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Track 2/Volet 2
Taryn Willliams, PE, SE (she/her/hers)
Associate Principal
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Cristy Fletcher, RA, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Associate
Lord Aeck Sargent
Anna Gasha, P.E. (she/her/hers)
PhD Candidate
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
James Gawthrop, Jr., PE, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP
Associate Principal
Summer Consultants, Inc.
Sarah Pitts, RA
Preservation Architect
Lord Aeck Sargent
Andrew Smith, AIA (he/him/his)
Principal
Hennebery Eddy Architects
This session has qualified for 1.5 LU|HSW Credits
This session provides a curated and comprehensive education to practicing professionals about the technical considerations and best practices for preserving historic buildings, through the lenses of engineering, architecture, sustainability, and building codes. You will learn from an architect about how base isolation was used to seismically retrofit and preserve a monumental west coast building. A mechanical engineer will present strategies to reduce energy use in historic buildings through efficient mechanical system design. A pair of architects will present a case study project in which the building’s original architect, occupants, and role were all significant in African American and civil rights history, and will share the overlapping considerations for sustainability and preservation in the building’s rehabilitation. You will also learn from a graduate student scholar about the history of building code development in the treatment of historic properties, and how the practice of exempting historic buildings from many new code requirements, while well-intended, will need to evolve to better protect historic structures.
HSW Justification
All four learning objectives relate to the HSW topic of project planning & design. Additionally, three of the learning objectives relate to the HSW topic of project development & documentation. Two presentations will include content related to the HSW topic of construction evaluation, and two presentations will include content related to the HSW topic of programming & analysis.
This presentation will address the following HSW topics: 1 - Seismic retrofitting is critical to enhancing the performance of historic structural assemblies during a seismic event, and reducing loss of life and property. Reaching that goal while maintaining historic fabric and significance require technical dexterity, and informed application of applicable codes and standards. 2 - Optimizing energy efficiency, and improving interior air quality through building systems upgrades in historic building requires informed decision-making, and regulatory stakeholder buy-in in terms of applicable codes and potential variances. 3 - Although historic buildings may be excluded from select code requirements, technological innovations and lessons learned require revisiting the pros-and-cons of such an approach.
Speaker: Andrew C. Smith, AIA (he/him/his) – Hennebery Eddy Architects
Session Chair: Taryn Willliams, PE, SE (she/her/hers) – Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Speaker: James Gawthrop, Jr., PE, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP – Summer Consultants, Inc.
Session Chair: Taryn Willliams, PE, SE (she/her/hers) – Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Speaker: Sarah Pitts, RA – Lord Aeck Sargent
Speaker: Cristy Fletcher, RA, LEED AP BD+C – Lord Aeck Sargent
Session Chair: Taryn Willliams, PE, SE (she/her/hers) – Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Speaker: Anna Gasha, P.E. (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Session Chair: Taryn Willliams, PE, SE (she/her/hers) – Simpson Gumpertz & Heger