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2017 CONFERENCE CHAIR

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Day 2 Workshops January 27, 2017

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8 HSW CEUs

8:00 - 8:30 CHECK-IN & BREAKFAST METHODS+MATERIALS GALLERY

Pat Bosch & Angel Suarez, Perkins+Will

8:30 - 8:40 CO-CHAIRS’ WELCOME William Menking, The Architect’s Newspaper

8:40 - 8:45 FACADES+ MIAMI PRESENTING PARTNER Nathan McKenna, Vitro Architectural Glass

8:45 - 8:55 OPENING REMARKS Jane Gilbert, City of Miami

OPENING KEYNOTE Shohei Shigematsu, OMA

8:55 - 9:50 Q&A WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER Moderator: William Menking, The Architect’s Newspaper

Gregg Covin, One Thousand Museum

Kurt Dannwolf, ODP Architecture and Design
9:50 - 10:40 THE LOCAL ARCHITECT David Martin, Terra Group
Igor Reyes, NBWW

10:40 - 10:50 METHODS+MATERIALS SPEAKER Valerie Block, Kuraray

10:50 - 11:10 NETWORKING BREAK METHODS+MATERIALS GALLERY

Federico Balestazzi, Sergio De Gaetano & Brad Malmsten,

11:10 - 11:45 OPTIMIZING DESIGN IN EXTREME CONDITIONS Thornton Tomasetti

Peter Arbour, Vidaris

11:45- 12:30 THE CUSTOM FACADE FOR MIAMI Kristin Nolan, Intertek

12:30 - 12:40 METHODS+MATERIALS SPEAKER Ivan Zuniga, YKK-AP America

12:40 - 1:40 COMPLIMENTARY NETWORKING LUNCH METHODS+MATERIALS GALLERY

1:45 - 1:50 REMARKS Diana Darling, The Architect’s Newspaper

AFTERNOON KEYNOTES José Alvarez & Z Smith, Eskew + Dumez + Ripple

1:50- 2:45 Q&A WITH AFTERNOON KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Moderator: William Menking, The Architect’s Newspaper

Angel Suarez & Pat Bosch, Perkins+Will

CREATIVE PAYBACK:
2:45 -3:30 HIGH-PERFORMANCE FACADES AND THE OWNER/DEVELOPER
John Cal, Florida International University/Facilities Mgmt.
Neyda Otero, Miami Date College/Facilities Management

3:30 - 3:40 METHODS+MATERIALS SPEAKER Tim Nass, Saftifirst

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3:40 - 3:45 REMARKS Jamilla Walcott, YKK-AP America

3:45 - 4:05 NETWORKING BREAK METHODS+MATERIALS GALLERY

Anthony Birchler, A. Zahner Company

4:05 - 4:45 THE COMPLEX ART AND DELIVERY OF THE GARAGE Terence Riley, Keenen/Riley

David Rifkind, FIU

Rodolphe el-Khoury, University of Miami School of
4:45 - 5:30 EXPANDING THE PALETTE: HI-TECH TOOLS + LO-TECH FAB Architecture
Nick Gelpi, GELPI Projects

5:30 - 5:40 AUDIENCE Q&A | CLOSING REMARKS William Menking, The Architect’s Newspaper

5:40 - 7:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION Sponsored by METHODS + MATERIALS GALLERY

Thank you to for WiFi Sponsorship.

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*Speakers subject to change

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WELCOME
A Message from the Facades+ Director
Welcome to Facades+ Miami. Diana Darling
The Architect’s Newspaper
We are thrilled to kick off our 2017 Facades+ Conference series, returning to Conference Director
Miami amidst the South Florida building boom. We are proud to go into this sixth
year as the premier conference on high-performance building envelopes.

Miami’s AEC industry is hot, hot, hot! And the focus is not just on residential
projects. The area is seeing an increase across many building types including William Menking
offices, public buildings, infrastructure, malls and convention centers. The The Architect’s Newspaper
region’s academics, engineers, consultants, architects, and builders are experts Editor-in-Chief
on some of the toughest challenges that envelope designers and fabricators are Miami Co-Chair
likely to face.

