{"id":19191,"date":"2016-10-21T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T16:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=19191"},"modified":"2016-12-12T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T19:21:15","slug":"aia-awards-groundbreaking-construction-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/aia-awards-groundbreaking-construction-work\/","title":{"rendered":"AIA awards groundbreaking construction work"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19192\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19192 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/01-overview-Expo-dusk-e1478631187874.jpg\" alt=\"Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture's design for the Astana Expo City 2017 earned an award in the stellar design category for this year's American Institute of Architects (AIA) Innovation Award. Image \u00a9 Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/01-overview-Expo-dusk-e1478631187874.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/01-overview-Expo-dusk-e1478631187874-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/01-overview-Expo-dusk-e1478631187874-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/01-overview-Expo-dusk-e1478631187874-1000x527.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/01-overview-Expo-dusk-e1478631187874-624x329.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture&#8217;s design for the Astana Expo City 2017 earned an award in the stellar design category for this year&#8217;s American Institute of Architects (AIA) Innovation Award. <\/span><br \/> <em>Image \u00a9 Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The American Institute of Architects (AIA) <a href=\"http:\/\/network.aia.org\/technologyinarchitecturalpractice\/home\">Technology in Architectural Practice<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/network.aia.org\/constructioncontractadministration\/home\">Construction Contract Administration<\/a> (TAP\/CCA) Innovation Award honors projects that enhance efficiency, building life cycle performance, cost-effectiveness, and team communication. This year, a winner and\/or honorable mention were selected for four of the award\u2019s five categories.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19194\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19194 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/EpicDeepSpaceAuditorium_Wheelock_Auditorium-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"The Epic Deep Space Auditorium in Verona, Wisconsin received an honorable mention in the stellar design category, thanks to Cunningham Group Architecture\u2019s inventive modeling strategies. Photo courtesy Dana Wheelock\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/EpicDeepSpaceAuditorium_Wheelock_Auditorium-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/EpicDeepSpaceAuditorium_Wheelock_Auditorium-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/EpicDeepSpaceAuditorium_Wheelock_Auditorium-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/EpicDeepSpaceAuditorium_Wheelock_Auditorium-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/EpicDeepSpaceAuditorium_Wheelock_Auditorium.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Epic Deep Space Auditorium in Verona, Wisconsin received an honorable mention in the stellar design category, thanks to Cunningham Group Architecture\u2019s inventive modeling strategies.<\/span> <br \/> <em>Photo courtesy Dana Wheelock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Stellar design<br \/>\n<\/strong>This year\u2019s winner for the stellar design category was Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/expo2017astana.com\/en\/\">Astana Expo City 2017<\/a> in Astana, Kazakhstan. This project sought to exemplify the exposition\u2019s theme of \u2018Future Energy,\u2019 employing a number of methods to decrease the site\u2019s energy demand. For instance, an emergency store of energy equaling two days\u2019 demand is maintained onsite, and 90 percent of onsite waste will be routed away from landfills. The site also features high-performance glazing and temperature-modulating energy piles.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham Group Architecture\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuningham.com\/portfolio\/epic-deep-space-auditorium\/\">Epic Deep Space Auditorium<\/a> (Verona, Wisconsin) earned this category\u2019s honorable mention. Successful modeling was the primary contributor to this project\u2019s success\u2014complex shape generation programs were used to develop hand-sculpted and laser-cut models for the roof forms and building fa\u00e7ade, while the final large-scale physical model was 3D scanned so it could be integrated with building information modeling (BIM) software. The final product, which was completed in less than 24 months, seats up to 11,400 visitors and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicsysinc.com\/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwvve_BRDmg9Kt9ufO15EBEiQAKoc6qglXG84hODxwF8Hv0UN8NFH3-kOmoe-jnSic0jJnjTYaAnOc8P8HAQ\">Epic Systems<\/a> Corporation\u2019s largest auditorium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19193\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19193 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CFAC_Mortenson_Model-Overlay-1000x658.jpg\" alt=\"Featuring a construction coordination model overlay, this is an exterior view of the Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Advanced Care. For its work on the center, Mortenson and CannonDesign was selected as the winner in the project delivery and construction administration excellence category. Photo courtesy Mortenson Construction\" width=\"270\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CFAC_Mortenson_Model-Overlay-1000x658.