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May 20

Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital

…Slated for Demolition

Wednesday, June 5, 2013
5:30-7:45pm
AIA East Bay, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets: $10, please purchase in advance. Click here for tickets
A wine and cheese reception follows the program.

Should preservation groups be allowed to stop demolition of a beloved Neutra house? Should planning commissions approve the demolition of an iconic structure for redevelopment? If a building is architecturally important–and only 12 years old–can it be destroyed for expansion purposes?

KQED host Michael Krasny leads a moderated discussion–and lively debate–addressing property rights, preservation, and the impact of architecture on our communities.

Guest commentators include an architect, developer, activist, preservationist, and city regulatory representative.

Keep the discussion going with wine and cheese after the program!

Sponsored in part by:


ELS

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Apr 16

uptown-final

Oakland’s Uptown District: An Exemplary Tale of Urban Infill and Reuse

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
5:30-8pm Includes a wine & cheese networking reception after the presentation.
1.5 CES LUs
Cost: $15 AIA Members and Employees of Chapter Member Firms; $21 Non-members

Click here to register

Infill development and the reuse of landmark buildings are vital — not only for revitalizing urban places but also to create more sustainable transit-oriented regions. To move from idea to reality, however, infill and reuse must overcome enormous physical design and political challenges.

Oakland’s Uptown district offers an extraordinary example of how infill and reuse can be brought about through urban design, new architecture, historic restoration, and community decision making.

On April 24, a special program of presentations and panel discussion will consider factors critical to Uptown’s success. Please join the AIA East Bay in hearing from four design and planning professionals who played pivotal roles:

Peter Calthorpe (Calthorpe Associates) developed the Uptown district masterplan. Calthorpe will describe the challenges of high-density transit-oriented development, and how infill and reuse are essential for environmental sustainability.

Michael Pyatok, FAIA (Pyatok Architects) was instrumental in the discussions surrounding the development of affordable housing in the Uptown district. Since starting his practice in 1984, Mike has designed more than 35,000 units of affordable housing in California, Washington,and Arizona, as well as master planning communities in Hawaii, the Philippines,and Malaysia.

Kurt Schindler, FAIA (ELS Architecture) was the lead architect for the historic restoration of the Fox Theater. Schindler will describe how restoration and reuse were promoted to revitalize the Uptown district and the special design challenges presented by such projects.

Ernie Vasquez, AIA (MVE Architecture) was the lead architect for Uptown’s new residential fabric. Vasquez will explain design strategies that allowed Uptown to deliver enhanced livability, context-sensitive aesthetics, and high urban densities.

Matthew Taecker, Assoc. AIA (Taecker Planning and Design), an urban designer and planner with thirty years of urban revitalization and infill experience, will serve as moderator.

Apr 3

Wong Donn Logan Architects

Design Tour: Riggers Loft & Rosie the Riveter Visitors Center

Saturday, April 13, 2013
10am-12:30pm, tour is followed by an optional no-host lunch at Assemble.
Location: 1337 Canal Blvd  Richmond, CA 94804
1.5 CES LUs

Cost: $5 AIA members and Chapter Firm Employees; $10 guests. Click here to register.

Rosie the Riveter Visitors Center, Wong Logan Architects

AIA East Bay is pleased to announce a special tour of two rehabbed historic buildings in Richmond’s World War II Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park: The Riggers Loft and Visitors’ Center.

The Riggers Loft was constructed as part of Richmond Shipyard Number Three, one of the four shipyards constructed in Richmond between 1941 and 1942 as part of the effort to provide ships for the war effort. The Riggers Loft, which also housed the Sheet Metal Shop and Paint Shop, was one of the ancillary buildings that provided support to the prefabrication and assembly of the ships in the adjacent graving yards.

Pre-construction at the Riggers Loft

Tour leaders at the Riggers Loft:

Alan Dreyfuss, AIA, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Historic Architect and Project Manager

Kelly Cobeen, WJE, Structural Engineer

Bob Alten, Alten Construction

Michael Williams, Port of Richmond, Project Manager

Tour leader at the Rosie the Riveter Visitors’ Center: Marcy Wong, Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects.

Pre-construction at the Riggers Loft

 

 

 

 

Mar 26

Workshop: 16th Street Train Station

Friday, April 5, 2013
6:30pm
Iron Horse Building at Central Station, 1801 14th St, Oakland, CA 94607

Free; all are welcome.

Image by NeitherFanboy at http://flickr.com/photos/16865737@N04/4551755150

On behalf of the research group from the University of Notre Dame, we invite members
of our community for a case study of our neighborhood’s dilapidated 16th Street Train Station.

The Objective:
Historical research and architectural survey for restoration and revitalization of the historic 16th Street Station.
The Project:
Historic architecture faculty and students from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana will conduct on-site research from April 4th through April 8th. The team specializes in historical preservation of buildings including large scale projects such as the Roman Forum in Italy. This project is sponsored by the University of Notre Dame and highly encourages participation from members of the community for their input and vision.

