2021 AIAO Program Archive
Recordings and Documents from Past AIAO Events. You can see all AIA Oregon recordings at our Vimeo Page.
CE that was available at the time of presentation is not available for the recordings.
Previous Years
2020
11.17.21
Net Zero Emerging Leaders Panel This AIA Oregon Digital Design Series includes a 60-minute special panel webinar with discussions from past mentors and mentees of the Energy Trust of Oregon Net Zero Emerging Leader grant program. The panelists present on the different approaches each firm took to develop and implement a reporting process to follow through early design to post-occupancy.
11.16.21
Urban Design Panel 11.16.21 - Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Update. In late spring 2021, recognizing rising costs due to current economic conditions and competition for funds from other large projects in the region, County leaders asked the Burnside Bridge project team to analyze ways to reduce cost so the project is more likely to be funded and built. Join project team members to learn about the proposed cost saving measures for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge.
11.12.21
Oregon Architecture Awards Virtual Celebration On November 12, 2021 AIA Oregon members and friends gathered virtually to celebrate design excellence at the Oregon Architecture Awards.
Thank you to all attendees and sponsors for another memorable celebration!
Event Recording - Coming Soon
11.10.21
Digital Design Series - Inclusivity in Design Across Multiple Scales Equity, accessibility, and inclusion don't just happen in the building, but at a variety of scales of human experience. By looking beyond traditional paradigms and challenging what inclusion means at different scales of design, we will uncover lessons learned and implementable strategies to expand our understanding of inclusive design practices. The presenters explore equity, accessibility, and inclusion through a multi-disciplinary design lens including interior design, planning, and architecture. Presented as part of AIA Oregon's 2021 Future Vision event.
ADA PDG Progress Youtube channel where Amanda Collin documented the process of her ADA PDG
Accessible Design Awareness ISSUU document giving the experiences of 12 people with mobility related disabilities
CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index Provides information on the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index and includes downloadable GIS shapefiles for various communities.
11.08.21 - 11.12.21
Future Vision 2021 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 8-12.
11.08.21
Future Vision - Room for More Panel Future Vision 2021 kicks off with a panel co-hosted by Room for More and CoEDI. The panel focuses on the concept of an ‘Equi-District’, exploring what an equi-district could be, its relationship to the built environment, and how the concept can help center equity in our work as designers. Panelists include community members and design professionals for an engaging discussion combining lived and professional experiences.
11.10.21
Future Vision - Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Specifications, a CSI Hackathon Join CSI and industry leaders for a discussion where we explore how construction specifications can be a tool in advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion goals in the built environment.
Event Recording (Does not include breakout room content)
11.12.21
Future Vision Keynote - A Conversation with Steven Lewis The Future Vision Keynote event features a conversation between AIA Oregon’s own Chandra Robinson, AIA, NOMA, and Steven Lewis, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP®. They discuss the topic of Future Vision through Steven’s lens of experiences as an AIA Whitney Young award recipient, Principal at ZGF, and former Urban Design Director for the City of Detroit.\
11.03.21
Digital Design Series - Beyond Single Family & Beyond New Construction In this presentation, two of our past Portland Homes Tour participants presented their projects.
Beyond New Construction: Bringing New Life to Mid Century Homes - Risa Boyer Architecture
Beyond Single Family: Housing Solutions in Urban Neighborhoods - Webster Wilson, Architect
10.27.21
AIA Eugene 2021 People’s Choice Awards Presentation. This year there were People’s Choice winners in 6 Categories, and one Colleagues’ Choice Award given out.
10.21.21
Thursday Roundtable - Practice:Disrupted Special guests Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain, co-hosts of the podcast Practice:Disrupted, share how they made this program, how it is supporting / sustaining / advancing new concepts about practice and what they hope will become of the very dynamic conversations they've curated.
10.19.21
Urban Design Panel - Better Red Station Area Planning Work Update The TriMet Transit-Oriented Development Team comprising Fiona Lyon, Miles Anderson, and Guy Benn will present the station area planning work being conducted in parallel with TriMet’s Better Red Project. Focused around the east and west segments of the MAX Red Line where the Better Red improvements are occurring, this planning work will identify and promote new vertical and horizontal development components that can support new TOD projects and the surrounding communities.
