Concurrent Sessions

October 19–21, 2003
Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
The Westin Ottawa

Monday, October 20, 2003
8:30 am–9:30 am
Aligning Community Improvement Challenges with Nonprofit Development Corporations
Presenters: K. Scott Enns, University of Cincinnati; Ronald B. Kull, University of Cincinnati ; Barry I. Strum, University Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corp
Complementing its $2 billion campus master plan implementation effort, the University of Cincinnati's community-based partnerships are leading revitalization efforts surrounding its urban campus in Cincinnati's Uptown. Panelists, using mixed-use and housing projects developed by the six non-profit development corporations UC helped established as examples, will share guiding principles for community development, how to create similar partnerships benefiting community and University, and how UCs "patient capital" strategy has committed $75 million for implementation of initiatives approaching $500 million in construction costs.

Monday, October 20, 2003
8:30 am–9:30 am
Two Sides to the Efficiency Coin
Presenters: Lennie Scott-Webber, The School of Interior Design, Ryerson University
Efficiency is the mantra on most higher educational campuses and more and more large lecture halls are under construction. What needs to be remembered is that the coin of efficiency has two sides and although delivering knowledge in a 'broadcast' manner supports this model, research suggests that learners only retain 5 percent from lectures. The two sides are delivery and retention. As planners and designers, knowing how to plan for the right mix of pedagogical/learning models is important. Five intended behaviors have been identified by this research and the presentation will present this information giving archetypal applications demonstrating how space can be designed to support them. Attendees will participate in an activity, and be provided with information regarding these knowledge sharing behavioral patterns.

Monday, October 20, 2003
8:30 am–9:30 am
The Use of Design/Build for Higher Education Capitol Projects
Presenters: Mike Biesiada, Donley's, Inc
Design/Build continues to grow in popularity as a procurement method for capitol projects, offering a faster delivery time and lower total cost than traditional design/bid/build. This presentation will help attendees understand the design/build delivery process, its advantages and restrictions; understand the key steps to develop an RFQ that attracts qualified firms to compete for the owner's business; and understand the key elements and alternatives in design, construction, and cost to make sure their needs are met.

Monday, October 20, 2003
10:00 am–11:00 am
Indoor Air Quality and Mold Remediation
Presenters: David C Mauck, Henneman, Raufeisen, and Associates, Inc.; Susan Naschert, Industrial Hygiene Services, Inc
This presentation will look at the air quality and health related problems that mold growth causes to building occupants. Panelists will discuss the means and methods to identify mold, assess the severity of the problem through sampling and analysis, remediate mold, and keep it from reoccurring. A case study will be presented for illustrative purposes.

Monday, October 20, 2003
10:00 am–11:00 am
Planning While Cutting--What Have We Learned?
Presenters: John C. Adams, University of Nebraska Medical Center
The past two years have been traumatic for many colleges and universities as state appropriations, endowment returns, and charitable giving have declined while costs and regulatory requirements have increased. Despite the trauma, teaching, research, service, and planning have continued. What have we learned about "planning while cutting?" Join this round table discussion to validate old principles and to explore new options for planning during stressful times. The facilitator will highlight how his institution moved forward while cutting 11 percent in state support.

Monday, October 20, 2003
10:00 am–11:00 am
Rising Expectations: New Housing Models to Support Institutional Mission
Presenters: Richard E. Carlson, Cannon Design; Craig A. Hamilton, Cannon Design
The American university is a work in progress, easily evidenced by the diversity of the student population, the impact of technology and the integration of academic with experiential learning. Never has there been a more demanding constituency. To improve the quality of the living experience on campus, two universities on opposite coasts have adopted different approaches. At the University of Southern California, one of the most ethnically diverse schools in the nation, the International Residence College provides native and foreign-born students with an internationally themed environment. At Boston University, a new high-end residence with private bedrooms and spectacular views provides an alternative to traditional dormitory life, responding to impartial surveys that documented student preferences.

Monday, October 20, 2003
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Addressing Fire/Life Safety Challenges in University Facilities: A New Approach
Presenters: Christopher E Marrion, ArupFire; Jeffrey Tubbs, ArupFire
Universities possess numerous new buildings as well as those of historic significance requiring renovation to attract prospective students and research grants. Local codes address the minimum required level of safety, but not issues including cultural heritage, impact on sustainable design, use of smart building technology or cost effective solutions. Performance-based design offers options that comply with codes while meeting the sustainability objectives, historic preservation goals, and often results in reduced construction costs and more robust solutions via smart building technology.