New for Miami, we’ve added Lab and Dialog workshops on the second day of
the conference. (Please see the Workshop agenda on page 9.) Both days are
meant to introduce you to new ideas, provide you with information to hone your Pat Bosch
skills, and give you ample opportunity to network. Please be sure to engage with Perkins+Will
our Methods+Materials gallery exhibitors who are bringing new products and Design Director + Principal
ideas directly to you. We appreciate their support which allows us to put on an Miami Co-Chair
event of this caliber.

We thank our conference chairs, Perkins+Will’s Pat Bosch and Angel Suarez,
who have curated an outstanding program of notable practitioners from various Angel Suarez
sectors of the AEC industry to discuss current trends. We are confident today’s Perkins+Will
lectures and panels will inspire and create lively dialogue and spark ideas that Senior Project Designer +
you’ll take back into your own practice. Senior Associate
Miami Co-Chair
But the conversations don’t stop in Miami. We’re poised for upcoming Facades+
events in cities across the U.S. Connect with Facades+ weekly newsletters and
on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to stay up-to-date on conference locations
and dates. Also visit The Architect’s Newspaper at archpaper.com.
OPENING KEYNOTE
Shohei Shigematsu
Diana Darling
OMA
Conference Director
Partner

A Message from the Mayor of Miami Beach AFTERNOON KEYNOTE

José Alvarez
Dear Friends: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
Principal
It is a great pleasure to welcome attendees to the Facades+ Conference in
Miami Beach.

I commend The Architect’s Newspaper in bringing together architects, design- AFTERNOON KEYNOTE
ers, engineers, developers and manufacturers from all over the world who are Z. Smith
creating building envelopes which are not only cutting edge in design, but also Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
resilient and sustainable. Principal + Director of Sustainability
& Building Performance
Facades+, through its symposium and workshops, encourages collaboration and
innovation. Miami Beach is at the forefront of creating a more resilient built
environment, and as such, we appreciate this same goal of the AEC industry.

I am especially pleased that Facades+ has chosen Miami Beach’s new Faena Susan Kramer
Forum and the FIU CARTA campus as the bases for this event. I encourage The Architect’s Newspaper
each of you to enjoy our unique cultural climate and warmth of the people in our Special Events Director
beautiful city.

On behalf of the citizens of Miami Beach, we wish you a productive conference,

continued success and an enjoyable stay.
Randi Greenberg
Kindest Regards,
The Architect’s Newspaper
Special Projects Manager
Philip Levine
Mayor

