2015 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS SOCIETY CONFERENCE PROPOSAL TO HOST
DATES: 29 June - 2 July, 2015
University of Utah School of Architecture and Mississippi State University School of Architecture
VENUE: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
CO-CHAIRS:
Erin Carraher
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Jose Galarza
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CLINICAL | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Jacob Gines
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Ryan E. Smith
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Patrick Tripeny
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Jörg Rügemer
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Robert A. Young
PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Emily McGlohn ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
Hans Herrmann
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
CONFERENCE TITLE:
INTERSECTIONS + ADJACENCIES: LEADERSHIP IN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
This conference posits the role of architectural technology education in the changing context of architectural education and curriculum. By
examining the role of architectural technology through a variety of lenses as well as through integrated and hybrid curricular structures, we
will explore current and innovative modes of architectural technology education that are shaping the future of our practice. If the realm of
design is expanding exponentially, the frameworks for architectural technology education must develop means for integrating established and
emerging methods in the classroom. We will explore best practices, successful examples of ongoing teaching and research through the paper
presentations, plenary sessions, and keynote speakers, and conduct integrated workshops on teaching architectural technology as well as
architectural technology research.
Uniquely structured as a three-day conference, we are proposing an additional day of workshops on teaching pedagogy and research as an
added value for the attendees. Through sponsorships and by utilizing university resources, the cost of the conference is less than a typical twoday event and with the added value of additional focused sessions.
2015 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS SOCIETY CONFERENCE PROPOSAL TO HOST
ABOUT THE THEME:
INTERSECTIONS + ADJACENCIES: LEADERSHIP IN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
In the spirit of the seminal education scholar John Dewey, we seek projects and approaches that demonstrate ways of approaching this question
through applied examples. Grounded in the history of architectural pedagogy, these emerging approaches provide new models by exploring the
overlaps between processes, intersections between disciplines, and adjacencies between critical aspects of modern architectural education. The
call for papers will ask for submissions of current curriculum, studio projects, pedagogical models, and research that demonstrates the idea of
leadership in architectural technology education and research.
Our intent with the conference is to create an environment conducive to truly multivalent dialog surrounding the topic of architectural technology
education. To this end, we have assembled a broad and deep team of co-chairs and organizing committee members who share a passion for
architectural technology education but who approach the topic from a variety of perspectives. Erin Carraher explores the intersection between
emerging technologies such as digital fabrication and their application in integrated modes of practice. Jose Galarza runs the school’s nationallyrecognized DesignBuildBLUFF program. Jacob Gines is an award-winning designer with work exploring innovative and sustainable biomaterials.
Ryan E. Smith is an international leader in off-site construction technologies and wood construction. Patrick Tripeny has literally written the
book on architectural structures and is a leader in exploring alternative teaching methodologies in his role as the director for the University of
Utah’s Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Jörg Rügemer is an award-winning architect focusing on super-highly efficient buildings and
passive technologies. Robert Young focuses on stewardship of the built environment and helms the school’s Masters of Science in Architectural
Studies and Historic Preservation programs. Emily McGlohn has an extensive design/build background and seeks best practice design principles
based on measured building performance. Hans Herrman is a nationally awarded educator and scholar in the area of collaborative design/
construction education. Each of these faculty will collaborate to ask questions as to what leadership means in their own and other realms of
architectural technology education and research.
SALT LAKE CITY UT
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PROPOSED SESSIONS + SESSION CHAIRS
SESSION CHAIRS:
SESSION TOPICS:
Erin Carraher
DIGITAL + EMERGING PRACTICES
Jose Galarza
Hans Herrmann
DESIGN/BUILD + PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN
Ryan E. Smith
Jacob Gines
MATERIALS + CONSTRUCTION
Patrick Tripeny
STRUCTURES + TEACHING PEDAGOGY
Jörg Rügemer
Emily McGlohn
ENERGY + ARCHITECTURE
Robert A. Young
HISTORIC PRESERVATION + ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCESS:
Each author would be asked to submit a 500 word abstract electronically to a conference email address with supporting images to one of the
tracks outlined above and represented in the conference schedule. A peer-review process would evaluate the submissions for appropriateness
to the overall conference theme of Intersections + Adjacencies: Leadership in Architectural Technology Education and for the specific track.
All sessions are intended to be open to framing the above-mentioned topics through a variety of lenses - pedagogy, student work, research,
etc. as we believe a rich dialog can emerge as a result. Session chairs will have the authority to suggest moving a strong proposal into a more
appropriate track. Selected proposals would be developed with full papers submitted 1-2 months prior to the conference to allow for proceedings
to be published and available for attendees at the conference.
