UW FOUNDERS HALL - DELIVERING A MASS TIMBER BUILDING - Chapter Meeting

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When:  Apr 11, 2024 from 05:30 PM to 08:00 PM (PT)
Associated with  Puget Sound

UW FOUNDERS HALL - DELIVERING A MASS TIMBER BUILDING - WITH PROGRESSIVE DESIGN-BUILD

Chapter Meeting

UW Founders Hall

Join us in welcoming Robert Smith, Principal at LMN Architects in Seattle. Robert's presentation will cover the design and delivery of UW Founders Hall using progressive design-build. He will discuss the impactful decision to change to a mass timber structure during Schematic Design and its impact on embodied carbon. Robert will also discuss the team’s strategy to reduce operational carbon through careful envelope design, user comfort controls, and systems optimization.

Credit: 1 AIA LU

PRESENTER 

Robert Smith, AIA, RIBA, RIAS

Principal, LMN Architects

Robert Smith

Robert has 20 years of national and international experience working on a variety of project types, including education, office, and convention center facilities. Robert has focused on business education for the past ten years, working closely with universities’ stakeholders to determine pre-design metrics for benchmarking, project visioning, programming, design, delivery, and three post-occupancy evaluation studies. He is passionate about how well-designed facilities can help schools realize the full potential of their programs to foster collaboration and innovation. His experience gives him a unique insight into how teamwork can be used to deliver exceptional results on large, complex projects. Robert earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Washington State University as well as completed a study abroad program and received a Graduate in Professional Practice from Southbank University in London, United Kingdom.

Some of Robert’s representative projects include the Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion at the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, Founders Hall, Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, and the Summit III Office Tower.

Meeting Agenda

The Chapter Ballot closes today for elections to fill open Board positions and to approve Bylaws changes.

The nomination period opens today for Chapter awards so nominate someone who is deserving. Nominations close in May so there is time for the Awards Committee to make final selections and obtain the awards for the June Chapter meeting.

More info and a link to registration here

Location

Ivar's Acres of Clams - Pier 54
1001 Alaskan Way – Suite 102
Seattle, WA 98104