Hansgrohe - Reflectioni & Celebration

submitted by:  Alexandra Zwicky, Novita PR

As 2012 comes to a close, it’s a natural time for reflection and celebration as we look forward to a new year ahead. Hansgrohe (www.hansgrohe-usa.com) and its designer brand Axor (http://www.hansgrohe-usa.com/798.htm), is doing just that and would like to share some highlights. We’ve had lots percolating at our Alpharetta, Ga. North American headquarters this year, including establishing programs catering to the local A&D community, adding new CEUs at our training and interactive product center, the Aquademie, and launching a product collection that has garnered worldwide recognition.

One of the services we introduced is a unique Sample Library for the Atlanta region. The program allows design professionals to borrow popular Hansgrohe or Axor faucets (mounted on acrylic/non-functioning) for up to one week. The product is sent, free of charge, via messenger/delivery service to any office or meeting site in Georgia and is picked up when finished.

We’ve also continued to leverage and improve the Aquademie, which offers the full Hansgrohe/Axor experience and is a dynamic resource for design professionals and those in the market for kitchen & bath products. It’s the perfect spot to meet our passionate, ever-growing, Hansgrohe team, learn about our exciting, top-of-the-line products, as well as participate in lively and practical CEUs. No trip to the Aquademie would be complete without a visit to our famous working Showerworld, where guests can actually experience more than thirty of Hansgrohe and Axor’s world-renowned shower products. Visits are by appointment only. Sign up here today!  http://www.hansgrohe-usa.com/11849.htm

At our manufacturing facility, just steps from the Aquademie, we combine German-engineering with American assembly to produce a variety of innovative offerings for the kitchen and bath. We’re passionate about water and pride ourselves on delivering top-of-the-line products. Take for example our award-winning Axor Bouroullec collection by Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec. Made up of faucets, washbasins, a bathtub, shower components, and accessories, Axor Bouroullec invites users to “feel free to compose” and think about how they interact with water to create customized bathroom configurations. Because the collection’s faucet spouts and handles are available as separate components, they can be placed in an infinite number of ways on the sinks’ drillable built-in shelves. Available as a built-in model-with one or two offset shelves or as a wall-mounted model, the sinks can accommodate single-handle faucets, as well as two and three-hole faucets suitable for mounting on the sink or wall. The drillable shelves play a leading role in this collection, offering a consistent design element and extra space for toiletries. One of the standouts of the line is the pre-configured Axor Bouroullec Shelf with Integrated Faucet, which cleverly does double duty, serving as a practical piece of furniture and water dispensing element. Since the aerator is concealed, the water seems to flow magically from the shelf into the sink below. Virtually try out your very own Axor Bouroullec composition with the " Axor Bouroullec Composer" here http://www.hansgrohe-usa.com/3736.htm

Wishing you a happy rest of 2012 and a Happy New Year! Catch you in 2013!

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Healthcare: 2013 Call for Presentations

IIDA is seeking Members who are leaders in Healthcare Design. If you are
interested in presenting a seminar, writing an article on Healthcare Design, or in
sharing your perspective on directions in Healthcare Design, IIDA wants you to be
heard.
2013 opportunites are available for published articles, blogs, and CEU seminars
and webinars in conjunction with our ongoing partnership with HEALTHCARE Design
magazine. Demonstrate and share your experience. Topics range from Sustainability,
EBD, Acute Care, and Healing Gardens to name a few.
 
Please note, HCD 2013 call for presentations is separate from this IIDA call. 
For consideration, contact Michael Ancheta, Managing Director, Education Services
and Programs at IIDA, mancheta@iida.org.

Healthcare: Complimentary Seminars

submitted by:  Betsy Lidnell, IIDA, OED

Weren't able to attend the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference? Didn't have time to attend all of the sessions that you wanted? The 3rd Annual HEALTHCARE DESIGN Virtual Symposium, features both new sessions and the most popular sessions from the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference and provides attendees up to EIGHT (8) CEUs for FREE!

