UNIVERSITY OF OREGONREQUEST FOR PROPOSALA FACILITIES VISION FOR A&AABRUCE MAU DESIGN IN ASSOCIATION WITH YAZDANI STUDIO OF CANNON DESIGN & ARUP10 SEPTEMBER 2010

“I BELIEVE IN SCIENCE AND ART AND THE PRACTICE OF DESIGN THAT BRINGS THEM TOGETHER TO CHANGE THE WORLD.”

– BRUCE MAU“THIS I BELIEVE”

“I BELIEVE IN SCIENCE AND ART AND THE PRACTICE OF DESIGN THAT BRINGS THEM TOGETHER TO CHANGE THE WORLD.”

– BRUCE MAU“THIS I BELIEVE”

Dear Mr. Ramey,

It is our pleasure to submit the following proposal at this exciting and transformational moment for A&AA; as you look to the future and strive to define how you’ll shape the school for the complexity and intercon-nectedness of 21st century education.

When we became aware of your search for collaborators to explore and define a path for the evolution and development of the school, we recognized an alignment of values and cultures between our organizations. Your dedication to environmental sustainability, international understanding, and cross-disciplinary educa-tion is reflective of the practice of the three firms we have brought together for this purpose. Our team includes visionary leaders in design, education, architecture, planning, and sustainable building to envision the possibilities for an incredibly creative and productive learning environment.

TeamThe team, to be led by Bruce Mau Design, in conjunction with Arup and Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design, bring to this project a wealth of experience not only in higher education, but across nearly all of the disci-plines represented at A&AA.

BMD has worked with universities, corporations, cities, and even countries to help them envision their greatest purpose and highest potential. On this project, BMD will lead the research, facilitation and story-telling components of the vision.

Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design is renowned for our work in designing educational environments at the intersection of art and function, and will provide contextual background for the physical environment as well as providing planning and design leadership.

Meanwhile, Arup bring to the team unprecedented experience in sustainable building and infrastructure planning projects from around the world. This depth of knowledge in higher education and innovative development across the spectrum of the built environment will ensure that this project is informed with an understanding of leading edge practice and emerging technologies.

CollaboraTionFor decades, our team have been using design to take on important questions in an exchange that is open, inventive, and productive. As part of our own individual practices, these three firms have long known the power of collaboration and the elegance of interdisciplinary design. Having jointly worked together on projects including the co-authorship of the recently published book The Third Teacher as well as the realiza-tion of a new kind of civic institution in our work on The Seattle Public Library, BMD, Cannon and Arup bring to this initiative the best talent in a seamless project team.

making The Vision a realiTyThough the scope of this project is currently limited to the exploration and definition of the vision, our long-term collective aim extends to making your vision a reality. If selected to work on this project with your team, we will do so with a mind to providing a strategy for the future – to ensure the School of Architecture and Allied Arts is ultimately realized in built form.

We sincerely hope we’ll have an opportunity to work with you in crafting an inspirational, ambitious and ultimately achievable vision for A&AA.

Hunter Tura Stephen Johnson Erin McConaheyPresident & CEO Partner PartnerBruce Mau Design Cannon Design ARUP

Dear Mr. Ramey,

It is our pleasure to submit the following proposal at this exciting and transformational moment for A&AA; as you look to the future and strive to define how you’ll shape the school for the complexity and intercon-nectedness of 21st century education.

When we became aware of your search for collaborators to explore and define a path for the evolution and development of the school, we recognized an alignment of values and cultures between our organizations. Your dedication to environmental sustainability, international understanding, and cross-disciplinary educa-tion is reflective of the practice of the three firms we have brought together for this purpose. Our team includes visionary leaders in design, education, architecture, planning, and sustainable building to envision the possibilities for an incredibly creative and productive learning environment.

TeamThe team, to be led by Bruce Mau Design, in conjunction with Arup and Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design, bring to this project a wealth of experience not only in higher education, but across nearly all of the disci-plines represented at A&AA.

BMD has worked with universities, corporations, cities, and even countries to help them envision their greatest purpose and highest potential. On this project, BMD will lead the research, facilitation and story-telling components of the vision.

Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design is renowned for our work in designing educational environments at the intersection of art and function, and will provide contextual background for the physical environment as well as providing planning and design leadership.

Meanwhile, Arup bring to the team unprecedented experience in sustainable building and infrastructure planning projects from around the world. This depth of knowledge in higher education and innovative development across the spectrum of the built environment will ensure that this project is informed with an understanding of leading edge practice and emerging technologies.

CollaboraTionFor decades, our team have been using design to take on important questions in an exchange that is open, inventive, and productive. As part of our own individual practices, these three firms have long known the power of collaboration and the elegance of interdisciplinary design. Having jointly worked together on projects including the co-authorship of the recently published book The Third Teacher as well as the realiza-tion of a new kind of civic institution in our work on The Seattle Public Library, BMD, Cannon and Arup bring to this initiative the best talent in a seamless project team.

making The Vision a realiTyThough the scope of this project is currently limited to the exploration and definition of the vision, our long-term collective aim extends to making your vision a reality. If selected to work on this project with your team, we will do so with a mind to providing a strategy for the future – to ensure the School of Architecture and Allied Arts is ultimately realized in built form.

We sincerely hope we’ll have an opportunity to work with you in crafting an inspirational, ambitious and ultimately achievable vision for A&AA.

Hunter Tura Stephen Johnson Erin McConaheyPresident & CEO Partner PartnerBruce Mau Design Cannon Design ARUP

APPROACH

APPROACH

THINKBIGA vision needs to be transcendent enough to guide the many initiatives that your School will undertake. It needs to be galvanizing and inspirational but also rich enough to drive the practical and tangible implications of that vision.

