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LOCALLY GROWN PROVIDENCE2015 AIA Committee on Design Fall Conference, October 1–4, 2015
Table of ContentsRemarksIntroductionWelcome to ProvidenceThank You6678PeopleScheduleProjects91927
IntroductionThe theme for 2015 is ‘Locally Grown’.“To make a place, is to make a domain thathelps people know where they are, and byextension, know who they are.”Charles W. Moore FAIAAs a ‘progeny’ of Charles Moore, I havebeen intrigued by place-making. I imagineyou have similar aspirations: how does onecreate something that is globally inspiringand locally relevant?6 AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015Norway – International ConferenceNorway is a country with a smallpopulation whose economy historicallyrelied on fishing and farming. Their rural,natural environment has been, and still is,a dominant influence on Norwegians andtheir architecture. Their recent oil boomhas brought unprecedented wealth whichhas helped fund projects from culturalbuildings to housing. We will see how theirdevotion to nature and recent internationalattention is fueling Norwegian architectsto develop their own distinct version ofmodern architecture.Providence – National ConferenceProvidence, on the other hand, is forgingforward on a shoe-string, yet it too providescompelling examples of how locally-inspired architecture, planning, and designcan lead the rebirth of a place and helpdefine its spirit.Jim Childress FAIA2015 Chair - AIA Committee on DesignPartner - Centerbrook Architects
Welcome to ProvidenceWe are thrilled to welcome the AIA Committee on Design to Providence, Rhode Island. It is anhonor to host your group and we cannot wait to get started! Providence, along with most ofthe state, has a long history in manufacturing, design and craft and we are proud to show offthe ways in which these traditions have continued.On your tours, you will visit masterful adaptive reuse projects in the heart of downtownProvidence, uplifting gathering spaces, and thoughtful retreats outside of town. You willlearn about the city’s long history and the many influences that have shaped it into the urbancenter that it is today. You will meet many of the people who have devoted themselves toProvidence’s most recent transformations. You will learn about the companies that arereimagining Rhode Island’s legacy of manufacturing, craft and design. You will experience themagic of Waterfire along the Providence River. In the end, we hope you leave with a deeperunderstanding of Providence’s past and its hopes for the future.Stephanie Zurek, AIA and Vada Seccareccia, Assoc. AIAAIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 7
Thank YouWe are indebted to all of the architects, historians,thinkers, planners, artist, and craftspeopleincluded in this guidebook for sharing their ideasand inspiring us. We also appreciate their clientswho have allowed us to visit their places.Jim Barnes who advised us throughout ourplanning with his half a century of knowledgeabout everything creative in Providence. As a RISDprofessor, who remains a pal to many alumni, hehelped kick start us back then, and now.I am grateful to the following people who havehelped make this conference possible:Jennifer Zolkos, Executive Director AIA RhodeIsland for her support.Most importantly - Vada Seccareccia andStephanie Zurek of Union Studio who Chair thisconference. They have provided advice throughout, done the leg work, reached out to people,helped coordinate everything and will guide us onour journey. We appreciate them sharing their citywith us.8 AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015Derek Hayn, who many of you know from ourconference in Norway, designed and produced thisguidebook.Susan Parrish and Lori Feinman at AIA Nationalwho have provided constant support, keeping usout of trouble, throughout.Lastly - I could not have fulfilled my responsibilities for this conference without the enormoustime commitment and guidance of Ann KThompson, MLS and the COD CommunicationsChair. Every group needs a librarian!Jim Childress FAIA2015 Chair AIA Committee on Design
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Christopher Bardt is a founding principal of3SIXØ Architecture, which was named in 2002 byArchitectural Record as one of 10 leading vanguardfirms worldwide. His extensive experienceincludes furniture design, residential, commercialand institutional commissions and planningstudies. His research on the geometry of sunlight,materials, materiality and tectonics as criticalto architectural making and thinking has beenwidely published and exhibited. Bardt has been amember of the architecture faculty at RISD since1988. He has been a visiting professor at CornellUniversity and at the National Academy of Designand Art, Slovakia and currently serves on theBoard of Governors of the RISD Museum. Bardtholds a Bachelor’s of Architecture from RISD and aMaster’s of Architecture from Harvard University.10 People AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015James Barnes, AIA received his BArch from RISDin 1969. He completed graduate work at MontanaState University where he began his teaching career. He has served as interim dean of the Divisionof Architecture and head of the Department ofInterior Architecture and is a recipient of RISD’sJohn Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.Barnes is a registered architect, certified byNCARB with an active practice in the southernNew England region. His professional work hasbeen by recognized by the RI AIA, the ProvidencePreservation Society and RI Monthly magazine.Barnes currently serves on the Board of Directorsof the RI AIA, Ace Mentoring RI and the RevolvingFund of the Providence Preservation Society.Ann M. Beha, FAIA leads an architectural firmwith a national practice designing for institutions,civic, and private clients, in the arts, academic,and cultural fields. She is a graduate of WellesleyCollege and MIT, and a Loeb Fellow at theGraduate School of Design at Harvard University.She has been a Distinguished Visiting Professorof Architecture at the City College of New York,a Trustee and Past President of Historic NewEngland, and served on Visiting Committees at theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, and at MIT. Ann hasbeen honored with a Lifetime Achievement Awardfrom the New England Chapter of the VictorianSociety in America, an Anniversary Award fromthe Massachusetts Historical Commission, theAlumnae Achievement Award from WellesleyCollege, and the Women in Design Award ofExcellence from the Boston Society of Architects.
Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA is one of the foundingprincipals of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, whichbegan practice as Bohlin and Powell in 1965. Thefirm’s success, and the professional recognitionit has attained, are in large measure attributableto his design insights and unflagging dedicationto setting the highest standards for all designwork produced by the firm. His leadershipand inspiration have established a culture ofthoughtful, thorough design thinking throughoutthe practice, and he remains keenly interestedin both broad conceptual thinking and detailexpression, reviewing the development of designand documentation regularly with project teams.In 2010, the American Institute of Architectsawarded Peter with the Gold Medal, the highesthonor for an individual in the profession.Jan Brodie was, until recently, the ExecutiveDirector of the I-195 Redevelopment DistrictCommission. The Commission is charged withbringing to market 19 acres reclaimed after therelocation of 195 in downtown Providence.Jan was the Northeast Regional Director at TheCommunity Builders in Boston. While there Janoversaw one of the largest non-profit housingdevelopers in the country. She was Vice Presidentat The Armory Revival Company in Providence andVice President at Graham Gund Architects, Inc.She received her MBA in Finance from TheWharton School, and her Master’s in Architecturefrom the Graduate School of Fine Arts at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. Jan also holds a M.S.in Administration from University PennsylvaniaGraduate School of Education and a B.A. fromWilliams College.Peter Gill Case, the founder of Truth Box, receivedhis Masters in Architecture from the Rhode IslandSchool of Design and his undergraduate degreefrom Brown University in Urban Studies. Throughout his career, Mr. Case has built an architecturalpractice around a broad definition of sustainabledesign. In some instances, this has led to theadaptive re-use of older buildings and large-scalemill buildings. In other instances, this hastranslated into using alternative building materialsand strategies such as straw bale homes, passivesolar design, structural insulated panels, and evenshipping containers. Mr. Case began sustainabledevelopment work in 2004 in order demonstrateto a variety of markets that green, conscientiousdesign enhances the revenue and balance sheet ofreal estate ventures, without necessarily costingmore than conventional building.AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 People 11
Arthur Chang has been an architect at NADAAAsince 2011 following nearly seven years as aProject Manager at Office dA. Before that, he wasa designer at Wallace Floyd Design Group. Hereceived a BARCH from California PolytechnicState University-San Luis Obispo and a Master ofArchitecture from the University of Pennsylvania.Steve Durkee founded Durkee Brown Architectsin 1994. He directed the adaptive reuse of 15significant historic buildings within the DowntownProvidence National Register Historic District.He joined Cornish Associates in 2010 to help withthe mission to make Providence one of the greaturban places in America. When he’s not enjoyinglife in Downcity, he’s helping grow transit in RI as aboard member of the RI Public Transit Authority.Steve was the chair of the Providence City PlanCommission for 14 years. Durkee is a graduate ofthe Rhode Island School of Design.Jim Estes, FAIAEstes/Twombly ArchitectsProfessional ExperienceEstes/Twombly Architects, Newport, RI2000-PresentEstes & Company Architects, Newport, RI1989-2000Estes/Burgin Partnership, Providence, RI1979-1989James Estes, Design/Build, Providence, RI1974-1978EducationRhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI:Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1970, Bachelor of Architecture, 1971, Recipient AIA Medal for ExcellenceDartmouth College, Hanover, NH:, B.A. English,196712 People AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015
