PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Rostrum 2012

AIA Newark and Suburban Architects A Section of AIA New Jersey

AIA New Jersey is a Chapter and Region of the American Institute of Architects

NOVEMBER 2012

Issue 11

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President’s Message 1

Professional Practice 2

Design Awards 2012 3

The Next Generation 4

Dessert Build is coming!!!

5

CANstruction 6

Architects as Artists

Exhibition 8

Inside this issue: I look forward to this month

when, for the first time,

Newark and Suburban will

celebrate Architects as

Artists. This will be an

exhibition at the Clifton Arts

Center that will feature

works of art created by

members of Newark and

Suburban. There will be

over 50 various kinds of art

work submitted by 15

different architects. The

artwork will be judged and

winners announced at a

reception open to the public

on Saturday November 17th

at 1 PM. Complete details of

the exhibit are available at

our website. http://

a ians.org/arch i tects -as-

artists-gallery-reception/

I want to bring to your

attention the current project

u n d e r w a y c a l l e d

Repositioning the AIA. The

goal of this endeavor of AIA

I want to congratulate the

winners of last month’s

Design Awards, update

m e m b e r s h i p o n a n

interesting new event for

Newark and Suburban, and

ensure our members are

aware of the repositioning

AIA is undertaking.

I would like to congratulate

all the winners from our

Design Awards held in

October. The competition,

held in conjunction with

Architect’s League, was a

fun evening. I was

pleasantly surprised by the

overwhelming amount of

entries and applaud all those

that submitted their designs.

I would like to thank Donald

Chin, AIA for chairing this

event on behalf of Newark

and Suburban. Donald, for

the third year, put together

a great affair in a top notch

venue.

National is to better

understand the “the role and

voice of the AIA”. The

E d i t o r - I n - C h i e f o f

ARCHITECT magazine, Ned

Cramer, Associate AIA, has

an opinion piece in the

October issue which further

outlines the details of the

process which I encourage

you to read. I agree with

Mr. Cramer’s opinion that

the Institute should do “a bit

of soul-searching” in a

challenging time in the

profession and that the

investigation requires review

of some long standing

attributes associated with

the AIA. Some early surveys

have produced some

interesting information such

as clients cited twice as

often that they chose to

work with an architect

b e c a u s e t h e y h a v e

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AIA Newark & Suburban

Board Members

Officers

KEVIN McCORMICK, AIA

President

LOUISE ADDONIZIO, AIA

President-Elect

JOHN A. CWIKLA, AIA

First Vice President

LISA SAN FILIPPO, AIA

Secretary

STEPHEN ROONEY, AIA

Treasurer

YOGESH MISTRY, AIA

Past President

Trustees

Trustee 2012

JUDY DONNELLY, AIA

Trustees 2013

CHRISTY DIBARTOLO, AIA

ALEX GOTTHELF,AIA

BILL MUNOZ, ALLIED

MEMBER

NATASHA SUZANSKY, AIA

Trustees 2014

PAUL TIAJOLOFF, AIA

RONALD WESTON, AIA

JASON PEIST, ASSOC. AIA

Honorary Affiliate

DAN BISCHOFF

Section Administrator

JULIE PAGNOTTA

aiaadmin@verizon.net

AIA NS 2012 Committees

Continued from page 1

President’s

“knowledge of construction

requirements and building

codes” over “architects have

superior design expertise”.

Information like this along

with the desire of many AIA

members for the profession

to change in meaningful

ways will help shape this re-

branding. I am eager to see

t h e d i r e c t i o n t h i s

reprogramming will take.

Stay tuned.

Kevin McCormick, AIA,

LEED®AP

AIANS President, 2012

Professional Practice Notes: Expanding Services Back in the March 2012

Practice Notes column I made mention of the fact

that “architects have given up ground over the past

decade to construction and real estate companies that

have carved out new business offerings, such as,

program management and

pre-construction services, which has clients turning to

them for early project advice.” This month I want

to discuss and advocate for architects to consider

expanding service offerings to clients – specifically

looking at two examples.

First, consider Program Management Services.

