ARCHITECTURE New York State | Q1 | March '22

ARCHITECTURE

NEW YORK STATE CONNECTING COMMUNITY

MARCH ‘22

In this issue: Connecting community has taken on new meaning and heightened significance since the pandemic, reinforcing the importance of and need for human connection. The stories in this issue embrace a variety of communities— people in the same profession; people who share the same interest or passion; and people trying to bring about change, inherent in what architects and design professionals seek and provide on a daily basis. We hope you enjoy these inspiring stories about connecting community.

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Contents President’s Letter

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Executive Vice President’s Letter

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Connecting Communities through Non-Profit Leadership: An Architect’s Perspective 6

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Nevertheless, They Persisted

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The I-81 Project in Syracuse: Complex History | Complex Community

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Making Connections: The Albany Riverfront Collaborative

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History Sleuth: the importance of Uncovering Women’s Hidden Stories 26

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Monumentality and Monumental Spaces

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Positioning Architects to Lead on Climate

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER It’s hard to believe that the first quarter of 2022 has come to a close, where has the time gone?

I would like to start off my first letter as President by thanking last year’s board, staff and member volunteers for their incredible work. In many ways, the past two years have been a blur, but the accomplishments that came out of AIA New York State were impactful, award winning and crystal clear.

I’m thankful for the new board for their support and their unwavering commitment. And while I did see some benefits come out of the pandemic—we were able to reach a broader audience through virtual programs—I’m particularly excited about the opportunity to meet face-to-face once again. After spending the last two years adjusting our approach to the way we live, work and learn, we need to reprogram ourselves on how to physically interact with our various communities.

As problem solvers, architects and design professionals design utilizing both their heads and their hearts. As resilient leaders, we are genuine and empathetic, walking compassionately in the shoes of our many communities. Yet as resilient leaders, we must also take a rational approach to protect our communities from unexpected disruptions. The last few years provided architects and design professionals with the opportunity to showcase our abilities and commitment to our communities by stepping up and solving problems in real-time.

We are adaptable, having learned from the past and from our mistakes. We’ve impacted lives and the built environment for thousands of years, and now more than ever, we’ve been called to bring communities together to make them viable and safe once again. As resilient leaders, we are skilled at triage, able to stabilize our communities and organizations to meet the crisis at hand while finding opportunities amid difficult constraints.

We also have to remember to embrace the long view. Resilient leaders stay focused on the horizon, anticipating new approaches and solutions that are likely to emerge and spark the innovations that will define our tomorrow.

That’s the reason I want to dedicate the first issue of our quarterly newsletter this year to our colleagues—their actions, ideas, and resilient leadership are serving and helping to connect communities.

I look forward to continuing to serve the AIA New York State community and I am excited to be a part of the many initiatives we have in place for this year.

Sincerely,

Pasquale Marchese, AIA 2022 President | AIA New York State

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EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT’S LETTER Recently, Spring was in the air in New York State. People were smiling and we were convinced winter was ending. This week reminded us that winter was not quite over. With 15 degree temperatures, we huddled down to wait a bit longer for the hopeful tone Spring brings.

It has been a long winter, however, the promise of better weather gave the AIANYS Officers confidence to schedule a face-to-face meeting in Albany. While the weather turned nasty, the energizing atmosphere of an in-person meeting and the exchange of ideas reminded us why the AIA is such an integral part of our lives. The meeting went non-stop for eight hours and could have continued, but reports of bad roads signaled it was time to adjourn.

The Officers covered a lot of territory. One thing that is always at the core of these strategy discussions is the never-ending answer to two questions: 1) are we providing the member value that is expected; and 2) how do we know? We have taken proactive steps to know.

Since our highly successful member survey conducted in 2020, much has changed. With those changes, the rapid need to know what does and doesn’t work for you has become paramount in our decision-making process. We can no longer rely on feelings, and have made great strides in gathering and using data. We are preparing to take the next step.

We have begun using a new tool, PropFuel, that allows us to ask brief questions and capture your response to better serve you. This, coupled with a virtual focus group and input gleaned from Chapter leadership meetings will give us the ability to improve your member experience.

As the first quarter wraps up, we are well into our Strategic Plan initiatives. We continue to offer premium education programs including updates on NYS Codes and the Safety Assessment Program taught by Illya Azaroff, FAIA and Tim Boyland, AIA. Both of these programs fill up quickly. We also offered four HSW webinars for CE credit as part of your membership.

The Board also approved a marketing partnership with AIA New Jersey and AIA Pennsylvania for the East Coast Green Conference on April 22nd and 23rd, a virtual offering that New York State members will be able to register for at the same rate as AIA New Jersey members.

The Government Advocacy committee remains informed about efforts that are not in the best interest of the public or the profession and have met with associated design and construction organizations to share their concerns and initiatives.

Our Communication efforts include a visibility campaign that raises brand awareness, increases visibility and demonstrates organizational value. A proactive strategy was created, identifying themes and initiatives for the year-long campaign.

On May 5th, the Board of Directors will meet in-person for the first time in over two years. In addition to being a regular business meeting, the Board will discuss Climate Change and how it impacts design and the environment. The Excelsior Awards celebration, recognizing the best practices in design of government funded projects will occur the evening before.

Using the Strategic Plan as a guide, we continue to progress, are mindful of our members and are thankful for the opportunity to be a part of the practice of architecture.

Recently, I sent an article to the Board about how exhausted people are and how to better take care of themselves. Let’s face it, the best remedy for the winter is spring, with new beginnings and an optimistic look on what’s to come. See you next quarter!

Sincerely,

Georgi Ann Bailey, CAE, Hon. AIANYS Executive Vice President | AIA New York State

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CONNECTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH NON-PROFIT LEADERSHIP: AN ARCHITECT’S PERSPECTIVE

by By: Sarah D. Bruce, AIA, Executive Director, Syracuse Habitat for Humanity

“What better way to promote a positive impact on the built environment than by providing adequate and safe housing for those in need.”

This statement, which I first posed to myself in 2015, has followed me throughout my career.

AN ALTERNATE JOURNEY Like many aspiring architects, I graduated with my Bachelor of Architecture degree excited to join a firm, study hard, and pursue licensure. Unlike many other graduates, however, I eventually came to understand that the “traditional” career path for an architect was not the right fit for me. I still wanted to get licensed; I wanted to be able to say “I am an Architect” legally and truthfully, yet I felt a strong desire to give back to my community.

After three years of working for an architecture firm, where I gained required experience hours that I needed prior to obtaining licensure, my desire to make a difference pushed me out of my comfort zone. I applied to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA1 with Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, a oneyear engagement to help increase capacity at the non-profit organization. The year flew by and I became more engaged in a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

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to stay on with Syracuse Habitat for two additional years after the completion of my AmeriCorps service.

Those years were a considerable point of growth for me in my career—I studied and passed all of my AREs, I learned more about the inner workings of a non-profit organization, and I especially learned about the importance of building strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. Additionally, I joined my local AIA Board, connecting me with the architectural community while I took what I later came to learn was an “alternate career path.” After receiving my architecture license, I felt compelled to return to practice to utilize my degree and license in a more traditional manor.

Every one deserves a safe, decent place to call home.