The project will be a case study and the documentation may be used by the owner for their future plans. This undertaking will greatly improve the image of our neighborhood and grow the awareness of this unique landmark we inherit. The project is supported by Bridge Housing (the current ownership) and RAILS (Restoration Association for Improving the Landmark 16 St. Station).
Venue:
Meeting room
Iron Horse Building at Central Station, 1801 14th St, Oakland, CA 94607
April 5 at 6:30 pm.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to all those who might be interested in attending this event.

Jan 9

Historic Preservation Committee

Our January meeting will take place Thursday, January 10 at noon at AIA East Bay.  We’ll review what we discussed last time and continue to plan a noon discussion and other possible programs and tours.

Click here for an article which summarizes panel discussions from the annual symposium of the International Council on Monuments and Sites held in June 2011 which relate to our topic.

RSVP: Email Sidney Sweeney or Betsy Yost, AIA

Oct 10

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Historic Preservation Committee October Meeting

Thursday, October 11
Noon
All are welcome!

The Historic Preservation Committee invites you to take part in a discussion and open presentation regarding Additions to Historic Buildings.

If you would like to share some images with the group, please bring them on a flash drive.

Some topics to consider for presentation:

  • interpreting historic character defining features into quality contemporary architecture
  • regulations regarding additions to historic buildings
  • projects you have worked on and how comparing them to other similar projects
  • historic buildings that have had more than one additions in a variety of styles, and a range of aesthetic “success”
  • examples of outside of the USA
  • categories such as “facadism” and seamless facades
  • design approaches that would not be allowed in the USA due to the approach of the National Park Service
  • compare differing approaches, perhaps one US and one foreign, to a similar problem

You need not make a presentation to participate in the discussion! Please RSVP to events@aiaeb.org for room set-up.

Questions? Please email Betsy Yost, AIA, chair, or sidney@aiaeb.org..

Sep 12

Chamber-07-Panas

September Historic Preservation Meeting

Thursday, September 12
Noon-1:30pm

Free and all are welcome.

 

From Betsy Yost, AIA, Chair:

At our last meeting, we decided that everyone would bring images of one or two additions to historic buildings to the September meeting in order to begin a discussion on this topic.  Please bring enough images to show the addition and how it relates to the historic building.  The images should be on a flash drive and we will project them on the screen.

Our intent is to prepare for a lunch session on this topic, hoping to attract others who haven’t been normally involved with the Historic Preservation Committee.  We thought we would start with a couple of sessions in which our group would sort through various ideas on the topic.  Also, we have an upcoming program in which Charles Bucher, AIA will discuss a paper he wrote about discovering the age of buildings through analysis of basic construction materials.

I’m excited about the topic and I hope everyone will bring images of a favorite project, or ones that you don’t consider successful.

Questions? Call Sidney Sweeney at 510/464-3600 or email sidney@aiaeb.org.

 

Aug 14

Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business, LEED Gold

Architectural Tour at Mills College

Tour: Mills College

Saturday Sept. 8
10:30am-Noon
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613

Speaker: Karen Fiene, AIA, LEED AP, Campus Architect
Cost: Free AIA East Bay Members; $5 non-members
Click here to register

Join Karen Fiene, AIA, LEED AP, campus architect for Mills College, on an architectural tour of the campus.

Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business, LEED Gold

Learning Objectives:

1. Attendees will be able to identify key features of Julia Morgan’s original structures indicative of her style and that of the times.

2. Attendees will be able to detail how the growth of the campus incorporates Ms. Mills’ work into present-day architecture.

3. Attendees will be able to identify more than five sustainable elements in new projects

4. Attendees will be able to identify three materials used in one old and one new project, explaining why they were chosen and what impact they have on the project.
1.5 CES Lus

Jul 10

Urban Open Space Design – Transformations

Thursday, July 19
Noon
Free and open to all
Please RSVP to events@aiaeb.org for seating set-up
Presented by the Historic Preservation Committee

10,000 Steps  ‘A documentary about four Oakland historic urban squares’

This documentary traces how changing needs have acted as catalysts for park design and use changes, in each of four distinct neighborhood parks in downtown Oakland, Jefferson Square, Lafayette Square, Madison Square and Lincoln Square, each occupying only one city block- tiny spots of open space in the urban fabric.  It looks at current and historic uses of the parks by Oakland’s cultural communities over time.  It communicates the continued importance of flexible urban open space to provide spaces for public life, spaces for neighborhood leadership and mentoring opportunities, specific to a particular location and time.    Interviews with both new and long-time residents express current and historic experiences, along with their hopes for the near future in a continuous reshaping of these urban parks.  The film engenders discussion and questions about how we design these spaces.

What does it mean to make a place, and how do we inhabit those places?

How do we continue to build upon but respect the landscape?

What is the relationship between past and present?

How do we involve inhabitants in making places?

Where are the opportunities for public life and engagement in the context of a neighborhood?

This interactive project was created by Sue Mark and Bruce Douglas, and took place between 2006 and 2010.  They are both members of marksearch, an artistic, cultural research team formed in 2000.  They will be at the film screening to discuss the project and answer questions following the screening.

Jun 10

Saddle Rock Exterior

Historic Preservation: Saddle Rock Restaurant

Thursday, June 14
Noon
Free; all are welcome

Charles Bucher, Assoc. AIA makes a special presentation about Downtown Oakland’s Saddle Rock Restaurant, c. 1895-1921.

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