Conference on architectural glass

Architectural Glass Conference
MIT, Cambridge Massachusetts
March 20-21, 2010

"Glass and Glazing in the 21st Century: Design and Preservation of
Contemporary and Historic Architecture"--an intensive 2-day
conference--will be held March 20-21, 2010 on the MIT campus in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. This conference/training program is being
presented by Technology and Conservation, the MIT Department of
Architecture's Building Technology Program, and the Boston Society
of Architects/AIA's Historic Resources Committee and is the latest
in the series of materials-based meetings begun in the 1990s.

"Glass and Glazing in the 21st Century" will focus on developments
in architectural glasses for structural, energy saving, and
decorative uses in new building facades/building envelopes and
monuments, as well as their application in the restoration and
upgrading of existing structures.

The conference will be followed followed on March 22, 2010 by an
optional stained glass program, offered at no additional cost to
conference attendees.

This conference and stained glass program should be of much interest
to readers of the Conservation DistList, and we would appreciate
your alerting them to this important symposium. Information on the
conference, including conference schedule, speakers, continuing
education credits, and the registration form, are on-line at the
Boston Society of Architects' HRC website

    <URL:http://committees.architects.org/hrc/hrc_news.htm>

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Early
registration closes on January 30, 2010.

If you have any questions or need any additional information, please
contact me at 1-617-623-4488 or ses_tec_con<-at->msn<.>com.

Sponsored by

    Technology and Conservation
    MIT Department of Architecture's Building Technology Program
    Boston Society of Architects/AIA's Historic Resources Committee

This conference will provide valuable, practical information for:

    architects
    engineers
    building restoration specialists
    construction specifiers
    campus planners
    architectural conservators
    object conservators
    construction managers and supervisors
    contractors
    facilities managers, operations managers, and administrators of:
    museums and other cultural institutions, educational
    institutions; commercial/office complexes; religious properties
    government officials responsible for the care, rehab, and/or
    continued viability of buildings and public art manufacturers
    and suppliers of components and systems for the preservation,
    restoration, repair, and/or maintenance of glass, stained glass,
    and glazing

Among the topics to be discussed are:

    The basic material properties of glass

    The role of thermal, mechanical, structural, and chemical
    properties on performance and durability

    The effects of environmental conditions

    How these material characteristics and interactions need to be
    considered in specifying glass for new designs and for
    restoration/preservation projects

    New developments in manufacturing and fabrication operations and
    in construction techniques

    Strategies for determining/evaluating deterioration and
    procedures for replicating historic appearance

    Viable approaches to preservation/maintenance planning,
    facilities management, and repair/replacement programs, for both
    old and new structures

The conference speakers include over 25 noted architects, structural
and energy engineers, architectural historians, conservators,
architectural glass technical specialists, designers, and stained
glass researchers.

All of the sessions are designed to offer attendees valuable
insights into the performance of glass and glazing in the outdoor
environment...and the appropriate selection, specification, use, and
maintenance of glass materials for existing and new buildings and
artistic works.

A registration form is included after the schedule and related
information.

Conference Schedule:
Saturday, March 20, 2010

    7:30-8:15 am    Check-in

    8:15-8:25       Welcome

                        Susan E. Schur
                        Hon. AIA, FAPT, Publisher-Editor, Technology
                        and Conservation, and John Ochsendorf,
                        Assoc. Professor, MIT, Architecture Dept.,
                        Building Technology Program

    8:25-9:25       The Structure of Transparency: Light in the
                    Public Realm

                        James F. Carpenter
                        James Carpenter Design Associates Inc.

    9:25-10:15      Perspectives:  The Conservation of Glass and
                    Glazing Over the Past Decades

                        Jill Channer
                        FSA, FRSA, IHBC, Heritage Policy Advisor,
                        Homes and Communities Agency

    10:15-10:20     Q&A

    10:20-10:40     Coffee Break and Posters

                    Developments in Technology and Materials:
                    Properties, Structure, and Attachment

    10:40-11:15     Mechanical and Structures Properties

                        Tim Macfarlane
                        Design Partner, Dewhurst Macfarlane and
                        Partners

    11:15-11:30         Insulating Glass (IG) Unit Performance

                            Thomas Schwartz
                            PE, President/Building Technology Group
                            Head/Senior Principal, Simpson Gumpertz
                            and Heger

    11:30-11:45         The Truth about the John Hancock Glass
                        Failure and Lessons Learned

                            Thomas Schwartz
                            PE, President/Building Technology Group
                            Head/Senior Principal, Simpson Gumpertz
                            and Heger

    11:45-12:15         Testing and Evaluation of Glass including
                        Thermal Performance of Glazing Systems

                            Colman Billings
                            Managing Director, Billings Design
                            Associates Ltd.