10.13.21
Digital Design Series - Grant High School Modernization, Mahlum Architects This $138 million, 1,800-student modernization answered a community-wide call to eradicate the boundary between the school and park that developed over time and to re-establish the school as the proud anchor of the community.The engineering and design team used a variety of sustainable strategies to reach LEED Gold certification and meet the community desire for a sustainable, equitable and inclusive facility, that received an Honor Award in the 2020 AIA Oregon Architecture Awards. The presentation will highlight several of these strategies.
10.11.21
Green Champion Summit "The Imperative of Climate Action Now! Understanding Climate Impacts and Taking Personal Responsibility" Part of Sustainable Building Week, the annual AIAO COTE Green Champion Summit brings together sustainability leaders from around the country and the region. Because we are all currently effected by climate change in some aspect, this year we gathered to discuss the imperative for climate action now.
This Year's Speakers:
Keynote Speaker Hop Hopkins, Climate Justice Fellow - Sierra Club
Topic: How the idea of disposable land leads to the idea of disposable people
Professor Vivek Shandas – Portland State University
Topic: The effect of the recent heat wave on Portland’s populations of color
Naomi Cole, Sustainability Consultant and Karina Hershberg, Electrical Engineer at PAE
Topic: Our collective responsibility as professionals and individuals to take action
09.29.21
Digital Design Series - AIA Oregon Presents! Bend PCA Recipients We heard from the recipients of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the 2021 AIA Bend Section People’s Choice Awards: 1st Place Timber Ridge, Ink:Built Architecture, 2nd Place Kenwood Elementary School Gymnasium, BBT Architects, and 3rd Place North Star Elementary School, BLRB Architects.
09.21.21
Urban Design Panel Presentation: Albina Vision Trust
Albina was the center of Portland’s Black community in the 1930s through 1960s. It’s still a place of heart for many who remember their grandparents and parents homes before displacement became the norm. Albina Vision Trust has daylighted this important history and worked for five years on a vision that will reconnect the Black community with Lower Albina—the area of the Moda Center and VMC. This presentation will review the past year’s work with the community led by Eldorado team to define a new future for this area.
09.15.21
Digital Design Series - Young Black Professionals (YBP) Workforce Housing initiative Project Partners Joel Andersen of Andersen Construction; Anthony Deloney of SEI; and Amy Donohue of Bora Architecture & Interiors share information about this exciting initiative, aimed at creating a home for young Black professionals in Portland interested in a career in the AEC industry.
09.08.21
Digital Design Series - Drone Technology in Architecture In this presentation they cover the benefits and limitations associated with the use of drones into the architecture practice, pilot licensure requirements, FAA rules and the LAANC program, and the various uses in the industry including tools/technology for site analysis, renderings and animations, storytelling, and construction administration.
08.19.21
Thursday Roundtable - Demystifying Fellowship Our EVP / CEO, Heather Wilson, presents the path to AIA Fellowship. During the Demystifying session, we learned about AIA Oregon’s Fellowship history and heard from some of our Chapter’s Fellows about the process and what you will need along the way. Even if you aren’t considering Fellowship this year, but think you might be interested in the future, THIS IS FOR YOU.
08.17.21
Urban Design Panel The Portland region has led the way for the nation in improving livability and development in the last 50 years. But we are now grappling with a question we avoided for that 50 years - Liveability for who? Metro's work in centering racial equity, focussing on affordability and sustainable economic development is ensuring that we are creating a region that is livable for everyone. In this meeting Metro President Lynn Peterson will initiate a conversation with Panel members about how good urban design intersects with this agenda.
08.04.21
Digital Design Series - The University of Washington Behavioral Health Teaching Facility - A New Comprehensive Integrated Care Model This presentation is about the creative collaboration between clinicians and designers to develop an innovative facility that will support a new model of care. Carl Hampson, Design Principal with SRG Partnership, shared an overview of the exploratory process and the innovative design solution that will establish a new benchmark for behavioral health.
07.14.21
Digital Design Series - Living Buildings - Energy Petal Dynamics Join the net positive design team led by Architect Jean Root and in collaboration with Mechanical Engineer Zack Smith and Principal Controls Consultant Adam Wrzeski. They will discuss their experience through 90% design for their 61,000 SF living building. This unique facility for King County in Seattle, WA, is targeting petal certification.