Whi le help ing c l ients program individual buildings

is integral to traditional

practice, and remains the domain of architects working

on smaller projects, the programming scope…and the

prog ram management services on larger projects is

often performed by real estate and construction

management firms.

Wikipedia says “program management is the process

of managing several related projects, often with the

intention of improving an

organization's performance.” Where building projects

deliver discrete designs or structures, programs can be

viewed as creating broader outcomes for clients.

Chuck Thomsen FAIA, is

author of the 2011 book t i t l e d “ P R O G R A M

MANAGEMENT 2.0: Concepts and Strategies for Managing

Capital Building Programs.” Thomsen’s book is focused

on large capital building programs initiated by what he calls “serial builders” –

the large institutional, government and commercial

clients that hire architects

and other professions to design and build their

facilities.

I would argue that architects

have the education and skills

t o l e a d p r o g r a m management for clients, and

indeed most of us know colleagues who now work for

real estate and construction firms focused on delivering

PM services. Small and larger architectural practices can

consider offering and

m a r k e t i n g p r o g r a m management se rv i ces ,

separate from traditional “basic services.” For the

smaller practitioner program management might involve

advising a small retail chain on design and construction

issues related to opening

multiple branch stores, or helping a medical practice

locate and plan new offices or outpatient locations.

As Thomsen says, “if we

focus on the techniques of program management, we’ll

be able to polish our processes and our products.

And we’ll improve both the aesthetic and the practical.”

In doing so, architects would expand revenue potential

and exercise creative

planning skills that benefit clients and promote the

standing of our profession.

Another service offering that

architects should consider

o f f e r i n g i s E n e r g y Modeling. With the rapid

expansion of sustainable design requirements in

building codes and green certification programs, such

as the USGBC’s LEED rating system, energy modeling has

become necessary on more projects. Responding to the g r o w t h i n e n e r g y

considerations for buildings

“The AIA Energy Modeling

Practice Guide” was issued last month. The guide serves

to demyst i f y ene rgy modeling for architects, and

provide tips and information that will help architects to

better discuss energy modeling; the assumptions,

the process, the tools and

what the output means to potential design decisions.

“Energy modeling is fast becoming a more useful

means to better inform major design decisions early

and often throughout the building design process. In a

recent press release AIA

President, Jeff Potter, FAIA said, “It can provide a

r o a d m a p t o h e l p practitioners lead their clients

toward energy efficiency g o a l s , g r e e n c o d e

compliance and building certification programs.”

S i n ce a r ch i te c t s a re

increasingly developing designs using BIM (building

information Continued on page 3

This year’s 19th annual Newark and Suburban Design Awards, a special joint awards event with the

Architects League, was a great success, drawing over 175 members from our two Sections to view the project boards and enjoy good food and drink, live jazz, and the company of their AIA

colleagues.

My co-chairperson Stacey Kliesch and I would like to thank the twenty-eight NS and AL firms that participated by submitting a total of forty-seven boards. We would also like to thank our five

jurors - Bruce D. Turner, AIA (President - South Jersey), Rafael Da Silva, AIA (VP – Jersey Shore), Robert W. O’Reilly, AIA (President - West Jersey), Thomas Navin, AIA, and J. Robert Hillier, FAIA,

for the outstanding work they did in reviewing all of the boards and selecting fifteen projects for awards and providing insightful and cogent comments during the awards presentations. We are

currently in the process of putting files of all of the submitted projects and event photographs on the NS web site.

We would also like to thank our Platinum Sponsor for the event, the law firm of L’Abbate, Balkan,

Colavita & Contini, LLP, specialists in the defense of architects and engineers professional liability claims.

We are making plans to use the submitted projects to remind the general public of the value of the AIA and its Architects. We are looking for venues such as libraries, commercial spaces, and

institutional facilities that have public galleries to display a number of the boards. Please contact me at the e-mail address listed below should you know of any such venues.

We would also like to feature projects that were submitted in recent Design Awards here in the Rostrum. If interested, please submit an article (500 word maximum) about your project to

aiansrostrum@gmail.com. We will use images of the project submitted for the Design Awards.

