integrative design: flexibility to change with reality, needs, and technology at chatham’s eden...

Integrative Design: Flexibility to Change with Reality, Needs and Technology at Chatham’s Eden Hall Campus

Walter B. Fowler, Chatham UniversityErnie Sota and Jay Harris, SOTA Construction

Course Number EDEN_BP15

AIA BuildPittsburgh April 23, 2015

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Chatham University’s Eden Hall is one of the most comprehensively sustainable university campuses being built in the nation. This 388-acre campus north of Pittsburgh will have a negligible environmental footprint while immersing teachers and students into sustainable living of the future. Hear the insider perspectives of the Owner and Contractor as Eden Hall’s master plan is discussed. Planning, designing and building this campus in a competitive higher education market is a complex challenge and this plan, created with the integrated design process, has shown adaptable in response to varying forces that will be discussed. This session will explain how architectural design is addressing future living patterns of classrooms, support buildings and residence halls, with a campus that, when complete, will be off the grid. The presenters will speak of completed site work and buildings, buildings under construction and buildings being designed in concert with this ambitious vision and the long term vision for the campus.

CourseDescription

LearningObjectives

1: Gain a general understanding of the integrative design process as it relates to the development of a new campus and will be able to identify the key constituencies in an integrative design process.

2: Learn processes whereby specific construction design features can be changed “on the run” within the broader integrative design process. Case studies will be used to illustrate ways to address design challenges and participants will learn strategies to successful implement design change.

3: Learn processes whereby master plans developed using integrative design may be changed to reflect current conditions. Exigencies related to funding, technology, and academic planning will be discussed and participants will gain an understanding of processes to implement change.

4: The presentation will illustrate major lessons learned and decision considerations in the integrative design and construction process. Participants will learn to anticipate and monitor several key areas that could require “on the run” change to both master plans and construction designs.

At the end of the this course, participants will be able to:

Chatham’s Shadyside campus, a designated arboretum

About Chatham•Founded in 1869 (one of the oldest women’s colleges in the U.S.)

•Began co-ed graduate programs in 1994.

•Became a university with three colleges in 2007

•Established School of Sustainability & The Environment in 2008.

•Received $15 million gift from Falk Foundation and renamed sustainability school Falk

School of Sustainability in 2013

•Approval to admit men to undergraduate program and reorganized the University’s

structure in 2014

Sustainability at Chatham University

•Internal commitment, external recognition

•Top down and bottom up

•All aspects of campus life

•USA Today: one of four “Green Schools that go beyond the basics”

Woodland Road: 39-acre arboretum Chatham Eastside: 7.2 acres

Eden Hall Campus: 388 acres

Sustainability at Three Locations

EDEN HALL CAMPUS

Eden Hall Farm

• 388-acres of fields and forest originally owned by early Heinz executive and philanthropist, Sebastian Mueller.

• Until 2007, a place for women workers from Heinz and elsewhere to vacation and be renewed by interaction with nature.

• With fewer women interested in farm’s original purpose, Eden Hall Foundation sought proposals from organizations wanting to acquire the farm.

VISION FOR EDEN HALL CAMPUS

• A living laboratory designed to explore different approaches to how we occupy the land, design buildings & systems, and interact with communities.

• A model of new technologies and development that restores and preserves natural ecosystems.

• Designed to connect with people both physically and virtually.

Eden Hall Watershed

Campus Plan

EHC Video

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)

“IPD leverages early contributions of knowledge and expertise through utilization of new technologies, allowing all team members to better realize their highest potentials while expanding the value they provide throughout the project lifecycle.

At the core of an integrated project are collaborative, integrated and productive teams composed of key project participants. Building upon early contributions of individual expertise, these teams are guided by principles of trust, transparent processes, effective collaboration, open information sharing, team success tied to project success, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and utilization of full technological capabilities and support. The outcome is the opportunity to design, build, and operate as efficiently as possible.”

Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide

Project Team

• BNIM –Master Plan

• MITHUN – Architects

• Rothschild Doyno – On site architects and CA

• Interface – MEP and Alternative Energy Systems

• CEC – Site and Civil

• KPFF – Structural

• Biohabitats On Site Waste Treatment

• Sota Construction Services Inc. – CM at Risk

• Tudi Mechanical

• Scalo Solar

Phase 1A

Phase 1B

COMMONS

Chatham University Eden Hall Campus Phase 1B - Preliminary Land Development Submittal

Aug 2

1,

Residence Hall North Elevation

Chatham University Eden Hall Campus Phase 1B - Preliminary Land Development Submittal

Aug 2

1,

Residence Hall East Elevation

Flexing the design

• Hoop house

• Fuel cells versus micro turbines

• On lot sanitary system versus public sewer hookup

• Hook up to public water versus creating potable water on site

• Change in solar PV design – efficiency and codes

• 3rd Party tax advantaged financing structure implemented for solar PV

Flexing the use

• Proposed inclusion of reshall common kitchens

• Separate bike lanes

• Inclusion of exercise equipment in Commons building

• Temporary use of “Old Lodge” kitchen for startup due to soil and weather delays in Commons construction schedule

Flexing “what’s next”

• Continuous review of Master Plan detail is important and required by the local township (Richland Township)

• Continuous review of broader Master Plan

Phasing

Siting

Programming

Simple-minded Lessons Learned

• Continuous review of Master Plan is vital and required

• Listen to constituencies – faculty, staff, students, boards, donors, 3rd parties (experts, contractors, etc.)

• Don’t hesitate to propose changes and improvements if they make sense – Master Plan is not necessarily “gospel”

• Don’t hesitate to say “no” to proposed changes if they don’t make sense. Re: common kitchens and potable water creation

Simple-minded Lessons Learned

• Mutual respect and trust among all parties to allow open communication.

• Project goals clearly defined and committed to by all parties.• Continuous and detailed cost budget, sustainability and carbon

budget review during SD,DD and CD to stay on track. Budget for and use the energy model!

• Generate alternate methods with cost and carbon reduction implications.

• Generate private and non profit funding structures to allow for realization of alternative energy production and carbon reduction goals

Questions?

This concludes The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems Course

Chatham University

Sota Construction

Walt Fowler – 412-365-1150

Ernie Sota and Jay Harris –

412-766-4630

integrative design: flexibility to change with reality, needs, and technology at chatham’s eden...

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