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OPENING KEYNOTE
SHOHEI SHIGEMATSU | OMA | PARTNER
Shigematsu is the Director of the New York office
and has been a driving force behind many of OMA’s
projects, leading the firm’s diverse portfolio in the
Americas for the past decade. With an emphasis
on maximum specificity and process-oriented
design, Shigematsu provides design leadership and direction across the
company, from conceptual onset to completed construction. In addition
to the Faena Forum, his designs for cultural venues include a new
museum for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and an event
space for the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in L.A. He has collaborated
with multiple renowned artists and designed exhibitions for Prada, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Park Avenue Armory. Shigematsu
has also designed innovative workspaces including Milstein Hall—an
extension to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell
University—the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, the Shenzhen Stock
Exchange Headquarters, and is currently designing OMA’s first high rise
tower in Tokyo for Mori Building. Three of his designs for residential
towers in New York, San Francisco, and Miami are in construction.
AFTERNOON KEYNOTES
JOSÉ ALVAREZ | ESKEW+DUMEZ+RIPPLE |
PRINCIPAL
A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Alvarez is a talented
designer and project architect with the design
responsibility for many of the studio’s largest
projects. His creative work has led to dozens of
design awards for projects such as the Louisiana State Museum, the New
Orleans BioInnovation Center, and the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art
Museum, and has also contributed toward the last 17 years of the firm’s
growth. In addition to his architectural design expertise, Alvarez develops
licensure programs within the firm and advocates for diversity and
inclusion within the design profession. He was the recipient of the 2015
AIA Young Architect Award for showing exceptional leadership and making
significant contributions to the profession.
Z SMITH | ESKEW+DUMEZ+RIPPLE |
PRINCIPAL + DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY
& BUILDING PERFORMANCE
Smith has been involved in nationally published
sustainability research and design for the past
ten years. With training and experience in the
fields of architecture, physics, information technology, and renewable
energy, he integrates his broad range of skills in service of lowering
the environmental footprint of each of our buildings, while continuing
to help us deliver projects on time and on budget. As a LEED Fellow,
Smith brings a scientific approach to green design in the studio’s
wide array of community, educational, and institutional projects as
well as tremendous added value to clients through the reduction of
energy consumption, and subsequently energy bills. Smith’s built
work includes academic, laboratory and residential projects earning
LEED Gold and Platinum certifications, and winning national awards
such as the AIA COTE Top Ten. Smith is named as inventor on ten
patents and author on more than 50 peer-reviewed publications.
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PRESENTERS
PETER ARBOUR | VIDARIS | SENIOR
CONSULTANT
Arbour has over 15 years of experience working on
new construction projects, specializing as a facade
system designer and consultant to architects.
His professional work has been focused on the
conception, detailing, and construction of custom-designed building
facades. He has a wide-ranging knowledge of building materials and
the procedures of fabrication, assembly, and construction of diverse
building enclosure systems. His experience comprises the elaboration
and development of architectural concepts in the design process and
their materialization and transformation through the fabrication and
construction processes.
FEDERICO BALESTRAZZI | THORNTON
TOMASETTI | VICE PRESIDENT
As leader of the facade engineering practice for the
mid-Atlantic South region, Balestrazzi is responsible
for project oversight, quality control, and business
development. He has more than 15 years of
experience in facade and structural design, project management and
coordination, and restoration and repair. He specializes in the design and
construction of complex building enclosures and facades, particularly
high-rise curtain wall systems, and provides innovative approaches
that are both practical and cost effective. He is adept working across
all building types and with a wide range of materials. Balestrazzi
has considerable experience with facade restoration projects, from
evaluation to remediation.
ANTHONY BIRCHLER | A. ZAHNER COMPANY |
VICE PRESIDENT ENGINEERING/SALES
Birchler leads Zahner’s design-engineering
team. Since 1998, he has been responsible for
designing many of the patented systems now
used to complete bold architecture all over the
world. He shares responsibility for developing two out of five patents
held by Zahner, best known for the ongoing work that he put into
developing the ZEPPS® Technology, the firm’s dual-curvature building
system. Birchler works directly with owners, engineers, architects,
and general contractors, providing intelligent problem-solving for the
production of complex facades.
VALERIE BLOCK | KURARAY | ARCHITECTURAL
MARKETING CONSULTANT
Block works with architects, specifiers, structural
engineers, facade consultants, and glass fabricators
on the specification, design, and use of laminated
glass in buildings. Before joining Kuraray three
