AIA Denver COTE Forum: Community Based Design-Build Projects

Friday, November 5th from 11:30 to 1:00

Location: University of Colorado at Denver , Room 480
1250 14th St ., Denver , CO 80202

Lecture by Rick Sommerfeld on community-based design-build projects including DesignBuildBLUFF.

Rick Sommerfeld is the Associate Chair and Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado 's College of Architecture and Planning.  In addition, he leads the College's design / build studio that has long focused on community based design projects.  The College and studio has recently partnered with Design Build BLUFF to build a home on the Navajo Reservation in Utah .

Rick holds an M.Arch from the University of Colorado Denver , and a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder . Rick currently teaches architecture courses at the University of Colorado , College of Architecture and Planning, focusing on green design and construction as well as computer design and architectural graphics. He was selected by faculty and students as the college's "Instructor of the Year" for 2003 and again in 2005. He also holds the college's "Outstanding Graduate Award" for 2001 and was the American Institute of Architect's "AIA Master's Candidate Medal Winner" for 2001. Rick was a Faculty Advisor for the CU 2005 National Solar Decathlon team. His student’s “green” fabrication work has been shown at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and Design Within Reach Studio in Boulder . Rick's professional design practice, the3rdspace in Denver , specializes in innovative residential and small commercial design.

UCD Design-Build Program

Over the past three years the design-build program at UCD has been overseen by Rob Pyatt and Rick Sommerfeld, both are graduates of the "Glenn Murcutt International Master Class". The presentation will cover what they learned at the Murcutt Master Class and how that has influenced the design-build projects at UCD.
The Murcutt Master Class is an intensive summer program lead by tutors Glenn Murcutt, Richard Leplastrier, Peter Stutchbury, and Brit Andersen. Every year 30 architects, professors, and graduate students from around the world are selected to participate in design problem that thoroughly considers program in relationship to the context and the Australian landscape. Participants live in residence with the tutors and over the duration of the class design and present their ideas. On weekends, in order to understand architecture at a deeper level, tutors take the participants to projects that they are working on or have completed to explain their design philosophy.
The design-build program at UCD is interested in community-based design problems that allow students to consider the social, environmental and economic impacts of their architecture. Through hands on interactions with clients, and construction students learn to understand the significance their design decisions have in the world. Two of the programs most recent projects are the interior renovation of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and a $50,000 house for a Navajo family in Bluff, UT.

Cost: Free for members/$20 for nonmembers
Credit: 1.0 HSW/SD

Contact Jenna Cather to rsvp
jenna@aiacolorado.org

AIA Denver COTE Presentation: Overview of LEEDv3 and LEED AP Program Changes

Friday January 8, 2010 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Join the AIA Denver Committee on the Environment (COTE) on Friday, Jan. 8, from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., for Overview of LEEDv3 and LEED AP Program Changes, a presentation by Dana Kose, board chair of the U.S. Green Building Council Colorado Chapter and Jim Bradburn, vice chair of the USGBC Colorado Chapter. The presentation will take place at the University of Colorado at Denver, Room 470 (1250 14^th St., Denver, Colo.).

The program will provide an overview of the changes made to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System Version 3 and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Professional Accreditation (LEED AP) program. The presentation will explain the reorganization of the existing LEED rating systems and the new key advancements. It will also explain the changes the LEED AP program is undergoing to strengthen its strengths and improve its weaknesses, as well as allow the credential to be relevant while offering differentiation and specialization.

Attendees can earn 1.0 health, safety and welfare (HSW) AIA continuing education learning unit. Under the state of Colorado’s rules for continuing education for state licensure renewal, this program meets the requirements for 1.0 HSW professional development unit.

RSVPs are requested and must be made by Thursday, Jan. 7, at 4 p.m. by contacting Jenna Cather at 303.446.2266, ext. 112 or jenna@aiacolorado.org. This presentation is free for all AIA Colorado members and non-members not seeking continuing education credit. Non-members seeking continuing education credit may attend for a fee of $15. Download a non-member registration form here.

AIA Denver COTE Meeting 11-6-09

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY
Friday, November 6, 11:30am-1:00pm – UC Denver Building, Room 470, 1250 14th Street, Denver

Join the AIA Denver Committee on the Environment (COTE) for Architecture for Humanity, presented by Sarah Karlan and Matthew Hamann. This presentation will discuss Architecture for Humanity as a volunteer organization who provides pro bono design services to local and international communities in need and how they strive to promote environmentally and socially responsive solutions through education and a strong collaboration with client and community.  While working in conjunction with other humanitarian based organizations and community networking, Architecture for Humanity aims to continually expand their influence and advocacy and promote a better way of life through an architectural medium.  RSVPs are requested and must be made by Thursday, Nov. 5, at 4 pm by contacting Jenna Cather at 303.446.2266, ext. 112 or jenna@aiacolorado.org. Cost: Free for members/ $15 for non-members. AIA Denver COTE meets the first Friday of each month. The presentation will be preceded by an AIA Denver COTE business meeting at 11:30am.  For more information about this committee, contact AIA Denver at 303.446.2266 or visit the website.