Barnaby Evans is an artist who works in manymedia including site-specific sculpture installations, photography, garden design, architecturalprojects, film, writing and conceptual works.His original training was in the sciences, but hehas been working exclusively as an artist andteacher for thirty years. Barnaby Evans receivedhis Sc.B. degree in biology and environmentalscience from Brown University in 1975. He wasawarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts byBrown University and an honorary Doctorate ofFine Arts by Rhode Island College, both in 2000.WaterFire was honored with the 2003 Rudy S.Bruner Silver Award for Urban Excellence fromthe Bruner Foundation given to Providence for therenaissance of its downtown. In 2010, Evans washonored with a Distinguished Service to the ArtsAward from the National Governors Association.Dan Gallagher has had extensive experiencein the management, design, development, andconstruction administration of a wide range ofprojects in over twenty years practicing architecture. As Principal of NADAA, Mr. Gallagher has lednumerous projects including means restrictiondesign at Cornell University, and SeaholmElectrical Substation Wall in Austin, Texas. As VicePresident of Office dA, Gallagher oversaw projectssuch as the Fleet Library at Rhode Island Schoolof Design, Helios House in Los Angeles, and theHinman Research Building at the Georgia Instituteof Technology.Steven G. Gerrard AIA as a Senior Associate atAnn Beha Architects, Steven has worked nationallyand internationally on significant cultural andinstitutional projects. His museum and academicwork has been nationally published and honoredwith awards from the AIA and its Chapters. Steve’sprojects for the New Britain Museum of AmericanArt and the Shelburne Museum set importantstandards for design excellence, and his work forThe Wheeler School and New England Conservatory of Music establish new identities and services.Steve has served as a Visiting Professor at RogerWilliams University and a Visiting Design Criticfor the Rhode Island School of Design, the BostonArchitectural College, and Northeastern University.He holds a Master of Architecture Degree from theUniversity of Michigan and a Bachelor of ScienceDegree from Lawrence Institute of Technology.AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 People 13
Benjamin Gilmartin, AIA has 20 years ofexperience both independently as a designconsultant and as a principal of the New Yorkfirm Diller Scofidio Renfro (DS R). As BenjaminGilmartin Architect, he has undertaken selectedcommissions for Public Space and Public Art,including the St. Louis Public Media Commons.With DS R, Benjamin led the Lincoln Center forthe Performing Arts campus project for sevenyears. In the past, Benjamin has been a designerwith the New York firms Polshek Partnership andPerkins & Will. He was a long-time contributor tothe journal Praxis: Journal of Writing Buildingand taught in the Thesis program at the CornellUniversity College of Architecture, Art, andPlanning.14 People AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015Joe Haskett, AIA has over 16 years of architectural experience which includes the adaptivere-use of historic buildings, market-rate andaffordable multi-family housing, pre-fabricatedbuilding design, commercial buildings and privateresidences. Prior to joining Union Studio in 2012,Joe was the founding principal of distill studio, aProvidence-based architectural firm with a focuson sustainable building science and integrateddesign process. Joe is an adjunct faculty memberin the Department of Interior Architecture at theRhode Island School of Design, a board memberof the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association(NESEA), and an active member of the US GreenBuilding Council (USGBC) and the National PassiveHouse Alliance (PHAUS). He received his Masterof Architecture from the Rhode Island School ofDesign and his Bachelor of Science in Architectureat Ohio State University.Kyna Leski is a principal of 3SIXØ Architecture inProvidence, which was founded in 1997. The RhodeIsland AIA has bestowed its top honors on 3SIXØ17 times, and the Boston Society of Architects hasawarded 3SIXØ four times.At RISD, Kyna Leski was chief critic of theEuropean Honors Program from 1993–95 and hastaught in the Architecture, Foundation Studies andIndustrial Design departments. She authored thefirst-semester core architecture design curriculumused at RISD for 17 years and a book on this pedagogy, The Making of Design Principles, publishedin 2007. In 1997 the Architectural League of NewYork selected Leski as one of five winners of itsannual Young Architects Competition. She hasserved as the city architect design decision reviewadvisor to the mayor of Providence.
