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ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY FESTIVAL
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LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
|  | IwamotoScott Architecture and van Bergen Kolpa Architecten: Communities of the Future (2 HSWs)
September 1, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$15 AIA Members | $25 Nonmembers
AIA San Francisco, 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600, San Francisco | Sponsored by:
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| Join principals from San Francisco-based IwamotoScott Architecture and Rotterdam’s van Bergen Kolpa Architecten to explore how foresight, speculation and research impact the traditional design process. Enjoy cross-cultural dialogue as we learn more about Park Supermarket, a national supermarket located in the metropolitan parks of the Netherlands, and HYDRO-NET: City of the Future, a transformative new typology of urban architecture that organizes critical flows of the city. We’ll examine how increased demands for water, food, energy and recreational space are shaping contemporary architecture. Experts from the fields of global foresight, urban agriculture, microeconomics and environmental policy will then critique the viability of specific design components, in reference to their primary areas of expertise. Remarks will explore the implementation timeline for components of each design to determine whether different aspects may be realized now, in five years or in fifty years. Our aim is to promote a more expansive design process that adopts systemic thinking. Moderator:
Dr. Chris Luebkeman, Director of Foresight and Insight, ARUP
Featured Panelists:
Edward Church, Executive Director of the Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship
Eli Zigas, Food Systems and Urban Agriculture Program Manager, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research (SPUR)
Marco Vangelisti, Impact Investor & Advisor to Slow Money Northern California and Ecocity Builders |
| | Casey Caplowe
September 8, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
$20 AIA + AIGA Members | $30 General Admission
$10 AIA + AIGA Student Members | $15 Student General Admission
Adobe, 601 Townsend Street, San Francisco
Registration link: www.designlectureseries.org
|  | The San Francisco chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design, presents Casey Caplowe , as the lecturer of the 2011 Design Lecture Series. Caplowe is the creative director and co-founder of GOOD, an integrated media company for people who want to live well and do good. Built as a collaboration of individuals, businesses, and nonprofits pushing the world forward, GOOD launched in 2006 with its magazine and soon followed with a website, videos, and events. |
| | Fabrics and the City: Printing with En Route Studio
September 9, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Free, registration required.
Zinc Details, 1905 Fillmore Street, San Francisco
SOLD OUT | | En Route Studio specializes in designing bold, handprinted fabrics for vintage Mid- Century modern and Danish furniture. Hosts will demonstrate techniques in block-printing and screenprinting durable fabrics with iconic fragments of SF architecture. Participants will have a hands-on chance to screenprint using ecofriendly inks, on fabrics to take home. |
| | SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) and OMA/AMO (Office for Metropolitan Architecture): Sustainable Growth (2 HSWs)
September 12, 6:00 - 9:30 pm
111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, San Francisco
This event is 21+ | 
| With population growth ever exploding, it is essential for architects to understand the ongoing process of the modernization of cities. Join Craig Hartman of SOM and Reinier de Graaf of OMA as they explore how design, technology and economies of scale enhance cities’ sustainable development, social, cultural and economic cohesion. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has a long history of minimizing environmental impact and producing healthier places to live and work. Its master plan to re-envision San Francisco’s Parkmerced neighborhood represents an unparalleled opportunity to incrementally transform an outmoded, automobile-dependent district into an international example of sustainability. AMO, a design and research studio based in the company's Rotterdam office is the counterpart to OMA's architectural practice. Most recently, AMO has attempted to respond to the rapid modernization of cities through their work in sustainable development and large scale renewable energy planning. In 2008, AMO proposed ‘Zeekracht’, a trans-national ring of off-shore wind farms in the North Sea, drawing energy from the shared territorial waters of 5 nations. Sponsored by Stellar Management |
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| Electric Ink: Attracting Attention in the New World of Publishing
September 14, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
$35 General Admission. Lunch included.
Chronicle Books Corporate Headquarters
680 Second Street, San Francisco | Supported by California Home + Design | | There have never been more ways and places to have your work published, yet it's increasingly difficult to find the right venue. Print or online? Blog or digital issue? Is it possible to be published on paper and online? This panel - moderated by Erin Feher, Executive Editor of California Home + Design and comprised of the editors everyone is targeting - will be sure to answer those questions and more. Join us as we navigate the ever-changing terrain of the new media world.
