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Panelist at the 2011 AIA Ohio Valley Region Convention

Joshua Lloyd — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:27:13 +0000

Over the weekend I had the great pleasure of attending the 2011 AIA Ohio Valley Region Convention in Dayton, Ohio as a panelist for the topic “Alternative Career Paths in Architecture”. I represented myself as part of the home performance industry, performing home energy audits and quality control/quality assurance inspections. As a part of the panel, I feel that I was the furthest outside of the box from being in the traditional architectural field. Other fields or paths related to architecture that were represented were, specifications writing, historic preservation, university planning department, state architects office and web comics. The panel was moderated by Lee W. Waldrep, Ph.D who wrote the book Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design and moderated similar panels at other conventions such as the 2011 AIA National Convention.

The overall convention was invigorating. It not only re-energized my spirits, but helped show me some directions that I can take my career. I also had the opportunity to network and talk with some colleagues that I have not seen in the past year or so, as well as meet a couple of up and coming celebrities, the creators of the popular web comic Architexts. Therefore, until next years convention I am looking forward to getting more involved in the architecture profession again, even if it is just participating in AIA events and meetings.

2010 AIA Ohio Convention Presentation

Joshua Lloyd — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:06:36 +0000

About this time last year I had the pleasure to introduce founder of Architecture 2030, Ed Mazria as one of the 2009 AIA Ohio Valley Regional Convention keynote speakers and observe him and our other jurors judge the final round of the 2009 AIA Ohio Affordable Green Home Design Competition. I also presented about the competition and handed out the awards at the conventions awards banquet.

Last year the presentation was about the results of almost a year’s worth of planning and preparation with three different Habitat for Humanity affiliates throughout Ohio. Giving our attendants the background of the competition as well as a more in depth look into some of our entrant’s submissions with incites from one of the participating habitat affiliates on how the competition would help them to move forward.

Again this year I was asked to present at the AIA Ohio Convention that was held these past couple of days in Toledo to provide a follow up to the results, as the intent was that each of the three category winning designs was to get built, and it is my pleasure to state that all 3 designs are getting built. Two are well under construction, and one is awaiting a permit. This year I was joined by one of our winning teams and habitat for humanity representative to discuss their experiences during and after the competition. Because the intent of the competition was to give younger un-registered architect a chance to take hold of a project and work directly for a client and learn more about energy efficient design. As well as provide habitat for humanity a new set of well designed prototypical homes that is more energy efficient and more aesthetically pleasing. We had a good turn out with some good information being shared by our design team on how it helped them progress and learn as well as how the competition helped one habitat affiliate bring community members together as well as foster discussion with other habitat affiliates throughout the state.

Overall the competition exceeded my expectations. Because I was able to create an opportunity like I had on the LEED Platinum home for someone else, giving them an opportunity to learn about high performance design and work with a worthy organization. And not only did it help the three habitat for humanity affiliates, it helped all of the Ohio affiliates by increasing communication, coordination and a greater awareness of affordable high performance design.

So feel free to check out our presentations and follow the progress of the Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity affiliate as they track their progress.

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2009 AIA Ohio Valley Regional Convention Presentation

2010 AIA Ohio Convention Presentation

Video Friday: e2 design – Architecture 2030 (Full Episode)

Joshua Lloyd — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:04:06 +0000

I had the great pleasure of spending some time with Edward Mazria from Architecture 2030® last week at the AIA Ohio Valley Regional Convention. Architecture 2030 was a major sponsor of the AIA Ohio Affordable Green Home Design Competition, and Ed Mazria sat in on the Best of Show jury, along with presenting, “Architecture: On the Brink of Greatness” to the convention attendees. Therefore as I start posting season two of the e2 series, I am going to skip to the last episode on Architecture 2030 and hope you get inspired as I did.

AIA Ohio Affordable Green Home Design Competition

Joshua Lloyd — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:00:35 +0000

Back in November I announced the AIA Ohio boards acceptance of a proposal to host a statewide design competition (here) that would be run by the AIA Ohio Committee On The Environment (COTE). Well after 6 months of work we are wrapping things up and getting the word out to the AIA Ohio membership. Registration for the competition is set to open on June 19th.

AIA OHIO AFFORDABLE GREEN HOME DESIGN COMPETITION

It has been a difficult but rewarding experience to organize and coordinate an event like this. My only hope at this time is that we receive a good amount of submissions and that we can raise enough money to provide the stipends necessary for our winning design teams to produce final documents of their designs.

So I encourage you to visit the competition website at www.aiaohiogreenhome.com and consider entering if you are eligible.

First LEED Platnium home in Ohio

Joshua Lloyd — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:03:25 +0000

After 3 long years of volunteer work the N. 21st Street project received a Platinum certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) under the LEED for Homes Pilot program on February 18th, 2009. It is the first Platinum home in Ohio and only the 17th within the country in the affordable category at the time of certification.

This project was pushed forward by some very dedicated volunteers and a very patient owner. The house was constructed by the Home B.A.S.E. Foundation which takes high school seniors out of the class room to build homes for the working poor as part of their English, Government and Technology education programs. Roger Beck, a technology teacher, general contractor and the foundations founding member led the charge to build central Ohio’s first affordable green home. The Columbus Housing Partnership has been an integral part of the process. As the owner, they provided the initial home design from their stock set of plans provided to them by Sullivan Bruck Architects (Architect of Record).