However, a career shift is not for everyone. Much like architects need a seat at the table as discussions on Climate Change continue at the state and federal levels, Boards of Directors of non-profits need architects to fill a seat at their table. Architects have a unique perspective and a specialty skillset that can aid many different non-profits, uplifting their communities in the process. I encourage everyone to find ways to utilize their unique skills and give back to their community. I also believe that the more we broaden the definition of the term Citizen Architect, the more positive community impact we can have as a profession.

A house in progress with Syracuse Habitat for Humanity. Much of our work is completed with volunteer labor to help keep houses affordable.

I worked for a small, local firm in Syracuse, NY for about three years as a Project Architect. I was able to work on a variety of project types, including multi-family affordable housing, higher education, and medical centers. Then, last summer, I learned that the previous Executive Director of Syracuse Habitat for Humanity was retiring at the end of the year, and I simply could not stop thinking about the opportunity. My heart had never left Habitat, and I couldn’t help feeling like my entire career, alternative paths and all, had prepared and positioned me to apply.

THROUGH SHELTER, WE EMPOWER Strong and stable homes build strong and stable communities.

This is why I’ve found no better answer to my opening statement than my work with Syracuse Habitat for Humanity. My new role as Executive Director will allow me to leave my mark on the built environment in the form of safe and adequate housing built in partnership with members of my local community.

Today, I am both a Registered Architect and the new Executive Director of Syracuse Habitat for Humanity. I’ve only been the Executive Director for two months, but I already know that I will have greater opportunities to positively impact my community in this role than I ever would have as a Registered Architect alone.

CITIZEN ARCHITECT AS NON-PROFIT LEADER The term “Citizen Architect” is a title informally bestowed on AIA members, given with great pride and representative of a call to action for Architects to take a greater role in the civic advocacy of their communities.2 While a Citizen Architect was defined in 2008 by the AIA National Board of Directors as comprising of four main elements, I think the first is incredibly important: “uses his/her insights, talents, training, and experience to contribute meaningfully, beyond self, to the improvement of the community and human condition.2” While the Citizen Architect is typically thought of as serving in elected office or engaging in civic activism, I think this definition also speaks to opportunities for Citizen Architects to act as Non-Profit Leaders.

The ”insights, talents, training, and experience” that architects and design professionals possess are extremely valuable outside the world of traditional practice. Often working with minimal resources, non-profits can benefit from architects’ problem-solving and outside-the-box thinking to bring new approaches to common sticking points. These skills lend themselves to the grit and determination is takes to become the Executive Director or CEO of a non-profit organization. While not for everyone, I think my career in architecture led me down the exact path I needed to become an Executive Director.

A group of volunteers on a build site - they make our work possible!

People in our community and all over the world partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. With our help, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability, and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and their families.

No matter who we are or where we come from, we all deserve to have a decent life. We deserve to feel strength and stability day after day. We deserve to know we have the power to take care of ourselves and build our own futures.

At Habitat for Humanity, this is what unites us. Through shelter, we empower. Our shared vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Because you, me, we — we’re all humans. And every single one of us deserves the opportunity for a better future.3 l

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A completed Syracuse Habitat for Humanity house that provides a home for a local family.

American Flag: Syracuse Habitat for Humanity works with people from all walks of life, including Veterans, to make home ownership affordable.

ARCHITECTS CONNECTING COMMUNITIES As a leader of a non-profit, a Board member of a non-profit, or a Board or committee member of their local AIA Chapter, architects are uniquely suited to help connect their communities in a multitude of ways. Architects and design professionals should not underestimate the value of their time, their voice, or their ability to make financial contributions and in-kind donations of services. We’re all better together, and I challenge each architect and design professional to consider this question—how can you use your skills to help connect your community? l _____________ 1 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Senior volunteers serve directly with nonprofit organizations to tackle our nation’s most pressing challenges and to strengthen communities across our nation. – americorps.gov 2 https://www.aia.org/resources/194196-citizen-architect-handbook 3 www.habitat.org

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To learn more about the work of Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, please visit syracusehabitat.org.

Sarah D. Bruce, AIA is a Registered Architect and the Executive Director of Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit focused on affordable home ownership in Onondaga and Madison counties. Sarah is a Past President of the Central New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and still serves on the local Board of Directors. She also serves on the Board of Directors of AIA New York State and sits on the Budget and Finance Committee.

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NEVERTHELESS, THEY PERSISTED By: Maile Pingel

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s the New York-based professional development program Mentorship for Women in Architecture marks its third year, there is much to celebrate—but still much to do.

OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE. FOR 3 YEARS MWA HAS INTRODUCED WOMEN PRACTITIONERS IN ALL STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS TO THE VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF EXPERIENCED AND PASSIONATE FEMALE PROFESSIONALS. THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE DELIBERATELY SELECTED FROM DIVERSE ETHNIC AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS, HAVE ALL RISEN IN THE FIELD, BALANCED THEIR CAREERS AND FAMILY, MANAGED TO MAKE A LIVING WHILE PURSUING A CAREER IN ARCHITECTURE, AND/OR PROCEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY RISE IN THE RANKS, PROVING THAT THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR WOMEN TO PERSEVERE AND PREVAIL IN THE PROFESSION OF ARCHITECTURE. THE PROGRAM OFFERS RESOURCES, INSPIRATION AND INSIGHTS, AS WELL AS ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF WOMEN IN PRACTICE, WITH THE GOAL OF RETAINING PRACTITIONERS IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE FOR THE LONG TERM.

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When architect Anik Pearson, Principal at Anik Pearson Architect P.C. in Manhattan, had the idea to launch a mentorship program for women newly entering her field, she knew it would fill a critical void. What she didn’t quite imagine was the immediate success it would find. Nor could she have imagined that the coming pandemic would have a positive influence on the program’s growth. Alongside her partners in the project, firm colleague Angelique Pierre, RA, and Nancy Kleppel of strategy and business development firm, Nancy Kleppel Consulting, Pearson watched with gratification as women (and men) responded. Guest speakers said yes. Attendance grew.

And the professional friendships that they hoped might spark between mentors and mentees became a reality. Mentorship for Women in Architecture (MWA) is now an international success with attendees across five continents. “With three seasons of seminars now under our belt, we have so many facts and figures to share,” says Pearson proudly. “Heartwarming stories, too.”

The program launched in fall of 2019 (it was originally called Women Entering the Profession of Architecture) and followed a simple format of meeting in host architecture offices around the city. Each session engaged two experienced female architects—early speakers included such luminaries as Joan Krevlin FAIA, Barbara Spandorf FAIA, and Frances Halsband

(L to R) MWA Co-founders, Anik Pearson, AIA, Principal at Anik Pearson Architect P.C.; firm colleague Angelique Pierre, RA; and Nancy Kleppel of strategy and business development firm, Nancy Kleppel Consulting.