years ago, she was a senior marketing specialist with DuPont Glass
Laminating Solutions. Block is a LEED Accredited Professional with
the U.S. Green Building Council, as well as a Construction Documents
Technologist with the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). She
participates on numerous industry and standards committees, including
ASTM International, ISO, and the Canadian Standards Association.
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PAT BOSCH | PERKINS+WILL | DESIGN
DIRECTOR + PRINCIPAL | MIAMI CO-CHAIR
Bosch has been with the Miami office since
its opening in 1996 and sits on the firm’s
Design Board, which regulates design quality
across the firm worldwide. She is known for
her collaborative skills— routinely bringing diverse constituencies
together to generate ideas and find common ground, where solutions
emerge out of the strong partnerships she creates with her clients.
She continuously explores ideas that are deeply based on program,
context, region, and culture. Her projects—including American
Express Sunrise Corporate Center, Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman
University for Women, The Greater Accra Regional Hospital at Ridge
in Accra, Ghana, L’Oreal Research and Innovation Center in Rio de
Janeiro and The Miami Dade College Student Center—have been
honored with multiple design awards.
JOHN CAL | FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY | ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT,
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Since 2007, Cal has focused Florida International
University on meeting the demands of an
aggressive capital construction program while
maintaining and upgrading the existing physical plant to meet the
requirements of a growing research institution. He is responsible for
real estate master planning, facilities operations, and construction.
Operations include the management of more than 120 permanent
buildings totaling more than 8 million square feet. Operationally, FIU
has led the State University System in energy performance for four
consecutive years, achieving the remarkable metric of 60.9 kBTU/sf/yr,
saving over $1 million per year in utilities costs.
GREGG COVIN | ONE THOUSAND MUSEUM |
CO-DEVELOPER
Covin has earned an exceptional reputation as
the award-winning developer of some of Florida’s
most exclusive residences and hotels. Covin’s AIA
award-winning Neville Condominium and Peter
Page–designed Hotel St. Augustine were regarded as catalysts in the
redevelopment of the area, followed by the Montclair Lofts and The
Angler’s Boutique Resort. In 2007, Covin completed Ten Museum Park,
a 50-story crystalline tower in Downtown Miami. Currently, Covin is co-
developing One Thousand Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects.
KURT DANNWOLF | ODP ARCHITECTURE &
DESIGN | PRESIDENT + DESIGN PRINCIPAL
Dannwolf leads a team of architects and
designers with his innovative approach that
pushes design to its limits. He remains involved
in all aspects of ODP projects—“Our creative
process is extremely thorough—from concept to final execution—
so we can deliver our desired depth of concept and richness into
built forms.” Dannwolf has 20 years experience with high-rise and
mixed-use buildings, including The Four Seasons Hotel and Tower,
the Dacom Headquarters in Korea, and the Telecom Headquarters
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in Buenos Aires. Dannwolf was recently awarded Zaha Hadid’s
prestigious 1000 Museum Luxury tower in Miami.
DIANA DARLING | THE ARCHITECT’S
NEWSPAPER | PUBLISHER |
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR
Darling is CEO and cofounder of The Architect’s
Newspaper, celebrating its 14th year. The A|N
media company consists of print and digital
publications covering architecture and design news, as well as the
Facades+ and Tech+ conferences. As A|N’s publisher, Darling won
the AIA National Collaboration Award, Grassroots Preservation Award,
and ASLA NY’s President’s Award. She began her publishing career as
director of print production for The Gap’s European markets. She holds a
BS from The University of Texas at Austin.
SERGIO DE GAETANO | THORNTON
TOMASETTI | SENIOR PRINCIPAL, UK
DIRECTOR & FACADE ENGINEERING
PRACTICE LEADER
De Gaetano is the global leader of the
facade engineering practice with 16 years
of international experience and extensive working knowledge
of complex facades and roof systems. His most recent facade
design credits include SKY SOHO in Shanghai, an iconic mixed-use
development with Zaha Hadid Architects, KOC Art Gallery in Istanbul
with Grimshaw, and Land Securities’ Nova, a £760M transformative
development of Victoria Circle in London with PLP Architecture. His
project experience at previous firms includes the new extension to
the Tate Modern in London with Herzog & de Meuron and Ferrari
World in Abu Dhabi—the largest indoor theme park in the world.
RODOLPHE EL-KHOURY | UNIVERSITY OF
MIAMI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | DEAN
El-Khoury is the dean of the University of Miami
School of Architecture. Before coming to UMSoA
in July 2014, he was the Canada research chair
and director of Urban Design at the University
of Toronto, head of architecture at California College of the Arts, and
associate professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design. El-Khoury’s
current research in architecture focuses on applications for information
technology, aiming for enhanced responsiveness and sustainability
in buildings and smart cities. As a partner in Khoury Levit Fong (KLF),
his award-winning projects include Beirut Martyr’s Square, Stratford
