Architecture Premiere 2011 | Iowa State University

The Ultimate Design Problem: Sustaining Human LifeRod Kruse FAIA + Bob Berkebile FAIA BNIM | September 9, 2011 | 4:30pm-9:00pm | Kocimski Auditorium

Benchmarking Sustainability

Impact

Founder AIA COTE, USGBC, LEED

140,000+ LEED Professionals30,000+ LEED Projects

$35-49 Billion Green Building Market

100+ Countries with LEED Projects

AIA COTE USGBC LEED REGEN =Beyond LEED

AIA COTETOP 10

2000 2006 2007 20081999 2010

Six AIA COTE Top Ten Award Projects“BNIM’s practice was evolving as they were trying to change the practice.”

A house is a machine for living in.

- Le Corbusier

July 17, 1981114 die in hotel walkway collapse

Name of Project | Date | 10

Name of Project | Date | 11

Name of Project | Date | 12

Name of Project | Date | 15Mudflats where the Colorado River once joined the sea

“We do not seek to imitate nature, but rather to find the principles she uses.”

-Buckminster Fuller

Increased productivity_5

Lewis and Clark State Office Building Jefferson City, MO

Packard Matrix • First study about real cost and benefits of deep green• Proved case for Living Building

“Upon seeing this, the only responsible thing I can do is instruct you to make the greenest building possible.”— Dick Schlossberg, Former President, Packard Foundation

USGBC | LEED Regenerative Design Tool

First Living Building

Net Zero: 0 Energy, 0 WaterLEED Platinum AIA COTE Top Ten

Omega Institute of Sustainable LivingRhinebeck New York

Omega Institute of Sustainable LivingRhinebeck New York

Omega Center for Sustainable Living Rhinebeck, NY

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What a building can do matters as much as what it looks like. Andrew Payne + Rodolphe el-Khoury

Transforming Community through Dialogue and Collaboration

New OrleansGreensburg, KS

Transforming Natural disasters by building healthy communities

1993Great Mississippi River FloodPattonsburg, MO,Valmeyer, IL

2001Tropical Storm Allison Houston,TX

2005Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, LA 

2007EF5 Tornado Greensburg, KS 

2008Iowa River Flood Iowa City, IA

2010Cumberland River FloodNashville, TN

2010Haiti Earthquake

Tornado Hurricane

Make It RightNew Orleans, LA

Community Transformation

“There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”

Margaret J Wheatley

Greensburg, KS

Before

After

Blessed with a unique opportunity To create a strong communityDevoted to family, Fostering business, working together for future generations.

City of GreensburgKansas

CommunityA progressive community that offers urban services within the unassuming feel of a rural, Midwestern community.

FamilyA community that provides opportunities for its young people in the way of jobs, education and recreation as reasons to stay in Greensburg.

ProsperityA community where entrepreneurial spirit, customer service, and a sustainable economy permeate the business sector and where residents, travelers, and tourists enjoy a full line of locally owned businesses that provide jobs and services to an exceptional example of small town America.

EnvironmentA community that recognizes the importance of the natural environment and balances the need for growth and economic development with the maintenance and improvement of the environment.

AffordabilityAn up-to-date, affordable rural community where housing plans and strategies incorporate energy-efficient design and materials and serve as a regional and national model for integrating residents of all ages and needs with services of all kinds.

GrowthA community that opens its doors to new residents and visitors without affecting the values and lifestyles of its current residents.

RenewalA community that makes proactive decisions that use this opportunity to reverse the decline of the community and build a progressive city with a strong future.

WaterTreat each drop of water as a precious resource.

HealthImprove quality of life by promoting a healthy and active lifestyle.

EnergyPromote a high level of efficiency in new construction and look to renewable options for generation.

WindGreensburg’s vast wind resources are part of an emerging economy and should be harvested.

Built EnvironmentBuild a town that encourages interaction between residents, welcomes guests and serves as a model community. New development should be durable, healthy and efficient. City projects will lead the way by becoming examples of green practices that are built to last.

City of GreensburgKansas

EnergyPromote a high level of efficiency in new construction and look to renewable options for generation.

WaterTreat each drop of water as a precious resource.

Streetscape slides

Kiowa County Schools (K-12) – Greensburg, Kansas

“Greensburg is a global example of how clean energy can power an entire community, how it can bring jobs and businesses to a place where piles of bricks and rubble once lay.”

