TimberCon 2021 by The Architect's Newspaper

In partnership with MASS TIMBER INSTITUTE

October 21, 2021

EARN UP TO 6 AIA HSW CEU

WELCOME ABOUT TIMBERCON Ask any architect or engineer—timber is growing (no pun intended) on everyone. Mass timber construction is on the rise from the Pacific Northwest to the Deep South, promising new potentialities in tactile design and engineering; all while offering aesthetically pleasing solutions to sustainability goals. TimberCon 2021, hosted in partnership with the Mass Timber Institute will foreground exemplary timber projects across North America, identify best-case practices for their assembly, and spotlight emerging technologies within this exciting field.

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AGENDA AGENDA OCTOBER 21 4 AIA HSW CEUs 10:45 AM ET 11:00 AM

VIRTUAL DOORS OPEN WELCOME Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper Anne Koven | Mass Timber Institute Juan Du | Daniels Faculty Dean, University of Toronto

11:10 AM

KEYNOTE | SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE BUILDING Kiel Moe | Architect & Author

12:00 PM

BIZBLITZ | Jeff Morrison | Rosboro

12:10 PM

ROUNDTABLE Rosboro | Rosboro X-Rim: Glulam Rim Board and Fire Detailing

12:40 PM

1:30 PM

METHODS & MATERIALS BREAK

1:40 PM

ASK AN EXPERT | 340 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITH MASS TIMBER Jeff Spiritos | Spiritos Properties

2:10 PM

PANEL | REGENERATIVE ARCHITECTURE: USING TIMBER AS AN ELDER Michael Laverdure | DSGW Architects Amelia Baxter | Whole Trees

3:00 PM

3:50 PM 4:00-5:00 PM

METHODS & MATERIALS BREAK (2 AIA HSW CEU)

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Re-use Renewal

VIRTUAL SUMMIT

APPROACHES TO PRESERVATION & ADAPTIVE RE-USE

NOVEMBER 18 6 AIA HSW CEUs

SPEAKERS CO-CHAIR ANNE KOVEN Mass Timber Institute Koven has spent decades working in government and business, primarily in the areas of environmental and resource management. She was appointed to the Ontario Provincial Forest Policy Committee in 2008, was a trustee and secretary treasurer of the Trees Ontario Foundation, and represented the Foundation on the Natural Spaces Leadership Alliance. She served as President and Executive Director of the Ontario Forestry Association. Koven is an professor at the University of Toronto’s Graduate Department of Forestry.

KEYNOTE KIEL MOE Architect & Author Kiel Moe, AIA, FAAR, is a practicing architect and professor of architecture. He has published several books on architecture including Empire, State & Building; Wood Urbanism: From the Molecular to the Territorial; Insulating Modernism: Isolated and Non-Isolated Thermodynamics in Architecture; Convergence: An Architectural Agenda for Energy.

AMELIA BAXTER Whole Trees Baxter co-founded WholeTrees in 2007 to develop and sell products and technologies that would scale the use of waste-trees in commercial construction, increasing forest revenues, and offering green construction markets a new material for the 21st century. Amelia has led project teams in over $2M in USDA research grants working toward the commercialization of the tree’s natural engineering.

WALTON CHAN Diamond Schmitt Since joining Diamond Schmitt in 2001, Walton has had diverse experience working on residential, academic, performing arts and institutional projects. His experience includes two award-winning heavy timber projects: the law school at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC, and the SmartVMC Bus Terminal in Vaughan. Currently he is leading a team working on the Confederation Line LRT Extension in Ottawa.

KELLY ALVAREZ DORAN University of Toronto Kelly is an Associate Director with White Arkitekter and an Adjunct Professor at the The Daniels School of Architecture at The University of Toronto. Kelly’s practice and research has focused on the built environment’s embodied impacts and has been recognized as a global leader in the climate-positive design. Prior to joining White, Kelly was Senior Principal at MASS Design Group where he lead their Rwanda office.

JUAN DU Daniels Faculty Dean, University of Toronto Professor Juan Du is Dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. Du has practiced extensively in the U.S., Europe, and China, establishing her Hong Kongbased office IDU in 2006. Du also directs the Urban Ecologies Design Lab (UEDL) exploring socially and environmentally responsible design strategies for the city. She holds a Doctorate of Science in Architecture from ETH Zürich, Master of Architecture from Princeton University, and Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Florida. October 2021 TimberCon 5

SPEAKERS ELI GOULD Wood Export Bureau Eli graduated with one of the first dual Architecture/Forestry degrees from Yale in the early ‘90s, with a conviction that the two fields would eventually be more linked. For the last three years, Eli has brought his experiences with timber into a nonprofit market development role for the Quebec Wood Export Bureau, educating architects in the US and LatAm, supporting projects, and leading the builds of free design tools in the BIM environment.