Market Square, and the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art.
NICK GELPI | GELPI PROJECTS | DESIGN
PRINCIPAL AND FOUNDER
GELPI Projects is dedicated to examining the
relationships between material representations
and building concepts. The practice has won
numerous design awards, including first place
in the international design competition for the new Wynwood
Greenhouse Park in 2014, which is currently nearing construction in
Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. In 2014, principal and founder Gelpi
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received Curbed’s Young Guns Award naming him one of the top 10
Young Designers in America, and his practice recently won two AIA
Miami Design awards for built projects. Gelpi is currently an assistant
professor of architecture at Florida International University.
JANE GILBERT | CITY OF MIAMI | CHIEF
RESILIENCE OFFICER
For the last 20 years, Gilbert has created and
led initiatives focused on strengthening Greater
Miami through public-private partnerships. As
a consultant to The Miami Foundation, Gilbert
was the primary convener and writer of the application by Greater
Miami and the Beaches to the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient
Cities. She also managed The Miami Foundation’s civic leadership
agenda on sea level rise. Previously, Gilbert was responsible for Wells
Fargo’s philanthropic investments and community engagement in
South Florida. As founding Executive Director of Arts for Learning/
Miami, she built an idea into an organization that now serves over
15,000 children annually. Gilbert also launched Dream in Green,
which provides environmental education outreach to schools and
homeowners throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
BRAD MALMSTEN | THORNTON TOMASETT I |
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Malmsten has more than 15 years of experience
in the design and delivery of concrete and steel
structural systems, and he leads the firm’s
structural engineering practice in Florida. His
background includes domestic and international tall and supertall
mixed-use towers, transformative renovations, long-span structures,
hospitals, educational, and municipal facilities. Malmsten’s expertise
is based on the innovative application of familiar structural materials
for special and complex, modern tall buildings. He has in-depth
technical knowledge of building behaviors, construction methods,
various forms of structural analysis, and the delivery of structural
designs to builders.
DAVID MARTIN | TERRA GROUP |
PRESIDENT/OWNER
Martin leads some of South Florida’s most
impactful real estate developments with an
emphasis on neighborhoods like Coconut
Grove, Miami Beach, Doral, and Weston.
Always looking to push the envelope and set his firm apart, Martin
is enlisting some of the world’s top architects to design his projects.
Examples include the Bjarke Ingels-designed Grove at Grand Bay and
the Rem Koolhaas-designed Park Grove. Eighty Seven Park, Terra’s
newest project in North Beach, will be a 70-unit beachfront condo
designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano. Terra is also
developing the Modern and Neovita communities in Doral, as well as
Botaniko in Weston, a master-planned community designed by Chad
Oppenheim and Roney Mateu.
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NATHAN MCKENNA | VITRO ARCHITECTURAL
GLASS | ARCHITECTURAL MANAGER -
SOUTHEAST
Nathan McKenna is the national architectural
manager for the southeast region for Vitro
Architectural Glass, covering Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the majority of Florida.
Before joining Vitro Glass in 2015, McKenna served as glass division
manager for Columbia Commercial Building Products, Dallas, a Vitro
Certified Network member.
WILLIAM MENKING | THE ARCHITECT’S
NEWSPAPER | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF |
MIAMI CO-CHAIR
Founder and editor-in-chief of The Architect’s
Newspaper, Menking has curated and written
catalogues for exhibitions including; Archigram:
Experimental Architecture 1961–1974, Superstudio Life Without
Objects, and The Vienna Model: Housing for the 21st Century. In
2008 he was U.S. Commissioner of Into the Open: Positioning
Practice at The Venice Biennale. He co-authored Four Conversations
on the Architecture Of Discourse and Architecture on Display. His
essay Mr. Mumford’s Neighborhood appears in the book Forty Ways
To Think About Architecture (Routledge). His writings have appeared
in The Society of Architectural Historians, Journal of Architectural
Education, Monocle, and Perspecta. He was Visiting Scholar at UC
Berkeley (2011) and is Professor of Architecture at Pratt Institute.
TIM NASS | SAFTIFIRST | VP OF NATIONAL
SALES
Nass has over 20 years of experience in the
architectural glazing industry. As the Vice President
of National Sales at SAFTI FIRST, he brings his
extensive knowledge and expertise when working
closely with architects and contract glaziers. Nass also oversees SAFTI
FIRST’s national network of architectural sales representatives. Nass has
been delivering the comapny’s AIA-registered presentation for over four
years to various architecture firms, AIA local chapters, CSI local chapters,
at the CSI National Convention and other glazing industry events.Velocity
Hurricane Zone. He founded Facade+Envelope in January 2013.
KRISTIN NOLAN | INTERTEK | MANAGER,
REGIONAL OPERATIONS
Nolan is the Manager of the West Palm Beach
Regional Office for the Building and Construction
division of Intertek. She has over 10 years of
experience in the fenestration field specifically
in performance testing of residential and commercial glazing, entry,
