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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDAT LERT BiosSustainable Design Assessment Team Erica Gees, AIA Team Leader for Hilo SDAT Initially trained as an Industrial Designer, Erica Gees obtained her architecture degree in Switzerland at the EPF in Lausanne. For the last 18years, she has been in private practice in Western Massachusetts. Her projects include master planning, library design, renovation and expansion of educational facilities, community and residential design. Prior to her return to the United States she practiced architecture in Switzerland. Her public project work there included, lakefront development studies, pedestrian streetscape design and mixed use community centers. She has taught architecture and industrial design in Guatemala and has traveled extensively researching industrial design, architecture and planning in Europe and Latin America. As part of AIA's Design Assistance Programs — SDAT+ R /UDAT — she has been a team leader for communities in Louisiana, Washington, Florida and Massachusetts. She currently serves on the National Board of Directors for AIA and is active locally in Western Massachusetts developing public awareness and educational outreach for regional sustainability and smart growth. Erica Rioux Gees, AIA Associate Kuhn Riddle Architects 28 Amity Street, Suite 2B Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 259 -1630, Ext. 103 Fax: (413) 259 -1621 www.kuhnriddle.com Cooper Martin, AIA Staff Project Manager for Hilo SDAT Cooper Martin has been a project manager at Center for Communities by Design with the American Institute of Architects since 2008. Prior to coordinating the SDAT for Hilo, he has been involved in projects for New Orleans, Louisiana and Fort Worth, Texas. Although he is new to the Center, he has worked at AIA National since June of 2007, having started as a research assistant in the Government Advocacy department. Cooper earned his degree in political science at the University of Kansas before leaving his home state to complete a masters program in public policy at American University. When he's not reading about urban policy, Cooper enjoys riding his ultra fuel efficient bike, brewing his own beer, playing ultimate frisbee and rooting for the Kansas Jayhawks. Cooper Martin Manager, Communities by Design American Institute of Architects 202 - 626 -7442 Ashley Clark, Assoc. AIA Youth and Place making As a young designer with multiple interests and talents within the design field, Ashley has found a unique role within Shook Kelley as a "Jack of all Trades." Though trained in architecture, she has an aptitude for planning, graphics and business, which gives her the ability to work on a variety of project types. Her involvement with the AIA at both the state and national levels has given her a unique perspective of the profession, uncommon for many architects. Because she has an eclectic background of living experiences, Ashley has a broad understanding of the differences to living in a city, town, suburb or rural area. This insight is a valuable asset to understanding the user experience in each of these environments. She currently lives along Charlotte's light rail line where she can walk to a variety of amenities including work. It's a living situation she feels is desirable to many young professionals like her, and will continue to become increasingly popular among other demographics in the near future. Ashley Clark, Assoc. AIA Shook Kelley 2151 Hawkins Street Suite 400 Charlotte NC 28203 T 704.377.0661x228 F 704.377.0953 ashleyclark @shookkelIey.com Gabriel Durand Hollis, FAIA Housing and Economic Development Gabriel Durand Hollis, FAIA, has twenty -four years of professional experience in design, master planning, programming, costs estimating, and project management. In addition, his experience ranges from the renovation of the San Antonio International Airport to housing projects, warehouses and space planning, governmental and high -rise office buildings. Mr. Durand Hollis has concentrated on the business aspects of Architecture, planning and design. His firm has developed feasibility studies and estimates for a wide range of work. In addition, their forecasting and projections have proven to be fairly accurate. The firm studied demographic projections for the San Marcos independent school District for development of new campuses and much of the master plan was brought to fruition. Since 1986, the firm of Durand - Hollis Rupe has literally designed hundreds of projects in the San Antonio area, Many of these are in the underserved areas of town, where a large segment of our population living in poverty, on the streets, or substandard housing. Projects range from elderly housing, shelters for the abused, Community centers, family planning clinics, hospice, dental, vision, and emergency clinics, drug screening, community action programs, dialysis clinics, drug and alcohol counseling, senior nutrition centers, physical therapy, psychological offices and a majority of hospital areas and functions. The firm believes their work in the area has a common theme of serving the community. Many of their Church projects, fire stations, police stations, Community College buildings, and law enforcement projects, would also tie into this theme. The firm has built up a body of experience that helps sort out what works and what does not. And, when it does not work, knowing why. Why safe sidewalks, with ADA ramps are so necessary to give public housing a fighting chance of success; why sometimes it is safer to design openness for visibility, rather than enclosed spaces. Gabriel Durand Hollis, FAIA Durand - Hollis Rupe Architects, Inc. 14603 Huebner Road Building 18 San Antonio, TX 78230 T 210.308.0080 