LISTEN CLOSELyNot all educational cultures are the same. Creating a vision that is unique to your School’s perspective, history and future aspirations requires deep listening and empathy with a broad range of stakeholders. We design different types of engagement that captures the voice of your stakeholders to understand the whole story in all its rich potential. Listening closely to the stories, experiences, aspirations, and reactions of the many people invested in your School ensures that the work will resonate and connect deeply.

COLLABORATE & SyNTHESIzEWe have assembled a multi-disciplinary team with deep experience in education design, architecture, in-novation, storytelling, and sustainability. Engaging in a deeply collaborative process that weaves together a variety of perspectives around a central design core will enrich the project and ensure that we arrive at a vision that is rich, robust, and compelling.

ENVISION OUR FUTUREWe need to investigate what it means to be designers, artists, and educators in the 21st century. An understanding of the potential of design and arts education will allow us to articulate a vision for now and the decades to come; to create curricula that foster inquiry and innovation; and to build environments that continue to nurture creativity and collaboration.

THINKBIGA vision needs to be transcendent enough to guide the many initiatives that your School will undertake. It needs to be galvanizing and inspirational but also rich enough to drive the practical and tangible implications of that vision.

LISTEN CLOSELyNot all educational cultures are the same. Creating a vision that is unique to your School’s perspective, history and future aspirations requires deep listening and empathy with a broad range of stakeholders. We design different types of engagement that captures the voice of your stakeholders to understand the whole story in all its rich potential. Listening closely to the stories, experiences, aspirations, and reactions of the many people invested in your School ensures that the work will resonate and connect deeply.

COLLABORATE & SyNTHESIzEWe have assembled a multi-disciplinary team with deep experience in education design, architecture, in-novation, storytelling, and sustainability. Engaging in a deeply collaborative process that weaves together a variety of perspectives around a central design core will enrich the project and ensure that we arrive at a vision that is rich, robust, and compelling.

ENVISION OUR FUTUREWe need to investigate what it means to be designers, artists, and educators in the 21st century. An understanding of the potential of design and arts education will allow us to articulate a vision for now and the decades to come; to create curricula that foster inquiry and innovation; and to build environments that continue to nurture creativity and collaboration.

PROJECT TEAM

PROJECT TEAM

Bruce Mau | Chairman & FoUnDer | bmD Visionary and world-leading innovator Bruce Mau is the Chairman and Founder of Bruce Mau Design. His clients include Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, MTV, Arizona State University, New Meadowlands Stadium, Frank Gehry and Herman Miller. Since founding the studio in 1985, Bruce has used design and optimism to origi-nate, innovate, and renovate businesses, brands, products, and experiences. As a recognized author and publisher of award-winning books, Bruce created the celebrated Zone Books series and S,M,L,XL in collabo-ration with Rem Koolhaas. Now viral, Bruce’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth inspires thousands with its articulation of design strategies to unleash creativity. His newest book, The Third Teacher (co-authored with OWP/P Architects/Cannon Design and VS Furniture), proposes 79 ways that design can transform teaching and learning.

Inspired by the conviction that the future demands a new breed of designer, Mau founded the Institute without Boundaries—a groundbreaking studio-based postgraduate program. This became the engine for Massive Change, an ambitious travelling exhibition, publication, and educational program series on the power and possibility of design. Through his wildly progressive work, Bruce proves that the power of design is boundless, and that designers have the capacity to bring positive change on a global scale. Working with his team of designers, clients, and collaborators throughout the world, Bruce continues to pursue the big question, “now that we can do anything, what will we do?” Bruce is currently working on a book about the intersection of arts, science and technology.

Hunter tura | PresiDenT & Ceo | bmD Hunter has just recently joined BMD as President + CEO. In this role, he is responsible for the overall opera-tion of the business, strengthening the way the studio serves clients and expanding new business efforts. Prior to joining BMD, Hutner was Managing Director at 2x4, Inc., where he was responsible for leading op-erational and strategic business efforts in the U.S. and China. Before his time at 2x4, Inc, Hunter was an ar-chitect at Rockwell Group/Studio Red and principal of his own architecture firm. He has worked in the office of AMO/Rem Koolhaas and has served on the design faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation and the Boston Architectural College. He holds a Master of Architec-ture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Hunter’s art and design work have been exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem. He is a Trustee of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in New York City and has served as a member of the Exhibitions Committee of the Architectural League of New York.

BRUCE MAU DESIGN INC.

Over 25 years of creative design, the Bruce Mau Design studio has used design to learn and discover, to originate and innovate. Our diversely creative team spans an eclectic range of backgrounds including graphic design, architecture, writing, engineering, publishing, filmmaking, and marketing. We are radically optimistic. Our purpose is possibility. Our commitment is to explore—deeply, fully, broadly, and in the most adventurous spirit—the potential to create real lasting value. Our highly developed collaborative process encourages extensive stake-holder participation in the creation of concepts as well as seeking, synthesizing, and refining content through research and dialogue. Regardless of the type of work we undertake, we consistently define new and effective ways of communi-cating in an ever-changing visual culture. We use a creative and analytical design method to invent and visualize the highest purpose. We are careful to take risks.