Dietrich Neumann, Professor of the History ofModern Architecture and Urbanism at BrownUniversity. His books include Film Architecture: SetDesign from Metropolis to Blade Runner (Prestel,1996), Richard Neutra’s Windshield House (Harvard,2001), Architecture of the Night (Prestel, 2002),and “The Structure of Light”: Richard Kelly and theIllumination of Modern Architecture (Yale, 2010).Vada Seccareccia, Assoc. AIA is an ArchitecturalDesigner and Director of Technology at UnionStudio Architecture & Community Design inProvidence, Rhode Island. Prior to receiving hermaster of architecture degree, Vada workedin technical marketing at The MathWorks, anorganization that builds software for engineersand scientists.Friedrich St.Florian Friedrich St.Florian receiveda Master’s Degree in Architecture from theTechnische Universadad in Graz, Austria anda Master of Science Degree in Architecturefrom Columbia University. His early career isdistinguished by landmark theoretical work. TheWorld War II Memorial in Washington, DC is thefirm’s most visible work to date.Neumann studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London and the TechnischeUniversität in Munich. He has held a chair as thefirst Vincent Scully Visiting Professor at the YaleSchool of Architecture (2007-2009), and hastaught at the Universidade do Porto, Portugaland the Technische Universität Munich. He was avisiting scholar at the Centre Canadien d’Architecture in Montréal, and the Institute for AdvancedStudy at Princeton.Vada is a past president of the Rhode IslandChapter of the AIA, and during her tenure, shebuilt relationships with many other design organizations in the Rhode Island design community,including ASLA, AIGA, and DESIGNxRI.Friedrich St.Florian contributed significantly to theformation of two generations of aspiring architectsas Professor of Architecture at the RhodeIsland School of Design. He served as Dean ofArchitecture for eight years and Chief Critic of theEuropean Honors Program in Rome for four years.He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.His drawings are in the permanent collection ofthe Museum of Modern Art in New York and theGeorges Pompidou Centre in Paris.Vada earned her Master of Architecture degreefrom Rhode Island School of Design and herBachelor of Arts in Physics from Bryn Mawr College.AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015 People 15
Anthony W. Saby Jr. joined Diller Scofidio Renfroin 2006. He was a project manager for the firm’smuch-praised renovation of Lincoln Center forthe Performing Arts, which included an expansionof the lobbies and public spaces of Alice TullyHall and an addition for the Juilliard School. Theproject garnered 29 architectural and communityawards. He worked on Brown University’s Perryand Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts,a multidisciplinary facility that features a recitalhall, recording studio and art studios.After graduating from Temple University in 1992,Saby joined Wulff Architects Inc. in Philadelphia.Four years later, he moved to KlingStubbins, wherehe worked on large corporate projects for SAP,Dow Jones and Merck & Co. and campus projectsfor Rutgers University and the University ofPennsylvania.16 People AIA COD Conference, Providence 2015Nader Tehrani’s research has been focused on thetransformation of the building industry, innovativematerial applications, and the development ofnew means and methods of construction– asexemplified in his work with digital fabrication.Tehrani is the Dean of the Cooper Union’s Irwin S.Chanin School of Architecture and former head ofthe Department of Architecture at the MIT Schoolof Architecture and Planning where he served asthe Department Head from 2010-2014.Peter Twombly, AIAEstes/Twombly ArchitectsProfessional ExperienceEstes/Twombly Architects, Newport, RI2000-PresentEstes & Company Architects, Newport, RI1994-2000Peter Twombly Architect, Providence, RI1989-1994Hanson Lind Meyer, Iowa City, Iowa 1987-1988Michael Graves Architect, Princeton, NJ 1982-1986EducationRhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI:Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1979, Bachelor of Architecture, 1980 Recipient AIA Henry Adams Medal forExcellence, Teaching Assistant in Design
Stephanie Zurek, AIA joined Union Studio in 2005to apply her training in classical and traditionalarchitecture and urbanism. She currently servesas a Project Manager for the new Tiverton PublicLibrary in Tiverton, RI and the San Juan Passageneighborhood in Anacortes, WA. She is a VicePresident of CNU New England, President-Elect ofAIA Rhode Island, a Co-Founder of the ProvidenceChapter of Architecture for Humanity, a volunteerfor Big Sisters of Rhode Island, a board member ofthe Narragansett Boat Club and serves on theLeadership Council of The Amos House.Stephanie received a LeB
Providence’s most recent transformations. You will learn about the companies that are reimagining Rhode Island’s legacy of manufacturing, craft and design. You will experience the magic of Waterfire along the Providence River. In the end, we hope you leave with a deeper understanding of Providence’s past and its hopes for the future.
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