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CFAC_Mortenson_Model-Overlay-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CFAC_Mortenson_Model-Overlay-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CFAC_Mortenson_Model-Overlay-624x411.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CFAC_Mortenson_Model-Overlay.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Featuring a construction coordination model overlay, this is an exterior view of the Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Advanced Care. For its work on the center, Mortenson and CannonDesign was selected as the winner in the project delivery and construction administration excellence category. <\/span> <br \/> <em>Photo courtesy Mortenson Construction<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Project delivery and construction administration excellence<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mortensen and CannonDesign\u2019s work on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.froedtert.com\/cfac\">Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Advanced Care<\/a> won the project delivery and construction administration excellence category. Ultimately reducing requests for information (RFIs) by 50 percent and architect supplemental instruction (ASI) by 18 percent, the team\u2019s one-model approach facilitated team coordination and communication throughout the project. This also accelerated the modeling process\u2014so much so the owner\u2019s request for five additional floors could be fulfilled with no change to the project completion date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practice-based or academic research, curriculum, or applied technology development<br \/>\n<\/strong>This category received an honorable mention\u2014Payette\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.payette.com\/building-science\/glazing-and-winter-comfort-tool\">glazing and winter comfort tool<\/a>. This Boston team sought to further the industry\u2019s limited understanding of how fa\u00e7ade properties affect occupant comfort. The straightforward method the team devised allows industry professionals to design glazed fa\u00e7ades that provide maximum comfort, energy performance, and savings. It is a solid alternative to the only pre-existing option\u2014a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation that was both expensive and inefficient.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19195\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19195 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YOU-_TALO_StreetRender-1000x500.jpg\" alt=\"One of the groundbreaking virtual reality renderings of Youth and Opportunity United\u2019s (YOU\u2019s) new headquarters, which earned Studio Talo Architecture an award in the category for exemplary use in a small firm. Photo courtesy Douglas Snider, AIA, Studio Talo Architecture\" width=\"315\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YOU-_TALO_StreetRender-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YOU-_TALO_StreetRender-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YOU-_TALO_StreetRender-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YOU-_TALO_StreetRender-624x312.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YOU-_TALO_StreetRender.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">One of the groundbreaking virtual reality renderings of Youth and Opportunity United\u2019s (YOU\u2019s) new headquarters, which earned Studio Talo Architecture an award in the category for exemplary use in a small firm.<\/span> <br \/> <em>Photo courtesy Douglas Snider, AIA, Studio Talo Architecture<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Exemplary use in a small firm<br \/>\n<\/strong>The exemplary use in a small firm category was awarded to Studio Talo Architecture for its work with <a href=\"http:\/\/youthopportunity.org\/index.php\/our-new-building.html\">Youth and Opportunity United<\/a> (YOU) in Evanston, Illinois. Studio Talo showed respect for YOU\u2019s mission of serving youth\u2014its response to owners\u2019 requests for renderings of a new headquarters featured virtual \u2018tours\u2019 led by young people who had actually been served by the organization. Video avatars of these youths led viewers through a 360-degree, virtual reality rendering of the new facility, explaining how YOU affects their lives and community along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Although the judging of the award itself has been completed, members of the public can now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.net\/r\/DXCXMHH\">vote<\/a> for their favorite AIA TAP\/CCA Innovation Award project until November 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Technology in Architectural Practice\/Construction Contract Administration (TAP\/CCA) Innovation Award honors projects that enhance efficiency, building life cycle performance, cost-effectiveness, and team communication. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1836,"featured_media":19192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1029],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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