Laura Stein | assoCiaTe CreaTiVe DireCTor | bmD As a lead designer in the Toronto studio, Laura provides overall creative and strategic direction for a broad range of projects: brand and identity design, communication strategies, video and motion graphics, interac-tive design, book editorial, and graphic design. Most recently, Laura led her team through a multi-faceted long term project in support of Arizona State University. This work included a communications framework, brand identity, launch strategy, and galvanizing video. Her most recent book project, The Third Teacher, is an examination of the impact of our physical environment on education an has recently been published by Abrams Books. She is currently working on projects in television media that include the vision, program-ming, and communications for a new network. Laura holds degrees from McGill University and the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design.

cHriStina BagataviciuS | ProjeCT DireCTor | bmDChristina is the management lead for a design team in the studio, providing strategic and business leader-ship across major projects and accounts. Since joining BMD, she has worked with Harpo Studios, Quiksilver, Arizona State University, and the Mayo Clinic. The projects she leads range from visioning and exhibition design to brand identities, cultural research, and communications strategies. Prior to joining BMD, Christina worked at the Tate Gallery in London, England as the Head of Interpretation, where she was responsible for developing all contextual materials for blockbuster exhibitions and an overall strategy around storytell-ing and the visitor experience. She is also a freelance writer for a range of cultural publications. Christina completed her Masters degree with distinction in Art History at University College London in England and earned a bachelors degree in Philosophy at McGill University, Montreal.

KriStina LjuBanovic | Designer | bmDKristina received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Toronto and was the recipient of the Irving Grossman prize for her thesis work, which proposed the cultivation of market-driven mythologies around an historically relevant site on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Kristina also holds a Specialist degree in Architectural Studies from the U of T. Kristina joined Bruce Mau Design in 2006. Since then, she has worked on various signage and wayfinding programs, including the recently renovated Art Gallery of Ontario in col-laboration with Frank Gehry’s office in LA, editorial and content development for The Third Teacher, a book on design’s potentially transformative impact on education, exhibit and exhibit graphic design for Xochi-milco, an Aquarium in Mexico City, as well as a number of communication strategies and brand identities. Currently Kristina is working on the vision and exhibition design for the soon to be built city of KaCare (King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy) in Saudi Arabia.

aManda HappÉ | Designer | bmDSince joining the studio in 2004, Amanda has worked on a broad range of projects with a focus on strat-egy, branding, and video-based media. With a propensity for big-picture visioning and narrative building, Amanda has developed communications programs for such clients as Arizona State University, The Nature Conservancy, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Most recently, Amanda has led the production of a docu-mentary video for ASU, and the development of a strategic vision for a partnership between the Mayo Clinic and ASU, which involved workshop design and facilitation. She is currently leading the production of a com-munications video for Rutgers University as they prepare to launch an ambitious capital campaign. Amanda initiated and maintains an ongoing collaborative relationship between Bruce Mau Design and OCAD Uni-versity that brings design students into the studio to experience new methods, practices, and ideas. Before joining BMD, Amanda coordinated a contemporary art gallery, and remains embedded in Toronto’s creative community through contemporary arts writing and an active painting practice. Amanda holds a degree in Fine Art from Queen’s University.

Bruce Mau | Chairman & FoUnDer | bmD Visionary and world-leading innovator Bruce Mau is the Chairman and Founder of Bruce Mau Design. His clients include Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, MTV, Arizona State University, New Meadowlands Stadium, Frank Gehry and Herman Miller. Since founding the studio in 1985, Bruce has used design and optimism to origi-nate, innovate, and renovate businesses, brands, products, and experiences. As a recognized author and publisher of award-winning books, Bruce created the celebrated Zone Books series and S,M,L,XL in collabo-ration with Rem Koolhaas. Now viral, Bruce’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth inspires thousands with its articulation of design strategies to unleash creativity. His newest book, The Third Teacher (co-authored with OWP/P Architects/Cannon Design and VS Furniture), proposes 79 ways that design can transform teaching and learning.

Inspired by the conviction that the future demands a new breed of designer, Mau founded the Institute without Boundaries—a groundbreaking studio-based postgraduate program. This became the engine for Massive Change, an ambitious travelling exhibition, publication, and educational program series on the power and possibility of design. Through his wildly progressive work, Bruce proves that the power of design is boundless, and that designers have the capacity to bring positive change on a global scale. Working with his team of designers, clients, and collaborators throughout the world, Bruce continues to pursue the big question, “now that we can do anything, what will we do?” Bruce is currently working on a book about the intersection of arts, science and technology.

Hunter tura | PresiDenT & Ceo | bmD Hunter has just recently joined BMD as President + CEO. In this role, he is responsible for the overall opera-tion of the business, strengthening the way the studio serves clients and expanding new business efforts. Prior to joining BMD, Hutner was Managing Director at 2x4, Inc., where he was responsible for leading op-erational and strategic business efforts in the U.S. and China. Before his time at 2x4, Inc, Hunter was an ar-chitect at Rockwell Group/Studio Red and principal of his own architecture firm. He has worked in the office of AMO/Rem Koolhaas and has served on the design faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation and the Boston Architectural College. He holds a Master of Architec-ture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Hunter’s art and design work have been exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem. He is a Trustee of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in New York City and has served as a member of the Exhibitions Committee of the Architectural League of New York.

BRUCE MAU DESIGN INC.

Over 25 years of creative design, the Bruce Mau Design studio has used design to learn and discover, to originate and innovate. Our diversely creative team spans an eclectic range of backgrounds including graphic design, architecture, writing, engineering, publishing, filmmaking, and marketing. We are radically optimistic. Our purpose is possibility. Our commitment is to explore—deeply, fully, broadly, and in the most adventurous spirit—the potential to create real lasting value. Our highly developed collaborative process encourages extensive stake-holder participation in the creation of concepts as well as seeking, synthesizing, and refining content through research and dialogue. Regardless of the type of work we undertake, we consistently define new and effective ways of communi-cating in an ever-changing visual culture. We use a creative and analytical design method to invent and visualize the highest purpose. We are careful to take risks.

