Facades Week: LA! 2020

March 23-27, 2020

• Event by Facade Tectonics Institute
• AIA CES Registered : Attendees can earn 16+ AIA LU|HSU credits at Facades Week!

A solid week of facade-focused educational programs, networking events, expos, paper and poster presentations and more!

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Read the full Facades Week: LA! 2020 announcement.

Facade Geeks from around the globe will be congregating the week of March 23 in Los Angeles, the epicenter of all things building skin. Anchored by the FTI World Congress and Expo conducted on Wednesday and Thursday March 25-26, the week’s educational activities and networking festivities will include lectures, workshops—city, building, factory and design studio tours—luncheons, cocktail receptions and more.

It will be Facades U central; the place to build up your AIA and LEED CE credits.

It’s Face Time in LA, time to meet up with old friends, establish new contacts and mingle with industry and academic leaders from the world over and from all sectors of the building marketplace: owners/developers, architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, facilities management, preservationists, manufacturers, product and materials suppliers, all from the many market segments having a strategic interest in the pervasive influence of the building skin. It is going to be an epic week in Los Angeles and in the history of the built environment.

We need transformative change in the built environment, we need leadership to drive this change, we can disrupt or be disrupted so let’s lead the way; that’s what Facades Week: LA! is all about.

Lean in! Join us! This is the time and the place for those organizations and individuals that have been looking for the opportunity to make a difference, to catalyze the step-change that is required in the arts, sciences and technologies of the built environment to move contemporary society into a resilient and sustainable future. Everything will be on the table in LA, from lofty visionary ideals to the finest grained nuts and bolts, we intend to leave nothing out. Come and add your voice, your perspective, your actions and initiatives to the architectural groundswell that leverages both performance and aesthetics through the facade system, the singular integrative force in architecture and urban habitat.

Traveling to LA for Facades Week?

FTI has secured discounts for Facades Week and World Congress attendees at the Ace and Hoxton hotels located in Downtown Los Angeles. For more information on how to book a room, please visit the World Congress event page.

Event Speakers

Program

Monday, March 23

1. 10:00am - 11:30am
   Smith-Emery Facility Tour Click for details
2. 10:00am - 4:00pm
   C.R. Laurence Facility Tour Click for details

   WKSP: Imagining Future Innovative Facades Trü Architectural Auditorium Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Ulrich Knaack, TU Delft
   • Ajla Aksamija, University of Massachusetts Amherst
   • Bill Marshall, Estudio Marshall & Asociados SA
3. 3:00pm - 5:00pm
   Construction Site Visit – Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Richard Stoner, Gensler
   • Roman Schieber, Knippers Helbig GmbH
   • Alex Cox, Permasteelisa Group

Tuesday, March 24

1. 8:00am - 9:00am
   FTI Special Advisory Council Meeting Magic Box LA Click for details
2. 9:00am - 5:00pm
   FTI Committee Meetings Magic Box LA Click for details
3. 9:00am - 11:00am
   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 1A – Deep Dive: A New Breeze Block with A Self-Supporting Structural System Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Brock DeSmit, RA, Belzberg Architects
   • Jessica Hong, Belzberg Architects
   • Becher Neme, AIA, Neme Design Studio
   • Hugo Balderas, Grupo Anima

   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 1B – Acoustic Damping Through Glazing Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Julia Schimmelpenningh, Eastman

   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 1C – Cast-In Channel Anchors: Technical Update & Successful Design Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Russell Davies, AVRO Consult Engineering, P.C.
   • David Fortin, Hilti
4. 10:00am - 4:00pm
   WKSP: Imagining Future Innovative Facades Trü Architectural Auditorium Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Ulrich Knaack, TU Delft
   • Ajla Aksamija, University of Massachusetts Amherst
   • Bill Marshall, Estudio Marshall & Asociados SA
5. 11:30am - 1:30pm
   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 2A – Advancements in Structural Glass & Glass Facades Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Richard Kaire, PE, SE, Sentech Architectural Systems
   • Ned Kirschbaum, FAIA, CCCA, LEED AP BD+C, Fentress Architects
   • Michael Ludvik, PE, M. Ludvik Consulting Engineering
   • Edward Peck, FAIA, LEED AP, Edward Peck Design

   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 2B – A Practical Guide to Delivering a High-Performance Envelope Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Helen Sanders, PhD, Technoform North America
   • Stéphane Hoffman, Morrison Hershfield
   • Steve Fronek, Wausau Window & Wall Systems

   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 2C – Metal Facades: Material, Surface, Shape Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Stephan Wurster, Christian Pohl GmbH
6. 2:00pm - 4:00pm
   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 3A – Pursuing Adaptive Enclosures: Design for the Changing Climate Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Mike Huhtala, Architect, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
   • Shruti Kasarekar, LEED AP DD+C ASHRAE BEMP, BEAP, Atelier Ten

   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 3B – Stainless Steel as a Building Material Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Michael Mulhern, TriPyramid Structures
   • Franklin Lancaster, PE, Eckersley O'Callaghan (EOC Engineers)
   • Jeffrey Anderson

   PRE-CONF WKSP – SESSION 3C – Designing, Fabricating and Installing Structural Laminated Glass in Glass Railings Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Vaughn Schauss, Kuraray
   • Florian Doebbel, Sika Corp.
   • Brian Clifford, CSI, CDT, C.R. Laurence
   • Jose Quinones, CSI, CDT, C.R. Laurence
7. 6:00pm - 8:00pm
   Preview Night Reception Magic Box LA Click for details

   Speakers:

   • Angel Ayón, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, AYON Studio Architecture and Preservation
   • Uta Pottgiesser, PhD, TU Delft
   • Mary Ben Bonham, AIA, NCIDQ, LEED AP, Miami University
   • Vaughn Schauss, Kuraray
   • Roja Rastegar, University of Kansas
   • Roger Schroeder, Alfred State College
   • Shreshth Nagpal, Elementa Engineering
   • Kwong Kristy
   • Katherine Bojsza, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
   • John Neary, HOK
   • Masayuki Ichinose, Tokyo Metropolitan University
   • Gerry Lang, OAA, AIA, TSA, FTI M.Arch, B.Arch., Architects Alliance
   • Daniel Nauman, Gensler
   • Chenxi Yang, University of Southern California School of Architecture
   • Timo Bühlmeier, Permasteelisa Group
   • Alex Cox, Permasteelisa Group
   • Richard Green, PE, Green Facades LLC

Wednesday, March 25

1. 8:00am - 7:00pm
   2020 World Congress – Day 1 Magic Box LA Click for details

Thursday, March 26

1. 8:00am - 5:00pm
   2020 World Congress – Day 2 Magic Box LA Click for details

Friday, March 27

1. 9:00am - 12:00pm
   Guided Architectural Tours of Downtown Los Angeles Click for details
2. 9:00am - 5:00pm
   FTI Board of Directors Meeting Click for details
3. 2:30pm - 8:30pm
   Construction Site Visit – LA Rams Stadium Click for details

Venue

Get Involved

FTI offers support and encouragement to organizations interested in participating in Facades Week, whether on their own or in collaboration with FTI. If you are interested in hosting an event as part of Facades Week: LA!, please get in touch with FTI.

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