MARK KUHLBERG Laurentian University Mark Kuhlberg is a Full Professor of History at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, and his expertise is Canada’s forest history. He was a historical researcher on several successful First Nation timber claims and has published over two dozen peer-reviewed articles and several books. Mark spent 20 seasons in the treeplanting industry in northern Canada and is actively involved in contemporary forestry issues.

MICHAEL LAVERDURE DSGW Architects Mike Laverdure, Migizi Miigwan (Eagle Feather) is an Anishinaabe (People From Whence Lowered) from the Makwa Doodem (Bear Clan) and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Mikinaak Wajiw, located in Belcourt, North Dakota, USA. Mike is the first member of his Tribe to become a registered architect. He is a partner at DSGW Architects and is president of the Indigenous owned firm, First American Design Studio.

ROBERT MATTHEW NOBLETT Behnisch Architekten Robert Matthew (Matt) Noblett is a partner in Behnisch Architekten’s Boston office. Immersed in the world of drawing and model-building, Matt has over 20 years of experience directing highly complex civic, institutional, academic, and commercial projects. Upon joining Behnisch Architekten in 2007, Matt became director of the one-million-square-foot ILFI- and LEED Platinum-certified Harvard University Science & Engineering Complex. He received his M.Arch at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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JEFF SPIRITOS Spiritos Properties Jeff Spiritos is the principal of Spiritos Properties, LLC, a commercial and residential developer that develops projects in New York and the Northeast. Spiritos worked for 25 years with Hines before starting his firm in 2004 and for the past five years has turned to build only with mass timber structural systems. Mass timber buildings are revolutionizing the real estate industry – providing environmentally progressive, prefabricated, fast, energy efficient, safe, less expensive and healthier ways to build, live and work.

MICHAEL SZABO Diamond Schmitt. With over 25 years of experience, Mike has focused on the design of large-scale, multi-year undertakings that transform institutions and communities. His experience includes the LEED Gold Certified Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning at the Hospital for Sick Children and four mass timber projects: Camilla and Peter Dalglish Atrium at the Burlington Royal Botanical Gardens, Memorial Pool in Toronto, the PwC-YMCA Tower in Vaughan, and the SmartVMC Bus Terminal in Vaughan.

VANESSA WAN Stantec Vanessa Wan has more than 11 years of bridge experience at the intersection of engineering, design, and art. Recently, she has worked on timber structures including heliports, covered bridges, and technical assistance for the Mistissini Bridge. Since 2017 Vanessa has worked on the feasibility of a 194-meter engineered timber bridge in Ontario. Her team is now working on its design.

Landscape | Sustainability | Remediation

Virtual Event December 9

Earn CEUs after today’s program 2 presentations, up to 2 AIA HSW CEU credits 4:00 - 5:00 PM

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Glulam: A Framework for Mass Timber Construction PRESENTER:

Jared Hensley | Rosboro

(1 AIA/HSW)

Sustainable Design with Redwood Timbers PRESENTER:

Charlie Jourdain | Humboldt Sawmill Company

(1 AIA/HSW)

Up to 2 CEU credits will be provided (1 credit per presentation), directly following the TimberCon forum. JARED HENSLEY | Rosboro

Jared has an extensive wood design and engineering background, having worked both as a consulting engineer and more recently as a product expert for the APA – The Engineered Wood Association. He has extensive knowledge of building codes and design standards for engineered wood products and is an excellent resource for timber framed design community. Aside from spending as much time as possible with his family, Jared likes to golf, listen to music and take his motorcycle out on the open road. He holds Professional Engineer licenses in multiple states and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming. CHARLIE JOURDAIN | Humboldt Sawmill Company

Charlie is the Manager, Business Development at Humboldt Sawmill Company. Previously, Charlie conducted research on the performance of building materials in wood structures at UC Berkeley. He then joined the California Redwood Association (CRA) as Supervisor of Technical Services and was appointed President in 2006. He serves as Chairman of the American Lumber Standard Committee Enforcement Subcommittee and is active in the American Wood Council, Forest Products Society and American Society for Testing and Materials.

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