PLENARY SESSIONS:
Interspersed with the paper sessions would be a series of plenary sessions allowing the entire conference body to collectively meet and discuss
relevant topics and themes.
Suggested plenary topics include:
Teaching Integrated Design in the Studio
Multi-Disciplinary Design Studios
Integrating Digital Technology and Building Performance Modeling
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2015 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS SOCIETY CONFERENCE PROPOSAL TO HOST
WHY UTAH + MSU?
TEACHING / TECHNOLOGY / RESEARCH The University of Utah (UofU) and Mississippi State University are uniquely well-suited to hosting the 2015 BTES Conference. At
the UofU, we have six BTES members in our small college, including a past president, past board members, and current board
member. At the University of Utah, we embody the mission of the BTES, which is to promote and publish the best pedagogic
practices, relevant research, scholarship, and other creative activity to facilitate student learning, advance innovation, and
enhance the status of our disciplines in the profession at large. Along those lines, we offer unique opportunities for including
aspects of research and pedagogy workshops into the conference structure through our leadership in the University’s Center
for Teaching and Learning Excellence, of which Pat Tripeny is the director, and the Integrated Technology in Architecture Center,
in which five of the chairs and organizers are directly or indirectly involved with ongoing research projects that have totaled
$2M+ in grants and contracts and employed 50+ student research assistants over the past eight years. Our award-winning
DesignBuildBLUFF program under the directorship of co-chair Jose Galarza addresses technical, social, and material conditions of
hands-on building through projects sited on a Navajo reservation in southern Utah.
The School of Architecture at Mississippi State University is dedicated to the continued enhancement of technical and collaborative
architectural education. The building technology teaching faculty has recently doubled in size resulting in refreshed perspectives and
pedagogies on project delivery methods, tectonics, building materials, systems, and technologies. In conjunction with the Building
Construction Science Program at MSU, the School of Architecture has introduced a required two studio cross-disciplinary design
studio experience that exposes students to issues of design communication, collaboration, scheduling, budgeting, and advanced
construction materials and methods. This collaboration is intended to prepare students, of both disciplines, to be acutely aware of
the challenges - and advantages - of design and construction within integrated teams and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).
Together, we believe these two universities offer a synergistic confluence of forces and resources to support the ongoing
discussion about the teaching of building technologies through a variety of lenses. Our research, scholarship, and publishing are
demonstrated as follows:
Erin Carraher: Senior Researcher, Integrated Technology in Architecture Center
Co-Chair, Forefront: Architects as Collaborative Leaders Conference for AIA’s Center for Integrated Practice
Co-PI, Project:ARCHITECTURE - $150,000 outreach grant with the Girl Scouts of Utah
Co-PI, LCAP: Leadership in Collaborative Architectural Practice Continuing Education Resource for AIA National
ACSA Collaborative Practice and Diversity Achievement Awards (2014)
Applying Digital Technology in Architecture (Wiley, 2015)
Jose Galarza:
Director, Design Build Bluff Program
Co-Author, Taking the Pulse of Design Build Bluff (Dialectic, Fall 2014)
Keynote Speaker, Earth U: Sustainability in Diversity (2014)
AIA Housing Knowledge Community Webinar - Sustainable Design/Build (2013)
AIA Honor Award - Leading Student Design/Build Project Tiny House 1.0 (2012)
Panelist, Structures For Inclusion Conference - Design/Build Workshop (2012)
Fellow, Ford Foundation - Facilitating Land Use w/Indigenous Mayans (2007)
Jacob Gines:
Coordinator - Material/Methods Curriculum
NAMES The Repository: Continued Stewardship (2014)
Schillig Special Teaching Programs Grant – Materials (2013)
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ABOUT THE CO-CHAIRS AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Ryan E. Smith: Director, Integrated Technology in Architecture Center
PI, LCAP: Leadership in Collaborative Architectural Practice Continuing Education Resource for AIA National
Prefab Architecture (Wiley, 2010)
Building Systems w/ Kiel Moe (Routledge 2012)
ACSA Collaborative Practice Award (2007)
ACSA Creative Achievement Award (2009, 2011)
ARCC Research Award (2012)
Jörg Rügemer: Associate Director, Integrated Technology in Architecture Center
ACSA Collaborative Practice and Diversity Achievement Awards (2014)
Co-PI, Project:ARCHITECTURE - $150,000 outreach grant with the Girl Scouts of Utah