6.30.21
Digital Design Series - UrbanForm - Making Building Regulations more Accessible Quang Truong, AIA will discuss the development of UrbanForm, an online platform for zoning and building information. Quang will discuss how UrbanForm's technology can improve access to regulatory information, identify development opportunities, focus architectural design and value propositions, generate urban analytic models for policy and planning purposes, and improve equity and participation in the built environment.
06.23.21
Digital Design Series - InProcess Hussein Al-Baiaty shares his journey through the world of architecture and design through the lens of his life. He discusses some of the barriers that aspiring minority architects face in the professional environment, and the power of art and design as a conduit for spreading knowledge and peace.
06.23.21
Urban Design Panel Laila Seewang, Assistant Professor at the PSU School of Architecture, and Paddy Tillett, FAIA, Principal at ZGF Architects, who introduce the PSU Urban Design Collaborative, which was initiated in December 2019.
06.15.21
Community Connection Slam Architecture Foundation of Oregon (AFO) partnered with the National Organization of Minority Architects Portland Chapter (NOMA PDX) and the AIA Oregon Committee on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (CoEDI) to organize our first Community Connection SLAM, with PechaKucha inspired presentations.
06.11.21
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 covers topics from basic accessibility concepts to minimization of risk. Part II covered the remainder of bathrooms, kitchens, and common errors.
06.10.21
Thursday Round Table - HB2001 A presentation and discussion on what Oregon legislation HB2001, that addresses the need for "Missing Middle Housing," will mean for your community. Sean Edging of DLCD and Lynne McConnell, Affordable Housing Manager for the city of Bend, present.
Senate Bill 8 OPB Article on Senate Bill 8, which will restrict local jurisdictions’ ability to deny affordable housing developments on land not zoned for residential use within urban growth boundaries and allow for increased density in certain situations.
Digital Design Series 05.19.21 - Developing Affordable Middle Housing DDS Presentation discussing the concept and benefits of Senate Bill 458
06.04.21
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 covers topics from basic accessibility concepts to minimization of risk. Part I covers applicable standards, basic concepts, and the introduction to bathrooms. (CE is NOT available for this recording)
05.26.21
DDS - 2021 Solar Decathlon Winners Team Riparian, UO student winners in the 2021 Solar Decathlon, describe how they used architecture and net zero resources as tools for influencing social equity in the underrepresented communities of Portland, Oregon’s King District.
05.19.21
DDS - Developing Affordable Middle Housing Dylan Lamar, AIA, of Cultivate Inc. presents on the C Street Co-op, currently in construction in Springfield, Oregon, that will create six permanently affordable homeownership opportunities. Dylan discusses the difficulties in financing this type of opportunity and addresses what can we learn from this example that may help us extend the economic gains of this development opportunity to a wider range of Oregonians?
05.12.21
DDS - Microgrids Karina Hershberg of PAE provides a closer look at microgrids, their limitations and complexities, as well as the benefits they can bring to projects. Technical concepts are grounded with case studies that show the benefits and design considerations of including these systems in building designs.
05.12.21
AIA Bend | City of Bend Development Code Presentation A presentation by City of Bend Planners that gives an overview of recent and upcoming Bend Development Code changes. Presenters: BreAnne Gale, AICP | Senior Planner, City of Bend; Allison Platt | Senior Planner, City of Bend; Pauline Hardie, AICP | Senior Planner, City of Bend.
House Bill 2001 Draft Plan Learn more about the City of Bend Draft amendments and how to provide feedback
5.05.21
DDS - “Towards a Black Vernacular: the Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center”
Darell Fields and Brian Cavanaugh, AIA talk about collaboration and their experiences on the Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center.
On Solitude A parallel and contemporaneous anthology shadowing Darell Fields’ theoretical treatise, Architecture in Black
Black Cultural Center The Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center page on the University of Oregon Website
4.28.21
DDS - “Environments of Engagement: Recent Work Toward Equity and Sustainability” Chandra Robinson, AIA, of Lever Architecture describes her experiences promoting equity in the architecture profession, while simultaneously implementing strategies for equity, inclusion, and sustainability in her recent projects.