FAIA—to discuss myriad aspects of careers in the field. Studies have shown that while the same number of male and female students graduate from architecture school, many women leave their careers early, citing feelings of discouragement: long office hours that compromise family life, low pay, few opportunities, and a lack of role models. “From the moment we started to ask, women at all stages of their careers stepped up to participate in paving the way for this next generation of women architects,” says Kleppel. “We’ve made a good start in creating what I like to call ‘the old girls’ network,” a living and breathing thing that connects younger women needing guidance to more seasoned professionals who are happy to offer it. “ By creating a community, the trio aims to encourage more women to stay in the field. “But MWA is about more than just mentorship,” explains Pearson. “As Nancy often says, it’s about ‘championing’ women. It’s about communicating to incoming practitioners the entire gamut of what’s possible It’s also about making sure that the excellent design work being done by women is seen.” By introducing newcomers to architects who have overcome obstacles to enjoy thriving careers, the program is dismantling outdated conventions. “Biases surround us from our earliest days, but these obstacles are false,” Pearson continues, noting that people even in trusted roles (parents, friends, guidance counselors) can undermine futures with questions disguised as advice. “Are you sure you want to pursue architecture? You’ll have to give up having a family; you’ll be tied to a desk,” she parrots. “I truly believe that these biases discourage women from pursuing their ambitions before they’ve even tried.” It’s also why MWA supports sisterly organizations including the AIA’s Women in Architecture (WIA) committees in the New York City, Long Island, and Brooklyn chapters; AIANY’s Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) that encourages leadership among young architects and allied professionals in the design and construction fields; and Move Over Bob, a digital community for women in the trades.

But just as MWA found its footing, the pandemic forced it into an online-only format. There were initial concerns over how to keep momentum going, but much to Pearson, Pierre, and Kleppel’s surprise, the organization grew. By going virtual they were able to reach a bigger audience. At present, MWA has mentors and mentees in 45 states, as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and in eleven countries: Canada, Sudan, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile, Nepal, Venezuela, China (Hong Kong), Russia, and Denmark. More than half of the par-

ticipants are from outside Manhattan—a remarkable feat for what began as a local meetup. “While each mentee has their own definition of success and their own unique path, they also have our network to support them with contacts, opportunities, and encouragement,” notes Pierre. There are helpful online resources like a job board (“That’s been particularly important at a time when the market for talent is exceptionally tight,” adds Kleppel), as well as editorial posts about mentors’ projects. MWA is currently looking for funding to produce a series of video interviews with women practitioners that would become part of a publicly accessible archive.

Part of what makes MWA such a success—apart from the tenacity of its founders—is that it emphasizes inclusivity with a roster of ethnically and culturally diverse speakers (Vivien Lee, FAIA of Woods Bagot; Nalina Moses of Tiffany & Co.; and Nadia Jarrett of the NYC DDC, among them) which in turn draws an equally diverse group of attendees, all in need of similar counsel. Many attendees come for insight into building a career path while keeping a healthy work-life balance. Others ask about maintaining creativity in their work. And because

Barbara Spandorf at the March 4 2020 seminar held at Anik Pearson Architect speaking about Following Your Interests.

the seminars are conversational, questions are encouraged—no subject off limits. “How do you hone ambition and turn it into a meaningful career, not just a string of projects?” queried attendee Danielle Ryba. Developing professional relationships, advocating for oneself, and becoming a better leader are also popular topics. “Seeing how other architects have achieved their goals keeps me motivated,” says attendee Helena Ariza.

In turn, seminars have given mentors a fresh sense of purpose.

“In my presentation a few weeks back, I was the most honest I’ve ever been in speaking about my career outside of close friends,” says Pierre, who got her license during MWA’s first season. “I’m incredibly proud that we’ve built a community where women feel supported enough to share their insecurities, their doubts, and their frustrations as openly as they do their successes. Our mentors share what makes them tick, why MARCH ‘22 | PAGE 11

Past Speakers.

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Suzanne Musho Arthi Krishnamoorthy Alexandra Cuber Angelique Pierre Kim Yao Mariam Cantelmi Lori Brown Harriet Harriss Kathy Gallo Kurt Robbins Carol Doscher

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Katy Mercer Lindsay Schack Lindsay Love Lori Ryker Merritt Palminteri Sophia Sparklin Frances Halsband Nalina Moses Elizabeth O’Donnell Peggy Deamer Vivian Lee Robert Lopez Nadia Jarrett Katherine Chia Joann Gonchar Brett Gaillard Susanna Sirefman Daria Pizzetta Ann Marie Baranowski

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Joan Krevlin Anik Pearson Caitlin Martusewicz Lissa So Nicole Dosso Michi Yanagishita & Yen Ha Barbara Spandorf Elizabeth Graziolo Claire Weisz Nancy Kleppel Esther Sperber

Top: Audience at the March 4 2020 seminar held at Anik Pearson Architect hearing Elizabeth Graziolo speaking about starting her own firm.

Past speakers and participating mentors.

Bottom: Nicole Dosso and Michi Yanagishita at the January 22 2020 seminar held at Front Studio speaking about Taking the Long View. they practice, how their practice is shaped by things unique to them, and how the things they didn’t plan for shaped their careers,” she continues. For mentor Lissa So, founding partner of Marvel Architects, the talk was about practical matters like how to write a proposal, insurance, and invoicing; for Caitlin Martusewicz, partner at Cycle Architecture + Planning, it was about patience and staying true to one’s passions. “A career can take a meandering path,” said Elizabeth O’Donnell, former acting dean and professor at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, at her seminar. “Say ‘yes’ to opportunities that come your way,” she added. “It may just be the thread that will link projects of significance in your entire career.”

“I got to where I am today by having a portfolio of quality projects, a loyal clientele, a trusted team of collaborators, a diverse staff, and by doggedly—purposefully—challenging conventions,” reflects Pearson, whose firm celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. “Individually, we have the power to change the course of our lives. We just have to dig in.” Her success, and that of MWA, is just the inspiration young women need to see. As attendee Inês Raposo put it, “Life paths are diverse, and the possibilities are infinite.” l

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For more information and to RSVP for upcoming events, visit womeninarchitecture.net.

Instagram @mwa_mentorship Facebook @mwa_mentorship LinkedIn at Mentorship for Women in Architecture

Maile Pingel is a freelance writer in Los Angeles. She holds an MPhil in the Decorative Arts from the University of Glasgow and worked as a researcher in the Decorative Arts Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art before joining Architectural Digest as Research Editor. She has contributed to numerous design books, including co-authoring Architectural Digest: Autobiography of a Magazine, 1920-2010 with the late Paige Rense.

She has served as a judge for AIA Los Angeles at Dwell on Design and writes for multiple outlets, including Luxe Interiors + Design and the Washington Post.

Anik Pearson has extensive experience with residential constructions and renovations. Since founding the award-winning practice Anik Pearson Architect in 2001, she has reliably guided each client to embrace a sustainable approach to design. Her work is widely recognized for its meticulously crafted buildings aspiring for sophistication and permanence, and thoughtful project planning designed to reduce the project’s ecological footprint and impact on the environment’s finite resources.

In addition to being an Architect and business owner, Anik is proficient at freehand drawing, photography, sculpture, and martial arts. She has also been leading efforts to support women in architecture through the Mentoring Women in Architecture (MWA), as well as architecture students at the Cooper Union through the creation of the Sue Ferguson Gussow endowed scholarship.

She is a member of the AIA, a certified LEED AP, a former Certified WBE business owner, and is currently an appointed State Board Member and Vice-Chair of the New York State Board for Architecture, Office of the Professions.

For over 25 years Nancy Kleppel has worked as a strategic consultant to AEC industry professionals, consistently delivering measurable results. She persuasively articulates the objective value her clients provide and creates effective purpose driven, results oriented project teams. Nancy began her career as a

practicing architectural designer and shifted focus early, serving as Director of Business Development for SOM NY. She understands the particular challenges that firms face in building a design identity and gaining recognition in a highly competitive environment. She brings clarity and focus to that effort, providing firm strategy and management advice, client and project development, branding, communications and outreach, as well as communication and interview coaching and training for design and construction professionals.