cladding, and roofing systems. With her expertise, Nolan provides
guidance to clients in regards to the intricacies inherent with
pursuing Miami Dade County Notice of Acceptances (NOAs) and
Florida Product Approvals. She’s been a member of ASTM for eight
years and was appointed as Secretary of the International Hurricane
Protection Agency (IHPA) in 2016.
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NEYDA OTERO | MIAMI DADE COLLEGE | VICE
PROVOST, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Otero is an architect with over 25 years of
experience in architecture, facilities management,
planning, and construction for commercial,
institutional, educational, and residential facilities
projects. Miami Dade College, the largest institution of higher
education in Florida and the second largest in the U.S., is a state-
supported college with eight campuses and twenty-one outreach
centers throughout Miami Dade. She provides vision, leadership,
strategic planning, policies, goals, and oversight in the facilities
management, as well as the project management for all major and
minor capital improvement projects and maintenance operations.
IGOR REYES | NBWW | PRINCIPAL + LEAD
DESIGNER
Reyes is a partner at the Coral Gables architecture
and planning firm, Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe &
Associates. A South Florida native and resident,
Reyes began working for the firm in 1999 as a
project manager. Throughout his time at the firm, Reyes has worked
to further develop the firm’s design culture and the marketing of its
historic contribution to local construction. He has been involved with
many of the award-winning designs at the firm including 1450 Brickell
and International Finance Bank, as well as other innovative designs
such as VUE Sarasota Bay, Marriott Marquis Miami Worldcenter Hotel,
and Met 2 at Metropolitan Miami.
DAVID RIFKIND | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY |
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
In addition to teaching courses in architectural
history, Rifkind is the Associate Dean of Students
in the College of Communication, Architecture +
the Arts at Florida International University. His current research deals
with urbanism and architecture in Ethiopia, from the late 19th century
to the present, and is the first component in a long-term study of
modern architecture and urban planning throughout Africa. He is the
author of The Battle for Modernism: Quadrante and the Politicization
of Architectural Discourse in Fascist Italy (2012) and has written
articles on architecture and urbanism in Italy and Ethiopia. Rifkind
curated the Frost Art Museum’s 2012 exhibition, “Metropole/Colony:
Africa and Italy,” using materials from the Wolfsonian-FIU and funded
by the Mellon Foundation.
TERENCE RILEY | KEENAN/RILEY | FOUNDING
PARTNER
Riley is a founding partner of K/R, an architectural
studio well known for its designs for art
museums, galleries, artists, and collectors.
Currently, K/R has projects underway in the
Miami Design District, Surfside, Florida, Bentonville, Arkansas, Qatar,
and Russia. Riley served as the Philip Johnson Chief Curator for
Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art (1991-2006),
where he curated critical exhibitions on both historical figures as well
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as contemporary architects. From 2006 until 2010, Riley was director
and design consultant for the Miami Art Museum (MAM), leading the
institution through a transformative process of planning and designing
a new waterfront facility.
ANGEL SUAREZ | PERKINS+WILL | SENIOR
PROJECT DESIGNER + SENIOR ASSOCIATE |
MIAMI CO-CHAIR
Suarez, who joined the firm in 2007, has led all
aspects of the design process from concept
through construction for multiple projects
over the past several years. With over 16 years of experience in
architecture, he has worked on a variety of building types and
envelope design conditions. His professional career has been focused
on medium- to large-scale projects where his high-performance
research and technological skills can develop. Following his three-year
tenure as facade consultant with Heintges Associates in New York,
he served as an in-house consultant to several Perkins+Will offices
with a special focus on the idiosyncrasies of facade design in South
Florida. His projects include the American Express Sunrise Corporate
Center, Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University for Women, and
the Miami-Dade College Student Center.
JAMILLA WALCOTT | YKK-AP AMERICA |
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Walcott oversees marketing, communications,
brand management, and product management,
focusing on YKK AP America’s commercial
aluminum facades business. She brings nearly 15
years of B2B marketing experience with manufacturing companies
over a variety of industries.
IVAN ZUNIGA | YKK-AP AMERICA |
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES MANAGER
In his role, Zuniga is responsible for the sales
and marketing of YKK Architectural Products in
North America. He holds a Bachelor of Science
in Engineering from Virginia Tech and is also a
professional engineer. Zuniga is an active member of the Construction
Specifications Institute, the American Architectural Manufacturers
Association, and the Glass Association of North America, and has
served on several committees and task groups to promote energy
efficiency and code development. A native of Venezuela, Zuniga
resides with his wife and two children in Atlanta, GA.
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DIALOG WORKSHOPS 8 HSW CEUs

