, FAIA, Michael W. Folonis Architects; Charles H. Griffin, AIA, WHR Architects, Inc.; Elizabeth Mahon, AIA, Ballinger; Marc Marchant, AIA, LS3P Associates LTD.; Connie McFarland, FAIA, McFarland Architects and Joseph Strauss, AIA, Cleveland Clinic (this juror was recused from the review of the Cleveland Clinic, Brunswick Family Health Center Emergency Department project).
About The American Institute of Architects Founded in 1857, the American Institute of Architects consistently works to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. Through nearly 300 state and local chapters, the AIA advocates for public policies that promote economic vitality and public wellbeing. Members adhere to a code of ethics and conduct to ensure the highest professional standards. The AIA provides members with tools and resources to assist them in their careers and business as well as engaging civic and government leaders and the public to find solutions to pressing issues facing our communities, institutions, nation and world. Visit www.aia.org.
