Matthew Porrecca, Associate Principal, BNIM Architecture Revitalizing Communities By Design Regenerative design and development could be incredibly simple. It merely requires taking time in a place to uncover stories, discover patterns, find essence, and then add value in any way that improves the capacity of a place to be whole, vital and evolving. Together with our clients and collaborators, we are taking steps to maximize social health, invigorate a sustainable economy and restore natural systems. This workshop explores essential questions that hold the keys to a broad-based shift toward regenerative practice. We’ll share our observations, process, projects, and metrics while drawing participants into a rich dialog of discovery.

1. CCSE Sustainable Communities Panel | July 26th 2012
Revitalizing Communities By Design
Matthew Porreca AIA BNIM

2. Designing What’s Next
BNIM: Firm Profile
Need overall summary slide
of BNIM - # of people , etc.
Preferrably a really nice
singular image like the one
below.
staff Number of AIA Fellows AIA National AIA National
principals Presidents Young Architect
78 10 7 2 1

3. Designing What’s Next
BNIM
total number of international national regional local
design awards design awards design awards design awards design awards
380 14 55 108 212
2011 AIA National Architecture Firm Award Recipient
2011
design
awards
46

4. “We do not seek to imitate nature, but
rather to find the principles she uses.”
-Buckminster Fuller

5. Triple Bottom Line
people planet
sustainability
prosperity

6. Benchmarking Sustainability
AIA COTE USGBC LEED Living Building REGEN =
Challenge Beyond LEED
AIA COTE
TOP 10

8. LEED: Gradual, Iterative Changes to Neutral and Beyond
201Z
Platinum
Positive Env. Impact
201Y
Gold
Platinum
201X
Silver
Neutral Platinum Gold Certified
(sustainable)
2009
Silver
Gold Certified
Negative Env. Impact
Platinum
Silver
Gold Certified
Silver
Certified

9. Layers of Design = Integrated Design Strategy

10. "A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable
means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable."
Louis I. Kahn

11. …what a building can do matters as much as what it looks like.
Andrew Payne + Rodolphe el-Khoury
GENEROUS PRAGMATISM

12. 01 Design the Performance, the
Aesthetic and the Experience
(design for all senses)
02 Contribute positively to the
present and the future
•
03 Demonstrate aesthetic of
self-effacement
04 Nurture the Positive
(cumulative generosity)

13. The best way to predict the future
is to design it. - Buckminster Fuller

14. Feedback Loop
discover
design
refine community
participation
community
participation
build
learn
occupy
community
participation

15. “THERE IS NO POWER GREATER
THAN A COMMUNITY DISCOVERING
WHAT IT CARES ABOUT.”
Margaret J Wheatley

16. There is a deep story to every place.
How do we find it ?

17. What does quality of life look like?
It is different in every place.
Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands Redevelopment

19. One Planet Communities
Impact of Behavior [courtesy of BioRegional Dev. Group]
In the UK (Beddington Zero Energy Development)
of reductions in carbon
• 58% = building envelope, equipment &
renewable energy
• 42% = behavior changes (food, personal
transport, waste)
In the US (Sonoma Mountain Village) of predicted
reductions in carbon:
• 31% = buildings envelope, equipment &
renewable energy
• 69% = behavior changes (food, personal
transport, waste)
Lifestyle and behavior changes are important!

20. Petite Rivière
Redevelopment Plan
Quebec, Canada

21. Edmonton City Center Airport Lands Redevelopment

27. NEW ORLEANS

28. Holy Cross
New Orleans, LA

29. Sustainable Playground – New Orleans, Louisiana

30. Make It Right Foundation – New Orleans, Louisiana

34. Green Arts District

35. Oberlin Green Arts District
Oberlin Green Arts District
Oberlin, OH
Oberlin, Ohio
How can the Green Arts District become the seed at
transforms Oberlin into the greenest region in the country?

36. Clinton Foundation - Climate Positive Partners

37. Vision
The Green Arts District
will be a laboratory for
exploring possibilities,
promoting innovation in
arts, music, sciences and
sustainable design to
reweave community,
transform the way we
learn and create new
post-carbon economies.

40. Site Plan
A Tappan Square
B Allen Memorial Art
Museum
C Venturi Art Building
Renovation and
Expansion
D Workshop
E Hall Auditorium
F Student Housing
G The Center
H Green Theater
I Curricular Arts Building
J Eco-machine
K Forum
L Lecture Hall
M Restaurant
N Oberlin Inn
O Downtown
P Black Box
New Construction
Renovation
Existing

43. #go2030

44. 8,494 VISITORS
60,584 PAGEVIEWS
467 IDEAS
2,110 COMMENTS

45. What We Heard
Leading Ideas from Housing Leading Ideas from Land Use
and Neighborhoods: and Urban Design:
Leading Ideas from Healthy Food
and Healthy Lifestyles
Leading Ideas from
Transportation and Infrastructure:

46. Business Survey Results

58. Noisette Community Master Plan
North Charleston

61. Noisette Community Master Plan
Transportation

63. Transforming Natural disasters by building healthy communities
Tornado Hurricane
1993
Great Mississippi River Flood
Pattonsburg, MO,Valmeyer, IL
2001
Tropical Storm Allison
Houston,TX
2005
Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans, LA
2007
EF5 Tornado
Greensburg, KS
2008
Iowa River Flood
Iowa City, IA
2010
Cumberland River Flood
Nashville, TN
2010
Haiti Earthquake
Greensburg, KS New Orleans

64. Greensburg KS

65. 5.4.07
9:45 pm cdt

68. Blessed with a unique opportunity
To create a strong community
Devoted to family,
Fostering business,
working together for future generations.

69. Greensburg Sustainable Comprehensive Plan
Community Growth
A progressive community that offers urban services within the A community that opens its doors to new residents and visitors
unassuming feel of a rural, Midwestern community. without affecting the values and lifestyles of its current
residents.
Family
A community that provides opportunities for its young people in Renewal
the way of jobs, education, and recreation as reasons to stay in A community that makes proactive decisions that use this
Greensburg. opportunity to reverse the decline of the community and build a
progressive city with a strong future.
Prosperity
A community where entrepreneurial spirit, customer service, and Water
a sustainable economy permeate the business sector and where Treat each drop of water as a precious resource.
residents, travelers, and tourists enjoy a full line of locally owned
businesses that provide jobs and services to Health
an exceptional example of small-town America. Improve quality of life by promoting a healthy and active
lifestyle.
Environment
A community that recognizes the importance of the natural Energy
environment and balances the need for growth and economic Promote a high level of efficiency in new construction and look
development with the maintenance and improvement of the to renewable options for generation.
environment.
Wind
Affordability Greensburg’s vast wind resources are part of an emerging
An up-to-date, affordable rural community where housing plans economy and should be harvested.
and strategies incorporate energy-efficient design and materials
and serve as a regional and national model for integrating Built Environment
residents of all ages and needs with services of all kinds. Build a town that encourages interaction between residents,
welcomes guests, and serves as a model community. New
Catalysts development should be durable, healthy, and efficient. City
The rebuilding process starts with the most stimulating structures projects will lead the way by becoming examples of green
and spaces. These will spawn further growth. practices that are built to last.

72. Energy
Promote a high level of efficiency in new construction
and look to renewable options for generation.

73. HOMES
43% energy cost
savings compared to
code (HERS ratings*)
43%

74. WIND
100% renewable
energy generation
100%

75. Water
Treat each drop of water as a precious resource.

78. Streetscape slides

81. Kiowa County School
Greensburg, KS
THE BUILDING SYSTEM

83. Kiowa County Schools
City of Greensburg, Kansas 62%
Energy Savings
Kiowa County Schools (K-12) – Greensburg, Kansas

85. John Deere
Greensburg, Kansas

86. “Greensburg is a global example of how clean
energy can power an entire community, how it can
bring jobs and businesses to a place where piles of
bricks and rubble once lay.”
—President Barack Obama
EF5 Tornado First Platinum Community in America

87.  Harvest all its own energy and water
 Adapted to climate and site
 Promotes health and well-being
 Operates pollution free
 Comprised of Integrated Systems
 Is Beautiful

92. Omega
percent of building
Center that is daylit
for
Sustainable 98%
Living
Rhinebeck, New York percent of energy
supplied by on-site
renewable energy
100%
percent of
precipitation
managed on-site
100%
percent of
1st construction waste
Living Building diverted from
+ LEED landfill
Platinum
Certified
99%

93. Omega Center for Sustainable Living –
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies –
Rhinebeck, New York
AIR FLOW ENERGY FLOW WATER FLOW

94. ZERO
WASTE
Existing material cycle New material cycle
ZERO
WATER
Existing water cycle New water cycle
ZERO
ENERGY
Existing energy cycle New energy cycle

95. Living Building Challenge Prerequisite
SITE
2
Limits to Growth

96. Living Building Challenge Prerequisite
SITE
3
Habitat Exchange
For each acre of development, an equal amount of
land must be set aside for at least 100 years as
part of a habitat exchange.

97. Living Building Challenge Prerequisite
ENERGY
4
Net Zero Energy

98. Living Building Challenge Prerequisite
MATERIALS
5
Materials Red List

106. Omega Institute of Sustainable Living
Rhinebeck New York

108. “This is simply an elegant building.”
-—Peter Busby AIA | 2010 AIA COTE Top Ten Jury

110. LEED Regenerative Design
Tool

111. LEED Regenerative Design
Tool

112. LEED Regenerative Design
Tool

113. LEED Regenerative Design
Tool

114. What will she see in 2020?

115. Continue the dialogue at
facebook.com/connect.BNIM