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Track 2/Volet 2

CS2.2: Transformation

Friday, November 15, 2024
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
CE: 1.5

General Admission/Adminsion générale Simultaneous Interpretation Available/Interprétation simultanée disponible AIA CES Approved

This session has qualified for 1.5 LU|HSW Credits

The papers in this session provide practice-based analysis of issues involved in alterations, modernizations, and adaptive reuse of historic structures. The focus is on meeting modern code and use requirements when they conflict with presentation theory and practice. Conflict areas include accessibility, energy efficiency, fire protection, and feasibility of use for new or modernized occupancies.

HSW Justification
Each of the learning objectives directly relates the HSW Topics noted by linking the HSW areas of planning and design to the issues noted in historic structure adaptive reuse. Objective 1 relates to HSW Project Planning & Design; Objective 2 relates to HSW Project Development & Documentation); and Objectives 3 and 4 relate to HSW Programming & Analysis.
Code compliance is a key factor to ensure life safety, equitable access, and enhanced well being. Application of new construction, and existing building codes requires informed decision-making, and balance between ultimate goals of minimizing loss of life and property, improving wellness and barrier-free access, and retaining historically significant fabric.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify accessibility issues in historic buildings, including those constructed in the twentieth century.
  • Describe materials issues related to changing standards for safety and conservation.
  • Compare the priorities of conservation with those of current codes, specifically as they relate to space use and safety.
  • Classify existing buildings that do not readily fall into modern use categories in order to allow the application of modern regulations.

Presentations:

  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM EST
    (CS2.2) Transformation de la tour de verre vide : convertir des immeubles de bureaux modernes et obsolètes en communautés résidentielles dynamiques

    Speaker: Angela D. Wyrembelski, AIA (she/her/hers) – Quinn Evans

    Session Chair: Donald Friedman, PE (he/him/his) – Old Structures Engineering

  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM EST
    (CS2.2) Transformation of the Empty Glass Tower: Converting Obsolete Modern Office Buildings into Vibrant Residential Communities

    Speaker: Angela D. Wyrembelski, AIA (she/her/hers) – Quinn Evans

    Session Chair: Donald Friedman, PE (he/him/his) – Old Structures Engineering

  • 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM EST
    (CS2.2) Le Virginia Mae Center de la cathédrale nationale de Washington : moderniser une retraite ecclésiastique gothique

    Speaker: James W. Shepherd, AIA, LEED AP, APT RP (he/him/his) – SmithGroup

    Session Chair: Donald Friedman, PE (he/him/his) – Old Structures Engineering

  • 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM EST
    (CS2.2) The Virginia Mae Center at Washington National Cathedral: Modernizing an Ecclesiastical Gothic Retreat

    Speaker: James W. Shepherd, AIA, LEED AP, APT RP (he/him/his) – SmithGroup

    Session Chair: Donald Friedman, PE (he/him/his) – Old Structures Engineering

  • 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM EST
    (CS2.2) Du moins au plus accessible – transformation du bâtiment médical de l’Université de l’Alberta en The Quad

    Speaker: Scott A. Weir, M. Arch, MRAIC, OAA, AAA, AIBC, NSAA, CAHP, LEED AP (he/him/his) – ERA Architects Inc.

    Session Chair: Donald Friedman, PE (he/him/his) – Old Structures Engineering

  • 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM EST
    (CS2.2) From least to most accessible – transformation of the University of Alberta’s Medical Building into The Quad

    Speaker: Scott A. Weir, M. Arch, MRAIC, OAA, AAA, AIBC, NSAA, CAHP, LEED AP (he/him/his) – ERA Architects Inc.

    Session Chair: Donald Friedman, PE (he/him/his) – Old Structures Engineering

  • 11:30 AM – 11:40 AM EST
    (CS2.2) Le potentiel des églises et les options de réutilisation radicale : apprendre du passé et concevoir pour l’avenir

    Speaker: Natasha Juckes, Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies, Bachelor of Community Design (she/her/hers) – Dalhousie University

    Session Chair: Donald Friedman, PE (he/him/his) – Old Structures Engineering

  • 11:30 AM – 11:40 AM EST
    (CS2.2) The Potential of Churches and Options for Radical Reuse: Learning from the Past and Designing for the Future

    Speaker: Natasha Juckes, Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies, Bachelor of Community Design (she/her/hers) – Dalhousie University

    Session Chair: Donald Friedman, PE (he/him/his) – Old Structures Engineering