Residential Design Award, Merit (2013)
Jury Award: “Sixtynine-Seventy – The Spaces Inbetween“, Urban Art Lab Salt Lake City (2013)
AIA Utah Design Award, Merit (2012)
ACSA Creative Achievement Award (2011)
Best Architects Award for Germany, Switzerland, Austria (2009)
Patrick Tripeny:
Director, University of Utah Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
Co-Author with J. Ambrose on the four Simplified Engineering books by John Wiley and Sons
Co-Author with J. Ambrose on Building Structures by John Wiley and Sons
AIAS/ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award
University of Utah’s Early Career Teaching Award
Co-PI on research grants with FEMA, NSF and EPA
Robert A. Young: Coordinator, MSAS Program + Director, Historic Preservation Program
Stewardship of the Built Environment (Island Press, 2012)
Historic Preservation Technology (Wiley, 2008)
University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award (2011)
Association for Preservation Technology International College of Fellows (2009)
University of Utah Distinguished Service Professor (2009)
Utah Heritage Foundation Lucybeth Rampton Lifetime Achievement Award (2007)
Hans Herrmann:
Coordinator - Site Planning Curriculum
Coordinator - SArch and BCS Collaborative Curriculum
ASLA Award of Excellence in Student Collaboration (2013)
Co-PI, A+CA Collaborative Architecture and Building Construction Teaching Grant (2013)
ACSA Collaborative Practice Award (2011)
Emily McGlohn: Coordinator - Active Systems Curriculum
ARCC Lessons from Visualizing the Functions of the Building Enclosure (2013)
Co-PI, A+CA Collaborative Architecture and Building Construction Teaching Grant (2013)
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PRE-CONFERENCE
PROPOSED SCHEDULE STRUCTURE:
OPT 1A
HANDS ON WORKSHOP - Timber Construction - $35/pp
Tour of Girl Scout ICLT Cabins in Provo Canyon, UT
Automobile transportation provided
Lunch + Shopping in Park City, UT
Automobile transportation provided
Tour of Euclid Timber fabrication facility
Automobile transportation provided
Afternoon hands on workshop in solid timber construction
and CNC Fabrication
Euclid Timber venue
Forest Product Lab collaborator
Tour of 125 Haus - Utah’s Most Highly-Efficient Home
Automobile transportation provided
OPT 1B
FLY FISHING OUTING - TBD
Continue after the workshop to a fly fishing outing
in Park City, UT with Pat Tripeny
EUCLID TIMBER FRAME MANUFACTURING FACILITY
FLY FISHING, HEBER CITY UT
HISTORIC MAIN STREET, PARK CITY UT
125 HAUS, PARK CITY UT
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CONFERENCE DAY 1
PROPOSED SCHEDULE STRUCTURE:
8:00AM
BREAKFAST - Hot breakfast provided at University Guest House
REGISTRATION - School of Architecture Venue
9:00AM
OPENING PLENARY - BTES President, SoA Chair, and Conference Hosts
School of Architecture Venue
9:30AM
PANEL DISCUSSION - TEACHING INTEGRATED DESIGN IN THE STUDIO
10:30AM
TRACK 1 - Paper Session
(3) 20-minute presentations & discussion
NOON
LUNCH - Boxed lunches from local SLC restaurant
University of Utah Venue
1:30AM
PANEL DISCUSSION - MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGN STUDIOS
2:30PM
TRACK 1 - Paper Session
(3) 30-minute presentations & discussion
4:00PM
EMERGING FACULTY AWARD & COFFEE BREAK - Coffee and pastries from local SLC restaurant
School of Architecture Venue
4:30PM
COFFEE BREAK - Coffee and pastries from local SLC restaurant
School of Architecture Venue
5:00PM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
School of Architecture Venue
7:00PM
DINNER - Group dinner organized at downtown SLC brew pub (family-friendly)
SLC venue - public transportation accessible from University Guest House lodging
10:30AM
TRACK 2 - Paper Session
(3) 20-minute presentations & discussion
2:30PM
TRACK 2 - Paper Session
(3) 30-minute presentations & discussion
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CAMPUS
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CONFERENCE DAY 2
PROPOSED SCHEDULE STRUCTURE:
8:00AM
BREAKFAST - Hot breakfast provided at University Guest House
9:00AM
BTES BUSINESS MEETING - BTES President
School of Architecture Venue
10:30AM
TRACK 1 - Paper Session
(3) 20-minute presentations & discussion
NOON
LUNCH - Boxed lunches from local SLC restaurant
University of Utah Venue
1:30AM
PANEL DISCUSSION - INTEGRATING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
2:30PM
TRACK 1 - Paper Session
(3) 30-minute presentations & discussion
4:00PM
BOOK AWARD PRESENTATION
School of Architecture Venue
4:30PM
COFFEE BREAK - Coffee and pastries from local SLC restaurant
School of Architecture Venue
5:00PM
POSTER SESSION
School of Architecture Venue
7:00PM
AWARDS CEREMONY & DINNER - Group dinner & conference closing
Natural History Museum of Utah (transportation provided) - building tour prior to dinner of museum with project architect
10:30AM
TRACK 2 - Paper Session
(3) 20-minute presentations & discussion
2:30PM
TRACK 2 - Paper Session
(3) 30-minute presentations & discussion
