ET220 – Lubber Run Community Center Site Walk & Tour
Additional fee, registration required.
A 2023 AIA National Design Award winner, Lubber Run Community Center reflects a robust local engagement process that prioritized the preservation of open space in the design. This tour will highlight the project's folding, integrated landscape and underground elements.
The Arlington site walk and building tour will focus on how consensus-building among stakeholders resulted in dynamic forms of programming and execution of a net-zero-ready project. You'll gain understanding and appreciation for the complexities of the site's resilient approach and contribution to community health.
This is a bus tour.
Alan Karchmer / Otto
A 2023 AIA National Design Award winner, Lubber Run Community Center reflects a robust local engagement process that prioritized the preservation of open space in the design. This tour will highlight the project's folding, integrated landscape and underground elements.
The Arlington site walk and building tour will focus on how consensus-building among stakeholders resulted in dynamic forms of programming and execution of a net-zero-ready project. You'll gain understanding and appreciation for the complexities of the site's resilient approach and contribution to community health.
This is a bus tour.
Alan Karchmer / Otto
Learning Objectives
- Learn engagement techniques to navigate various stakeholder interests and build consensus through iterative design.
- Investigate design techniques to prepare net-zero-energy buildings and discover resilient strategies from backup power features to robust stormwater infrastructure.
- Learn responsive site strategies that accommodate interior programming and parking requirements while preserving open, outdoor space.
- Get an overview of healthy materials selection and treatment that reflect the project's commitment to supporting larger community health and wellness practices.
- Joe Celentano, AIA, LEED AP
Principal - VMDO Architects - Nina Comiskey, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Associate - VMDO Architects