Monday, October 20, 2003
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Cornell University Statler Hall Existing Conditions--the Unknown
Presenters: Gregory L. Crossett, Cornell University; Thomas J. Langan, Schoor DePalma; David M. Zaiser, KSS Architects
This case study presentation will describe the planning and design process encountered when resurrecting under-utilized existing campus building areas to provide beneficial programming space. Background information on the project and the construction work will be included. The focus of the presentation will discuss the problems encountered, and how the team (designers, university, and contractors) overcame those problems

Monday, October 20, 2003
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Harvard University 60 Oxford Street: Sustainability from Inception to Implementation
Presenters: Ned A Collier, Perry Dean Rogers | Partners Architects; Richard M Jones, Perry Dean Rogers | Partners Architects
Sustainable design is a fluid, slippery concept, defined in myriad ways by a multitude of advocates and critics. This presentation will analyze the sustainable design agenda for a single building, tracing decision making from inception, through design, to implementation. Participants will walk away with knowledge of the following: specific sustainable design strategies, initiating and developing sustainable projects, methods of convincing reluctant constituencies, maximizing natural resources, and balancing short-term financial commitment with long-term financial and environmental benefit.

Monday, October 20, 2003
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
AV Ubiquity: What is it? Do you need it?
Presenters: Robert E. Johnston, University of Michigan; John H. Starr, Lord, Aeck & Sargent ; Scott Walker, Waveguide Consulting, Inc
In the last decade, many colleges and universities have embarked on ambitious plans to update their campuses with new buildings that raise the bar on instructional technologies. The challenge many now face is the disparity between the "haves" and "have nots" where new state-of-the-art buildings stand beside those untouched by this wave of new construction. The AV Ubiquity program offers a process for assessing campus-wide technology conditions, developing and assigning technology standards and funding opportunities, and implementing a step-wise schedule of upgrades with the goal of providing all faculty access to comparable levels of instructional technology.

Monday, October 20, 2003
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
Library Plus: Bringing Students Back to the Books
Presenters: Frances Halsband, R. M. Kliment & F. Halsband Architects; Charles J. Myers, Arcadia University
A design competition transforms an old library building into the heart of the campus for Arcadia University. Librarian Charles Myers describes functional and aesthetic goals for adding a rich mix of spaces and programs and repositioning the library as a complexity of spaces at the center of the campus. Architect Frances Halsband illustrates the design solution, transforming a dowdy old building into a welcoming campus center with reading rooms, study spaces, 24-hour access, caf?, and garden terraces.

Monday, October 20, 2003
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
Show Me the Money: The Ever-Increasing Challenge of Project Delivery
Presenters: Jennifer B. Adams, University of Toronto; Gail Y. Milgrom, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Sisam, University of Toronto
A new breed of student is arriving on campus in unprecedented numbers demanding more and better facilities. At the same time, Universities and Colleges are faced with unreliable public funding and declining endowments. Traditional means of funding capital projects are no longer viable. We'll share techniques put in place to facilitate the delivery of capital projects and examine three recent University of Toronto projects that demonstrate the range of options available in this climate of limited resources.

Monday, October 20, 2003
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Dollars Running Short? Three Strategies to Stretch Your Facility Dollars
Presenters: Douglas H. Lowe, Facility Programming & Consulting
At many institutions, the demand for more and higher quality space conflicts with the reality of reduced funding. Planners are searching for ways to bring these opposing forces into equilibrium. This session will give the audience three proven ways to do more with less: 1) avoiding costs by doing a better job of pre-project planning; 2) saving future dollars by making decisions that will reduce operating costs; and 3) using existing space more efficiently. Specific examples will be cited.

Monday, October 20, 2003
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
F. W. Olin College of Engineering
Presenters: Gregory Burchard, Perry Dean Rogers | Partners Architects; Ned A. Collier, Perry Dean Rogers | Partners Architects
This session explores the balance between an evolving curriculum and phased resource availability while considering both short and long-term goals of the administrators, faculty, and students. The first phase of design and construction for the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts completed in fall of 2002 included a master plan for this 650-student undergraduate university and 300,000 gross square feet over four new buildings. The new campus includes a library, media center, research, and teaching laboratories, with all buildings incorporating wireless technology throughout.

