ECOLOGICAL DESIGN:

THE UNSTOPPABLE WAVE

ECO WAVE 2003

A Global Interdisciplinary Conference on the Next Great Wave in Architecture

August 7-10, 2003

Merritt College, Oakland/Berkeley, California

 Over 100 speakers and special events, plus architectural and technical exhibits, eco bookstore, and self-guided Bay Area eco design tours.

See below for:

Topics & Speakers

Single-Day Enrollment Fees

Enrollment Form

Topics & Speakers

(Preliminary list as of May 12, 2003;
additional speakers and events to be announced.)

NATURE-BASED ARCHITECTURE

• Sea Scaping:
Creating Buildings From Sea Water
Wolf Hilbertz and Thomas J. Goreau,
Global Coral Reef Alliance

• William McDonough + Partners:
Architecture and Community Design
Kevin Burke, AIA, Design Partner

• Ecologic: Van der Ryn Architects' Recent Work
Dave Deppen, Architect, Van der Ryn Architects

• Earthship Biotecture
Michael Reynolds, Biotech

• Self-Propagating Ecological Villages
Phil Hawes, Architect of Biosphere 2, Ecological Systems Design

• Eco City Design
Richard Register, Ecocity Builders

• Calthorpe Associates:
Creating Sustainable Regions and Neighborhoods Today
Jason Hilgefort, Senior Urban Designer

• Nature as the Source of Architecture
Dr. Eugene Tsui

• Art and Craft of Ecological Architecture
Craig Henritzy, Architect

• Helical Geometry:
A Revolutionary Basis for Eco-Architecture
Jim Jacobs, Architect

• Ecological Architectural Design Practice
Todd Jersey, Principal, Todd Jersey Architecture

• Gentle Architecture: Life and Work of Malcomb Wells
Dave Deppen, Architect

• An Eco Architecture Studio for an Eco Architect
Howard Alan, Architect, Chicago

• Econstruction
Daniel Liebermann, Architect

DESIGN WITH NATURE

• Durable Beauty:
The Necessity of Beauty in a Sustainable Architecture
David Woolf, Norwich University

• Architecture Conspiring With Nature:
Employing Ecological Awareness Toward
a Design Methodology
Thomas J Hahn, Jr. R.A., Sol Source Architecture

• Designing Between the Edges
Dr. Perry Gayaldo, Marine Ecologist, Univ. of Washington

• Monster Houses, Cafes, and Dogs:
Purpose in Eco Design
Robert D Hotten, Architect, and Peter R Diprose, Ph.D.

• Sustainable Geometries in Cultures and Nature
Dr. Siamak G Shahneshin, AIA / SIA
Dept. of Architecture,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

• Vernacular Building, Wisdom and Mistakes
Barshia Cohee, Designer/Eco Design Educator

• Tapping the Power of African Vernacular
James Chaffers, University of Michigan

• The Art of Living Well
Michael Gamble, Assistant Professor of Architecture,
W. Jude LeBlanc, Associate Professor of Architecture,
Georgia Institute of Technology

• The Suburban Loft:
Traditional Poetics with Contemporary Pragmatics
S. Flavio Espinoza, William McDonough + Partners

• The Palettes of Place:
Nature-Based Colors in Architecture
Deborah Coburn, Designer

• Ambient Architecture
Hilary Sample, Princeton University

• The Natural Origins of Proportion
and the Experience of Beauty
Fred Stitt, Director, San Francisco Institute of Architecture

ECO DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

• Living Machines
Phil Hawes, Architect, Ecological Systems Design

• Self-Sufficient Architecture:
The South Facing Photovoltaic Water-Wall.
Juan M Canca, Architect, Spain

•"Eco-Tecture": The Art of Designing
Habitational Natural Ecosystems
Tim Timms, Artist/Engineer, London, UK

• The Nuts and Bolts of Alternative Materials:
Making them Work
Darrel DeBoer, Architect

• "ProMotion": Small Electrical Transport Vehicles
Tim Timms, Artist/Engineer, London, UK

• Environmental Design: User perceptions --
Energy-Conscious Design for Thermal Comfort
in a Composite Climate
Shweta Manchanda, Department of Architecture,
University of Cambridge

• The OM Solar Heating/Cooling System
Peter Miles, OM Solar Association

• A European Testing Programme for an Innovative System of
Combined House Ventilation and Glazing
M.E. McEvoy and R.G. Southall,
Department of Architecture, Cambridge University, UK

• Dirty Details of the Ecoroof
Lori Kessler and Kathy Bash, University of Oregon

• Sizing A Rainwater Collection System
Michael Garrison, Professor, School of Architecture,
University of Texas at Austin

• Ten Criteria for Selecting Recycled-Content Products
Shannon Criss, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
and Urban Design, University of Kansas

• Environmental Architecture: Materials Matter
Dr. Susannah Hagan, School of Architecture
University of East London

• Design-Build with Alternative Materials & Construction
Cindy Lan, Skillful Means

• High-Performance Straw-Bale Construction:
Design and Testing
David Mar, Structural Engineer

• Integrated Passive Design and the Analysis of an
Environmentally Sustainable Office Building in Urban Beijing
Lin Hao, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge

• A Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Standard Housing Blocks in Hong Kong and Proposed Integer Concept
Tower Alternative
Dr. Alex Amato, Dept. of Architecture, University of Hong Kong
Prof Richard Frewer, Dept. of Architecture, University of Hong Kong

• Eco-Sensitive Energy Systems at the Sydney Opera House
Nina Shih, Cornell University

ECO DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE

• Roof Acreage Potential:
The Fifth Facade as Urban Frontier
Karen S Kaplan, City University of New York

• From the Green Building to the Green Curb:
Ecologically-Sensitive Landscaping Techniques
Elaine Walker, Landscape Architect

• Renewable Energy In Landscape Design:
The Machine IS the Garden
Jocelyn E Zanzot, University of Oregon,
Dept. of Landscape Architecture,
School of Architecture and Allied Arts

• Permaculture Today
Penny Livingston, N. California Permaculture Institute

• Friends of Sausal Creek: A Case Study of Restoration
Mark J Rauzon, Michael Thilgin, and the Friends of Sausal Creek
Oakland, CA

• An Ecological Design Study Program
Robin Freeman, Merritt College Ecological Design Program

• Bicycle Promenade:
Eco-History Trail for Gainesville, Florida
Stephen Luoni, Associate Professor of Architecture,
University of Florida

• Ecohouse
Jørgen Søndermark, Architect, Denmark

ECO DESIGN AND COMMUNITY

• Report from Gaviotos
Speaker to be announced

• Report from Curitiba
Speaker to be announced

• Building Commons and Community
Karl Linn, Landscape Architect and Community Organizer

• Adding the Social Element to Ecological
Architectural Design and Sustainable Development
Ken Norwood, Executive Director,
Shared Living Resource Center, Inc.

• Sustainable Design of Co-housing:
Graduate Studio Design Explorations Through Analogy
Donna Luckey, Ph.D., University of Kansas

• Public Space Making in the Argentine Neighborhood,
Kansas City
Shannon Criss, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
and Urban Design, University of Kansas

• Ecological Imageability and Understanding:
A Case Study of Seattle
Diane Perkins, Graduate Student, University of Washington

• Eco Community Design:
Best Practices for Facilitating Consensus
Allen Green, Landscape Architect and Community Organizer

• Loving the Suburbs
Dr Susannah Hagan, School of Architecture
University of East London

• New Applications of the Theory of Matripolis
David Dobereiner, Architect

SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION

• An Ecological Design Study Program
Robin Freeman, Merritt College Ecological Design Program

• Environmental Architectural Education:
Conscious Instruction for the 21st Century
Dawn Munroe, New College of California

• Environmental Design and Public/Private
Initiatives in Educational Buildings
Case study satellite campus of UC Riverside
Norberto F Nardi, Architect

• Education Toward Sustainable Design
Jacqueline Schmidt and Madelaine Mayer,
Georgia Institute of Technology
(with Professor Tahar Messadi, Ph.D.)

