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March 2014

Principal Mario Violich will be presenting a session on Claremont McKenna College entitled Campus and Community: Accomodating Growth While Preserving Institutional Identity at the Society of College & University Planning's (SCUP) 2014 Pacific Regional Conference....read more

Principal Mario Violich will be presenting a session on Claremont McKenna College entitled Campus and Community: Accomodating Growth While Preserving Institutional Identity at the Society of College & University Planning (SCUP). 2014 Pacific Regional Conference. This will take place on Tuesday, March 25, from 9:30–10:30 am at the Lowes Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA. Mario will present with Robin Aspinall, Vice President, Business Administration & Treasurer, Claremont McKenna College and Frank Perri, Director of Construction, Claremont McKenna College.

Re-envisioning the campus landscape at the seam between campus and community can be a catalyst that transforms institutional identity. Through the evolution of the Claremont McKenna College master plan and subsequent projects, the preservation and integration of the campus perimeter landscape reconciles the emerging demands of growth and density. Campus development resources are leveraged by investing in adaptive reuse and green infrastructure, revitalizing programs that bridge campus heritage and future development by integrating places of memory and social interaction.

Principal James Mary O'Connor will be presenting a session entitled Shanghai Theatre Academy—An Innovative Model for the Performing Arts Campus at the Society of College & University Planning's (SCUP) 2014 Pacific Regional Conference....read more

Principal James Mary O'Connor will be presenting a session entitled Shanghai Theatre Academy—An Innovative Model for the Performing Arts Campus at the Society of College & University Planning (SCUP) 2014 Pacific Regional Conference on Tuesday, March 25, from 3:45–4:45 pm at the Lowes Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA.  James will be co-presenting with Courtney Crosson, Senior Sustainability Consultant at Buro Happold, and Michael Ferguson, Director at Theatre Projects Consultants’ LA office.

This session examines the state-of-the-art Shanghai Theatre Academy project to share innovative planning strategies for integrating performing arts education with sustainability, technology, and the larger community. Featuring a panel of the master planner/design architect, the theater design consultant, and the sustainability/high-performance building design consultant, the discussion will focus on relevant planning and multidisciplinary approaches that support innovation and cutting-edge technologies, including connecting to the surrounding community, linking vibrant spaces to encourage interaction, and achieving a totally integrated theater arts learning, training, and performing campus.

Principal Mario Violich will be presenting a session on the University of California, Berkeley entitled Integrating New Retail Models and Co-Curricular Experience at the Society of College & University Planning's (SCUP) 2014 Pacific Regional Conference....read more

Principal Mario Violich will be presenting a session on the University of California, Berkeley entitled Integrating New Retail Models and Co-Curricular Experience at the Society of College & University Planning (SCUP) 2014 Pacific Regional Conference.  This will take place on Tuesday, March 25, from 3:45–4:45pm at the Lowes Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA. Mario will present with Kelsey Harmon Finn, Executive Director, University of California-Berkeley and Alyosha Verzhbinsky, Principal, TEF Architects.

This session examines the balance between institutional mission, revenue generation, and student priorities within today’s student union. Using University of California Berkeley’s new student center as a model, we look at how to integrate a flexible platform for future expansion while considering changing market trends. With high value placed on the co-curricular experience and fiscal sustainability, we show how a student union can enhance the heart of campus life while it succeeds in integrating new retail models.

2802 Pico Housing is featured in the March 2014 issue of Metropolis Magazine.

Principal Chris Chan speaks at the 2014 7th Annual Ultra-High Rise Summit: AIA Shanghai Plenary Session. This year the conference was part of Urban PAECO Real Estate Week. The session was devised as a conversation about how tower building design and construction can be improved to better deliver on the premise of improving cities, work and lifestyles. Many towers done today still rely upon methods developed since the 1930s while extremely few towers use the latest technology and innovations we all talk about…a fraction of these truly effective in achieving their lofty performance or sustainability goals. Chris' point-of-view talk centered on quality of life for occupants of towers. Participants included: Greg Yager, Vice-President RTKL (moderator); Silas Chiow, Director SOM China; Christopher Chan, Principal, Moore Ruble Yudell; Michael Kwok, Director ARUP China; and Bob Pratt, Managing Director China, Tishman Speyer.