December 4, 2012

The Story of Waiting—How Artwork & Furnishings Impact Patient- and Family-Centered Care
9:00 AM ET , 8:00 AM CT, 7:00 AM MT, 6:00 AM PT
An ongoing pre- and post-occupancy study at Parkland Hospital is measuring the impact of artwork and furnishings within waiting areas, patient areas, and family zones on a variety of family and patient-centered outcomes on medical-surgical inpatient units. This session will share findings from the main pre-occupancy stage of the investigation, lessons learned and how findings were incorporated into design and operational decision making.

Area Calculations—Are You Planning with the Latest Information?
11:00 AM ET, 10:00 AM CT, 9:00 AM MT, 8:00 AM PT
Texas A&M University, with support from Herman Miller, the Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation, and Alberta Infrastructure, has been conducting a research study of recently constructed North American hospitals to measure net gross ratios, building gross ratios, and the allocation breakdown within building gross components. This session presents the methodology and procedures used to measure the projects, and the important lessons learned in calculation methods. 

The Impact of Properly Used Shading Systems in Healthcare
1:00 PM ET, 12:00 PM CT, 11:00 AM MT, 10:00 AM PT
Presentation by:
William Maiman Marketing Manager MechoSystems
Susan Rieser Regional Sales Manager MechoSystems

Lessons Learned from Innovative High-Tech Healthcare Facilities
3:00 PM ET, 2:00 PM CT, 1:00 PM MT, 12:00 PM PT
What are the most important “lessons learned” from the newest, high-technology healthcare facilities?  This Hospital ICONS webinar will feature architectural case studies including: Cleveland Clinic’s newest hybrid suites for surgery and interventional imaging, a state-of-the-art Proton Therapy Center by ProCure, and Barrow Neurological Institute’s recent high-tech building addition.

December 5, 2012

Design Elements of the Patient Room - Elements That Enhance Healing and Improve Safety
9:00 AM ET, 8:00 AM CT, 7:00 AM MT, 6:00 AM PT
The model patient room project at the University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) is a replica of the proposed standard medical-surgical inpatient room for the replacement hospital. The purpose of the Model room project is to : test spatial relationships in the design of the medical-surgical inpatient room; and engage staff and providers in research methods to test design hypotheses. This presentation is a culmination of two years of research and will focus on the design methodology and results of the study.

Unveiling of Benchmarking 2.0 Report for Healthcare Facilities
11:00 AM ET, 10:00 AM CT, 9:00 AM MT, 8:00 AM PT
JUST IN: Healthcare's tool to get you ahead of regulatory curve! CMS will soon require hospitals to verify their quality of care, operational performance, and fiscal efficiency. Are you ready? Witness the public unveiling of survey results from Operations and Maintenance Benchmarks for Healthcare Facilities 2.0 Report. For the first time, the healthcare industry will have a North American benchmark report with the inclusion of Canada through research conducted jointly by IFMA Health Care Institute, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, and Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society to collect 2012 data from hundreds of hospitals. Participants will be the first to get 100+ benchmark findings for real estate, property management, engineering, utilities, maintenance, clinical engineering, environmental services, sustainability, linen, and much more.

From Planning to POE - Lessons Learned From 3 Emergency Departments
1:00 PM ET , 12:00 PM CT, 11:00 AM MT, 10:00 AM PT
Through a series of case studies, post occupancy evaluations, and testimonials, this presentation examines process changes that were adapted or introduced at 3 EDs constructed over the past 4 years.

Innovative Interventions - Hybrid Operating Room Design for Safety, Flexibility, and Improved Outcomes
3:00 PM ET, 2:00 PM CT, 1:00 PM MT, 12:00 PM PT
The Hybrid Operating Room - a space that represents the quintessential convergence of vascular access surgery and advanced interventional imaging - has become the most requests and sometimes least understood space for tomorrow's advanced medicine facility. This session describes key challenges in designing hybrid ORs from a dual perspective of designer and end user.