Nancy is a native New Yorker and holds a BA from Brown University and a M. Arch from Harvard University.

Angelique Pierre is a Senior Project Architect at Anik Pearson Architect P.C. Following various apprenticeships, Angelique joined Anik Pearson Architect in 2011.

Angelique has managed many of the firm’s largest residential projects, including some of the most complex apartment and townhouse renovations. She enjoys collaborating directly with clients to help them realize their visions of a home enhanced to meet their specific needs, with a keen eye for refining the details that make each project unique.

Angelique completed her Bachelor of Architecture at the Cooper Union School of Architecture, where she was a William Cooper Mack Thesis Fellow.

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THE I-81 PROJECT IN SYRACUSE: COMPLEX HISTORY | COMPLEX COMMUNITY

by Robert Haley, AIA Emeritis, LEED AP for The AIACNY I-81 Task Force

“If you see a job that needs to be done, and no one’s doing it… then it’s your job” Buckminster Fuller The AIA Central New York Chapter (AIACNY) has a long history of advocating for excellence in architectural design. We tend to be trained to make great architecture. But truly meaningful architecture is based in a specific context. And this context is informed by many aspects within each community.

So we, as talented “visionaries and analytical problem solving professionals,” need to become more involved with the workings and needs of each community we engage.

How does a community organize itself and get ready for a “once in a lifetime,” 50 year planning opportunity? A community that has been numbed by generations of environmental and economic damage, the deterioration of 40-50 bridges, unsafe intersections, excess speeds and limited access to destinations, while providing 25 minute commutes in a 20 minute town. So it’s not about the travel times, but about correcting the long overdue environmental, social and economic damage of the past 60 years. That is a complex and big “problem statement.”

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noise and pollution to deliver high speed corridor “through,” and not necessarily “to” city destinations. Fifty to sixty year old steel and concrete could no longer be “patched” and had to be “demolished.” The elevated viaduct has to be torn down, but it did not have to be re-built. The window was open for the fresh air of new ideas and possibilities for the city. And that included many different points of view.

The history of Syracuse is both typical and uniquely complex.

The original residential neighborhoods in the central 15th Ward are totally gone now, developed over the first 100 years of Syracuse history. With the 1930s decade of depression era economics and joblessness, this older area of the city had become run down. This, plus the harmful “redlining” banking policy hidden under the New Deal policies, strangled needed investment and repairs for homes and businesses throughout the 15th Ward. It was a hidden economic policy for disinvestment in cities all across established older Eastern cities.

The “15th Ward,” then home to Black, Jewish and immigrant residents, became known as “the slums.”

The planning problems begin with post depression era, social rebuilding programs, including initiatives like public housing.

Syracuse had an estimated 9,000 residents living in sub-standard housing. As the city grew, renovating older neighborhoods would provide more space for downtown development.

The first step was to provide public housing for those in need.

And later, those who were able, chose to relocate to existing neighborhoods, east and south of the 15th Ward neighborhood.

Top: View from Genessee Street in Syracuse, NY. Bottom: View from Almond Street in Syracuse, NY.

1938 Pioneer Homes project.

The 1938 Pioneer Homes project, the first in NYS, and second in the nation, designed by Syracuse Architects King & King, began construction of 678 family new housing units. The Syracuse Housing Authority (SHA) advertised this in 1939 as “A Complete New Neighborhood of Modern Homes, A Neighborhood of Safe and Quiet Living, A Neighborhood of Fresh Air, Sunshine, Lawns and Play Spaces.” Over the 1940s this new neighborhood was becoming home to 100s of Syracuse families. A little more than a decade later, in the mid 1950s, the city and Federal Highway agencies were deciding to demolish seven of the “new” buildings from the center of this neighborhood community for “Safe and Quiet Living,” to get ready to construct in the 60s, a 24 hour, high speed, commercial interstate highway. This decision was made to take advantage of Federal Highway funds for the Interstate system across the US, as a way to provide for the Urban Renewal of the former 15th Ward area at the center of the city.

Planned in the post war growth and culture of the 50s, and built in the “Urban Renewal” mentality of the 60s, adding political and economic issues, this Interstate, like others many others, was deliberately planned to be built through the center of the city. Cities across the country found the new Interstate funding policies as a way to “renovate and modernize” their cities. Syracuse, Rochester, Albany & Buffalo were all “renovating“ with these same policies. The Design professions of Architecture, Engineering & Planning were all serving this development boom.

Top: I-81 at Harrison Street and Almond Street; Bottom: Over Erie Boulevard.

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Fast forward 50+ years to 2010, with 4+ generations ofProject families Area Figure 1 having lived under the unhealthy environment of the elevated viaduct overhead, the highway needs to be rebuilt. After decades of “patching” the broken viaduct, it finally exceeded it’s “useful life” many times over. Impacted residents and City officials called for “the removal of the viaduct,” and to “take it down.” With the city unable to undertake this massive failing infrastructure system, NYS DOT began the “I-81 Viaduct Project” in 2013.

I-81 Viaduct Project

BUT THE QUESTION REMAINED: WHO IS LEADING? WHO IS THE CLIENT? WHO IS IMPACTED? AND IN HOW MANY WAYS? The “Lead Agency” for the I-81 Viaduct Project in Syracuse was the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT). This put the DOT in the drivers seat. In terms of a design project, they were charged with defining the “problem” to be solved, and how to solve it. The City of Rochester was the Lead Agency for the Inner Loop project, and they were able to set a broader range of community based objectives and goals. The Rochester inner city highway removal project was an Urban Design Development Project. The I-81 project in Syracuse was a 34+ mile regional interstate project to upgrade the failing Interstate highway service in Central NY. Of that 34+ mile project, about 3-4 miles runs through the center of the city, dividing downtown, the University Hill and Hospital areas, and residential neighborhoods. It was a highway project, which also ran through the center of Syracuse.

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When the DOT I-81 Project in Syracuse and Central NY began in 2013, everyone, including the DOT design team knew it was a highway project, and not an urban design project to upgrade the city. The DOT organized “Stakeholders Advisory Working Groups,” made up of 50+ local interest groups including local institutions, businesses, developers, architects and historic preservationists, the City School District, DPW and City Engineers, local municipalities, County planning officials and many more. This worked well to discuss and list the many goals and existing problems, and by meeting regularly, provided a good forum to share future possibilities.

The AIACNY Chapter formed an “I-81 Task Force” advisory group to work with the DOT project team. We produced the “Syracuse I-81/Urban Design Study of the I-81 Project Area” In this first formal response to the DOT, we outlined both highway and urban design goals for creating a more livable community. This became the basis for the Community Grid Option, one of 19 options studies ever the past 10 years.

To the credit of the DOT team, they were responsive to this urban agenda, but the project solutions, even today, were always in terms of “highway” solutions first. Even with grand landscaping, the DOT cannot provide comprehensive urban planning. The “project” was, and still is, the DOT “I-81 Project in Syracuse”.

HOW CAN DESIGN PROFESSIONALS GET READY AND GET INVOLVED? • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Renderings produced by the AIACNY Chapter’s I-81 Task Force, showing existing conditions (first and third images) and proposed progress images (second and fourth images).

