This month’s issue of Connection, the official bi-monthly publication of the Young Architects Forum of the AIA, featured an article about Payette’s Young Designers Core. Jeff Pastva AIA interviewed Co-Chairs Ben Harrison and Hilary Barlow as well as founding Co-Chair Jeff DeGregorio about the history of the group, how it functions within the firm and the keys to its long-lived success.
Read the Young Designers Core: Continued Excellence in Practice [p. 30 – 35].
In addition to the article about the YDC, Connection also featured interviews with the 2005 and 2006 recipients of the Young Architects Award including founding YDC Co-Chair Jeff DeGregorio.
Read the interview [p. 13 – 15].
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What does it take? Supporting Intern Architects
Payette Wins AIA National IDP Outstanding Firm Award
This Earth Week, we’ll be covering five landmark buildings exemplifying new approaches to building performance and sustainability.
The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Klarman Building is the first hospital in the northeast to implement chilled beams in an inpatient setting. Early energy analysis demonstrated that the use of chilled beams would be the best way to reduce building energy use.
For this strategy to work, however, the peak thermal loads of the façades could not exceed the capacity of the chilled beams. An integrated design approach and in-house modeling allowed for constant tuning of the façade to optimize glazing, solar exposure and massing. The building orients glazing to face true north and south to minimize heat gain and maximize occupant comfort, resulting in a 15% reduction in peak solar load.
Beyond performance, the distinctive serrated terracotta façade reflects the scale and cadence of individual patient rooms, providing a delicate scale and texture to the façade.
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