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH - ENNEAD ARCHITECTS
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CONFERENCE DAY 3
PROPOSED SCHEDULE STRUCTURE:
8:00AM
BREAKFAST - Hot breakfast provided at University Guest House
9:00AM
OPT 1 RESEARCH WORKSHOP
Sponsored by the Integrated Technology in Architecture
Center - Half-day workshop focused on research,
including sessions on the following topics:
Grant writing
Publication
Developing Research Agendas
Mentoring
Networking
NOON
LUNCH - On your own
Suggested Downtown SLC restaurant map provided
2:00PM
OPT 1 TEACHING/PEDAGOGY WORKSHOP
Sponsored by the University of Utah’s Center for
Teaching and Learning Excellence - Half-day workshop
focused on teaching, including sessions on the
following topics:
Flipping the Classroom
Active Learning
Problem-Based Learning
Cyber Learning
9:00AM
OPT 2 DOWNTOWN SLC BUILDING TOURS
Public transportation accessible
LDS Tabernacle Dome
City and County Building Seismic Base Isolators
Big D Construction Headquarters
LDS Conference Center Cantilever
SLC Public Library
2:00PM
OPT 2 DOWNTOWN SLC BUILDING TOURS
Public transportation accessible
LDS Tabernacle Dome
City and County Building Seismic Base Isolators
Big D Construction Headquarters
LDS Conference Center Cantilever
SLC Public Library
LDS TABERNACLE DOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING
LDS CONFERENCE CENTER
SLC PUBLIC LIBRARY
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PROPOSED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
First and foremost, the keynote speaker will be someone who is passionate about the subject of architectural technology, an exemplary
practitioner and/or educator, and someone who will be engaged with the overall conference (not a “helicopter” presenter). Possible
speakers include: MICHAEL GREEN, KIEL MOE, JEANNE GANG.
MICHAEL GREEN is Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, recognized for his award winning buildings, public art,
interiors, landscapes and urban environments, Michael’s reputation has led him to develop a wide range of projects from international
airports and skyscrapers to Vancouver’s Ronald McDonald House, North Vancouver City Hall and modest but unique retail spaces
and homes. His work extends around the globe including current projects for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture designing a sustainable
community in the mountains of Central Asia.
Michael is dedicated to bringing attention to several of the overwhelming challenges in architecture today. The first is climate change
and how the built environment is an enormous contributor to the factors damaging the very environment designers and architects
are seeking to improve. The second is the profound reality that over the next 20 years, 3 billion people, or 40% of the world, will need
a new affordable home. Michael believes in championing a shift to new ways of building that will compliment the intersection of
man’s greatest building challenges. Michael lives in North Vancouver, and founded Michael Green Architecture located in Vancouver,
in March of 2012.
Michael is a recognized leader in the architecture and interior design community here in BC. He has taught at many Canadian and
US universities including recent lectures at Yale University and a new course for UBC SALA teaching students the full process of a
project through the design-build of fruit stands in the Okanagan. Michael works with the AIBC and IDIBC to support the respect and
understanding of the services our industry provides. He sits on many international awards juries including this year for the 20122015 RAIC Awards, the 2012 International Interior Design Awards.
As a designer, Michael excels at translating user requirements and client vision into strong, innovative and meaningful designs that
quietly fit their social, aesthetic and ecological environments.
Video link: http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_green_why_we_should_build_wooden_skyscrapers
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PROPOSED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
KIEL MOE is a registered practicing architect and Assistant Professor of Architectural Technology in the Department of Architecture
at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His research and pedagogy focuses on an architectural agenda for energy that
is at once more ecologically and architecturally ambitious. As such, he focuses on both buildings as manifestations of large scale
energy systems as well as overlooked and discrete thermal parameters in buildings that yet have great impact on the power and
thermodynamic depth of architecture. This research is the basis for his design research and his design practice. Recent projects
include solid wood buildings in Colorado and southern Vermont, a renovation of masonry building as a letterpress studio in Maine, a
loft renovation in Somerville, and an exhibit installation in Boston.