Laura Stein | assoCiaTe CreaTiVe DireCTor | bmD As a lead designer in the Toronto studio, Laura provides overall creative and strategic direction for a broad range of projects: brand and identity design, communication strategies, video and motion graphics, interac-tive design, book editorial, and graphic design. Most recently, Laura led her team through a multi-faceted long term project in support of Arizona State University. This work included a communications framework, brand identity, launch strategy, and galvanizing video. Her most recent book project, The Third Teacher, is an examination of the impact of our physical environment on education an has recently been published by Abrams Books. She is currently working on projects in television media that include the vision, program-ming, and communications for a new network. Laura holds degrees from McGill University and the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design.

cHriStina BagataviciuS | ProjeCT DireCTor | bmDChristina is the management lead for a design team in the studio, providing strategic and business leader-ship across major projects and accounts. Since joining BMD, she has worked with Harpo Studios, Quiksilver, Arizona State University, and the Mayo Clinic. The projects she leads range from visioning and exhibition design to brand identities, cultural research, and communications strategies. Prior to joining BMD, Christina worked at the Tate Gallery in London, England as the Head of Interpretation, where she was responsible for developing all contextual materials for blockbuster exhibitions and an overall strategy around storytell-ing and the visitor experience. She is also a freelance writer for a range of cultural publications. Christina completed her Masters degree with distinction in Art History at University College London in England and earned a bachelors degree in Philosophy at McGill University, Montreal.

KriStina LjuBanovic | Designer | bmDKristina received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Toronto and was the recipient of the Irving Grossman prize for her thesis work, which proposed the cultivation of market-driven mythologies around an historically relevant site on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Kristina also holds a Specialist degree in Architectural Studies from the U of T. Kristina joined Bruce Mau Design in 2006. Since then, she has worked on various signage and wayfinding programs, including the recently renovated Art Gallery of Ontario in col-laboration with Frank Gehry’s office in LA, editorial and content development for The Third Teacher, a book on design’s potentially transformative impact on education, exhibit and exhibit graphic design for Xochi-milco, an Aquarium in Mexico City, as well as a number of communication strategies and brand identities. Currently Kristina is working on the vision and exhibition design for the soon to be built city of KaCare (King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy) in Saudi Arabia.

aManda HappÉ | Designer | bmDSince joining the studio in 2004, Amanda has worked on a broad range of projects with a focus on strat-egy, branding, and video-based media. With a propensity for big-picture visioning and narrative building, Amanda has developed communications programs for such clients as Arizona State University, The Nature Conservancy, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Most recently, Amanda has led the production of a docu-mentary video for ASU, and the development of a strategic vision for a partnership between the Mayo Clinic and ASU, which involved workshop design and facilitation. She is currently leading the production of a com-munications video for Rutgers University as they prepare to launch an ambitious capital campaign. Amanda initiated and maintains an ongoing collaborative relationship between Bruce Mau Design and OCAD Uni-versity that brings design students into the studio to experience new methods, practices, and ideas. Before joining BMD, Amanda coordinated a contemporary art gallery, and remains embedded in Toronto’s creative community through contemporary arts writing and an active painting practice. Amanda holds a degree in Fine Art from Queen’s University.

erin McconaHey | PrinCiPalErin’s passion for finding integrated design solutions through a collaborative design process began with de-grees in both mechanical and structural engineering, and has resulted in the success of Arup projects ranging from museums to airports, schools to laboratories. She has crafted tools and training to drive interdisciplin-ary coordination and has co-led the regional design school for 7 years. Erin’s extensive technical knowledge of innovative and energy-saving solutions is coupled with her commitment to a whole life cycle solution and a complete design cycle approach; present from concept design through construction. She brings a sophis-ticated understanding, balancing mechanical system and façade options in order to predict and maximize energy savings at early phases in a project.

corMac deavy, ceng | PrinCiPal, seaTTle groUP leaDerCormac is a structural engineer leading Arup Seattle’s multi-disciplinary engineering group. Since joining ARUP from university, Cormac has worked on the design, specification, and construction of a variety of industrial, commercial, institutional and civil engineering projects across the world. He has a particular interest in the built form and the integrated solution of architecture, structure and building services. Cormac is experi-enced in the use of a variety of materials including stainless steel, aluminium bronze, timber and glass as well as the more traditional materials.

CANNON DESIGN

Canon Design is an ideas based practice. We explore new ideas to create built environments that enhance human culture and improve the quality of life wher-ever we work. We believe that design is far more than the ultimate object of a project however extraordinary the object may be. Design is embedded in why a project exists; what it does; how it imparts value to all its constituents; how it may almost inevitably change; how it may even change the world. We seek to work with clients who share our commitment to quality, and foster the development of long-term relationships based on the trust we earn through our performance. We commit ourselves to a process of continuous quality improvement, using the power of our imagination, knowledge, and experience to contribute to our clients’ success. For nearly two decades, Cannon Design has been creating meaningful built environments in a culture where invention and creative talent flourish.