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What does sustainability mean, and what does it mean to you?

Sustainability Forum - November

By Christina (Zucco) Schmitt, IIDA Georgia 

http://www.usgbcga.org/resources/leed-in-georgia-building-directory/149?task=view

Project Name: Square Feet Studio Offices
Submission Contact Name: John Bencich
Company: Square Feet Studio
Phone: (404) 688-4990 ext 22
Email: john@squarefeetstudio.com
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
LEED Certification Level of Project: CI-Gold

 

What does sustainability mean, and what does it mean to you?  I often find that there are many definitions and even more often there are personal preconceptions to those definitions.  Those preconceptions are often the clients’ fall back when they don’t really understand the tenants of sustainability; they just think it is hippie propaganda.

Wikipedia says, “The word sustainability is derived from the Latin sustinere (tenere, to hold; sus, up). Dictionaries provide more than ten meanings for sustain, the main ones being to “maintain", "support", or "endure”.[4][5] However, since the 1980s sustainability has been used more in the sense of human sustainability on planet Earth and this has resulted in the most widely quoted definition of sustainability as a part of the concept sustainable development, that of the Brundtland Commission of the United Nations on March 20, 1987: “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”[6][7]“

How do you communicate to your clients about sustainability? How do you combat the commercialization of sustainability? 

What happens when your most convincing argument hits a wall? Here are a few responses that can help redirect conversations headed in the wrong direction.

•   A client says that going green limits choices.
Tell them it isn’t so. “The notion that you have to sacrifice unique- ness to go green today is just not true,” says Sarah Susanka, AIA. “Take a look at how many more products and materials are available now. There aren’t fewer options; they’re just different.”

•   A skeptic pokes holes in environmental research.
 Be prepared. Make copies of magazine articles or send clients to Web sites that support your claims—and steer clear of material that feels like propaganda, even if it’s based in fact. Be ready to produce evidence, whether it’s that toxic glues are bad for you or that mahogany is not a sustainable wood. “Give your clients good science, not junk science,” says Victoria Schomer, ASID, LEED AP.

•   A client plays the budget card—and won’t budge. 
Allow that green choices can sometimes cost more than conventional ones, but that it’s important to look at the budget as a whole. There are opportunities within every project to balance more costly expenditures with economical decisions. Help them decide what matters most to them and provide options that cover different levels of sustainability, as well as different price points.

•   A client likes the idea, but says he’s not ready to go green yet.
Tell him that by making changes now—even small ones—he is making a difference. Says Susanka: “Do everything you can. Tell them to choose that low-VOC paint; not to replace carpet, but to expose hardwood floors instead; select nontoxic finishes; buy green furniture ... ” It all adds up, and every small decision increases awareness so that clients will be in the right mindset when they make bigger decisions down the road.

•   You’re dismissed as a tree-hugger.
 Smile and say there those who believe everyone should have green values—but the truth is not everyone does. Tell them you respect their decision—but leave them with something to ponder: “This business of making a sustainable environment is nothing new,” says Susanka.“The planet knows how to do it. All we need to do is get out of the way!

        Borrowed from Design so Clients Will Listen by Maria Lapinana

Here are a few resources help you move through the topic, allowing both you and your client to do small things or large things to meet their needs today without compromising the ability of their children, their grandchildren, their nieces and nephews or their neighborhood kids to need their own needs. Happy Designing!

http://www.fastcompany.com/1007038/building-sustainable-design-community

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/sustainability-sustainable-design-products

http://www.informedesign.org/_news/Sustain01_06.pdf

http://www.acoustics.com/ra_sustainable.asp

Talking About Green Design So Clients Will Listen (Summer 2006); by Maria LaPiana

Calendar Entry: Atlanta Workplace 2/22/2013

On February 22, 2013, Designers, Facility Managers, and other professionals who work in the building industry will come together for Atlanta Workplace – a one-day educational and networking event being held at the Loudermilk Center in downtown Atlanta.  Atlanta Workplace costs just $99 to attend and is sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) and its partners, the Atlanta Branch of the Georgia Chapter of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and the International Interior Design Association of Georgia (IIDA). Together, the three organizations are providing a total of 9 educational sessions on building operations, sustainability and design.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Change > Opportunity”.  As we look at a vastly changed landscape for the workplace compared to what existed 10 or even 5 years ago, building professionals must navigate these changes deftly, turning them into opportunities for both personal and organizational improvement and strengthening.  Courses will be submitted for accreditation for CEUs, CFM maintenance points, and GBCI LEED AP credential maintenance points. Bill Cronin of Invest Atlanta and our lunchtime speaker, the event’s keynote speakers, will discuss the future of Atlanta as well as the future of the workplace. In addition, the exposition portion of AWP provides an opportunity for building professionals to connect with national and local vendors who can help them solve important on-the-job challenges.

At just $99, AWP is a one-of-a-kind event that truly offers an excellent return on investment to attendees. Register now to reserve your spot! Register here!

Calendar Entry: Public Interest Design 2013 Workshop

Bryan Bell and Design Corps will be offering a Public Interest Design Institute workshop at SCAD Atlanta 12-13 July 2013!  SCAD is very excited to be hosting this important workshop, and I hope we can count on IIDA GA to help Brian to get this approved for CEUs.
There is a growing sector in the field of architecture known as Public Interest Design documented in exhibits such as MoMA’s Small Scale, Big Change and publications like Design Like You Give Damn. The projects in this sector are unlike traditional practice in critical ways but are an area of great potential for the future of the profession.
The Public Interest Design Institute® will provide training to architecture and other design professionals in public interest design with in-depth study over two days on methods of how design can address the critical issues faced by communities. Training in public interest design is a way of enhancing an existing design practice and learning skills to become pro-actively engaged in community-based design.
The Harvard Case Method will be used to learn from examples. These case studies and best practices will be presented and discussed by leaders in the field. The curriculum will be formed around the Social Economic Environmental Design® (SEED) metric, a set of standards that outlines the process and principles of this growing approach to design. SEED goes beyond green design with a “triple bottom line” approach that includes the social and economic as well as the environmental. The SEED process takes a holistic, creative approach to design driven by community needs. This process provides a step-by-step aid for those who want to undertake public interest design.
Continuing education credits will be given as required of professionals by the American Institute of Architects as well as a certification in the SEED process.
Learning objectives will address:

• Finding new clients
• Learning about new fee sources and structures
• Understanding public interest design and how is it re-shaping the design professions
• Pro-actively finding a public interest design project
• Using a step-by-step process of working with a community as a design partner
• Leveraging other partners and assets to address project challenges
• Maximizing a project’s positive impact on a community
• Measuring social, economic, and environmental impact on communities

The Academic Leader of each session is Bryan Bell, the founder of Design Corps, founder of the Public Interest Design Institute, and a co-founder of SEED. Bell has supervised the Structures for Inclusion lecture series for ten years which presents best practices in community-based design. He has published two collections of essays on the topic, Bell has lectured and taught at numerous schools including the Rural Studio with Samuel Mockbee. He has received an AIA National Honor Award in Collaborative Practice. His work has been exhibited in the Venice Biennale and the Cooper Hewitt Museum Triennial. He was a Harvard Loeb Fellow in 2010-11 and a co-recipient of the 2011 AIA Latrobe Prize which is focused on public interest design. Other speakers will be national leaders of this emerging field.

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submitted by:  M. Shane Totten, AIA,  IIDA,  LEED AP BD+C,  IDEC
SCAD Professor and Associate Chair, Interior Design