Albina Vision Trust The Albina Vision Trust (AVT) was created to steward the vision for the future of lower Albina neighborhood
NOMA PDX National Organization of Minority Architects Portland Chapter
Your Street Your Voice A hub for programs like YSYV, EmpowerHER under the Camp Elso umbrella where students get paid to learn about design as social justice.
04.21.21
DDS - “The Portland Building: A Collaborative Approach to Revitalizing an Icon” Members of the design/build team (including owner, architect and contractor) talk about the experience of using this highly collaborative model and how that collaboration contributed to the success of a complex project that was delivered ahead of schedule and under budget.
“Portland Building Perspectives” Related AIAU presentation offered on May 11th
04.21.21
AIA Oregon Virtual Lunch + Learn - Laticrete “Specifying Polyaspartic Floor Coatings for Sustainability”
04.14.21
DDS - Hennebery Eddy “Designing for Energy and Carbon Reduction – Bend Science Station” Dan Petrescu, AIA and Ashley Nored, IIDA, Associates at Hennebery Eddy Architects, Inc., present on the Bend Science Station, recipient of the 2020 Oregon Architecture Awards 2030 Award. Alen Mahić, from University of Oregon’s Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory discusses building performance analyses, and also provides updates on the 2030 carbon calculator and technical instruction for inclusion on projects.
04.07.21
DDS - Beebe Skidmore Architects “Stud Wall vs. Concrete Block - Two Recent Projects”
Beebe Skidmore presents two recent Portland projects, both 2020 AIA Oregon Citation Award winners: House on 36th, and St. Johns Studio. The architects discuss planning, architectural strategies, and detailing for both projects.
03.17.21
DDS - Reducing C&D Waste on Construction Projects Carolyn Stein of BRING, a Lane County based non-profit gives an overview of BRING’s programs, training, education, and services, including the Construction Materials Recovery and Reuse program.
03.10.21
DDS - Useful Waste Initiative Julia Mollner and Molly Esteve speak about the Useful Waste Initiative, a PSU Center for Public Interest Design led initiative that aims to reframe the industry's view on construction waste and encourage material diversion and reuse, specifically utilizing an overlooked material resource – stand-alone construction mock-ups - by repurposing the material and responding to pressing social needs, such as the local housing emergency.
03.03.21
DDS - OAA Projects, Holst Architecture “Housing is Healthcare” Dave Otte from Holst Architecture presents three AIA award-winning case studies in affordable housing that look to provide innovative housing solutions with improved health outcomes through elevated design.
02.24.21
DDS - Luminaire Level Lighting Controls Angela Pilant, program manager, Evergreen Consulting Group, presented the benefits of LLLC systems in new construction and Rob Doughtie, outreach manager, Energy Trust of Oregon, reviewed incentives available.
02.23.21
AIA Oregon Virtual Lunch + Learn - Laticrete "Adhered Masonry Veneer Performance Installation Systems"
02.17.21
AIA Oregon Virtual Lunch + Learn - Boral “Eldorado Stone Architectural Stone Veneer: Transforming Spaces through Color & Texture”
02.10.21
Digital Design Series - Tally®: A Case Study
The Tally® Life Cycle Assessment App is a Revit plugin that allows architects and other building professionals to conduct Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using BIM as part of standard architectural practice.
Roderick Bates and Brandon Cuffy of KT Innovations provide an overview of Tally® through case studies, and they discuss an upcoming Tally® training program available to AIA Oregon members.
02.03.21
Digital Design Series - OSU Cascades Project Construction Tour
Through a virtual construction tour and presentation, the SRG Partnership project team showcased the construction progress on the OSU Cascades Edward J. Ray Hall, a mass timber, net-zero-ready building first described in the May 2020 InProcess lecture.
01.27.21
Digital Design Series - AIAO Award Winners
Ben Arico, AIA and Sarah Weber, IIDA of Bora Architecture & Interiors present Bora’s winning entries in the 2020 AIA Oregon Architecture Awards - the Citation Award winning Meier and Frank Building Redevelopment and the Merit Award winning Metro YMCA Workplace Adaptation.
01.19.21
Urban Design Panel Presentation: Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Update
What could the future Burnside Bridge look like? This discussion reviews a range of different bridge types being considered for the future Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge.