2020 AIAO Program Archive
Recordings and Documents from Past AIAO Events. You can see all AIA Oregon recordings at our Vimeo Page.
CEU that was available at the time of presentation is not available for the recordings.
12.16.20
AIA Southern Oregon 2020 People’s Choice Awards Presentation. This year there were People’s Choice winners in 4 Categories.
12.15.20
Urban Design Panel Presentation 12.15.20 - Transit Oriented Development (TOD) This presentation covers the why of TOD, its objectives, their approach and the tools they're employing, planning studies, TriMet's previous TOD track record and their current projects, and how they hope to collaborate with the UDP.
12.04.20
Procrastinator’s Day Five Sessions by industry experts:
Session 1 - Patrick McMahon, Innotech Windows + Doors
Session 2 - Tony Adams, Evergreen Consulting Group, LLC / BetterBricks
Session 3 - Wayne Belcher, United Professional Caulking & Restoration, Inc / International Masonry Institute Presentation File
Session 4 - Eli Griffin, Certain Teed Ceilings Architectural Presentation File
Session 5 - Joe Eichenseer, Director – Building Lifecycle Solutions / IMAGINiT
12.02.20
Digital Design Series - “Decarbonizing Building Operations — How to Approach Building Electrification” Presented by Katie Zabrocki, PE, Mechanical Engineer at PAE. The presentation looked at the key system considerations required for building electrification and overviewed case studies of successful all-electric building projects in the region.
11.18.20
Lunch + Learn - Portland Millwork “Synergy of Glass & Building Envelope”
Presented by Barry Schneider of Kolbe Windows and Doors
11.09.20 - 11.13.20
Future Vision 2020 The Future Vision seminar presented by the AIA Oregon Committee on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion will be held virtually this year through multiple sessions the week of November 9-13.
Future Vision 2020 Mural Board A place to leave your thoughts, comments, and questions on the material presented this week.
11.09.20
Session 1: Design Justice
Session: Future Vision Keynote Speaker
Time: Monday, Nov 9, 10am-12pm
Speaker: Bryan C. Lee, Jr.
Bryan’s talk covered topics of process and design, history, and Design Justice movement work.
Design as Protest a collective of Anti-Racist designers dedicated to Design Justice in the built environment.
11.10.20
Session 2: Critical Race Theory
Session: Critical Race Theory in Planning and Design: A Case Study
Time: Tuesday, Nov 10, 10am-12pm (Happy hour from 4-5pm)
Speaker(s): Amara H. Pérez Ph.D. and student co-researchers
In this session we learned about the case study of CRT in PCC planning and design and heard directly from a panel of student co-researchers who participated in Space Matters.
Space Matters The website was developed by the co-researches of this 2018 critical race spatial inquiry project. Learn more about their inquiry work, explore project documents and resources, and leave a comment/message!
11.12.20
Session 3: Climate Justice
Session: It Starts At School: Creating Equity and Inclusion in the AEC Industry
Panel III: Looking Forward
This session is put on and hosted by Portland Green Schools Committee
Time: Thursday, Nov 12, 12-1:30pm
This panel will present solutions from educators, community leaders, and professionals for more equitable opportunities and sustained support.
Diversity in Design Their mission is to engage professionals of color in the design industries in creating and sustaining a community that provides useful resources, hosts dynamic events, and fosters meaningful connections.
Room for More an open collective of diverse professionals in the fields of Architecture, Engineering and Construction from different firms in the Portland area.
Your Street Your Voice (YSYV) an after school program where youth get PAID to learn about design as a tool for racial justice.
Portland Youth Climate Summit Dec 12th event, the Youth Climate Summit, created by local BIPOC youth, will be a day of learning, leadership, and creativity. Sponsored by City of Portland
11.13.20
Session 4: JEDI in Firm Culture
Session: Panel: JEDI in Firm Culture & Practice
Time: Friday, Nov 13, 10am-12pm
The firm panel will explore the ways Oregon firms are addressing and incorporating Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusive concepts and practices into their firm culture and design projects.
The Future of our Profession Depends on Diversity October 26 Op-Ed from the Architects’ Newspaper
Certified B Corporation Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.
Prosperity Portland Inspired Diversity Grant Launch or expand a diversity and equity program within your organization with help from Prosper Portland
UO Design for Spacial Justice Initiative The College of Design’s School of Architecture & Environment (SAE) has launched a visiting faculty fellowship program that spans architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and historic preservation with teaching commitments that began fall term 2019
11.12.20
AIA Salem PCA Awards Presentation AIA Salem Section presents their 2020 People’s Choice Awards. See all the amazing projects, briefly hear from the project submitters, and learn who won!
11.11.20
Digital Design Series - “Climate Change and Wildfires as Catalysts for New Forms of Architecture and Land Use.” Presented by Jesse Keenan, a globally recognized thought leader, whose research focuses on the intersection of climate change adaptation and the built environment. His presentation examined the scope and scale of Oregon’s wildfires through the lens of the state’s robust history of growth management and environmental regulation.
10.23.20
2020 Oregon Architecture Awards Virtual Celebration On October 23,2020, AIA Oregon members and friends gathered virtually to celebrate design excellence at the Oregon Architecture Awards. A jury of architects selected 13 project awards; energy data collected from project submissions helped to determine an Architecture 2030 Award; and the AIA Oregon Executive Committee selected 2 Professional Achievement Awards from those nominated.
Videos
10.22.20
Digital Design Series - Meet the OAA Jurors OAA Jury Members Scott Wolf, FAIA of Miller Hull Partnership and Matthew Kreilich, FAIA of Snow Kreilich Architects joined us to provide an overview of recent work by their firms, and discussed their observations as a members of the jury for the 2020 Oregon Architecture Awards.
10.21.20
AIA Eugene 2020 People’s Choice Awards Presentation. This year there were People’s Choice winners in 11 Categories, and three Colleagues’ Choice Awards given out.
10.21.20
AIAO Virtual Lunch and Learn - Portland Millwork Portland Millwork, in partnership with Marvin, presented “Historic Rehabilitation: Window and Door Solutions” Presented by Alex MacKenzie, Architectural Project Manager for Marvin
Historic Rehabilitation - Resources pdf with links to resources related to the L+L presentation
10.20.20
Urban Design Panel Presentation 10.20.20 - Park Avenue Community Project Equity has become a growing focal point in recent years, and for many projects across the Metro region is now a mandated goal. This program explored what this meant for the Park Ave Community Project, and how approaches were adapted in light of the many challenges presented during the course of 2020.
10.13.20
Digital Design Series: Sustainability and Cultural Placemaking - the Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center at the University of Oregon This presentation explored the intersection of sustainable design and cultural placemaking through the lens of the recently completed Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center on the campus of the University of Oregon.
10.12.20
2020 COTE Green Champion Summit The annual Oregon Committee on The Environment (COTE) Green Champion Summit brings to you the sustainability leaders from around the country and the region. This year the summit focused on creating space for inclusive and sustainable communities by highlighting some of the plans and funding in place within the City of Portland to ensure sustainable communities are available for all.
Panelist: Vinh Mason – City of Portland, Build/Shift
Panelist - Sam Baraso, Program Manager, Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF)
Panelist: Nolan Lienhart – ZGF Architects, Broadway Corridor Project
Moderator: Joseph Gallivan - Moderator, Journalist
10.09.20
Accessibility: Everything you Wanted to Know and More - Part II
Speaker: Joshua Klyber, Code Analyst, Code Unlimited. The second of a two part accessibility course that covered topics from basic accessibility concepts to minimization of risk. Part II covered the remainder of bathrooms, kitchens, and common errors.
10.08.20
Holiday Farm Fire Advisory Team Meeting The first meeting of the Fire Advisory Team. The intent is to form the team through Architecture-Engineering-Construction industry professions, such as AIA, ASLA, CSI, APA, etc. The team’s role is to help connect subject experts to the MCDC as they need advice, information, and resources.
10.07.20
Digital Design Series: Jeffrey Commons Tiny Home Community Nir Pearlson, AIA, of Aligned Architecture and Paul Solomon of Sponsors, Inc discussed Jeffrey Commons, a Sponsors Tiny Home Community of 10 homes for homeless individuals returning to Lane County post incarceration. The presentation covered the various needs of the inhabitants: Individuality, Community, Affordability and Sustainability, and how they were addressed.
10.06.20
The Architect’s Plan to Optimize Tax Incentives for 2020: Class Two - AEC Deduction Junction: What is the Function of 179D? The Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction, also known as 179D, was passed into law in 2006. This federal tax benefit incentivizes architects and engineers to design and invest in sustainable buildings.This course provided an overview of the program, covered eligibility and qualification requirements, reviewed case studies, and referenced recent court cases that provide encouraging guidance for architecture and engineering firms.
Event Recording (you will need to sign in)
179D Tax Incentive for Architects, Engineers, Contractors - Handout
Architecture - R&D Credits - Handout
BAEC Financial Summit Info Sheet - Handout
CPA Checklist - Handout
179D Explainer Video - 60-second YouTube video
10.02.2020
Accessibility: Everything you Wanted to Know and More - Part I Speaker: Joshua Klyber, Code Analyst, Code Unlimited. The first of a two part accessibility course that covered topics from basic accessibility concepts to minimization of risk. Part I covered applicable standards, basic concepts, and the introduction to bathrooms.
9.30.2020
Digital Design Series: Embodied Carbon of Net Zero Energy Buildings - Dylan Lamar reviewed a recent LCA study of an existing Net Zero Energy multifamily building, exploring the important relationship between embodied carbon and operational carbon in Net Zero Energy Buildings.
9.23.2020
Digital Design Series: Re-Occupy with Confidence - Practical Approaches to Reduce Risks and Create Healthier Indoor Environments. Alan Scott, FAIA, touched on considerations of how the pandemic will influence design, and the technical response to risk reduction in existing buildings, and discussed ways of reducing specific COVID-19 risks today, as well as maintaining general health and wellness into the future.
9.16.2020
Digital Design Series: LLLC Mythbusters with NEEA - Chris Meek and Chris Wolgamott led a a virtual MythBusters-inspired event, moderated by Angela on luminaire level lighting controls (LLLC), discuss how to incorporate the technology in the design process to achieve significant energy savings, and answer your questions.
DLC's Networked Lighting Controls QPL This document identifies systems that are eligible for utility rebates and incentives by meeting minimum DLC Technical Requirements
Chris Wolgamott and UO’s recent study on retrofit savings NEEA is also hosting a webinar on October 1 with Chris Wolgamott and Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg at IDL Oregon on this report
9.15.2020
Urban Design Panel: Cluster Housing - The Next Generation - Garlynn Woodsong of Cascadia Partners, LLC presented an overview of a planning study his firm led for the City of Milwaukie to address development code barriers to increased missing middle housing.
8.26.2020
Digital Design Series: Architects Without Borders - Oregon - John Blumthal and Maab Mohammed of AWB’s Steering Committee gave a brief overview of AWB’s history and connection with AIA Oregon, how AWB is managed, how projects are selected, and how volunteer teams are organized. Included were descriptions of projects both local and around the world.
8.19.2020
Digital Design Series: The SAGE Classroom - Margarette Leite, Associate Professor of Architecture and Fellow, Center for Public Interest Design of the School of Architecture at Portland State University, presented the award-winning SAGE Classroom, outlining what makes it an improvement over typical modular classrooms, and how their version provides better access to healthy, affordable, energy efficient educational facilities.