President Barack Obama

EF5 Tornado First Platinum Community

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39,000

Dockside Green

Treasure Island Redevelopment Project

Toronto Waterfront Lower Don Lands

Destiny Florida

Oberlin Green Arts District

Panama Pacifo

Pedra BrancaSustainable Urbanism

Stockholm Royal SeaportElephant & Castle

Albert Basin

Menlyn Maine

Zonk’izizwe Town Center

Godrej Garden

City

Mahindra World City Jaipur

Magok Urban Development Project

Victoria Harbour Docklands, Melbourne

Barangaroo

Vicurban@Officer

Albert Basin

Elephant and Castle Menlyn Maine

Toronto Waterfront

The Green Arts District will be a laboratory for exploring possibilities, promoting innovation in arts, music, sciences and sustainable design to reweave community, transform the way we learn and create new post-carbon economies.

Vision

Nutrient Cycle

Farm Cafeteria

LivingMachine

A Tappan Square

B Allen Memorial Art

Museum

C Venturi

Art Building

Renovation and

Expansion

D

Workshop

E Hall Auditorium

F Student Housing

G The

Center

H Green

Theater

I Curricular Arts

Building

J Eco-machine

K Forum

L Lecture Hall

M Restaurant

N Oberlin

Inn

O

Downtown

P Black Box

 

New Construction

Renovation

Existing

Site Plan

There is a deep story to every place. How do we find it ?

Zero Carbon

Zero Waste

Sustainable Transport

Local and Sustainable Materials

Local and Sustainable Food

Sustainable Water

Natural Habitats And Wildlife

Culture and Heritage

Equity and Fair Trade

Health and Happiness

One Planet LivingTen Principles

The Impact of Behavior

In the UK (Beddington Zero Energy Development) of reductions in carbon

– 58% = building envelope, equipment & renewable energy

– 42% = behavior changes (food, personal transport, waste)

In the US (Sonoma Mountain Village) of predicted reductions in carbon:

– 31% = buildings envelope, equipment & renewable energy

– 69% = behavior changes (food, personal transport, waste)

Lifestyle and behavior changes are important!

One Planet Community

Can nature teach the architect how to design more effectively?

“Life creates the conditions that are conducive to life.”

Janine Benyus

28.0 kbtu’s

Iowa Utilities Board & Office of the Consumer AdvocateGetting to 28 kbtu’s and beyond…

Goals1. Energy budget of 28 kbtu’s per SF

per year• Primary goal• Serve as a demonstration

project to municipal utilities, government and others

• 65% below code baseline (ASHRAE 90.1-2004)

• Doubles incremental target of the 2030 Challenge

2. LEED Platinum• Requested by State Legislature• Establishes a holistic

sustainability strategy

Energy Strategies… 28 kbtu’s

12

5

9

6 7

83

4

How will the architect of the future practice

The imperative “We can!” has rarely been followed with the question of “Should we?”

Does the architect’s role become the facilitator and organizer of ideas and research rather than the generator ?

Can the built environment really change our society and norms?

Does the built environment really matter in an age where life and space are increasingly digital / virtual?

How can we further sustainability? Is the answer to sustainability a building by building approach or a more holistic systematic reorganization of our cities and social and political systems?

What role do architects take in dealing with the issues associated with a global population expected to hit 10 billion people by the next generation ?

WHAT

Generous Pragmatismwhat a building does matters as much as what it looks like

HOW

Open Source Designcollaborative systems thinking + feedback loop

WHY

Catalytic Change generosity brings about more generosity

Office of the FutureAn exhibit at the 2012 AIA Convention

EXPERIENCE

Design the Performance, the Aesthetic and the Experience (design for all senses)

• what a building can do matters as much as what it looks like Andrew Payne + Rodolphe el-Khoury

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Maximize positive ecological consequences of design and constructionOngoing contribution to its ecosystem“biotechnical instrument” or “living machine”

Contribute positively to the present and the future

02

Demonstrate aesthetic of self-effacementGenerosity toward the lived character of organized human affairs

03

Nurture the Positive (cumulative generosity)

04

habitat restoration

regenerative

human health

generosity

collaboration

post carbon community

ecological consequences

no raw materialsbeauty

biomimicry

support lifediversity

resilience

revolution

evolve to survive

zero wastelocally attuned

ecosystem services resource efficientwe are nature

sustaining

government influence

community leadership

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

Albert Einstein

Regenerative DevelopmentPrepared by:

BNIM Architects and the U.S. Green Building Council

USGBC | LEED Regenerative Design Tool

LEED Regenerative Design Tool

LEED Regenerative Design Tool

LEED Regenerative Design Tool

LEED Regenerative Design Tool

LEED Regenerative Design Tool

TREE

What will she see in 2020?

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.Gandhi

revolution

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