MORNING SESSION HALF

CHOOSE 1 FROM THE FOLLOWING 2:

Data-Driven Skins: Using Grasshopper to Build Form Generators

A Andres Gonzalez-Posada McNeel’s RhinoFabStudios
Doaa Alsharif McNeel, Seattle

Miami Matures: High-Performance Facade Design for an Evolving Market

B Angel Suarez Perkins+Will
Trevor Barrett Physical Security Hurricane Wall
Kevin Miske Building Blocks

AFTERNOON SESSION HALF

CHOOSE 1 FROM THE FOLLOWING 2:

Symbiotic Value of Facades for Owners + Designers

C Rok Lee Vidaris
Giovanni Monti GM&P Consulting and Glazing Contractors
Manuel Morales Facade + Envelope

Choosing Between the Titans: Glass vs ETFE

D Sergio De Gaetano & Federico Balestrazzi Thornton Tomasetti
Alexander Jafari Vector Foiltec

LAB WORKSHOPS 8 HSW CEUs

ALL DAY SESSION

Curtain Wall Systems: From Sketch to Completion

1 Richard Braunstein YKK-AP America
Terry Carespodi YKK-AP America

2
REMARKS

3
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE LOCATION

8:30 Check-in & Coffee FIU COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION,

ARCHITECTURE + THE ARTS
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DIALOG WORKSHOPS ALEXANDER JAFARI | VECTOR FOILTEC |
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
DOAA ALSHARIF | MCNEEL SEATTLE |
Jafari has been an integral team member for
ARCHITECT
almost 13 years. His engineering background
Alsharif is a certified designer and fabricator
plays an important part in the success of
and has a passion for coding in design. She
the ETFE projects in the US, enabling him to
recently joined the McNeel team and plans
successfully collaborate with architects and designers. He was part
to develop Rhino and Grasshopper plugins
of the team that helped design and complete the largest ETFE project
and has been teaching both programs for over a year. Alsharif is
in the US, U.S. Bank Stadium. It is the first completed professional
currently pursuing a master’s in design computing at the University
sports stadium in the US to include ETFE. Jafari has successfully
of Washington, Seattle where she is working on high performance
honed in on US ETFE market growth and helped a variety of
facade panelization for her thesis.
successful projects from the schematic design phase through on-time
completion. His project portfolio ranges from small retail skylights to
FEDERICO BALESTRAZZI | THORNTON TOMASETTI | VICE
building envelopes for large federal and stadium projects.
PRESIDENT
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ROK LEE | VIDARIS | SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Lee has specialized in facades for over
TREVOR BARRETT | PHYSICAL SECURITY,
twenty years in Asia and North America.
HURRICANE WALL DIVISION | DIRECTOR OF
He started early in his career in Hong Kong
OPERATIONS, SOUTH FLORIDA
as a facade designer, later moved to New
Barrett has 32 years experience as a curtain
York City as a design consultant, and most
wall professional. His focus is hurricane impact
recently represented one of the leading curtain wall manufacturers
compliant glazing systems for the South Florida
in the world. He provides invaluable insight across the building
market that meet specified structural standards while providing
development process assisting building owners, architects and
high-performance durability, aesthetic quality, and protection from
engineers in concept, prototype and detailing of facades for new
the elements. Barrett assists architects, designers, and contractors
construction. His past achievements and imprint on more than 60
achieve performance, budget, and concept requirements. He has
new skyscrapers and repositioning projects were a result of his
experience with wall laboratory mock-up validation tests, forensic
work at Arup, Heintges, Heitmann, and Enclos. He has left his mark
investigations, and the retrofitting of existing facades.
on many famous structures, such as the Clinton Presidential Library
and Beekman Tower.
SERGIO DE GAETANO | THORNTON TOMASETTI | SENIOR
PRINCIPAL, UK DIRECTOR & FACADE ENGINEERING PRACTICE
KEVIN MISKE | BUILDING BLOCKS |
LEADER
PRESIDENT
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Miske is president of Building Blocks, a general
contracting firm that specializes in the design,
ANDRÉS GONZALEZ-POSADA | MCNEEL’S
fabrication, and installation of facade systems.
RHINOFABSTUDIOS | WORLDWIDE
Building Blocks primarily works with glass
DIRECTOR
fiber reinforced concrete in an integrative design and manufacturing
Since the 1980s, Gonzalez-Posada has been
process in order to deliver high-performance facade systems.
a software trainer and developer. He has
With over 16 years of experience, Miske has been involved with
developed applications for diverse design
numerous facade projects including Milwaukee City Hall, Chicago
markets as well as training materials for different CAD and design
City Hall, Legacy at Millennium Park, and locally Versailles, Faena
software including the community of training materials. He is
House, and 601 Washington.
also the official Grasshopper (Generative Modeling) trainer on
McNeel’s online, on-demand classes. Gonzalez-Posada has worked
GIOVANNI MONTI | GM&P CONSULTING
with the Rhino team since its very early stages and is now the
AND GLAZING CONTRACTORS |
head of the McNeel Southeast U.S & Latin American Division.
PRESIDENT
He is the worldwide director of the digital fabrication community
Monti is responsible for the window
RhinoFabStudio, as well as the Generative Jewelry and Fashion
and glazing designs, manufacturing, and
Design community (GJD3D), and Generative Furniture Design
installations for many internationally acclaimed
community (GFD3D).
construction projects in both Europe and the U.S. A native of Italy,
with a doctorate and a Master of Science in Engineering from
the University of Bologna, he is now based in Miami and has led
window installations in many of the towers that form the dramatic,
ever-changing skylines of Miami and Las Vegas. His skills and