In recognition of his design and research, he was the 2009-10 Gorham P. Stevens Rome Prize Fellow in Architecture well as the 2012
Barbara and Andrew Senchak Fellow MacDowell Colony. He received the 2013 Boston Design Biennial award, the 2011 Architecture
League of New York Prize, the 2011 AIA National Young Architect award, and numerous design awards for individual projects from
the AIA, North American Wood Design Awards, and Boston Society of Architects, amongst others.
He is author of multiple books. He has completed a fifth manuscript on Insulating Modernism, Birkhauser, 2014. His fourth, most
recently published book, Convergence: An Architectural Agenda for Energy, was published in August, 2013. He is developing a sixth
book on energy in architecture with Sanford Kwinter (2014) and, seventh, a technical manual on Emergy Systems in Architecture
with Ravi S. Srinivasan (2015). He is also author of Thermally Active Surfaces in Architecture (2010) and Integrated Design in
Contemporary Architecture (2008). He was co-editor of Building Systems: Design Technology & Society (2012).
Moe received his B.Arch from the University of Cincinnati, his M.Arch from University of Virginia, and his M.DesS in Design and
Environmental Studies from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Advanced Studies Program. He taught previously at
Syracuse University where he was also associated with the Syracuse Center of Energy and Environmental Excellence. Before that,
he was the Herbert S. Greenwald Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
At the GSD, Moe teaches core design studios, seminars on Forms of Energy (Maximum Power Design), a design research course, and
lectures on architecture and energy systems. In recognition of his pedagogy and teaching, Moe was awarded the 2010 ACSA/AIAS
New Faculty Teaching Award.
Video link: http://vimeo.com/40957146
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PROPOSED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Architect and MacArthur Fellow JEANNE GANG is Founder and Principal of Studio Gang Architects, a collective of architects, designers,
and thinkers whose projects confront pressing contemporary issues. Through her practice, Jeanne seeks to respond to and reframe
questions that lie locally (site, culture, people) and resound globally (density, climate, sustainability). She roots her designs in both
architectural form and idea-driven content toward achieving a compelling whole, and she often arrives at design solutions through
investigations and collaborations across disciplines. Her projects include the 82-story Aqua Tower, the 2009 Emporis Skyscraper
of the Year; the SOS Lavezzorio Community Center, a multi-award-winning building designed using donated materials; the Nature
Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, an educational pavilion and landscape that also function as stormwater infrastructure; and
Reverse Effect, a book intended to spark a radically greener future for the Chicago River and Great Lakes.
Since founding Studio Gang in 1997, Jeanne has gone on to win numerous honors, among them a MacArthur Fellowship and an
Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2009 she was named a Fellow of the American
Institute of Architects. Her work with Studio Gang has been published and exhibited widely, most notably at the Venice Architecture
Biennale, MoMA, and the National Building Museum. A distinguished graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Jeanne has
taught at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and IIT, where her studios have focused on cities, ecologies, materials, and technologies.
Reveal, her first volume on Studio Gang’s work and working process, was released in 2011. Her firm’s solo exhibition,
Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects, set record attendance during its run at the Art Institute of Chicago from September 2012–
February 2013.
Video link: http://www.studiogang.net/video/2012/chf_lecture
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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:
A keynote speaker will be selected in collaboration with the College of Architecture + Planning and/or local design community, which will
allow for offsetting some of the associated costs. An exhibit of model projects and project structures from the College of Architecture +
Planning as well as posters of work by selected conference attendees will be on display at the university conference venues. There will
be paper sessions focusing on particular approaches to hybrid and/or integrated topics over the course of the conference.
Tours will be offered for interesting and innovative aspects of significant architectural projects in Salt Lake City, including:
LDS Tabernacle Dome – www.lds.org/locations/temple-square-salt-lake-city-tabernacle
City and County Building Seismic Base Isolators – geology.utah.gov/geo_guides/slc_bldg_stones/pi60st22.htm
LDS Conference Center Cantilever – www.lds.org/locations/temple-square-conference-center
BIG D Construction Headquarters – www.big-d.com/project-detail.php?name=61&from=12
VENUE: The conference will be held at the University of Utah’s School of Architecture (SoA) with housing at the University Guest
House located within walking distance. Shuttle transportation will also be provided between the University Guest House and the
conference venue at the SoA.