F 210.697.3309 g .durandhollis @dhrarchitects.com Anindita Mitra, AICP Green Trails - Pedestrian Connections - Transportation Anindita Mitra is a certified planner and urban designer with nearly 20 years experience in the arena of local government administration, strategic planning and comprehensive planning. She has worked in more than seven states for local, county and state government entities. During that time, she has been advocating for policies and programs that promote green, energy efficient and transit friendly development. She is a proponent of comprehensive pedestrian and bike master planning. She was the Chair of the Chapter's Energy Task Force and currently Co- Chairs its Climate and Sustainability Initiative. She is the Sustainability Advisor to the Municipal Research Services Center; the President of the international organization, the Community Indicators Consortium; and is on the LEED -ND Corresponding Committee. Locally she is active in planning and environmental issues and sat on the Design Commission from 2004 -2007 and on the Mayor's Green Building Task Force (2008). She also volunteers for the professional volunteer organization "Seattle Great City Initiative ". Trained as an architect as well as an urban designer, she has been recognized for her green building designs and plans that are based on sustainable and green development principles. She is the author of Painting the Town Green (RICS Foundation, 2003) and writes occasionally for the National Civic Review, including an article that touts the use of indicators in local planning, "Measuring Progress" (2005) and another on energy efficiency (2007). Anindita Mitra, AICP Founder CREA Affiliates, LLC P. 0. Box 30125 Seattle WA 98113 -0125 P. 206.850.4293 (M) p. 206.297.3045 (0) amitra @crea - affiliates.com Jay Raskin, AIA Historic Preservation - Tsunami Mitigation - Codes Jay Raskin, AIA is an architect based on the northern Oregon coast. He has worked in Europe and the Bay Area before opening an office in Cannon Beach. His practice is a mix of custom residential along the coast and historic preservation of commercial buildings in Astoria (one of the oldest communities in Oregon). Active in earthquake and tsunami preparedness, he has served on the local emergency preparedness committee, was selected as a reviewer on the most recent Five Year Review of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, and is currently working as a member of an Ad Hoc Design Team developing a conceptual design for a Cannon Beach City Hall /Tsunami Evacuation Building. Mr. Raskin has also been engaged civically, having been recently on the Cannon Beach City Council both as Councilor and Mayor. He also served on Design Review and Emergency Planning committees, among others. Mr. Raskin has been involved in Cascadia earthquake /tsunami planning for over 15 years dealing with emergency planning issues to pre- disaster mitigation. Jay Raskin, AIA Ecola Architects, PC P.O. Box 1160 368 Elk Creek Road, Suite 409 Cannon Beach, Oregon 97110 T 503.436.2162 F 503.436.0108 0av @ecolaarchitects.com Charles Terry Shook, FAIA Urban Design - Form Based Codes - Place making Charles Terry Shook, AIA, is a founding partner and principal of Shook Kelley, a Perception Design firm specializing in strategic consulting services, including urban planning and design, architecture and branding, communication design and interior design. In serving as principal - incharge, Shook runs a multi - million - dollar New Urban planning and design group with an emphasis on retail and main street development and has been recognized as a vanguard in the movement to return meaning to the urban environment. Three of Shook's most notable projects include Birkdale Village (Charlotte, NC), Magnolia (Charleston, SC) and the Charlotte Trolley District (Charlotte, NC). Representing a genuine expression of town building and urban living, Birkdale Village, selected as a finalist in the Urban Land Institute's 2003 Awards For Excellence competition, combines shopping, dining, apartments and entertainment venues within a 52 -acre mixed -use development. The Magnolia project is a benchmark for urban progress, and will transform a 500 -acre brownfield section waterfront property south of Charleston's Historic District into a vibrant destination where members of the community will work, shop, play and live. Hired to lead an urban planning charette and develop a vision for an abandoned rail corridor in downtown Charlotte, NC, Shook Kelley created the Charlotte Trolley District, which has been credited with spurring more than $600 million in development along the rail line. The Charlotte Trolley District was also selected as a finalist in the Urban Land Institute's 2003 Awards For Excellence competition. An annual lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, Shook also serves on the board of the College of Architecture at UNC- Charlotte, from which he graduated cum laude in 1976. He is the past president of the Charlotte Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a member of the International Downtown Association and the Urban Land Institute. He has received numerous awards, and is a frequent guest lecturer for national organizations such as the Urban Land Institute, The Seaside Institute, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the International Council of Shopping Centers, among others. Shook has also been very involved in historic preservation activities. He served for many years as president of Berryhill Preservation Society, a non - profit revolving fund that saves and renovates historic houses in Charlotte's Fourth Ward neighborhood. He is currently president of Charlotte Trolley, Inc., dedicated to reviving vintage street car service. He has also been an Architect