Getting ready over many years Providing technical and design assistance including visualization and design Chapter supporting historic preservation, planning and urban design Advocating for design excellence, demonstration and Design Award programs Providing education on design, historic preservation and planning Networking with chapters across the state Bringing in State and National support for key design issues Placing chapter members on planning boards Supporting city and county planning boards Promoting environmental & sustainable planning techniques Meeting with as many different community groups as possible, to understand all the views pro and con Responding and championing community cultural memory Bringing your design & problem solving skills to as many interested groups as possible Sharing the different views with other groups Identifying and defining the “problem” and continuously updating the “problem statement.”

Identifying unique and valuable qualities and resources to be saved or emulated Introducing sustainable methods into the planning process Listening for the basic qualities people are asking for Generating visualizations of what people are asking for; visualizing their ideas and wishes, and get their responses Promoting making “Great Places to Live, Work & Play” for all communities Using your creative skills for visioning and testing many design possibilities, Studying any idea, for where it may lead Looking to the context for unique features to help generate solutions Balancing formal meetings with informal gatherings, coffee and lunch sessions, sketching & charrettes to promote open engagement and creativity.

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And many chapter architects, including Dean Biancavilla, joined community and neighborhood groups to help articulate design goals sent to the DOT throughout the I-81 Project.

Other advocacy groups we support include ReThink 81, Moving People Transportation Coalition (MPTC), Community 4 the Grid, Northside Up & Franklin Sq. Working Group, Syracuse Housing Authority (SHA) Southside Neighborhood & NYCLU, and more.

Removing the I-81 viaduct brought Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Chuck Schumer to Syracuse on June 15, 2021, to promote the Reconnecting Communities Act.

“If you see a job that needs to be done, and no one’s doing it….then it’s your job” Buckminster Fuller This applies to making great communities and places to live.

Beyond this, and because there is no overriding community planning agency leading this planning project, our Chapter and individual architects contributed their time and talents.

The Central AIA Chapter has 20+ years of assisting the City and County with “Best Practices” design and planning policies. We are the “go to” source on planning, zoning and environmental issues. This plus decades of chapter architect’s service on the Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board, reinforced promoting design excellence in community resources.

The AIACNY I-81 Task Force has been influential in promoting and implementing the Community Grid Option, to redirect thru-traffic around the city center with upgraded commuter access, to remove the detrimental and unhealthy elevated viaduct from populated areas, and to promote more connection choices to commuter destinations. In this way, the Community Grid option will provide a calming and renewing environment for the adjacent properties, their shoppers & residents in the city.

Still, it remains to be seen if the DOT will share with the city or other groups, unneeded and excess portions of their ROW form, the original 1960s viaduct construction. That request has been going on for nine years now, and still in discussion.

As a postscript, and with the major social and economic impact of Covid-19 and “social justice” advocacy which occurred during I-81 project planning, the opportunity for extended community planning projects has been elevated to a national level through the “Reconnecting Communities Act.” These resources would help the DOT to assist communities in removing obstacles to mobility and opportunity.

Community is dynamic, and engagement needs to be a way of life. l

Robert Haley is an Architect and teacher, native to Syracuse, a Graduate of Syracuse University School of Architecture, with a Masters in Architecture from the University of Oregon. He also taught Architecture at Syracuse University’s SOA, was Director of the London Program in Architecture, and taught an Architectural studio in the Colgate Art History Department. He was the Director of Design for two of Syracuse’s leading Architectural firms over their growth years, serves on the Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board, and is Co-director of the Urban Design Center/Syracuse.

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MAKING CONNECTIONS: THE ALBANY RIVERFRONT COLLABORATIVE

by Jodi Smits Anderson, AIA & Scott Townsend, AIA

Scott Townsend, AIA

Jodi Smits Anderson, AIA

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he monumentally disruptive urban renewal projects from last century critically wounded Albany, NY, the capitol of New York State, while immediately rendering it inert. This inertia has settled into the city’s bones for over half a century, outweighing any thoughts of undoing or correcting the planning wrongs of the past to the magnitude required.

During this time, the downtowns of Albany’s sister cities in the Capital Region, Troy, Schenectady, and even Saratoga, have all evolved and matured, creating new energy and demand appropriate for 21st century life. In addition, the downtowns of fellow upstate cities, namely Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo, have either changed with the times or have viable plans in place to do so. All the while, Albany remained stagnant.

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Downtown Albany prior to the existence of 787 and the Empire State Plaza.

That is, until now. The Albany Riverfront Collaborative (ARC) formed to break the mold by going big, bold and, as its namesake says, being collaborative, all the while creating viable approaches that address current cultural and climate issues as well as challenges specific to Alba-

The Dunn Memorial Bridge under construction.

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ny’s context (i.e. train tracks, floodplains, state workers, etc.). The depth and cross section of the ARC’s contributors vary widely, paralleling the challenge ahead. The ARC sees the opportunity for Albany to, once and for all, break out of its’ downward trajectory.

Re-connect What and How?

What opportunity? In this time of transition and recovery, Congress passed a massive federal infrastructure stimulus package, including a Reconnecting Communities pilot program. The former Convention Center site (Liberty Park) has been turned over to Albany for the City to develop. And the last two years living with the COVID pandemic have revealed horrible inequities in our community, a significant separation from Nature in our city, and a needed and growing recognition of our climate peril, especially along the edge of the Hudson estuary, which is tidal (sea coast) up to Troy.

Planning by Whom? For Whom? The City of Albany’s shoreline and adjacent downtown have been controlled and shaped by the State, including the erection of the Empire State Plaza which decimated 98 acres of the city, the construction of 787 which separated our communities from each other and from the River, and the more recent gutting of the area known as Liberty Park which left many downtown businesses without a supportive downtown fabric.

Those past projects created many of the equity, climate, and health issues of today, and we cannot use that same planning approach going forward. The time has come for the Region, led by Albany, to come together to vision and create excitement about the Albany Riverfront that will serve us all for the long-term. This process will include many and varied interactions with our neighbors to activate curiosity about what could be.

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Liberty Park area has no existing planning in place.

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787 was an infrastructure project of the 60’s with little regard for the communities destroyed by its construction.

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The Hudson River is an historic, cultural, and natural resource that we can barely access in our daily lives.

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Our downtown is a day-town with little to create joy and purpose 24/7.

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Many neighborhoods in Albany deal with food apartheid and lack of access to Nature.

Each of these circumstances will provide us valuable insights and needed perspectives to reconnect our communities and benefit from our vibrant physical location.

Why now? Federal money is now available, and we must begin planning and preparing now so we are eligible to receive it, and then to use it well. We have the needed skills in our local communities, we have the will to share information as well as receive it, and we have an increasing recognition of the rights and responsibilities we have to all the peoples of our city.

We also have examples of other cities that are re-engaging with their riverfront resources, and using the removal or re-design of massive aged-out infrastructure as a springboard to activate the local economy while making every resident proud of their city and happier in their lives.

How is it paid for? The stimulus money is a significant factor, but not the only way money will move. We expect we will be releasing about 92 acres of land from the conMARCH ‘22 | PAGE 21

Existing

Proposed

crete grip of 787 and its associated access ramps, almost making up for the businesses and homes destroyed for the Empire State Plaza. About 77 of these acres will be in Albany, the rest in Rensselaer. This land access brings tremendous opportunity for informed development at public, private, and partnership levels, which will result in revenues from the sales of land and from property taxes.

upon future generations.