ARUP

Arup’s approach to working with clients is always based on collaboration and inclusion. Our team of engineers, designers and consulting professionals are highly qualified in their respective fields and have experience working to apply this technical knowledge in inventive ways. Arup staff work in integrated design groups comprising engineers of the major disciplines, bringing innovation and design quality to all of our projects. Our collaborative teamwork, often based on informal workshops with the client’s representatives and stakeholders, is very effective at developing cost beneficial solutions. Sustainability is an integral focus in everything we do. Our sustainable solutions are based on the corner-stones of environmental integrity, economic viability, social welfare and efficient use of resources. Our knowledge of issues surrounding sustainable design en-ables us to advise clients and collaborators about the opportunities to develop sustainable solutions appropriate to each project. These foundations have made Arup a pioneer in the sustainable building and planning fields in the US and around the world.

MeHrdad yazdani | leaD DesignerFor most of his design career, Mehrdad has practiced at the intersection of the large office and the small studio. Named by Progressive Architecture magazine as one of the world’s top emerging architects just three years after earning his Master of Architecture, Mehrdad has succeeded in bringing a design sensibility characteristic of boutique firms to a broad portfolio of significant public buildings. Prior to graduating from Harvard’s GSD in 1987, Mehrdad received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Today, as a principal of Cannon Design’s national practice and Design Director of the west coast-based Yazdani Studio, Mehrdad is a respected member of the international design community. His architec-ture continues to exhibit the delicate balance between art and function.

StepHen joHnSon, Faia | ProjeCT PrinCiPalStephen brings special expertise in working with visual and performing arts facilities, particularly in civic and campus settings. He has led the design of transformative educational environments over three decades. His work on over 50 campuses worldwide has been recognized with international honors, ranging from in-novative learning centers to entirely new campuses in the United States, the Middle East, India, and China. He is currently planning India’s first truly sustainable “eco-campus”. Stephen is a frequent speaker at edu-cational conferences on the topics of technology and humanism, emerging trends in learning, and how the digital revolution impacts library design.

trung Le, aia | aCaDemiC ThoUghT leaDer/PlannerLe is a pioneer of Cannon Design’s education practice and has an incessant energy and passion for learning. Le is widely recognized as an advocate for incorporating multiple intelligences and learning styles in the de-sign of education environments. As the lead designer for Cannon Design’s education group, he successfully creates spaces that encourage students to be socially conscious. Le creates spaces encouraging student inquiry, imagination, and a sense of what it means to be part of a global community. During his 20-year ca-reer, he has incorporated multiple intelligences and learning styles in the design of education environments. His design philosophy has yielded awards from the Chicago and national chapters of the AIA and has been featured in such publications as Architectural Record, Contract Design, and Edutopia.

erin McconaHey | PrinCiPalErin’s passion for finding integrated design solutions through a collaborative design process began with de-grees in both mechanical and structural engineering, and has resulted in the success of Arup projects ranging from museums to airports, schools to laboratories. She has crafted tools and training to drive interdisciplin-ary coordination and has co-led the regional design school for 7 years. Erin’s extensive technical knowledge of innovative and energy-saving solutions is coupled with her commitment to a whole life cycle solution and a complete design cycle approach; present from concept design through construction. She brings a sophis-ticated understanding, balancing mechanical system and façade options in order to predict and maximize energy savings at early phases in a project.

corMac deavy, ceng | PrinCiPal, seaTTle groUP leaDerCormac is a structural engineer leading Arup Seattle’s multi-disciplinary engineering group. Since joining ARUP from university, Cormac has worked on the design, specification, and construction of a variety of industrial, commercial, institutional and civil engineering projects across the world. He has a particular interest in the built form and the integrated solution of architecture, structure and building services. Cormac is experi-enced in the use of a variety of materials including stainless steel, aluminium bronze, timber and glass as well as the more traditional materials.

CANNON DESIGN

Canon Design is an ideas based practice. We explore new ideas to create built environments that enhance human culture and improve the quality of life wher-ever we work. We believe that design is far more than the ultimate object of a project however extraordinary the object may be. Design is embedded in why a project exists; what it does; how it imparts value to all its constituents; how it may almost inevitably change; how it may even change the world. We seek to work with clients who share our commitment to quality, and foster the development of long-term relationships based on the trust we earn through our performance. We commit ourselves to a process of continuous quality improvement, using the power of our imagination, knowledge, and experience to contribute to our clients’ success. For nearly two decades, Cannon Design has been creating meaningful built environments in a culture where invention and creative talent flourish.

ARUP

Arup’s approach to working with clients is always based on collaboration and inclusion. Our team of engineers, designers and consulting professionals are highly qualified in their respective fields and have experience working to apply this technical knowledge in inventive ways. Arup staff work in integrated design groups comprising engineers of the major disciplines, bringing innovation and design quality to all of our projects. Our collaborative teamwork, often based on informal workshops with the client’s representatives and stakeholders, is very effective at developing cost beneficial solutions. Sustainability is an integral focus in everything we do. Our sustainable solutions are based on the corner-stones of environmental integrity, economic viability, social welfare and efficient use of resources. Our knowledge of issues surrounding sustainable design en-ables us to advise clients and collaborators about the opportunities to develop sustainable solutions appropriate to each project. These foundations have made Arup a pioneer in the sustainable building and planning fields in the US and around the world.

MeHrdad yazdani | leaD DesignerFor most of his design career, Mehrdad has practiced at the intersection of the large office and the small studio. Named by Progressive Architecture magazine as one of the world’s top emerging architects just three years after earning his Master of Architecture, Mehrdad has succeeded in bringing a design sensibility characteristic of boutique firms to a broad portfolio of significant public buildings. Prior to graduating from Harvard’s GSD in 1987, Mehrdad received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Today, as a principal of Cannon Design’s national practice and Design Director of the west coast-based Yazdani Studio, Mehrdad is a respected member of the international design community. His architec-ture continues to exhibit the delicate balance between art and function.