Donald Chin AIA

2012 NS/AL Design Awards Co-Chairperson

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Practice Notes

Continued from page 2

modeling) software, and

many of us are facilitating the LEED registration process

for buildings, we are well positioned to take a leading

role in energy modeling. Whether offering Design

Performance Models in the early stages of design, or

more detailed Building

Energy Models in later design phases, architects should

become informed and consider offering these

services to clients. If our profession does not take the

lead, we risk watching clients turn exclusively to engineers,

other consultants, and even

contractors to fill the void.

Author: Ronald C. Weston, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, / AIA NS Professional Practice Committee Chair / Email: rweston@psands.com

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Architects, at the time, in

Princeton, NJ. I went on to discuss the importance of

starting their IDP and completing it in as close to

the 36 month time span as possib le. From that

completion on to taking the ARE: studying for and taking

the exams together or in fast

succession with the goal of passing them and becoming

an architect. I asked the assembled how

many of them made the decision to become an

architect all the way back to the 6th or 7th grade. Not

surprisingly more than 90%

said that their decision to enter a school of architecture

and pursue the goal of registration extended back to

middle school. Most importantly I told them

that we would be back on

The Next Generation I remain concerned that the

assigned projects are ones that most will never get the

chance to really do after they leave school. I can only hope

that school administrators will read this article and ask us

what we would like to see in these young people they are

training for the profession.

As it happened, the day I spoke, October 20th, was my

fortieth anniversary … not that anniversary, but the day

I joined AIA! My talk cen te red a r ound th e

importance of this next generation to continue on

with membership and convert

their student classification to an associate classification and

to do so without skipping a beat.

I explained how I did not go from my student days to

associate until my second position, after joining the firm

o f M a h o n e y Z v o s e c

Recently, I was invited by

Vicky Tran, Past President of NJITSoA&D AIAS Chapter to

s p e a k a t t h e Q u ad Conference they sponsored

this year. The conference is for student chapters from

various eastern schools of architecture to get together

for an exchange of ideas as

well as to socialize. Early in the afternoon I had

the opportunity to see some of the student’s work in a

portfolio review. I must say that the work, even from

some of the beginners, was quite good. I suggested to all

I saw that they should carry a

small sketch book with them wherever they go and hand

draw at every opportunity. I asked them to go online to

find the New York Times guest editorial written by

Michael Graves, FAIA from last month that stressed the

importance of hand drawing. Continued at NextGen on page 8

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alongside children to educate

them on the field of a r c h i t e c t u r e a n d

sustainability. It is suggested to bring a toy for “Toys for

Tots”.

Full rules and the FEED Scorecard can be found

online at http://aians.org/dessertbuild/

Questions or comments?

Contact AIANS Emerging

Professional Chair Jason

Peist at

jpeist@tmrassociates.com

Cal l ing all Entries for Gingerbread Dessert/Build

Dessert/Build is a challenge to c r e a t e a s u s t a i n a b l e

gingerbread house for “FEED”

certification. It will be held on Wednesday December 5, 2012

between 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM during the AIANS General

Meeting at the The Olde Mill Inn & Grain House Restaurant

The theme for this year’s build

is “If the North Pole went Green”. It is open to students,

interns, design professionals, architects and their families.

The gingerbread houses are to

be designed offsite and

brought to the general meeting for judging. The goal

is to promote an open discussion about architecture

and sustainability through the use of physical modeling

during the holiday season. Remember this is a conceptual

competition for sustainability

design and ideas. Pastry skills are not required.

This event will allow emerging professionals to express their

ideas, model making skills, and

sustainability concepts in a creative forum. It also

encourages Architects to work

Dessert Build - See it December 6th!

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CANstruction 2012 Another successful year for

CANstruction, our annual charitable event to benefit the

hungry. Architects, engineers, and students of these

professions are encouraged to participate in this design-build

competition where giant structures are made entirely

out of canned food. All cans

are then donated to the Community FoodBank of NJ.

This year, over $4,000 from the AIA and approximately

26,000 cans of food are being

donated. The Community FoodBank distributes 37 million

pounds of food and groceries a year, ultimately serving 1,500

non-profit programs including 436 programs served by its

P a r t n e r D i s t r i b u t i o n O rg a n i z a t i o n s ( P D O s ) .

Through their combined

efforts, they assist 900,000 low-income people in 18 of

New Jersey’s 21 counties.

Five teams participated this

year. Of course, the efforts to

execute the team structures extend far beyond just the

teams: there are sponsors, vo luntee rs, t remendous

amounts of support, talent,

and coordination to make it all

work.

Our generous sponsors include

AIA New Jersey and Goya. Without their contributions, we

would have never been able to

pull this event together, and in turn give so much to those

who need it most.

Thanks also to Skanska USA

Building for their contributions

to the event.

The competition was judged

by the Deputy Mayor of Livingston, Rudy Fernandez,

Past President of the

Liv ingston Chamber of Commerce & Direct Sales

Manager of Valley National Bank, Aileen Boyle, AIA New

Jersey President, Laurence Parisi, AIA, and Director of

Food Sourcing for the Community Food Bank of New

Jersey, Tim Vogel.

Build Day was September 20, and the awards and judging

were September 21. A special thanks goes to NJ 101.5, who

came out on Build Day and energized the public and the

teams during their building

efforts.

The structures remained on

display at the Livingston Mall in Livingston, NJ through

September 30.

Congratulations to all teams

involved:

Gensler Morristown – “Outside the Box” (2012 Best Meal

award recipient)

Milrose Consultants – “Food for Thought” (2012 Honorable

Mention award recipient)

NK Architects – “Schoolhouse

Rocks! Just a Bill…to Fight

Hunger” (2012 Best Use of Labels award recipient)

Solutions Architecture – ‘School the Mind – Feed the

Body” (2012 Structural

Ingenuity award recipient & 2012 People’s Choice award

recipient)

USA Architects, Planners &

Interior Designers - "Feed your

MIND” (2012 Juror’s Choice award recipient)

This event was a great success as we were able to donate so

much to those in need. We

hope next year others can join in to enable us to give even

more.

by Christy Di Bartolo, AIA

Gensler Morristown “Outside the Box” (pictured, left) was awarded the Best Meal at the 2012 CANstruction Competition at the Livingston Mall. Solutions Architecture CANstructed a traditional one-room schoolhouse, (right) which one both the Structural Ingenuity and People’s Choice Awards. See other photos, page 7.

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Left, Milrose Consultants “Food for Thought “ sculpture garnered an Honorable Mention. Above, USA Architects “FEED YOUR MIND” was awarded

Juror’s Favorite, and below, NK Architects, “Schoolhouse Rocks! Just a Bill…to Fight Hunger”

was the Best-Use-of-Labels award recipient.

See more photos, and related story page 6.

CANstruction 2012

February 14, 2013 with

members from the State Board of Architects, and

NCARB. Together, these three entities will respond to

any que s t i o n s abou t membership, IDP and ARE.

It would be fantastic if many of you could join the next

generation and me on this

NextGen continued from page 4

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ARCHITECTS AS ARTISTS

This exhibition will feature

works of art that represents the breadth and diversity of

expression in different art media, as created by members

of -AIA Newark and Suburban Architects, a Chapter of THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS and will show the

ability of these architects as

talented artists. There will be approximately 54 various kind

of art work, submitted by 15 architects. They are not

related to their professional works, indeed it is fine art.

The Exhibition was open to all

Regular and Assoc ia te Members of AIA Newark and

Suburban Architects plus architectural students of the

Architectural School of NJIT.

Sadly, the deadline has passed, to submit but you are

welcome to attend the opening reception or the continuing

installation during regular gallery hours.

It will be a juried competition judged by the following

distinguished members of the

Jury.

JURORS:

Dr. George Saj, MD FACS-

Retired Surgeon, Artist

Hugh Boyd, FAIA- Architect

Arthur Paxton, Photographer

At the CLIFTON ARTS CENTER November 7th –through DECEMBER 15

date, so mark your calendars

and as they used to say “be there or be square” .

Jerome Leslie

Eben, AIA AIANJ

Regional Director,

2011-13

NEW DATE, DUE TO

SUPERSTORM SANDY:

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Opening Reception: 1-4PM

Jury’s Announcement: 2 PM