Another surprising aspect many don’t realize is that 787 is at the end of its planned life-span, and the investment needed to keep the status quo over the next few decades is equivalent to nearly half of the expected construction costs for reducing 787, creating boulevards, and improving access to the river. And maintaining the connective riverfront will be significantly less costly to maintain.

Why must we? This is an opportunity that will serve us on so many levels. As this is a project that is starting with a vision of a shared, more accessible, economically strong, equitable, healthy, climate sensible, and weather resilient future, we know the work will have to be community-driven. It will also have to be a process of accessing shorter-term opportunities in a way that supports that long-term vision. This is really all hands-on-deck for our (and Albany’s) future.

The joy is that once we rely on process, instead of on a set result, we free ourselves to not only understand what is possible now, but to access what will be possible in five years, or 12, or 25. And the collaborative that will engage in this connective shepherding must represent all of Albany, and will be able to build on work already in progress, such as the Skyway, and the Bike Trails.

This ongoing effort is itself part of the process of healing our communities, and key in helping our communities heal our Hudson Riverfront. What a great gift to bestow PAGE 22 | MARCH ‘22

So how can one help? There are several ways: •

Learn more on the ARC’s Website, and sign up for the Newsletter - https://www.albanyriverfront collaborative.com/

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Follow the ARC’s social media sites, and react & comment - Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn

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Reach out via our website and become a contributor!

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As a resident, participate in our community conversations. The times and dates will be announced on our website.

Jodi Smits Anderson, AIA, has dedicated the past two decades to pursuing what’s possible through sustainability, adaptive reuse, and optimizing energy use, focusing on how the built environment can support the health of our building users, community, and environment. After 15 years of public service work at DASNY, Jodi joined EYP to guide the Albany Office as its Managing Principal.

Scott Townsend, AIA is a Principal of 3t, an SWBR Company.

Previously he founded and was the Design Partner of 3tarchitects, a firm focusing on creating positive community impacts by design. Beyond creating several social cause focused organizations, several of his firm’s projects began with Scott, prior to finding a funding source or any willing partners. He holds that addressing a community’s need through collaborative problem solving will always find partners, and eventually funding.

Albany Riverfront Collaborative Contributors Elisa Albert, Novelist

Benita Law-Diao, Outdoor Afro

Owusu Anane, Albany Common Council Member

Liz LoGiudice, Resilience Communications & Consulting LLC

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Cara Macri, Historic Albany Foundation George McNamee, Plug Power Tracy Metzger, (Former) IDA Chairperson Jonah Michel, Around Albany Jeff Mirel, Rosenblum Companies Christina Minkler, PE, Transportation Engineer Philip Morris, Proctors Collaborative Michael N’Dolo, MRB Group Chet Opalka, Kiwi Foundation Yasmine Robinson, (former) City of Albany Planner Theresa Rodriguez, AVillage Jim Rua, Café Capriccio Maureen Sager, Alliance for the Creative Economy Christine Schudde, Habitat for Humanity Capital District Starletta Smith, YWCA of the GCR Jodi Smits Anderson, EYP

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HISTORY SLEUTH: THE IMPORTANCE OF UNCOVERING WOMEN’S HIDDEN STORIES

by Kelly Hayes McAlonie, FAIA

H

ave you ever spent time looking at the statues, monuments, and other dedicated spaces that we place in our public realm? Have you ever noticed that these statues, monuments, or named areas are usually dedicated to men? You would be correct in assuming that most dedicated spaces in the public realm in the United States— and indeed the world—are devoted to men. At present, just 8 percent of our monuments in the United States honor women, and in my hometown of Buffalo, only two percent do so. Additionally, only two percent of our national parks (or 9 of 411) are dedicated to women and women’s stories. In our collective histories, this lack of acknowledgment of women’s roles and those of other underrepresented minority groups has been coined a hidden history.

According to historian Anne Lawrence the term ‘Hidden History’ is used when “the history of a neglected group begins to appear: it also has an explicit message that these groups have lacked a history because society has been unwilling to see them as a separate group with particular rights. Groups hidden from history are hidden because of prejudices against the group in the past, because of modern prejudices; and because of the absence of records.”[1] It is incumbent on all of us to uncover our collective hidden histories to better understand the world in which we live, and the contexts from where we came. Our museums and libraries provide the forum to engage with our stories, research, and work. They are the vessels for the collections of our histories, including our “hidden histories.” And equally important, monuments provide validation of our histories in the public realm.

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Indeed, the people and events we choose to celebrate in public spaces reflect our values as a society. For centuries, the contributions of women had gone unacknowledged, resulting in very few monuments to women compared to those of men in our built environment.

However, in the past twenty years, countries worldwide have been realizing the importance of memorializing the significant contributions made by women to their societies. The Boston Women’s Memorial, https://www.boston.gov/departments/ womens-advancement/boston-womens-memorial, dedicated in 2003, honors the contributions of three unique New Englanders; Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone, and Phillis Wheatley.

The Famous Five, http://www.heroines.ca/celebrate/statuepersonscal.html, a monument dedicated to the women who advocated for women to be recognized as “persons” in 19281929 to the Supreme Court of Canada were honored in both Calgary and Ottawa. In 2005, the UK dedicated a memorial to the seven million women who bravely fought at the home front during World War II https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/ item/memorial/51288. And in 2020, the Monumental Women’s project unveiled their statue honoring women’s rights leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth https://monumentalwomen.org. Encouraged by programs such as the Mellon Foundation Monuments Program https://mellon. org/initiatives/monuments/, communities are reevaluating the monuments in their public realm and seeking to honor the lives and contributions of women.

The Trailblazing Women of Western New York Monument Project was initiated in 2016 by the Erie County Commission on the

Status of Women in conjunction with the University at Buffalo Gender Institute. The purpose of the project is to highlight and celebrate the significant contribution of women in the development of this region and the country. Three bronze monuments to significant Buffalo leaders will be placed on the Plaza of the Buffalo and Erie County Central Library: Louise Blanchard Bethune, FAIA, 1856-1913: the first professional woman architect in the United States, Louise Blanchard Bethune was a national leader in the architectural profession during the Gilded Age. A staunch advocate for equal pay for equal work, Bethune campaigned for co-education and state licensure for the architectural profession. She elevated the design of schools before standards were developed. She was the architect of the Hotel Lafayette, in Buffalo, NY, plus many of the first wave of schools in the Buffalo Public School system.

Mary Burnett Talbert, 18661923: an internationally respected human and civil rights leader, Mary Burnett Talbert was a suffragist, preservationist, and educator.

She was a charter member of the Buffalo Phyllis Wheatley Club and later was elected president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. She served on the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and headed its 1922 Anti-lynching campaign.

Geraldine “Gawo:sid-Tah” Green 1929-2009: a devote educator of her Haudenosaunee traditions, Sid-tah was one of the venerable fluent speakers of the Seneca language who shared her knowledge with throughout the region, nationally and internationally. She was a leader in the Newtown longhouse, serving as head women’s faith keeper for the animal clans.

