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This is the third in a series of FREE web seminars sponsored by the AIA residential Knowledge Community that will explore the ways that architects use research to enhance the health, safety, social, economic and environmental performance of buildings as well as the experiences of housing residents.
Experts in research on resilient building practices will explore their research on design and strategies that mitigate the impact of natural disasters. Stephen Schrieber, FAIA will discuss, "Mitigating the effects of hurricanes on marginal housing in Florida", which will focus on the effects of wind and flooding on mobile home parks in south Florida, with a particular emphasis on the design of manufactured housing and communities. David Perkes, AIA will discuss his research on the response of various building systems to infiltration during flood events.
There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will learn to identify various types and methods of research applicable to resilient building design.
- Participants will learn about current trends in evidence-based design for natural disaster mitigation.
- Participants will gain an understanding of various strategies for applying research on resilient design to their own practices.
- Participants will gain an understanding of the limits of and gaps in research that’s being conducted in the field and in the academy.
Speakers
Stephen Schreiber, FAIA, is a Professor and the Program Director in Architecture + Design at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (BA) and Harvard University (M.Arch).
Schreiber has served as dean/director at the school of architecture at the University of South Florida, and director of the architecture program at the University of New Mexico. His research and professional work has been published in numerous journals. Schreiber was the 2005-06 President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He is a member of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Architects.
David Perkes, AIA is an architect and Associate Professor for Mississippi State University. He is the founding director of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, a professional outreach program of the College of Architecture, Art + Design. The design studio was established soon after Hurricane Katrina and is providing planning and architectural design support to many Mississippi Gulf Coast communities and non-profit organizations. The design studio works in close partnership with the East Biloxi Coordination and Relief Center and has assisted in the renovation of hundreds of damaged homes and over fifty new house projects in East Biloxi. The Biloxi house projects were awarded an Honor Citation from the Gulf States Region AIA in 2007. Before creating the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, David was the director of the Jackson Community Design Center and taught in the School of Architecture’s fifth year program in Jackson, Mississippi for seven years. Under his leadership the Jackson Community Design Center assisted many community organizations and received numerous national and local awards, including a Mississippi AIA Honor Award for the Boys and Girls Club Camp Pavilion. A sustainable Habitat for Humanity house built in Jackson was selected by the “Show Your Green” recognition program and featured on the AIA Design Advisor. David was selected as the designer from Mississippi in January 2004 issue of International Design in which a designer is featured from each state. David has a Master of Environmental Design degree from Yale School of Architecture, a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Utah, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Utah State University. In 2004 David was awarded a Loeb Fellowship from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Kathleen Dorgan, AIA, LEED-AP, is principal of the widely recognized firm Dorgan Architecture & Planning in Storrs CT. She trained as both an architect (BS and B.Arch. Rensselaer) and an urban planner (MS Pratt). Past president of the Association for Community Design, she is a member of the adjunct faculty at Roger Williams University. She was a 2002 Loeb Fellowship, a HUD Community Builder Fellow and Executive Director of the Capitol Hill Improvement Corporation in Albany NY. Ms. Dorgan is active in local and national volunteer groups and is a frequent speaker, university instructor and writer on issues of design and community renewal. She is a member of the Design School at Harvard’s Alumni Council and the UMASS Architecture + Design Advisory Council.