PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON GREEN BUILDING
IN METRO NASHVILLE
THIS WEDNESDAY, March 7 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Nashville Downtown Public Library
615 Church Street
The Nashville Civic
Design Center will hold a public workshop on Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
from
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Nashville Downtown Public Library to gather
public input regarding the implementation of sustainable building
practices in
Nashville and Davidson County. The Nashville Downtown Public Library
is located at 615 Church Street.
This public meeting is
held in response to a recent Metropolitan County Council resolution
requesting that the Nashville Civic Design Center "facilitate a series
of community discussions regarding the implementation of sustainable
building
practices in Nashville and Davidson County. These discussions should
include a broad cross-section of persons from the public and private
sector, and should focus on determining the most appropriate methods
for incorporating green building design practices in the construction
and
renovation of both government and private buildings."
An ordinance amending
Title 16 of the Metropolitan Code regarding sustainable building design
standards for new and renovated Metropolitan Government buildings and
facilities has been proposed before the Metropolitan County Council.
Jason Hartke and
Michelle Moore from the national office of the United States Green
Building Council
(USGBC) in Washington, D.C. will be invited participants at the
meeting. The workshop will begin with a brief introduction to the
USGBC's
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification
program, and follow with a focus on the reasons many cities across the
country are
adopting LEED certification requirements, including its potential costs
and benefits. Following the presentation, audience members will have
an
opportunity to participate in a discussion of the issues.
A second meeting on the topic of green building in Metro Nashville will be held as an Urban
Design Forum at the Nashville Civic Design Center on Thursday, March 15, 2007 from 5:30 - 7:00
p.m.
The Nashville Civic Design Center is located at 138 Second Avenue North in Suite 106.
MARCH ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM EXHIBIT
AIA TENNESSEE 2006 DESIGN AWARDS
March 5 - March 30 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The AIA Tennessee Annual Design Awards Program seeks to salute excellence and elevate the quality of architecture in the state. This year the
jury was held in Charlotte, and projects were reviewed by Thomas P. Duffy, AIA, David P. Hutcheson, AIA and Andrew McLellan. Eleven
architecture
and interior design projects were honored with awards presented regionally at chapter AIA meetings.
Awards of Excellence:
Archimania (Memphis) GES Townhouses
Bauer Askew Architecture (Nashville) Woodside Pavilions
Gilbert/McLaughlin Architects (Nashville) Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Awards of Merit:
Archimania (Memphis)The Eclectic Eye
Archimania (Memphis) Svatos Poolhouse
Cary F. Dunn Architect (Nashville) A Modern Barn for Asian Elephants
Everton Oglesby Architects (Nashville) Amerisite 6th Avenue Storage
Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects, PLLC (Chattanooga)
1800 Cowart Street
Looney Ricks Kiss (Memphis) The Mercado
Lyle Cook Martin (Clarksville) Restoration of a Historic Church & Renovation and
Addition to the Parish House
Sanders/Pace Architecture, LLC (Knoxville)Façade Improvement at
304 South Gay
Street
ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM FILM SERIES
Two showings:
Tuesday, March 20
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (Bring your lunch!) and
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
THE SOCIALIST, THE ARCHITECT AND THE TWISTED TOWER
Directed by Frerik Gertten
2005 (59 minutes)
The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower chronicles the intriguing (and
twisted) story behind the design and construction of the "Turning Torso," Europe's tallest residential building, designed by world famous architect
Santiago Calatrava.
In Malmo, Sweden, Santiago Calatrava's "Turning Torso" is being built, a 624 foot-high residential
building which uses nine five-story cubes that twist as they rise, with the top-most segment turned a complete ninety degrees clockwise from the
ground floor. It is a spectacular structure and an even more spectacular project ridded with skyrocketing costs, outsized egos, and at its
heart, a debate between new capitalism and old socialist ideals.
For Calatrava, known primarily for public works (such as the Athens Olympic complex and the new
World Trade Center Transportation Hub), it is an opportunity to design his first skyscraper. For the city of Malmo, and particularly for Johnny
Orback, Board Chairman of the Malmo branch of the co-operative housing association (HSB), an organization rooted in the Swedish welfare tradition, it
is a chance to become a European city of the 21st century, an example of a modern international metropolis with a fitting architectural monument at
its center.
For both men, there is plenty at stake. But as the project progresses, numerous problems come
to the forefront. Costs are beginning to run wild, way over the agreed-upon budget; Calatrava is never available, always working on one of his
many other projects; and for the HSB, the issue of whether this tower is worth it or whether its more important to spend money on middle class
housing, becomes more pressing everyday.
The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower documents this extraordinary struggle. As
Calatrava fights for his integrity and vision, Johnny Orback attempts to placate the HSB, pressing for increased funds and trying to keep the project
from getting abandoned mid-construction. It is a film as much about architecture as it is about the clashing of two radically different
ideologies.
*Best Documentary, Doc Fest, Festival di Palazzo Venezia, Rome, 2006
*Amsterdam International Documentary Festival, 2005
*International Festival of Films on Art, Montreal, 2006
"Calatrava is the most crowd-pleasing architect since Frank Gehry. His work, too, is dazzling
and emotionally engaging."
-Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker
"An excellent film! The director, Fredrik Gertten, has obtained outstanding footage that
shows, first hand, the kinds of problems thrown up when two visionaries attempt to create a landmark building... This film will be relevant to
anyone interested in architecture and the work of Santiago Calatrava but above all, it is a riveting story well told."
-Leonardo: Journal of the International
Society
of the Arts, Sciences, and Technology
"The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower is strong on insight into what t takes to
create an architectural icon in the 21st century. An unflinching view... It is recommended, particularly for libraries and collections
in
architecture."
-Educational Media Reviews Online
"The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower was awarded the Best Documentary prize for the
originality and narrative rhythm with which the film investigates the artistic, economic and human premises behind one of the great projects of
contemporary architecture."
-Jury of Doc Fest, Festival di Palazzo Venezia
2007 SESAH Annual Meeting and Call for
Papers
Nashville, Tennessee
October 24 - 27
The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) will hold its 25th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, from October
24-27, 2007. SESAH will celebrate this historic anniversary in the Music City, also known as the "Athens of the South"! The 2007 SESAH Host Committee
invites abstracts for individual papers or proposals for session panels, consisting of three papers and a chair, focusing on the general conference
theme of Urban Planning in the New South. Papers will be given preference that address the following thematic topics:
Tennessee Vernacular, Classical Revival in the South, Modernism in the South, Slave Architecture, New Deal Architecture, Architecture of Music, Civic
Spaces, Architecture of Sports, and Preserving American Landmarks. Like past SESAH conferences, papers and sessions may address any aspect of the
history of the built environment as well as any geographical region, historical period, or scale.
Abstracts should be sent by April 3, 2007 to Thomas K. Davis, Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee College of
Architecture and Design, and Design Director of the Nashville Civic Design Center at the following address:
1715 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996
or email to tkdavis@utk.edu
for further information, please visit www.sesah.org, or
download the information sheet here.
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