Contract Magazine - December 2018 - 52

A market-focused incubator
as a new model for work.
Greentown Labs-the largest Cleantech
incubator in the country-is innovative
in both the model of workplace, as well
as the technologies that are created
there. The new space empowers member
companies to create world-changing
energy technologies and innovations in
everything from agriculture and water
forms of density while remaining
to robotic automation and transportation. hewn wood paneling, lighting, and wall
As a market-focused incubator, the space coverings, give an atmosphere of a 'True tailored to LA's urban character.
includes a range of prototyping and wet North' or 'Paul Bunyan-cool' vibe that is -Tanya Paz, Senior Designer, CAMA INC.
rooted deep in Minnesota.
The ICD 'Aggregate' Pavilion 2018
labs, as well as flexible and dedicated
-Bill Lyons, Director of Design and
inspires visionary design thinking.
workspace, event areas, and shared
Construction, ROOM & BOARD
The ICD Aggregate Pavilion 2018 is the
meeting, collaboration, and support
first fully enclosed architectural space
New policies to rapidly build housing
spaces. We are seeing a rise in this type
entirely constructed from designed
units and decentralize development
of incubator as a new model for work.
granules, which lie only in loose frictional
in Angelenos' backyards are trans-Felice Silverman, FIIDA, Principal,
contact. This experience 'space' caught
forming Los Angeles.
SILVERMAN TRYKOWSKI ASSOCIATES, INC.
my eye for several reasons: It is the
In 2018, the Garcetti Administration
The recent corrections in the stock
streamlined the process for homeowners 'opener' to principles of all future-proof
market and midterm elections are
helping us to slow down and reconnect. to legally build an additional unit on their design principles and hits the nail
land, known as Accessory Dwelling Units. of interiors and architecture-inside
The unprecedented financial growth
More than half the land in LA is filled by
we've seen in the past couple years,
neighborhoods in which 90 percent of
coupled with a political climate that
the housing is single family homes, and
places half the world at odds with the
other, has everyone on edge, regardless the city needs to create 600,000 more
of their place in this world. These recent affordable units to satisfy demand.
Through this development, LA expects
shifts are helping to ground us all, let
everyone slow down a bit to take a breath, to rapidly build over 10,000 units while
allowing participating families to build
and hopefully find a connection with
greater financial stability through
those whom we may not see eye to eye.
expanded equity. Diffuse and organic,
-Donald Cremers, Principal and Senior
these policies are encouraging new
Project Designer, HOK

Repurposing buildings can transform
neglected neighborhoods.
It's amazing to witness the energy the
transformation of The Hewing Hotel-a
former early 20th-century warehouse
which sat vacant for decades-has
brought to a neighborhood of
Minneapolis. The mix of materials and
furnishings from the original building
elements-timber structure, wood floor,
brick walls-contrasted with the new
materials, such as sleek fireplaces, hand
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The historic nature
of the Jackson Building-
built in 1897 and used
as a farm implement
showroom and warehouse-
inspired the renovation
and interior design of the
124-room Hewing Hotel.

and outside-on its 'granular' head!
The DNA here is about something
granularly invented, and has a formation
process (think lifecycle), that stands
structurally on its own by force, and
is heavily tactile and textured,
enhancing the user experience and
responding to the trend of creating
an increasingly unique sense of place.
Material innovation must
emphasize recyclability and biodegradability in the immediate future, and this
sustainable pavilion, made from recycled
plastic, does that. While its DNA is a starconceived form, and its process is manufactured, this is a system that a new set
of building products can be founded on.
-Bill Bouchey, Principal-Director
of Design Interiors, HOK
The power of design can solve
the issues we are facing today.
We, as design professionals, know that
innovative solutions to one problem can
inspire industrious and enterprising

solutions to a vast array of other
problems, both globally and locally.
Cooper Hewitt's "Design with the 90%"
travelling exhibition is a simple and
profound exhibit demonstrating the power
of design in connecting the dots between
the universal principles of the industry
and the issues we are facing today-
saving the planet, improving lives, empowering women, and building community.
-Anne Marie Cunningham, FIIDA, Assoc.
AIA, Principal, NBBJ
Zaha Hadid will continue to inspires us.
Although recently deceased, Zaha
Hadid has left her imprint around the
world. Clearly, it was her instinctive and
imaginative mind that defined her work
as the inventive creator of visual artistry
and human sensitivities to physical space
in architecture. She is known for having
'liberated architectural geometry, giving
it a whole new expressive identity'.
-Peter J. Ferzan, Managing Principal/
CEO, FERZAN COMPANY

The ICD Aggregate Pavilion
2018 is constructed from
designed granules. Project
credits: Karola Dierichs;
Achim Menges; Christian
Arias, Bahar Al Bahar, Elaine
Bonavia, Federico Forestiero,
Pedro Giachini, Shir Katz,
Alexandre Mballa-Ekobena,
Leyla Yunis, and Jacob
Zindroski (research
assistants); Ondrej Kyjanek
and Martin Loucka
(cable robotics); Wilhelm
Weber GmbH & Co. KG
(manufacturing); and
GETTYLAB, ITASCA
Consulting Inc. (support).

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