SUPPORT: The University of Utah is situated on the edge of downtown Salt Lake City amidst a vibrant architecture and design
community. There are very strong ties between the university and practicing design communities, the AIA, Young Architects Forum,
and other professional organizations, which would all provide support and promotion for the conference. Various co-chairs for the
conference hold leadership positions in these organizations. Within the college, the Chair of the School of Architecture and the Dean
of the College of Architecture + Planning are strongly in support of bringing the conference to Utah.
GRAPHIC IDENTITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA: Technological integration will be modeled throughout the conference. A strong graphic
identity will be developed and a social media strategy will be employed to connect attendees beyond the paper presentations and
plenary sessions as a way to enrich the conference experience. Additionally, all materials – posters, proceedings, and accouterments
– will be designed objects that serve as artifacts for the conference.
PLANNED EVENTS & NETWORKING: A series of social opportunities will be organized to help connect attendees. Informal
topic dinners, receptions at local design firms, and a tie-in with SLC gallery stroll will allow for conference-goers to continue the
conversation beyond the structured activities.
RECREATION AND FAMILY OPTIONS: Salt Lake City offers myriad opportunities for family and outdoor recreation. With five
national parks within a four hour drive of downtown, world-class ski resorts within 30 minutes drive, and numerous family-friendly
venues including Hogle Zoo, Tracy Aviary, This is the Place, the Utah Natural History Museum, Clark Planetarium, JCC swimming
pool, the Leonardo Art and Science Museum and many others within a 5-10 minute drive, Salt Lake City is an ideal location for an
extended stay. Resources, guides, and potential itineraries will be provided for conference-goers in advance to allow for trip planning.
Additionally, the opening night informal meals will all be family friendly. Additionally, the opening night informal meal, and final day
downtown tour will be family friendly. The organizers are putting together a family track to locations including museums, zoo, and
shopping locations.
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT: The planning team believes very strongly that student engagement in the conference will enrich the
overall experience. The team will work with the BTES board to provide scholarships to students interested in attending and will
promote a paper session and/or poster session specifically-geared toward students and student groups and each school will sponsor
a student assistant to facilitate through the planning process and during the conference.
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REGISTRATION COST:
Registration costs would be $525 including lodging and all meals (coffee breaks, breakfast/lunch/dinner for 3 days, awards
ceremony), proceedings, workshops, and other activities during the conference. See the preliminary budget on the following page for
a more detailed breakdown of costs. Registration without lodging would include everything else listed above and cost $210.
HOUSING OPTIONS:
University of Utah Guest House at $105 / per night for single or double if booked outside of conference registration. Additional hotels
are available in downtown SLC (see map next page).
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
Salt Lake City has a light rail system (TRAX) that is available from the airport to downtown and all conference venues unless
otherwise noted.
PROCEEDINGS:
Following the example of past conferences, we will prepare conference proceedings in advance of the conference so as to have
printed copies available to all attendees at the conference.
FAMILY OPTIONS:
Preconference Option: Family members may attend option 1A (timber workshop) and 1B (fly fishing). However, the hands-on workshop
portion is only open to adults 18 and older. Therefore families may stay in Park City during the hands-on workshop and be
picked up on the way back to Salt Lake City. Fly-fishing is open to families as well. The workshop portion of the fee will be
waived for those not able to participate.