StepHen joHnSon, Faia | ProjeCT PrinCiPalStephen brings special expertise in working with visual and performing arts facilities, particularly in civic and campus settings. He has led the design of transformative educational environments over three decades. His work on over 50 campuses worldwide has been recognized with international honors, ranging from in-novative learning centers to entirely new campuses in the United States, the Middle East, India, and China. He is currently planning India’s first truly sustainable “eco-campus”. Stephen is a frequent speaker at edu-cational conferences on the topics of technology and humanism, emerging trends in learning, and how the digital revolution impacts library design.

trung Le, aia | aCaDemiC ThoUghT leaDer/PlannerLe is a pioneer of Cannon Design’s education practice and has an incessant energy and passion for learning. Le is widely recognized as an advocate for incorporating multiple intelligences and learning styles in the de-sign of education environments. As the lead designer for Cannon Design’s education group, he successfully creates spaces that encourage students to be socially conscious. Le creates spaces encouraging student inquiry, imagination, and a sense of what it means to be part of a global community. During his 20-year ca-reer, he has incorporated multiple intelligences and learning styles in the design of education environments. His design philosophy has yielded awards from the Chicago and national chapters of the AIA and has been featured in such publications as Architectural Record, Contract Design, and Edutopia.

PROJECT PLAN

PROJECT PLAN

1 KicKoFF: sTarT Day

• Kick off meeting with A&AA and project team leads • Discuss broadly A&AA’s mission and values• Determine stakeholders key to the project, roles and responsibilities, including advisory board• Establish project plan – objectives, deliverables and confirm schedule• Identify groups for facilitated conversations, individuals for interviews • Identify project barriers and opportunities specific to the scope of this project • Confirm dates for research trip and work sessions

2 reSearcH : 3 Weeks

• Site visit, tour of current facilities, audit of curriculum as well as classes in each of the disciplines to better understand current pedagogy and culture• Facilitated and recorded conversations with key groups including with current students, future students, staff, faculty, design professionals, as identified at kickoff• Web-based questionnaire/discussion to include entire school, alumni outreach, community stakeholders, TBD pending discussion with client• Review of any relevant A&AA materials• 6-8 interviews with key stakeholders to better understand school’s current and desired educational experiences, goals and aspirations, workflow, current and anticipated spatial needs• Exploration of forward-thinking and best in class educational spaces and tools through case studies and precedents • Exploration of leading-edge educational and corporate architecture with a focus on emerging technology and sustainable materials and processes

PROJECT PLAN & FEES

FinaL viSion & deSign BrieF deLivery: 2 Weeks

• refinements based on feedback from presentation• further development of design brief

deLiveraBLe:• inspirational vision document in the form of a highly visual presentation, designed to be shared with stakeholders• clearly articulated design brief document to guide development of new learning environments

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3MaSter WorK SeSSion: 2 Weeks

• Synthesis of research material• Prep and design work session with A&AA and project team• Full day collaborative working session with key stakeholders and project team leads. This would include a presentation of research findings for feedback as well as a collaborative session that would begin the articulation of an overarching vision for A&AA.

deLiveraBLe: • Presentation with key insights from the research to include findings from stakeholder groups, interviews, community outreach combined with inspirational precedents • Full day collaborative work session with key stakeholders providing deep engagement in the process as well as outcome

viSion deveLopMent: 3 Weeks

• Refinement of sketch articulation of a vision • Exploration into how this vision would provide the anchor and baseline for thinking about new environments, curricula, programs and organizations. • Development of design principles that would support this vision and that would also guide the design of a forward-thinking and collaboration-supporting learning environment• Draft of vision document• Preparation of editorial structure and design of report

deLiveraBLe:• Presentation of first draft of vision document that would articulate A&AA’s vision, design principles and its implications for development of new environments, curricula, programs • Draft of a tailored design brief for future development of new learning environments.

Key deLiveraBLeS

VISION DOCUMENT: Final inspirational vision document in the form of a highly visual presentation, designed to be shared with stakeholders.

DESIGN BRIEF: Clearly articulated design brief document to guide development of new learning environments.

FeeS

Please consider this preliminary proposal as a springboard for further discussion that we can refine together. For the purposes of this initial proposal we have provided a description of what the full scope could look like, while recognizing that this could be modified if need be. We are genuinely enthusiastic about this project and would be open to discussing the fee and scope further with you, should you choose to work with us.

The total fee as outlined for Vision Document and Design brief is $250,000 UsD.

1 KicKoFF: sTarT Day

• Kick off meeting with A&AA and project team leads • Discuss broadly A&AA’s mission and values• Determine stakeholders key to the project, roles and responsibilities, including advisory board• Establish project plan – objectives, deliverables and confirm schedule• Identify groups for facilitated conversations, individuals for interviews • Identify project barriers and opportunities specific to the scope of this project • Confirm dates for research trip and work sessions

2 reSearcH : 3 Weeks

• Site visit, tour of current facilities, audit of curriculum as well as classes in each of the disciplines to better understand current pedagogy and culture• Facilitated and recorded conversations with key groups including with current students, future students, staff, faculty, design professionals, as identified at kickoff• Web-based questionnaire/discussion to include entire school, alumni outreach, community stakeholders, TBD pending discussion with client• Review of any relevant A&AA materials• 6-8 interviews with key stakeholders to better understand school’s current and desired educational experiences, goals and aspirations, workflow, current and anticipated spatial needs• Exploration of forward-thinking and best in class educational spaces and tools through case studies and precedents • Exploration of leading-edge educational and corporate architecture with a focus on emerging technology and sustainable materials and processes