• Who Makes the Future and Where Do They Learn?
Inspiring Ecological Literacy through Design
and Design Education
Julie M Johnson ASLA, AICP, University of Washington

• Sustainable School Design:
A Case Study of CIWMB's High-Performance
Demonstration School
Colette Marie McLaughlin, Planner,
Santa Ana Unified School District

ECO DESIGN CASE STUDIES

• Dis-assembly Required:
Building the Unwanted Architecture and
Urbanism in the Galápagos Islands
Ana María Durán and Mónica Ponce de León,
Universidad San Francisco de Quito

• Ecological Design of Retail Stores
Kristina Foskett Charbonneau, University of Texas at Austin

• From Worm Holes to Black Holes:
Vermicomposting Technology
A Community Demonstration and Education Partnership
David Leary, Architect

• Applying Sustainability & Permaculture Fundamentals
to an 1895 House
Victoria Stoppiello, Stoppiello Architecture & EcoDesign

• Zero Energy Home Design 2002 for the State of Michigan
Thomas B Lowing, Andrews University

• Low-Energy Design Within the California Community
College System
Tom Watson and Cole Roberts

• Ecological Design in Outpatient Care Environments
"Future Trends"
Dalip Singh, Graduate Studies in Healthcare Design,
Drexel University, Philadelphia

• Developing Corporate Green Building Guidelines
Dave Alpert, Senior Project Manager,
National Facilities Services, Kaiser Permanente

• Sustainable Mobile Homes
Michael A Berk, Mississippi State University

• New Ecologies of the Workplace
Chris Jarrett, Associate Professor, College of Architecture,
Georgia Institute of Technology

Exhibits and Panel Discussions on:

Eco Design-Related Organizations

• Rocky Mountain Institute
• H.O.P.E.S
• Bioneers
• LEED certification
• Pacific Energy Center
• American Solar Energy Society
• Ecological Building Network
• Design Professionals for Social Responsiblity (ADPSR)
• Permaculture Institute of Northern California
• Real Goods and the Solar Living Center
• Bucky Fuller Institute
• AIA COTE

And others to be announced.

Schools with Eco Design Related Programs

• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Oregon, Eugene
• Ecosa, affiliated with Prescott College, Arizona
• The Frank Lloyd Wright School
• Auburn University
• Yestermorrow

Fees shown below do not include housing, transportation, or meals. Box lunches, salads, and refreshments will be available for sale at the conference.

Travel and housing options information will be sent upon enrollment, or e-mail SFIA@aol.com, to request specific information.

 

 Enrollment Form

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Architects earn 7 AIA/CES continuing education units for each day of attendance;
21 units total for the three days of lecture presentations, August 7, 8, and 9.

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Full conference rates:

__ $312 to August 6, 2003.

__ $412 on site.

(Full conference rate includes $12 Merritt College academic
enrollment fee.)

Single day rates:

__ $120 per day to July 25.

__ $160 per day after July 25 and on site.

Single day rates apply to days 1, 2, or 3,
Thursday/Friday/Saturday, August 7/8/9.

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__ Thursday, August 7
__ Friday, August 8
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Sunday, August 10 is self-guided tour day and is open to all
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Student full conference rates:

__ $162 to August 6, 2003.

__ $212 on site.

(Student full conference rate includes $12 Merritt College academic enrollment fee.)

Student single day rates:

__ $60 per day to July 25.

__ $80 per day after July 25 and on site.

Single day rates apply to days 1, 2, or 3,
Thursday/Friday/Saturday, August 7/8/9.

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100% refund or credit if you have to cancel up to 7 days prior to the
conference. After that time there'll be a $20 cancellation fee.

Cancellation during the conference will be refunded minus a prorata
charge for the portion of the conference attended, and a $20
cancellation fee.

In the event of postponement of the conference for reasons beyond
the sponsor's control, alternative conference enrollment or credit for
ecological design educational videos, books, and study manuals
will be provided.