Day 1: Option 1 - Hogle Zoo and This is the Place Monument = $40 / pp; $15 / child
Option 2 – Cooking Class with the Chipper Chef Lindsey Joy = $35 / pp age 16 and older
Keynote speaker and dinner downtown families are welcome for additional fee = fee TBD
Day 2: Option 1 - Leonardo Museum and Children’s Museum = fee TBD
Option 2 – Red Butte Botanical Gardens and Hike = fee TBD
Day 3: Family members may attend the downtown walking tour with conference registrants
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HOTEL MONACO $$
15 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 595-0000 monaco-saltlakecity.com
SALT LAKE CITY MARRIOTT CITY CENTER $$
220 S State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801) 961-8700 marriott.com
5
2
3
4
THE LEONARDO
TEMPLE SQUARE
SALT PALACE
E
F
G
s
6
7
8
500 E
400 E
300 E
200 E
STATE ST
MAIN ST
WEST TEMPLE
200 W
300 W
400 W
500 W
600 W
700 W
800 W
CITY & COUNTY BUILDING
DOWNTOWN HOTELS
900 W
DOWNTOWN SITES
A
a
B
C
D
700 E
D
1000 S
N
PIONEER PARK
GALAVAN CENTER
ENERGY SOLUTIONS ARENA
SQUATTERS PUB
TRAX - PUBLIC LIGHT RAIL
$2.50/ride or $6.50/day pass
HILTON SALT LAKE CITY CENTER $$
255 S W Temple, SLC UT 84101
(801) 328-2000 hilton.com
PEERY HOTEL $
110 W Broadway, SLC UT 84101
(801) 521-4300 peeryhotel.com
COURTYARD-DOWNTOWN $
130 W 400 S, SLC UT 84101
(801) 531-6000 marriott.com
SHERATON SALT LAKE CITY HOTEL $$$
150 W 500 S, SLC UT 84101
(801) 401-2000 sheratonsaltlakecityhotel.com
PROPOSAL TO HOST THE 2015 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 15/21
PRELIMINARY BUDGET:
BTES 2015 Conference Budget
(All currency is in $USD)
Item
Units
Amount
Subtotal
Notes
REVENUES
Registration Fees*
CTLE Donation
ITAC Donation
UofU Donation
ARCOM Donation
3Form Donation
MSU Donation
$525 x 75 attendees
39,375.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
Including Lodging & all meals
49,375.00
22,500.00
22,500.00 King or Double double room
COSTS
Lodging
Food
$300 x 75 attendees
Breakfast
Lunch (2)
Dinner (2)
Coffee Break (4)
Alcohol
0
0.00
2,250.00
5,250.00
450.00
600.00
Included with room rate
Box Lunch Catered
Catered
Catered
Catered
0
0
0.00
0.00
5,000.00
0.00
1,600.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,875.00
400.00
500.00
Not included
At SOA Free
Natural History Museum
Eventbrite
$15 x 75 attendees
$35 x 75 attendees
$6 x 75 attendees
$8.00 x 75 attendees
OPERATIONS
Transportation
Meeting Facilities
Dinner Venues
Online Registration
Keynote honorarium
Keynote travel / accomodations
Student Travel Scholarships
Proceedings
Printing
Welcome bags / name tags
2 @ $2500
0
$800 x 2 keynotes
$500 x 2 keynotes
$500 x 4
$25 x 75 attendees
Total Costs
(one required from MSU)
20,925.00
43,425.00
Contingency
Total Projected Costs
Profit Potential
4,346.00
47,771.00
1,604.00
10%
Optional Workshops (cost neutral)
Pre Conference Option 1
Hands on Workshop - Timber
Pre Conference Option 2
Fly Fishing Outing
Shuttle Bus
Materials
Labor
10.00
15.00
10.00 $35 / pp
Shuttle Bus
Equipment rental
5.00
15.00 $20 / pp
Family Options
TBD
*Registration can be with or without lodging and includes all meals
Registration with hotel
Registration without lodging
525.00
210.00
Single or double occupancy,
more than 2 requires $10 / pp
additional fee (breakfast incl)
PROPOSAL TO HOST THE 2015 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 16/21
THE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING: Within the college, the School of Architecture (SoA), the Department of City &
Metropolitan Planning (C&MP), and the Multi-Disciplinary Design (MDD) programs espouse practices of integrated design education.
The School of Architecture boasts such signature programs as DesignBuildBLUFF, the school’s long-standing design-build program
based on a Navajo reservation in Southern Utah, a recent winning entry into the Denver Superefficient Housing Challenge, and
examples of integrated educational models include the School of Architecture’s partnership with local digital fabricators to provide
resource sharing and knowledge sponsorship for students, and the Chicago app.LAB, which embeds a cohort of architecture and
planning students in Chicago’s top design firms to conduct applied research projects in collaboration with practitioners, politicians,
and community organizations. The work of these programs will be on display throughout the conference venue.
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: The University of Utah is a Research I university and a member of the Pac-12. It is ideally located
within walking distance of downtown Salt Lake City along the foothills of the greater Rocky Mountains, offering world-class skiing and
hiking. Salt Lake City is home to an impressively cosmopolitan and diverse population and is consistently ranked among the nation’s
most livable cities and best college towns.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT: Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah and the most populous city in the state. It is located in foothills of the
Rocky Mountains and is within 20 minutes of several world-class ski resorts. Salt Lake City is the home of the LDS church, which has
its central religious buildings located prominently in downtown. A major international airport is a ten-minute drive from downtown
and is also easily accessible by public transportation. Several downtown hotels are located adjacent to public transportation stops,
which connect directly to the university campus.