I have been invested in researching the lives of women architects since I was an architecture student when I noticed the lack of women architect’s work in our curriculum. After moving to Buffalo, I was gifted a cache of research on Louise Bethune, FAIA. Since receiving this research, I have passionately (some might say obsessively) continued this research to uncover

materials previously overlooked or not considered to better understand a Louise’s hidden history within the architectural professional and the Western New York community. When children read stories about people who look like them achieve great things, they see new opportunities open to them. When people from marginalized communities see statues in the public realm honoring members of their community, they feel valued. The common phrase, “if you can see it, you can be it” is very true, and the women and men behind Trailblazing Women of Wester New York are working to illuminate the hidden histories in our corner of the world. l [1] Anne Lawrence, Women in England in 1500-1760: A Social History, St. Martin’s Press, 1994.

Listen to the EPARCHITALK PODCAST, “HIDDEN HISTORIES OF FEMALE ARCHITECTS,” a Conversation with: Kelly Hayes McAlonie, FAIA, Architect and Director of Campus Planning at the University at Buffalo, Lori Brown, FAIA, Professor and Director of Diversity, Equity + Inclusion, Syracuse University School of Architecture and Despina Stratigakos, Architectural Historian at the University at Buffalo and Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence released on March 22 here - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1494238/10334104.

The Director of Campus Planning at the University at Buffalo, Kelly has dedicated her career to educational architecture, advocating for the profession and making it accessible to the community. Kelly founded Architecture + Education, an AIA National-award winning program; serves on the Richardson Center Corporation Board of Directors and collaborated with Despina Stratigakos and Mattel, Inc. in 2011, to design and launch “Barbie I Can Be… Architect.” Kelly is collaborating with the Trailblazing Women of Western New York to create a landmark celebrating women leaders from the region, most notably, Louise Bethune. She is writing a biography of Louise Bethune, the first professional woman architect, and has spent the last fourteen years researching her life and career. “Louise Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect” is scheduled for a 2023 publication.

For over 20 years, Kelly has been an active member and leader of the AIA. As President of AIA Buffalo/WNY in 2008 and AIA New York State in 2012, she led strategic efforts for both components with a focus on member value and community engagement. She founded and developed the AIANYS Excelsior Awards, a program that celebrates New York State public architecture projects and as a leader on the national AIA Strategic Council, worked to transform architectural education for future generations. Kelly is also the recipient of the James William Kideney Award, the highest award bestowed on a member, recognizing a lifetime of notable contributions by an architect to the profession, the professional society, and the community.

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MONUMENTALITY AND MONUMENTAL SPACES

by Ahmed Helal

the future, which raises a group of consequential questions about monumentality today: what are the narratives that we are shaping, reinforcing, and re-telling in our present that will also live in the future? What is the interplay between monumentality and the people? How do we create new monuments that are as diverse as we are? And not a mere representation of a single man on a horse elevated above us in a public space, or an ancient architectural edifice situated in a place as a dominant display of power and wealth.

Collage of U.S. Monuments

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or decades now, controversial discussions on the importance of legacies, and the meaning of public monuments and memorials are taking place worldwide.

However, only recently, prompted by the recent public manifestation of dissent against the history of racism in the U.S., many monuments, memorials, and public spaces have become much more ‘visible’ to the public eye.

Monuments are deeply rooted in navigating notions of power and patronage. Who has the agency to create them leverages the ability to mark spaces and shape references. The etymology of the word monument comes from the Latin derivative of monere, meaning, “something that reminds,” or “bring to (one’s) recollection a story.” The stories the monuments tell are significant as they shape our narratives and guide us towards

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During the recent BLM protests, public spaces in New York City have been appropriated by the people to fulfill their true essence as spaces for the assertion of political and cultural rights. As people come together to fill the streets, parks, and squares of the city, questions about the intention behind the long-lasting colonialist statues/symbols occupying the public domain started to arise. One vivid and controversial example of that was the statue of former American President Theodore Roosevelt in front of the American Museum of Natural History.

The statue was commissioned back in 1925 and it depicts Roosevelt on a horse with a native American man and an African American man on foot at his side. The monument has been criticized as being racist and became a cultural flashpoint. In June 2020, NYC’s Public Design Commission voted to remove it, calling it a depiction of subjugation and racial inferiority. This request was prompted by BLM protests. The Statue was moved on a long-term loan to The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential

Left: Protesters in front of the American Museum of Natural History in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/ Reuters Bottom: The removal in parallel with a close-up of the Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Statue in front of the American Museum of Natural History on Central Park West entrance, June 22,2020. Timothy A. Clary/ AFP via Getty Images.

Work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude including the Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II 1970, Wrapped Reichstag 1971-1995, The Floating Piers 2014-16, and L’ Arc De Triomphe, Wrapped 1961-2021.

Library in North Dakota. The library has said that it will seek gardens from indigenous and black communities to display the statue with a recontextualization that will help use it as a tool to study the very difficult colonial and racial history of America’s past.

It’s imperative, given the cultural sensitivity of our time, that a discourse on the future of monuments and monumental spaces must take place, and the first question is: what do we do?

How do we do the work in creating ‘new monuments’?

The making of the new monument ought to be a place that encourages people to gather and exercise their culture. Although that is going to be a very different type of process, it may have the same result in terms of creating ways to embody cul-

tures, to tell a story, and to communicate that in an ongoing way, which is ultimately the sort of purpose for monuments and monumental spaces.

New monuments will have to change the narrative and even disrupt that of old monuments. The stories of new monuments ought to be part of a collective dialog and not merely about a specific figure or a power structure. The design approach of new monuments must be embedded in notions of celebration that all people can relate to. Today we don’t have a power structure that prescribes things, we have cultures, shared values, and ideologies that are much more important to document and celebrate now and in the future.

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Case Study: Untermyer Park and Gardens: Monumentality and Public Space (Personal Project)

I have been heavily engaged with the subject of monumentality and monumental spaces for the past year. It was the focus of my thesis, which I developed during my architectural studio in Fall 2021 led by BKSK Partner, Julie Nelson who chose Untermyer Gardens as the site.

What evoked my interest in taking on the subject of monumentality was the historical nature of the existing architecture of the given site. The Untermyer Gardens is an amalgam of historical styles such as ancient Greek and Roman, Indo-Persian, Mughal, New-Babylonian, and more. However, as I started thinking about my work, I was more interested in the owner of the property than the garden itself.

Samuel Untermeyer was an influential lawyer who had an agency to form and manipulate legislation. He was the first lawyer in America to earn a 1-million-dollar fee on a single case. His life encompassed the rise of industrial capitalism which he was heavily entangled with. He was involved in mergers of beer, copper, steel, and oil companies all of which were huge money-making deals for him as well as for his clients.

His garden at Greystone was a host of politics and offered a place where he gets to display his wealth. Hence all the historical, monumental elements that were brought to highlight the latter, which makes the Untermeyer Garden a complex territory with embedded logics of power and patronage.

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The questions posed in the research phase of – how monuments in our future can become more representative of the community and not merely about glorifying a specific figure or a power structure – were the driving engine for this project.