    12:15-12:25         Q&A

    12:25-2pm           Luncheon - MIT Faculty Club

    2-2:30              Glass and the Architectural Imagination

                            Rosemarie H. Bletter
                            Professor, Art History, City University
                            of New York-Graduate Center

    2:30-3              Structural Glazing Systems

                            Brett H. Schneider
                            Associate, Guy Nordenson and Associates

    3-3:20              Coffee Break and Posters

    3:20-3:50           Glass Conservatories, including the Enid
                        Haupt Greenhouse, Bronx Botanical Gardens

                            Liam O'Hanlon
                            PE, Principal and Structural
                            Engineering, Liam O'Hanlon Engineering
                            PC, and
                            James M. Smith Principal,
                            Montgomery Smith Inc.

    3:50-4:05           Museum Buildings I

                            Brett H. Schneider, Associate
                            Guy Nordenson and Associates

    4:05-4:20           Museum Buildings II including the British
                        Museum and the Smithsonian

                            Craig Schwitter
                            PE, Regional Director-North
                            America/Principal, Buro Happold
                            Consulting Engineers

    4:20-4:45           Josep Lluis Sert: Holyoke Center, Harvard
                        University

                            Henry Moss
                            AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Bruner/Cott and
                            Associates

    4:45-5              Repositioning Late 20th Century Buildings

                            Robert A. Brown
                            AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, Principal, CBT
                            Architects

    5-5:15              Designing Structural Glass for Renovations

                            Eric M. Hines
                            Associate, LeMessurier Consultants,
                            Inc., and Professor of Practice, Tufts
                            University

    5:15-5:30           Installer's Viewpoint

                            David A. Wennekamp
                            Project Executive, Ipswich Bay Glass Co.

    5:30-6:05           The Dramatic Changes in Glass Decoration
                        Techniques

                            Andrew Moor
                            Principal, Andrew Moor Associates

    6:05-6:20           Q&A

    6:20-8              Reception - Cambridge Marriott Hotel

Sunday, March 21, 2010

    7:30-8am            Film on glass

                        New Technologies, New Methods of
                        Retaining/Achieving Architectural Concepts

    8-8:30              Glass and Material Transformation in
                        Contemporary Architecture

                            David N. Fixler
                            FAIA, LEED AP, Principal Design and
                            Preservation, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott
                            A&E, PC

    8:30-9:15           Manufacturing Developments and Fabrication
                        Techniques/Limitations

                            Christopher J. Barry
                            Director, Technical Services, Pilkington
                            NA Inc.

    9:15-10             Energy and Sustainability Aspects of
                        Glass/Glazing: Realistic Expectations

                            Stephen Selkowitz
                            Head, Building Technologies Department,
                            Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    10-10:15            Q&A

    10:15-10:30         Coffee Break and Posters

    10:30-10:50         Coatings on Glass and Fritting

                            Don McCann
                            CSI, Manager-Architectural Design,
                            Viracon, Inc.

                        Bringing Glass into 21st Century
                        Architectural Design and Ornamentation

    10:50-11:20         Innovative Projects - I

                            Tim Macfarlane
                            Design Partner, Dewhurst Macfarlane and
                            Partners

    11:20-11:50         Glazing Interlayers

                            Donald Press
                            General Manager Architectural Glass,
                            Schott North America

    11:50-12:10         Q&A

    12:10-2             Luncheon - MIT Faculty Club

    2-2:25              Smart Glass

                            Jeff Besse
                            Co-Owner, LTI Smart Glass Inc.