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING BUILDING
PROPOSAL TO HOST THE 2015 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 17/21
WEBSITES:
College of Architecture + Planning – arch.utah.edu
School of Architecture – arch.utah.edu/school_of_architecture
University of Utah – utah.edu
MSU School of Architecture – www.caad.msstate.edu/sarc/home.php
MSU College of Architecture, Art + Design – www.caad.msstate.edu
Mississippi State University – www.msstate.edu
Salt Lake City Visitor’s Bureau – visitsaltlake.com
Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance – downtownslc.org
University of Utah Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence – ctle.utah.edu
Integrated Technology in Architecture Center – itac.utah.edu
University of Utah Guest House (conference housing venue) – universityguesthouse.com
Euclid Timber Frame (timber workshop venue) – euclidtf.com
DesignBuildBLUFF – designbuildbluff.org
CONTACTS:
Erin Carraher – carraher@arch.utah.edu | (801) 585-9124
Jose Galarza – galarza@arch.utah.edu | (801) 585-5354
Jacob Gines – jgines@caad.msstate.edu | (662) 325-0094
Ryan E. Smith – rsmith@arch.utah.edu | (801) 585-8948
Patrick Tripeny – tripeny@arch.utah.edu | (801) 581-8351
Jörg Rügemer – ruegemer@arch.utah.edu | (801) 585-8951
Robert A. Young – young@arch.utah.edu | (801) 581-3909
Emily McGlohn – emcglohn@caad.msstate.edu | (662) 325-0371
Hans Herrmann – hherrmann@caad.msstate.edu | (662) 325-0371
DESIGNBUILDBLUFF LITTLE WATER HOUSE
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09 April 2014 TO: RE: Professor Michele Chiuini, President Building Technology Educator’s Society <mchiuini@bsu.edu> Letter of Support for: Co-­‐Chair of BTES Conference with the University of Utah School of Architecture 2015 Building Technology Educator’s Society Conference (BTES) Proposal Proposed Working Title: “Intersections + Adjacencies: Leadership in Architectural Technology Education” Jacob Gines, Assoc. AIA Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University School of Architecture Dear President Chiuini: On behalf of the School of Architecture, I am pleased to offer my office’s full support of the BTES Conference Proposal drafted between the University of Utah and Mississippi State University (MSU), including the selection of MSU Professor Jacob Gines, as the Co-­‐Chair representing our School. The School of Architecture at MSU has a well-­‐respected reputation throughout the Southeast (and nation) as a leader in building technology research and pedagogy, in addition to its excellence in fostering critically-­‐minded thinkers and designers. This is evidenced throughout our building technology curriculum and in our pioneering ‘collaborative studios’ where all Building Construction Science students and Architecture students work together in the same design-­‐studio setting for two (2) dedicated semesters during their 10 semester studio sequence. In this pedagogical studio sequence, students are taught the tectonics and the administrative collaborative science of design, construction, and project delivery in a holistic manner in support of IPD (Integrated Project Delivery). Given the proposed conference title and ‘Intersections + Adjacencies’ theme, we also confident that co-­‐chairing this conference (w/ the University of Utah) will further our vision of providing leadership in this area, as well as developing and bringing an awareness and exposure of BTES’s mission and vision to our southeast regional sister institutions. The proposed partnership between our Schools has practical underpinnings for all. Professor Gines has a connection and a long history with the University of Utah; not only has he taught there, he was also a student and an integral collaborator with the program’s Design Build Bluff Center and many of the proposed organizing committee members. Professor Gines has a keen interest in architectural materials and tectonics; he was brought to MSU to head up this content area in our School’s curriculum. His organizational and intellectual skills will certainly complement and expand the domain set of the University of Utah and also help to further his own ability to meet leaders in this field and begin to build his own national reputation in this field of inquiry. In addition, Jake has assembled a knowledgeable team of like-­‐minded ‘technology’ colleagues here at the School of Architecture who have agreed to support this prestigious ‘joint-­‐venture’: Emily McGlohn, Assoc AIA, LEED AP, Assistant Professor (design/build and mechanical systems) Hans Herrmann, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Professor (pedagogy and collaborative ‘tectonic’ studios) My office is prepared to provide appropriate release time, travel stipends to the conference, and make a financial commitment of $1500. We will also support a separate $500 scholarship fund for an MSU architecture student to attend the conference. Please feel free to contact me directly if you may have any further questions. Our program is very excited about the possibilities -­‐-­‐-­‐ and, looks forward to formally engage with the BTES in the near future. Respectfully submitted, Michael A. Berk AIA | F.L. Crane Professor Director – School of Architecture PROPOSAL TO HOST THE 2015 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 21/21