As a reaction to the site and the founder’s legacy, this proposal intended to allow a place for public gathering and discourse to infiltrate the site and transform it into a civic destination that brings about broader participation and draws a plurality of people to come, congregate, talk and learn about the history of power, politics, and place. l

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Ahmed Helal is an architecture student at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York in New York City. He is in his last academic year and has been studying architecture for the past seven years between Cairo, London, Volos, and New York. He has studied in three different schools of architecture before The Spitzer School in NYC. He attended MSA University in Cairo, Egypt; Greenwich University in London, England; and the University of Thessaly in Volos, Greece. Ahmed has always been involved in pursuing architecture; outside the academic sphere, he participated in various architecture competitions, as well as practicing architecture as an intern at highly respected firms, including Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Ahmed believes that architecture has the ability to change human behavior, and that architects have a duty to always put people first when they design. From the moment architects start to think about the layout of the space to the choice of material finishes, they must be conscious of how this process in its entirety can impact people’s health, mood, and productivity.

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SECURING A BUILDING’S INTERNAL COMMUNITY In psychology, the second human need in the hierarchy of needs is safety. Keeping a community safe is easy, but how do we make people feel safe?

The feeling of safety goes beyond the physical structure of the building. Cameras and access control also only go so far. Will they step in to prevent an emergency? The answer is generally no. We need something that the humans within the building can use to communicate quickly and effectively. Individuals in a community need a way to tell others when they don’t feel safe—and the right people need to hear them.

Security, in our mind, benefits from a human connection, and it should be as simple as report when someone is feeling unsafe. At Maxxess, our InSite app creates an immediate feeling of safety by integrating software with existing infrastructure within a building. We call it people powered security. InSite removes barriers to communication by allowing anyone to report an issue confidentially or anonymously and sends it to the right person. Unlike access control or cameras, humans can act instantly when they feel unsafe based on intuition. Maxxess’ InSite also allows for interdepartmental communication, something that larger campuses found important.

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InSite works by taking triggers, both external and in-app, and adds rules to them. For example, a trigger and be an eyewitness report of a gunman submitted in the InSite app. This trigger can be assigned rules so it can start a relevant set of processes. In the case of the report of a gunman, it would trigger a lockdown in the building, alert security personnel and transmit GPS location of the reporter, and broadcast a safety survey to make sure everyone in the building is safe. Software gives you the flexibility to tailor these triggers to your specific application, whether you have one small building or multiple skyscrapers.

The biggest advantage of people powered security is the human intelligence and intuition factor. People can understand situations better than any set of cameras or even artificial intelligence.

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POSITIONING ARCHITECTS TO LEAD ON CLIMATE

by Michael Burridge, Director of Government Affairs, AIA New York State

As we near the quarter century mark, architects and other stakeholders in the built environment have arrived at a pivotal moment, one that presents immense challenges and transformational opportunities. According to the New York State Climate Action Council’s (CAC) Draft Scoping Plan, the buildings sector in New York State encompasses over 6 million buildings and 5 billion square feet of commercial and institutional space.

The buildings sector also represents the largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions (approximately 32% statewide).

As the largest contributor of GHG, the buildings sector was identified as the primary vehicle for the state to meet its climate goals outlined in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019.

The CAC’s Draft Scoping Plan identified building electrification as the principal catalyst for the decarbonization of the buildings sector. In order to reach the GHG reduction goals, approximately 250,000 homes will need to be electrified each year beginning in 2030. Governor Hochul already announced a goal to electrify one million homes and prepare an additional one million homes to be electric-ready by 2030. Air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) and ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs) factor prominently in the reduction of operational carbon, combined with recommendations to phaseout the use of fossil fuels for space conditioning, hot water, cooking, and other appliances in new construction, and prohibiting fossil fuel equipment replacement in existing buildings. State lawmakers are pursuing a more stringent timeline for building electrifiPAGE 38 | MARCH ‘22

cation with the introduction of the All-Electric Buildings Act (A.8431-A/S.6843-B). While this legislation moves the prohibition of fossil fuel use in new construction up to December 31, 2023, it provides several exemptions based on building height, hard-to-electrify commercial buildings, and allows fossil fuel systems for emergency standby power.

Based on the analysis provided in the Draft Scoping Plan, the demand for electricity will grow exponentially, and the state is projected to become a winter peaking system by 2035. So, how is the state going to meet increased demand for electricity? On the power generation side of the equation, New York is already pursuing a plan for utilities to produce 70% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 and to add 18,000 MW of power from wind, energy storage, and solar by 2035. For perspective, if public utilities are successful in achieving this goal, electricity generated by renewables could power over 3 million homes. If the state is going to achieve a complete transition to renewable energy, power generation will need to reach 100,000 MW to meet the projected demand.

In addition to building electrification, the adoption of advanced building and energy codes, low-embodied carbon building materials and processes, smart growth land-use policies, and strategies to enhance resiliency encompass the majority of the buildings sector strategies outlined in the Draft Scoping Plan. The CAC is cognizant of the fact that the level of knowledge needed to bend the curve and keep pace with building science and technological advancements will be crucial to achieve deep decarbonization in the buildings sector. One of the recommendations focuses on integrating decarbonization curricula in K-12 schools, P-TECH, BOCES, community colleges and four-year colleges and universities, with a specific emphasis on institutions with accredited architecture and engineering programs. Another recommendation would require building decarbonization as a mandatory continuing education topic for design professionals to become licensed and as part of the triennial registration process. AIANYS is an accredited continuing education provider through the New York State Education Department and is currently working to increase course offerings on building decarbonization.

For all intents and purposes, the alarm bells on climate change have been sounded, and government decision makers are watching to see who will answer the call. It is evident that government leaders are seeking partners to help refine the recommendations, provide input, and offer alternatives inline with the climate goals. The Draft Scoping Plan cites the American Institute of Architects as a potential partner to assist in outreach, education, research, and input on a broad range of recommendations to decarbonize the buildings sector and fortify it against the worst climate impacts. Led by high-ranking officials in New York State government, the CAC has cast its gaze on architects and other design professionals and is looking to the professions for guidance and partnership.

How can the architectural community position itself to lead on climate and other pressing challenges within this decade and beyond? First, to lead one must be aware of the situation and the resources at their disposal. The AIA hosts a cornucopia of resources, toolkits, and member forums on its website related to action on climate, and the design of sustainable, resilient, and livable communities. The vast majority of this content is member-generated or developed in concert with adjacent organizations. These resources may be used to help explain complex issues to clients, government decision makers, and members of a community, and shed light on best practices currently in use to decarbonize buildings.

that responsibility is in effect your “response-ability,” or your willingness and capacity to respond in a conscious manner, and not just react. We already know that buildings and the materials mined, refined, manufactured, and delivered to construct buildings comprise the largest share of GHG emissions. Members of the AIA and all its local and state components drive the organization in its collective response to the greatest opportunities and challenges of the day. Together, we are working to build individual and organizational capacity to respond through knowledge sharing, awareness, advocacy, and the continuous mission to advance the profession and demonstrate value to all those whose lives will benefit through the power of design.

Moving forward, the architectural community must continue to build capacity, disseminate knowledge, forge partnerships, and engage public decision makers to realize its true potential as leaders in the built environment and on climate change. At a minimum, members should take time to read through the major recommendations coming out of the Draft Scoping Plan and plan to submit comments to the CAC. Once the public comment period is closed (June 10, 2022), the CAC will move to finalize the Plan and begin the rule-making process for those recommendations where legislation is not required. The Draft Scoping Plan and public comment portal can be accessed by visiting https://climate.ny.gov/Our-Climate-Act/Draft-Scoping-Plan. l

Second, a leader must understand their responsibility and interconnectedness to the world around them. The acclaimed Indian guru Jagadish “Jaggi” Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, states

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