PSU’s Center for Public Interest Design The SAGE Classroom is under the Projects page.
8.18.2020
Urban Design Panel: Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Multnomah County is working to make sure the Burnside Bridge is still standing after a major earthquake. Join us in learning about the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project and the future of the Burnside Bridge.
8.18.2020
Framework for Design Excellence Workshop A workshop offered by AIAO to review the submittal requirements for both the Oregon Architecture Awards and People’s Choice Awards programs, and to discuss the inclusion of the Framework for Design Excellence into the submittal requirements.
8.12.2020
Digital Design Series - In Process Justin Brooks, Principal at ZGF and Marc Brune, Principal and mechanical engineer with PAE discussed the Portland Living Building as a case study, while highlighting some of the obstacles they faced when dealing with the constraints of building a Living Building in a historic Portland neighborhood, and the creative solutions they were able to apply.
8.05.2020
Digital Design Series - AIA Oregon Presents! Shannon Sardell, AIA, gave a comprehensive presentation on Historic Preservation and how her ongoing adventures in the private practice of architecture include supporting building owners and their aging building stock with lasting, pragmatic design solutions that are sensitive to each unique history, location, and site.
7.29.2020
Digital Design Series - Rico Quirindongo, AIA DLR Group Principal and AIA June Citizen Architect of the Month Rico Quirindongo, AIA showed the architect's role in in Social Sustainability through some ongoing projects in Seattle.
7.22.2020
Digital Design Series - AIA Oregon Presents! Two groups of students presented their studio projects. Inflection Point project for the Housing Relief Studio, UO Portland Architecture Program, and Biblioteca Caminanza project from the Future Library Laboratory Studio, University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Environment.
7.15.2020
Digital Design Series - Decarbonizing Buildings Karina Hershberg, PAE and Isaac Barrows, PGE, provided a detailed overview of the decarbonization on buildings and utilities and the grid, and why it is important.
7.01.2020
Digital Design Series - The Digital Sketchbook Jason Roberts, AIA, Managing Design Principal at Ankrom Moisan Architects, discussed how the iPad has transformed his design process. His informative and inspiring presentation showed how using digital sketching programs like Procreate keep the versatility of freeform sketching and tracing while adding the benefit of computer capabilities.
6.30.2020
Urban Design Panel - River Plan South Reach A presentation by the Urban Design Studio, City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
6.24.2020
Digital Design Series - AIA Oregon Presents! A virtual tour of the Hixon at Westside Yard Nicholas A. Radon, AIA with BLRB Architects presented on and gave a virtual tour of The Hixon at Westside Yard - Hixon is a mixed-used, multifamily apartment development in Bend, OR.
6.17.2020
Digital Design Series - Student Presentation Team Polaris, of the School of Architecture & Environment Professor Ihab Elzeyadi’s High Performance Environments studio, presented their Solar Decathalon winning project - Little Dipper Elementary.
6.16.2020
Urban Design Panel Presentation - Montgomery Park to Hollywood: Transit Oriented Development The panel explored opportunities to create an equitable development plan for transit-oriented districts in NW Portland and NE Portland.
5.20.2020
Digital Design Series - AIA Oregon Presents! Presentations As part of the Digital Design Series, this “AIA Oregon Presents!” is a series of 3 twenty-minute presentations of Architect Member Projects where participants narrate along with PowerPoint graphics about Project Program, Site and Neighborhood Challenges, Project Solutions, Successes and Learning Experiences.
5.13.2020
Digital Design Series - In Process In this edition of InProcess, we hear from Scott Mooney of SRG Partnership and Lyle Keck of Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Scott speaks about the process of design at SRG’s office with a focus on Academic Building 2 – OSU Cascades’ second academic building. Lyle Keck talks about the work of Affiliated Engineers, Inc, including his role in the collaborative process for AB2.