The conversation will take place at the corporate headquarters of Chronicle Books, housed in a historic 1920's building in South Beach. Renovated by Mark Cavagnero Associates, the office features new meeting rooms, a library and an open cafe area, and supports the organization's democratic values with ample communal space and areas for both private and collaborative work. Confirmed panelists:
Erin Feher, Executive Editor, CH+D
Lydia Lee, California Editor, Architect's Newspaper
Julie Carlson, Editor-in-Chief, Remodelista
Bridget Watson Payne, Editor, Art + Design, Chronicle Books
Mary Jo Bowling, Senior Editor, CH+D
Erin Renzas, Online Managing Editor, CaliforniaHomeDesign.com A note on Public Transportation: because of a mid-day Giants game on the 14th, we advise you take public transportation to this event. Chronicle can be reached conveniently by the 3rd Street T Line Muni, the N Judah Muni, or the 10 Townsend. |
| | The Bay Area’s Modern Landscape Legacy
September 15, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Registration begins at 12:45 pm
SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street, San Francisco
$30 AIA + SPUR Members
$40 General Admission
$20 Students
Registration link: www.spur.org/tickets
| | The Bay Area was the heart of innovative landscape design at mid-century, led by Thomas Church, Robert Royston, Lawrence Halprin, Garrett Eckbo, Geraldine Knight Scott and others. Join us for a half-day symposium exploring the legacy of their work and its influence on contemporary landscapes in the Bay Area. Designers, policymakers and historians will focus on the areas of policy, stewardship and theory. Speakers will include: Charles Birnbaum, John King, JC Miller, Ken Kay, Kalvin Platt, Courtney Damkroger, Waverly Lowell, Mary Brown, Mike Buhler, Andrew Sullivan, Joe Brown, Sarah Karlinsky, and others. Co-presented with The Cultural Landscape Foundation and coinciding with San Francisco’s What’s Out There Weekend. |
| | The Architects’ Forum (1.5 LUs)
September 15, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Free to Home Tours participants
$20 General Admission
BTicino, 111 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco
| Supported by California Home + Design and BTicino | 
© Paul Dyer | During this educational panel discussion, participants will learn more about the design and construction of each residence showcased during the weekend, as well as gain a deeper understanding of the unique relationship between architect and client, as they navigate the design process. |
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© Mark Cavagnero Associates, San Francisco | Architecture of Sound
September 20, 12:00-1:30 pm
Free; First come, first served
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco
Panelists discuss and explore the relationship between architecture, acoustics and the live performance experience and how San Francisco Bay Area musical venues (traditional and nontraditional) have contributed to unique and memorable musical performances. Panelists include architect, Mark Cavagnero, whose projects include the new SF Jazz building; Kurt Graffy, Associate Principal with Arup Acoustics Lab; five-time Grammy nominated musician and producer, Wayne Wallace; and moderator, John King of the San Francisco Chronicle. Brief Q & A period to follow panel discussion. This program is presented in partnership with AIA San Francisco.
Related Exhibition: American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music, on view August 27-November 13, 2011, Skylight Gallery, 6th Floor, Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco. |
| | envelope Architecture+Design: Flexible Urbanism (2 HSWs)
September 20, 2:00 - 4:30 pm
$15 AIA Members | $25 Nonmembers
Hayes Valley Proxy Biergarten
4224 Octavia Street, San Francisco
This event is 21+ | Sponsored by suppenküche | By embracing a human-centered design process deeply informed by local values, Oakland's envelope Architecture+Design has created radical new approaches to traditional neighborhood development models. Join A+D Principal and Founder Douglas Burnham and members of San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office, Planning Department and the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association for a conversation about flexible urbanism. Conceived as a "content machine," envelope A+D's Proxy is a temporary two-block construct occupying vacant lots in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley, housing local pop-up stores. Proxy seeks to re-establish the urban fabric through a combination of frame, mesh, wall and volume. The afternoon, moderated by Dr. Ila Berman, will stimulate an in-depth exploration of the enabling and obstructive forces encountered along the path to placemaking. |
| | | ThinkBike SF Closing Event (2 LUs)
September 20, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Free, registration required.
Registration is not yet available. Check back soon.