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experience in all areas of construction place him in a unique position LAB WORKSHOP
to contribute across disciplines in the conception, production, and
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
realization of the most ambitious projects.
For the past 18 years, Braunstein has blended
careers in design and education that have
MANUEL MORALES | FACADE + ENVELOPE |
yielded a unique perspective on issues of
MANAGER
sustainable design. He currently oversees YKK
Morales is a registered professional engineer
AP, America’s product development group, and
with over twelve years of building envelope
is an adjunct professor at Georgia Tech, where he developed and now
experience including the inspecting, consulting,
teaches a course on sustainable product design. During this time,
testing, and structural designing of facade,
he has published and lectured on the subject of sustainable design.
cladding, roofing, and waterproofing systems. Morales’s specialties
Braunstein has been recognized for his design contributions by the
include building code compliance, building forensics, moisture
International Energy Agency (First Place Product Design Award) and
resistance design, and hurricane resistance design. As a specialty
Business Week magazine (IDEA Gold Award 2001 and IDEA Silver
glazing engineer, he’s been involved in the structural design of
Award 2009), as well as his contribution in the classroom with an
innovative and challenging systems ranging from custom curtain
Amoco Foundation Teaching Excellence Award.
walls to free-spanning glass walls, glass mullions, and point
supported systems, all complying with the engineering and impact
TERRY CARESPODI | YKK AP AMERICA |
testing requirements of South Florida’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone.
NATIONAL SALES MANAGER
He founded Facade+Envelope in January 2013.
Carespodi graduated from Lycoming College
with a BA in Business Administration in 1984
ANGEL SUAREZ | PERKINS+WILL | SENIOR PROJECT
and shortly thereafter entered the fenestration
DESIGNER + SENIOR ASSOCIATE
industry as a production trainee. Over the past
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32 years, he has held multiple positions in manufacturing, sales,
installation, distribution, and design. Carespodi has been with YKK AP
for the past 21 years and has twice received the President’s Award
and three times was named Branch Manager of the Year.

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