PROJECT PLAN & FEES

FinaL viSion & deSign BrieF deLivery: 2 Weeks

• refinements based on feedback from presentation• further development of design brief

deLiveraBLe:• inspirational vision document in the form of a highly visual presentation, designed to be shared with stakeholders• clearly articulated design brief document to guide development of new learning environments

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3MaSter WorK SeSSion: 2 Weeks

• Synthesis of research material• Prep and design work session with A&AA and project team• Full day collaborative working session with key stakeholders and project team leads. This would include a presentation of research findings for feedback as well as a collaborative session that would begin the articulation of an overarching vision for A&AA.

deLiveraBLe: • Presentation with key insights from the research to include findings from stakeholder groups, interviews, community outreach combined with inspirational precedents • Full day collaborative work session with key stakeholders providing deep engagement in the process as well as outcome

viSion deveLopMent: 3 Weeks

• Refinement of sketch articulation of a vision • Exploration into how this vision would provide the anchor and baseline for thinking about new environments, curricula, programs and organizations. • Development of design principles that would support this vision and that would also guide the design of a forward-thinking and collaboration-supporting learning environment• Draft of vision document• Preparation of editorial structure and design of report

deLiveraBLe:• Presentation of first draft of vision document that would articulate A&AA’s vision, design principles and its implications for development of new environments, curricula, programs • Draft of a tailored design brief for future development of new learning environments.

Key deLiveraBLeS

VISION DOCUMENT: Final inspirational vision document in the form of a highly visual presentation, designed to be shared with stakeholders.

DESIGN BRIEF: Clearly articulated design brief document to guide development of new learning environments.

FeeS

Please consider this preliminary proposal as a springboard for further discussion that we can refine together. For the purposes of this initial proposal we have provided a description of what the full scope could look like, while recognizing that this could be modified if need be. We are genuinely enthusiastic about this project and would be open to discussing the fee and scope further with you, should you choose to work with us.

KICKOFF & RESEARCH

MASTER WORK SESSION

VISION DEVELOPMENT

FINAL VISION &DESIGN BRIEF

3 Weeks 2 Weeks 3 Weeks 2 Weeks

KicKoFFKick off meeting with AAA and project team leads

Site viSitTour facilities and audit curriculum

intervieWS6-8 interviews with key stakeholders

converSationSFacilitated conversations with key groups

draFt oF viSion docRefinement of vision explorations

WeB-BaSed diScuSSionBroad conversation with community stakeholders

draFt viSion preSentation Articulation of A&AA’s vision and design principles

draFt oF deSign BrieF For future development of new learning environments

deSign principLeS Development of principles that would support the vision

viSion eXpLorationS Explorations and development of the vision that will provide the anchor for all future think-ing and work

inSpirationaL viSion docuMent/preSentationExciting visual presentation designed to be shared with stakeholders

deSign BrieFClearly articulated design brief to guide future development

coLLaBoration SeSSion

Full day collaborative working session with

key stakeholders

SyntHeSiS oF reSearcH

Prep and design work session with AAA project team

PROJECT PLAN

KICKOFF & RESEARCH

MASTER WORK SESSION

VISION DEVELOPMENT

FINAL VISION &DESIGN BRIEF

3 Weeks 2 Weeks 3 Weeks 2 Weeks

KicKoFFKick off meeting with AAA and project team leads

Site viSitTour facilities and audit curriculum

intervieWS6-8 interviews with key stakeholders

converSationSFacilitated conversations with key groups

draFt oF viSion docRefinement of vision explorations

WeB-BaSed diScuSSionBroad conversation with community stakeholders

draFt viSion preSentation Articulation of A&AA’s vision and design principles

draFt oF deSign BrieF For future development of new learning environments

deSign principLeS Development of principles that would support the vision

viSion eXpLorationS Explorations and development of the vision that will provide the anchor for all future think-ing and work

inSpirationaL viSion docuMent/preSentationExciting visual presentation designed to be shared with stakeholders

deSign BrieFClearly articulated design brief to guide future development

coLLaBoration SeSSion

Full day collaborative working session with

key stakeholders

SyntHeSiS oF reSearcH

Prep and design work session with AAA project team

PROJECT PLAN

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BMD worked collaboratively with university leaders to arrive at a strategic framework that focuses on the challenges we face in the 21st century and ASU’s commitment to meeting them. As part of this process, BMD helped excavate and frame the university’s new brand values and vision. BMD worked with ASU to translate this new brand visually and verbally, providing guidelines for a new brand program that would communicate the vision and inspire their diverse stakeholders. BMD continues to work with ASU, consulting at key moments and designing strategic communication pieces, including a launch event, galvanizing brand video, and challenges website.

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Addressed to anyone who has school-age children in their life, from educators and education decision-makers to parents, this book is intended to ignite a blaze of discussion and initiative about environment as an essential element of learning.

With its wealth of excerpts, interviews, and facts from practitioners and experts in a wide range of edu-cational endeavors, this book works as a resource. Use it to connect with the many organizations and individuals who are dedicated to innovating and improving teaching and learning. With its 79 practical ideas for how you can use design to transform teaching and learning, this book acts as a manual. Use it as a practical how-to guide in your own efforts to improve our schools.

With its collection of case studies showcasing real-life examples of schools that have used design in trans-formative ways, this book is a starting point. Use it to inspire ideas and start conversations that will fuel the growing movement to make better places for teaching and learning.