Light Court at City Hall, San Francisco
Click here to register | 
© Consulate General of the Netherlands | The Netherlands Consulate in San Francisco, in partnership with SFMTA’s Livable Streets and the SF Bike Coalition, presents a ThinkBike workshop for the city of San Francisco. Over the course of the two-day workshop, Dutch bike experts will lead teams made up of representatives from the City’s transportation and planning departments, bicycle advocates and other key stakeholders to examine local challenges, while sharing best practices from the Netherlands. The teams will explore key problem areas and develop tailored solutions to improve the bike-ability of San Francisco and achieve its goal of 20% bike ridership by 2020. Join us for the ThinkBike closing event where the innovative design proposals developed by the ThinkBike workshop participants will be presented. |
| | Grand Central of the West:
The Transbay Transit Center (2 LUs)
September 22, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
$15 Students | $20 AIA Members | $30 General Admission
AIA San Francisco, 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600, San Francisco | Supported by Bi-Rite Market
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Transbay Transit Center, Grand Hall Interior © Julie Chang | Led by Fred Clarke of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, this evening’s panel will discuss the visionary Transbay Transit Center project and its potential to transform both downtown San Francisco and the Bay Area’s regional transportation system as a whole. The $4.2 billion project will replace the current Transbay Terminal at First and Mission streets in San Francisco with a modern regional transit hub connecting eight Bay Area counties and the State of California through 11 transit systems. The Transbay Transit Center will also create a neighborhood with new shops, homes, offices and neighborhood parks including a 5.4 acre public park on the roof of the bus and rail station. Panelists
- Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan /Executive Director, TJPA
- Robert Beck /Senior Program Manager, TJPA
- Brian Dykes / Principal Engineer, TJPA
- Fred Clarke /Senior Principal, PCPA
- Adam Greenspan /Partner, PWP (Landscape)
- Bruce Gibbons /Principal, Thornton-Tomasetti (Structure)
- Clark Bisel /Senior Vice President, WSP Flack & Kurtz (MEP)
- John Eddy /Principal, Arup (Transportation)
- Claire Maxfield / Principal, Atelier 10 (Sustainability)
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| | Art About Place (1 LU)
September 22, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
$15 AIA Members | $25 General Admission
Haines Gallery, 49 Geary Street, Suite 540, San Francisco
This event has been postponed. More information to come. | | Art enhances infrastructure and adds transformative value to the public realm. Public art influences the way we experience our city and helps to define our cultural identities. During this evening’s panel discussion, experts will share their perspectives on the state of public art in San Francisco and the strategies in place and needed to perpetuate the creation of new work in the future. Speakers will include Cheryl Haines, Director of Haines Gallery and Founder of the For-Site Foundation, Jill Manton, Director of Programs for the San Francisco Arts Commission, Cliff Garten, an internationally celebrated sculptor whose work inspires interest in public activity and Walter Hood, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design Department and internationally acclaimed public artist and designer. |
| | Creating a Culture of Sustainability Among Building Inhabitants (3 SDs)
September 23, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
AIA San Francisco, 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600, San Francisco
$44 AIA SF Members | $55 General Admission | 
Marin Country Day School, EHDD Architecture © Michael David Rose | Sustaining a high level of building performance is a collaborative process. Join Scott Shell, AIA and Brad Jacobson, AIA, of EHDD Architecture for a discussion on maintaining long term building performance. They will explore educational resources for building operations staff and building inhabitants, post-occupancy surveys and the development of ongoing monitoring measures. Learn how these valuable steps can present opportunities for architects to provide additional services to help improve future design and construction. |
| | Beyond Equisetum:
How to Resist Your Architect’s Desire to Control Nature (2 LUs)
September 23, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
$20 AIA Members | $30 General Admission
Flora Grubb Gardens, 1634 Jerrold Avenue, San Francisco | | As architects venture further into the realm of landscape design, there is an increasing need to get beyond the tired palette of equisetum and bamboo and embrace the unruly, changeable, and ultimately uncontrollable aspects of nature. Join Bonnie Bridges, AIA and Seth Boor of Boor Bridges Architecture and Flora Grubb of Flora Grubb Gardens for an interactive workshop exploring messy nature and its power to transform mood and space. Participants will have the opportunity to design their own model planting arrangement and present it to the group. A discussion and cocktails will follow. |
| | Fletcher Studio and 2012 Architecten: Radical Reuse (2 HSWs)
September 28, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
$15 AIA Members | $25 Nonmembers
California College of the Arts
1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco | Sponsored by:
| | By exploiting the latent potential of outdated infrastructure, architects can create alternative design solutions that are both economically viable and environmentally beneficial. While many existing design strategies and technologies decrease our collective energy consumption, alternative practices such as localized material harvesting do not yet occupy a prominent place in the syllabus of recognized architectural courses. Join principal, professor and writer David Fletcher of Fletcher Studio and Jan Jongert of Architecten in an interactive investigation of urban resource reuse and adaptive infrastructure. A vision of Fletcher Studio, Beta-Bridge proposes a radical reinvention and reuse of the soon to be demolished eastern span of the existing Bay Bridge. Beta-bridge will transform from a single-use to a multi-objective, multi-functional infrastructure. Villa Welpeloo is the first residential project completed by 2012Architecten employing the Superuse method, an approach which greatly reduces the construction carbon footprint as a result of material recycling and lower transportation costs. Approximately 60 percent of the building materials were sourced from the villa’s immediate surroundings in Enschede, Holland.
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| | Closing Night Event + Party!
GOOD Design San Francisco(1.5 LUs)
September 29, 6:00 pm
$25 General Admission
swissnex San Francisco
730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
| Sponsored by WoodsBagot, Bix Restaurant, swissnex San Francisco, and Trumer Pils. | | Good design can solve everyday problems. Join the brightest minds from the vast and varied San Francisco design community as they present simple solutions to some of the city’s most pressing issues, selected by the urban leaders who can help launch them into action. This electric night will highlight multiple design solutions that are relevant to the festival theme of “Architecture of Consequence,” and will conclude with a reception and more conversation. Supported by AIA SF, GOOD, Center for Architcture and Design, and KALW Radio and 99% Invisible. |
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