Monday, October 20, 2003
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
Public/Private Partnerships: Financing Unfunded Building Initiatives
Presenters: William A Nichols, Lee Nichols Clark Patterson; Edwin R Schmidt, The Eastridge Companies; Ralph M Thompson, Turner Construction Company
As traditional sources of construction funding are "drying up," many colleges and universities are looking to non traditional public/private partnerships as ways of financing their unfunded construction programs. The panelists will walk through a series of "demonstration projects" in order to describe various alternatives, their structure, and their delivery.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
8:30 am–9:30 am
Public/Private Partnerships--Cargill Building for Microbial & Plant Genomics
Presenters: Thomas J DeAngelo, Architectural Alliance; Robert Elde, University of Minnesota
The presentation will use the University of Minnesota's recently completed Cargill Building for Microbial & Plant Genomics as a means to express and explore public/private partnerships and their long-term benefits to the business community, universities and the community at large. The presentation will focus on a research and development facility funded via a public/private alliance; the affects of these relationships on research and facilities; the interaction between public and private entities and what benefits and challenges have been encountered.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
8:30 am–9:30 am
Sustainable Campus Planning for Energy Conservation
Presenters: Stephen F. Troost, SmithGroup JJR
Appropriate site planning and design response to the local microclimate and larger physical context can promote energy conservation in buildings and moderate the extremes of climate across the physical campus setting. Current research and application to university buildings and campus master plans validate the cumulative financial and energy conservation benefits of microclimate modification strategies, an often-overlooked strategy. The case studies presented offer an overview of the distinctive planning, architectural and site design approaches across campuses in diverse climatic settings.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
8:30 am–9:30 am
Sustainable Design Knowledge Sharing: Mary Ann Cofrin Hall at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay
Presenters: William Odell, Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum Inc; Dean Rodeheaver, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay; Allen Schaffer, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc
A wonderful and essential aspect of the sustainable design movement is the sharing of knowledge and information among design and building communities across the globe. This presentation will highlight the benefits, challenges and manifestations of communicating information generated during the design process and building use with various audiences. The Mary Ann Cofrin Hall at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay will form the backdrop for this practical and engaging discussion.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
10:00 am–11:00 am
Creative Financing: Meeting the Challenge of Providing Innovative Life Science Research at the University of Kansas
Presenters: Clay Blair, Clay Blair Services Corporation; Thomas S. Harvath, Cannon Design
Colleges and universities are faced with the challenge of maintaining the physical and intellectual capital of the institution in a period of diminishing public dollars. Designed to facilitate current research strengths and anticipate the science of the future, the University of Kansas Medical Center - Biomedical Research Center represents the university's commitment to innovative life science research. When faced with a decrease in government funding, the State of Kansas Board of Regents elicited the aid of the private sector to create a separate innovative University Research and Development Enhancement Corporation to secure funding and develop streamlined, highly cost effective means for the construction and operation of this facility.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
10:00 am–11:00 am
Planning for Change: Case studies of two, future-capable student centers
Presenters: Elizabeth Chaney, KMD Architects; Guy Dalpe, San Francisco State University
A student union director who has successfully exceeded student/faculty expectations with limited resources, Guy Dalpe of San Francisco State University (SFSU), shares lessons learned from SFSU? new and expanding Cesar Chavez student center. Adding a planning/design perspective will be Elizabeth Chaney, Academic group director for KMD, the architects for the Cesar Chavez project. This session will provide real-world, best-practices examples as well as expert planning counsel for meeting such new expectations of student centers as extended access, new community services, mixed-use facilities and wireless/high-speed Internet connectivity.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
10:00 am–11:00 am
Small-Town Campus, Big-Time Attitude
Presenters: Michael Burrill, University of Cincinnati ; Couper G. Gardiner, BHDP Architecture; Gene Kramer, University of Cincinnati, Raymond Walters College
Focusing on student resources and learning places at Raymond Walters College, the College's entrepreneurial attitude and synergy with the University of Cincinnati's architects and campus planners has stimulated growth and the transformation of facilities at this suburban campus. Working as a team, campus planners and consulting architects work closely with key academic and facility staff to identify the most pressing program needs and develop effective decision and place-making tools based on lessons learned from recently-completed projects.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
11:10 am–12:10 pm
How Safe is Safe--Biosafety in University Research Facilities
Presenters: Warren J. Hendrickson, CUH2A
Collaborative interdisciplinary science, involving diverse research teams, requires research laboratories to respond more than ever to change. To solve today's complex problems, many science projects will involve a myriad of infectious agents in a variety of laboratory settings. The challenge is to allow the scientists and students to explore new ideas in a safe yet cost effective environment. This presentation will review the design parameters and acceptable biosafety requirements for laboratories and the integration of these spaces into the university environment.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
11:10 am–12:10 pm
Libraries and Media Centers/The Core of the University
Presenters: Richard Fleischman, Richard Fleischman Architects
Libraries on campuses or in the community are three-dimensional textbooks, a reservoir of ideas. This session will address connecting program with space, will describe technological advances, will look at safety and security issues, and the user-friendly environment of libraries.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
11:10 am–12:10 pm
University Branding: During Budget Cuts and Rising Expectations
Presenters: Claude R. Schuttey, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; John C. Thiel, Thiel Design
This session will focus on the concept of branding a college or university and how the branding process can define expectations, uncover what various audiences expect of the institution and provide a competitive position for the university during extremely competitive times. Attendees will learn the process the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee went through to identify its brand identity, how consensus was achieved among the university community, and how the verbalization of the brand directed the design and implementation of a differentiating, strategic branding program.