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CASE STUDY: CANNON DESIGN CASE STUDY: CANNON DESIGN

Completed in 1989, Price Center provided a destination ‘center’ for the north end of sprawling UCSD. As student traffic and buildings around increased, the center became incapable of adequately serving its com-munity. In 2003, students passed a referendum to significantly expand the union and create a better connec-tion to the evolving urban fabric. The existing plan was developed with an “introverted” configuration—a central courtyard with internally focused program elements— which established a powerful sense of place. Our solution was to create an “extroverted,” highly permeable addition offering many points of entry and features such as plazas and monumental staircases that engage the building’s surroundings and enrich the street experience. The $53 million, 172,000 sf addition’s hulking form is broken into parts to avoid the monolithic massing often found in this typology. These parts of varying scales thrust and retreat in response to circulation patterns. Utilizing the slope of the site, the addition has two “ground floors,” enhancing the accessibility of both the existing facility and the expansion. The addition expands the bookstore, retail spaces, foodservice, student organizations, and reinforces the primary pedestrian circulation paths linking the campus. The addition’s character and multiple entry points aid the transformation of the surrounding University Center neighbor-hood into a “town center”: a lively, pedestrian-oriented area with a distinctive urban quality, serving as hub for many activities and the heart of the campus. At the core, is a four-story 56-foot tall atrium, a counter-point to the original Price Center’s courtyard. A Barbara Kruger mural invigorates the space. The connection to the existing center is reinforced with a 66,000 sf renovation.

Global Heart and Vascular Institute (GHVI) and University at the Buffalo Clinical Translational Research Center. The Global Heart and Vascular Institute (GHVI) is a one-of-a-kind facility planned as a cornerstone of a world-class academic medical center being developed by Kaleida Health Systems and the University Of Buffalo School Of Medicine. The 476,500 sf facility spans 10 floors and is intended to bring people—patients, surgeons and researchers—together for the exchange of knowledge and growth. From the outset, the design of GHVI focused on the key themes of collaboration, flexibility and comfort. Kaleida Health Systems sought a structure that would bridge clinical and research work and bring together all vascular disciplines. It desired a world-class institute that can draw patients from Western New York and beyond, support diverse academic programs from regional universities and recruit top medical talent. The spirit of collaboration was the driving force behind bringing both Kaleida and the University at Buffalo together in a single structure. The same spirit also strove to bring several disciplines together in this facility—cardiovascular, neurovascular, peripheral vascular and electro physiology—with the thought that when physically grouped together, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” The design embraces a “collaborative core” that enables interaction among those working within the facility. GHVI is conceived as a vertical medical-research campus that stacks a translational building over a global vascular clinical building. The binder, between the two buildings, is a collaborative environment connecting doctors and researchers from varying specialties, In turn, the binder creates synergies amongst different specialties, fostering a learning environment which results in better patient care.

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CASE STUDY: ARUP CASE STUDY: ARUP

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters campus features office buildings with sweeping, out-ward reaching curves, an open, airy environment, and extensive landscaping and green space that knits the campus into the neighborhood. The campus will serve as headquarters for the foundation’s work to reduce inequities in the United States and around the world. Arup’s design includes: a thermal energy storage tank to optimize energy usage and reduce the mechanical equipment required across campus, building control systems designed to allow for close monitoring of the energy usage of building equipment, and a 1m gallon rainwater harvesting tank that will result in a savings of 2m gallons of water a year. Additional design fea-tures include use of local and recycled construction materials and an overall energy consumption level that is 25 percent lower than code requirements.

UCLABILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

CASE STUDY: ARUP CASE STUDY: ARUP

Enabling UCLArts to pursue its goal of being one of the finest arts schools in the world, the Edythe and Eli Broad Center for Arts will house the Department of Art, the Department of Design/Media Arts, the Center for Digital Arts, the Arts Library and the New Wight Gallery. Arup provided full building engineering design ser-vices for this new 150,000 square foot complex developed on the site of the previously existing Dickson Art Center which sustained severe damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake and was considered “completely outmoded as a place for contemporary discovery and teaching in the arts” by UCLA’s Chancellor. The facility aims to support the faculty’s contemporary teaching needs that constantly have to adjust to innovation in the field, and influence by information technology developments. A significantly changed floor plan and the addition of new space provides upgraded facilities for interactive multimedia technology, expanded studio space, updated classrooms, galleries for student exhibitions and public presentations, as well as offices and common space. Expansion plans also includes an additional story for the New Wight Gallery and a coffee bar opening to outdoor seating, revitalizing the adjacent plaza areas surrounding the Center. The new complex is an adaptable, column-free facility. The east façade includes exterior walkways and projecting sunscreens, as well as buttresses on one end to provide further structural stability.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters campus features office buildings with sweeping, out-ward reaching curves, an open, airy environment, and extensive landscaping and green space that knits the campus into the neighborhood. The campus will serve as headquarters for the foundation’s work to reduce inequities in the United States and around the world. Arup’s design includes: a thermal energy storage tank to optimize energy usage and reduce the mechanical equipment required across campus, building control systems designed to allow for close monitoring of the energy usage of building equipment, and a 1m gallon rainwater harvesting tank that will result in a savings of 2m gallons of water a year. Additional design fea-tures include use of local and recycled construction materials and an overall energy consumption level that is 25 percent lower than code requirements.

UCLABILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

REFERENCES

Emilio Mendez Project Founder¡GuateAmala!

502.5917.7238

L. Nelson “Nick” Hopkins, III, MDProfessor and Chairman of NeurosurgeryJacobs Institute / Millard Fillmore Hospital

716.887.5200 x2109

Ann TocaVice President, ASUfArizona State University

480.727.0724