for over ten national registered properties in his career. Charles Terry Shook, FAIA Shook Kelley 2151 Hawkins Street Suite 400 Charlotte NC 28203 T 704.377.0661 F 704.377.0953 cshook @shookkelley.com Local Expert Resource Team Amy G. Self, Esq., County Office of the Corporation Council Amy G. Self is a member of the counseling and drafting division assigned to the Planning Department and the following committees and commissions: Public Access, Open Space & Natural Resources Commission; Kailua Village Design Commission; Hawaii County Cultural Resources Commission; Kona Community Development Plan (CDP) Steering Committee; Puna CDP Steering Committee; South Kohala CDP Steering Committee; and the North Kohala CDP Steering Committee. Ms. Self represents the Planning Director at contested case hearings before the Planning Commission and the Board of Appeals, and at any subsequent appellate proceedings before the Hawaii State courts. Ms. Self is a graduate of Hickory High School in Hickory, North Carolina. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Appalachian State University, a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Juris Doctor degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Ms. Self is licensed to practice in Hawaii and admitted to appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Prior to joining the Office of the Corporation Counsel team, she was in private practice with the firm of Carlsmith Ball LLP in Hilo and in Honolulu. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Self worked as a paralegal at the firm of Carlsmith Ball LLP in Honolulu, at the Maui County Office of the Corporation Counsel and at the Legal Aid Office on Maui. Her community service activities include serving as the past board president of the YWCA of Hawaii Island and volunteering for Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii. In her spare time, Amy enjoys bicycling, swimming, hiking, yoga, kayaking, one -man outrigger canoeing. Nalani Aki, MPH, Department of Health, Healthy Hawaii Initiative Nalani Aki has worked professionally in the not for profit, private and public sectors in Hawaii, Las Vegas and New York over the course of the last 14 years. Prior to moving back to Hawaii she worked as a Consultant for the New York City Administration for Children Services Training Academy and has for the last 3 years served as the Community Programs Coordinator for the State Department of Health, Healthy Hawaii Initiative. In 2007, she served as the committee chairwoman for the State's inaugural Physical Activity and Nutrition Summit and is currently a member of the State Physical Activity and Nutrition Coalition. Her passion and interest is in the development of policies that support "healthy" community design principles and in creating spaces where communities can gather, walk and bike safely and use transit as a viable means of transportation. She is currently a member of the Hawaii Public Health Association, American Society of Public Administrators, and a Project for Public Spaces supporter. Nalani received her B.A. in Psychology and Certificate in Ethnic Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and her Masters in Public Administration from Baruch College in New York City. Brad Kurokawa, ASLA, LEED® AP, Principal, Ki Concepts LLC Brad Kurokawa is a registered landscape architect with over 25 years of professional experience. Born in Honolulu, Brad grew up on Hawai'i Island and graduated from Hilo High School. As a landscape architect he has worked at a variety of scales including residential design - build, urban design, campus and regional planning. He has worked for renowned landscape architectural design and planning practitioners and firms such as Richard Haag, Robert Murase, Jones & Jones and EDAW in Seattle and San Francisco. Projects include health care facilities, parks, transit stations for commuter and light rail, zoological exhibits, botanical gardens, urban plazas and integrated neighborhood design. As a LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional), a common thread in Brad's work is the incorporation of sustainable design strategies such as Low Impact Development (LID) best management practices and natural systems integration. After a twenty -nine year hiatus on the mainland, the call to return home to Hawai'i beckoned and Brad moved back to Hawai'i Island in January 2005. Currently, Brad is a principal at Ki Concepts LLC, a landscape architecture and planning firm based in Honolulu - Oahu and Honomu - Hawai'i. Through integrated collaboration Brad is committed to building community while seeking to provide multi - functional planning and design solutions that are elegant, inspiring, ecologically regenerative, socially uplifting, place and culture based. He is currently working on the West Hawaii Civic Center as part of the design -build team and master planning for the Kanu o Ka 'Aina public charter school campus in Pu'ukapu. Prior to joining Ki Concepts LLC, Brad served as the Deputy Director for Hawai'i County's planning department from 2006 through 2008 where he enjoyed participating in the county's Community Development Planning process for Kona, Puna and Kohala. Brad was also one of Hawai'i County's representatives on the statewide Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Task Force. In his spare time, you will find Brad either playing tennis; practicing yoga; working with an assortment of community volunteers; playing with friends at the Kaiao Community garden or in the garden surrounding his plantation home in Honomu. Charlene H. Masuhara, Counselor, Hilo High School Charlene H. Masuhara is an educator who has been on the faculty of Hilo High School for 39 years. As a Social Studies teacher for 13 years and as a counselor for