From there a team was put together to review the plans and construction details of the original home design. One of the primary goals of this project was to show that any home can be a green home. So with some minor modifications by the Architect of Record to stack the plumbing, I was given the task to modify the envelope details and recreate the set of construction documents. Meanwhile Matthew Leasure of Kinzelman Kline Gossman and Vinnie Tremante of Williams Creek Consulting produced an amazing site plan that allows 98% of all rainwater to stay on our site as well as selected all Ohio native plants.

At the beginning of the project, we were only targeting a Silver rating. However we were given opportunities to help push the envelope while sticking to the idea of using off the shelf products and technologies. In addition to using standard construction techniques. Obviously these donations as well as volunteer labor affected the overall cost, which at this time we do not know what the final construction cost is. Therefore, at this time we are retrieving the value of our donations and plan on generating a cost analysis of what products were premiums to the project and see how they may have affected our overall rating if at all.

In the coming weeks I will be pulling together a few more posts that will discuss some of the stratagies that were used in the design and construction of this home. In the meantime you can check out the press release and some of the other coverage that this home has received.

2009 Open Architecture Challenge

Joshua Lloyd — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:45:50 +0000

My office has committed to work with a local high school on this competition in an effort to teach students about the profession as well as to consiously put more effort toward social responsibility within the office.

The 2009 Open Architecture Challenge invites the global design and construction community to collaborate with primary and secondary school teachers and students to create safer, healthier and smarter learning environments. Teams can partner with a school of their choice or design a classroom for Orient Global’s school-building partners.

This year’s jurors currently includes Dave Eggers, Michelle Kaufmann, Hilary Cottam, Kigge Hvid and others. More will be added over the course of the registration period. The winning designer/school team will be given up to $50,000 in funding for classroom construction and upgrading, plus a design grant of $5,000 for the designer to help the school complete the project.

Hot off the presses

Joshua Lloyd — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:39:22 +0000

For the past three years I have been volunteering with a local not for profit organization, the Home B.A.S.E. foundation and assisting will all aspects as it relates to design and construction of a LEED for Homes Pilot project. We just received our certification, (post to come shortly) however we just received word that through the Real Estate & Construction Review, we have been chosen as one of the best new green projects in the Midwest region. The teams hard work is starting to pay off. So read the press release below the fold and watch for my upcoming post that will announce the projects official LEED rating as well as dig into some of the techniques that were used to make this a successful project.

For Immediate Release

March 25, 2009

From more than 2,500 nominated projects, N. 21st Street (submitted by Phillip Markwood Architects) has been selected as a Green Building of America Award-winning project and will be featured in the upcoming special Real Estate & Construction Review-Midwest Green Success Stories edition. Each Green Building of America Success Story project is highlighted in a case study that intertwines the words of the project’s owner/developer, consultants, architects and contractors to explain how the teams worked together to design and build one of the region’s most important, innovative or unique new or renovated sustainable facilities.

Regional editions, both in print and online, provide inside information about the most referred and qualified firms, team members and products that are being utilized for the most important sustainable projects within a specific area of the country. Combined with in-depth case studies, “how-to” editorial from leading consultants and glossy top-notch photography, each edition is packed with all the essentials and is therefore a “must read” for any owner, architect, consultant or project team member thinking about building green.

The Real Estate & Construction Review has been published by Construction Communications since 1999. Each edition is published annually and features the region’s top projects as determined by our editorial board. The publication is read and referenced by leaders within the region’s local governments, economic development groups, financial institutions, owners, architects and contractors. Each edition will also be available in flip book format online at www.constructionreviews.com. The website, accessed by industry leaders and decision makers throughout the country, combines more than 30,000 links and millions of searches each year.

There will be five regional 2009-2010 Green Success Story editions of the Real Estate & Construction Review including Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest and Midwest.

Affordable home design competition

Joshua Lloyd — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:56:31 +0000

Well I have some good news to report. I have been spearheading an effort to start a design competition for an affordable green/energy efficient home for the local Habitat for Humanity chapter to build.

Well to my dismay, the local American Institute or Architects (AIA) chapter was not that thrilled with the idea. So I decided to take the path of least resistance and had the idea presented to the AIA Ohio board. So to say the least, the idea was well received and I will now be spearheading the planning for a state wide competition that has the potential to benefit ALL of the Ohio Habitat for Humanity chapters. And on top of that, we will be partnering with Green Energy Ohio in this effort to bring more energy efficient homes to Ohio’s working poor.

So check back regularly as I will periodically post updates on the progress of the competition planning.

-Josh

Volunteering projects finally coming to life

Joshua Lloyd — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:25:21 +0000

Well September is off to a great start so far. Last week I was informed that the LEED home that I have been volunteering so much of time for will be featured on this years central Ohio solar tour and Green Energy Ohio (GEO) will be hosting a Gala at the Governors mansion. Which I have been invited to attend because of my involvement on this project. You can see a picture of the home on this issue of GEO’s quarterly magazine. http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=1967

Other good news that I recieved is that tomorrow after 2 long years of waiting, 3 more LEED homes will begin construction up in Cleveland. A ground breaking ceremony will held tomorrow (09/09/08).

http://www.cclandtrust.org/News.asp?id=80

These homes were created as a result of the Emerging Green Designers Symposium hosted by the Cleveland Green Building Coalition (http://www.symhome.net/php/clevelandgreencoalition.php). So with these 3 homes under construction, that will make a total of 4 green/high performance homes that have been built as a result of this Symposium. I am hoping to receive pictures from James Ptacek, who is the one that designed one of the homes that will be constructed as well as worked with the organizations involved to create the construction documents.

-Josh