    2:25-3              Mies' Crown Hall - Spertus Institute: Case
                        Histories of Preservation and Context

                            Mark P. Sexton, FAIA, LEED AP,
                            Principal, Krueck-Sexton

    3-3:30              New Construction Techniques, including the
                        Louvre, Abu Dhabi

                            Craig Schwitter
                            PE, Regional Director-North
                            America/Principal, Buro Happold
                            Consulting Engineers

    3:30-3:50           Coffee Break and Posters

    3:50-4:10           Innovative Projects - II Baha'i House of
                        Worship for South America and other case
                        histories

                            Russell H. Davies, PE, Simpson
                            Gumpertz and Heger

    4:10-4:30           Implications of Recent Research: The
                        Constglass Project

                            Stefan Trumpler
                            Director, Citrocentre Romont (Swiss
                            Research Centre for Stained Glass and
                            Glass Art)

    4:30-4:55           How will New Materials and New Manufacturing
                        Techniques Affect/Impact Design and
                        Conservation Work

                            John A. Fidler
                            RIBA, Int. Assoc. AIA, Staff
                            Consultant-Preservation Technology,
                            Simpson Gumpertz and Heger

    4:55-5:30           Q&A

Monday, March 22
Optional Stained Glass Program

    It will start at St. Mary's Church with a talk by Dan Maher,
    Principal, Daniel Maher Stained Glass, on the restoration of the
    church's Belcher glass.

    The program  then will proceed to Bigelow Chapel, Mount Auburn
    Cemetery, for:

        *   tour
        *   demonstration by Roberto Rosa, Serpentino Stained Glass
        *   Talks by:

            Julie L. Sloan
            Stained Glass Consultant, and
            Stefan Trumpler
            Director, Vitrocentre Romont

Conference Sessions will be held on the MIT campus in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. A map showing the venue location will be sent to
registrants.

Hotel accommodations are your responsibility. However, a limited
number of rooms at the nearby Cambridge Marriott Hotel are available
at the special rate of $139+ tax per night (single or double room).
To reserve a room, call the Cambridge Marriott Hotel at 617-252-4412
and request the Technology and Conservation March '10 rate; group
code TNCTNCA. Reservations also can be made on-line, using the group
code TNCTNCA.

Continuing education credits: AIA members attending the conference
on March 20-21, 2010 will earn 16.25 HSW/Learning Units and 12.75
sustainability credits. An additional 5.5 HSW/LUs will be earned by
those attending both the conference and the optional stained glass
program on March 22, 2010. Non-AIA members will be able to receive a
certificate of attendance for continuing education credits.

For more information, contact

  Technology and Conservation
  617-623-4488
  ses_tec_con<-at->msn<.>com

Registration Form

Registration Fee:
    Prior to Jan. 30, 2010- $435 (U.S. funds/drawn on a U.S. bank)
    per person
    After Jan. 30, 2010 - $510 (U.S. funds/drawn on a U.S.) per
    person

The registration fee covers: conference program on Saturday, March
20, and Sunday, March 21, 2010; the March 20 and March 21 luncheons,
and the March 20 reception.

Please indicate any special accessibility or dietary needs:

    vegetarian meals
    other needs

Guest tickets for the March 20,2010 reception can be purchased _at_ $50
per ticket.

Optional stained glass program on March 22, 2010 no charge for
persons registered for the conference.

I would like to attend the stained glass program.

Check or money order for $_____ U.S. funds, drawn on a U.S. bank,
for the registration fee and for any guest tickets for the Sat.,
March 20, reception is enclosed. Check or money order should be made
payable to: The Technology Organization, Inc.

Please register me (us) for the conference:

    Name(s):
    Title:
    Address:
    City, State, Zip (Postal Code):
    Tel.
    Fax:
    e-mail:

Each person listed on the registration form must sign the following
statement:

I (we) understand and agree that the participation of Technology and
Conservation, The Technology Organization, Inc., conference
organizers, and cooperating organizations and individuals in the
2010 "Glass and Glazing in the 21st Century" conference and stained
glass program is limited to providing educational background and
guidance; that all transportation, accommodations, tour, and other
arrangements in connection with this Conference are under the
exclusive control of others and that Technology and Conservation,
The Technology Organization, Inc., conference organizers, and
cooperating organizations and individuals have no liability or
responsibility whatsoever for the death of any person or for any
loss, expense, delay, injury, or other damage to any person or
property (however occurring) on, during, and/or in relation to this
"Glass and Glazing in the 21st Century" conference and stained glass
program and the information furnished.

Signature(s):
Date:

Return this form, with check (made payable to The Technology
Organization, Inc.) to:

    Technology and Conservation
    76 Highland Avenue
    Somerville MA 02143

Susan E. Schur, Hon. AIA, FAPT
Conference Organizer/Chair
Glass and Glazing in the 21st Century:
Design and Preservation of Contemporary and Historic Architecture


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