the past 26 years, Charlene has worked with hundreds of young people. Her work in post -high school planning includes, counseling students on their career choices and assisting them with their college applications and scholarships. She has facilitated a number of workshops for both students and parents on successfully navigating the college application process and has taught a number of classes during the summer. Charlene is also a counselor for the National College Horizons Program which provides college assistance to Native Americans including Indians, Eskimos and Hawaiians. This summer she will assist with the program at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Charlene is a member of the Hawaii Association of College Admissions Counselors, Na Leo Na' Opio (a youth civic action group sponsored by the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney), a HUI Advisor for GEAR UP Hawai'i (a federally- funded college awareness program) and the faculty advisor for the Hilo High Key Club (a youth service organization sponsored by the East Hawaii Kiwanis). Through these associations, she has spent countless hours working with Hawaii's youth and developed strong relationships with the youth of our community. She has also volunteered hundreds of hours of service to our Hilo community. Charlene grew up in Hilo and attended Riverside Elementary School and Hilo Intermediate School before moving to Oahu and graduating from Kaimuki High School. Her Bachelors of Education and Masters of Educational Communications degrees are from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and her Masters in School Counseling is from The Ohio State University. She is married to Dr. John Masuhara, a former DOE principal and her daughter Janel, is a counselor at Keaukaha Elementary School. Jane E. Horike, Economic Development Specialist of the County of Hawaii Department of Research and Development Jane E. Horike was born and raised in Hilo and grew up in Kaumana during the time when there were no shopping centers and all of the stores were located in Downtown Hilo. Kress was where one went for candy, fabric, household needs, and there were grocery stores that sold food and the Beamer store sold hardware items. She attended Hilo Union, Hilo Intermediate, Hilo High School, University of Hawai'i at Hilo (2 years) and has a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from University of Hawai'i Manoa's College of Business Administration. Jane worked in private industry in Honolulu before returning to Hawai'i County. She worked with Hawai'i County Economic Opportunity for 22 years as a Program Specialist before coming to the County. For the last 9 years she has been an Economic Development Specialist with Hawai'i County Dept. of Research and Development is the Business and Community Development Specialist who assists existing business in expansion and diversification efforts as well as encourages the development of new industries in Hawai'i County. Jane is an alternative healing practitioner, and interested in the ways of the Hawaiian Culture. She spends her spare time reading, attending workshops, and enjoying her daughter, Mari Horike. Kupunas Mildred Uchima Millie Uchima was born and raised in Hilo. She attended college on the mainland in Minnesota and New York. She was a school librarian at Hilo Union School for over 28 years. Millie is a survivor of the 1946 Tsunami and serves as a docent at the Pacific Tsunami Museum. She is a member of the Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Teachers Sorority. Robert "Steamy" Chow Steamy Chow was born and raised in Hilo, and served as a member of the Police Department for 20 years. He was honored by Hawaii County in 1999 as a Living Legend. Steamy is a survivor of the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis, and is a founding member of the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Most recently, Steamy authored a book titled "As I Recall — Recollections of Hilo," which honors the many merchants who ran businesses along the Crescent Bay before and after the major tsunamis of 1946 and 1960. All proceeds from the sale of the book support Connections Public Charter School. Public Gatherings Facilitator Kanani Aton Keli'ikoa, Public Information and Education Specialist, Department of Water Supply, County of Hawaii Kanani Aton Keli'ikoa absolutely loves to bring together information for collective understanding; it is her strength and her contribution to the AIA SDAT process. Kanani specializes in public information and education for the Department of Water Supply, County of Hawaii. She can be found at many schools and community events sharing information about water, our most precious resource. She also works closely with local media and Hawaii County Civil Defense when broadcasts about water conservation and emergencies are needed. Kanani came to work in government after consulting in the private sector for Kamehameha Schools and Office of Hawaiian Affairs on a statewide collaborative project designed to improve outcomes for Native Hawaiian students in public schools. She also worked for a non - profit directing a statewide community based planning project, as well as for the Department of Education as a teacher of Hawaiian Language, Hula, and Ukulele. She has been published in creative writing and educational research venues for the past 15 years. Through these experiences, Kanani acquired facilitation skills grounded in her passion for community collaboration in partnership with business, government, and educational institutions. Kanani resides with her husband, Harvey Keli'ikoa, and their children in King's Landing in Hilo, Hawai'i where her home can be found along the rugged Keaukaha coastline in a unique Hawaiian Homestead village.