Building the Innovative Green Home

Building the Innovative Green Home a panel discussion featuring "From the Ground Up" design competition winners moderated by Karrie Jacobs Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 6:30 - 8:30pm at Van Alen Institute Van Alen Institute is pleased to present “Building the Innovative Green Home” on Wednesday, June 17, in conjunction with the exhibition “From the Ground Up: Innovative Green Homes,” on view from May 18 - June 26, 2009. Presented by Syracuse University School of Architecture and based on a design competition of the same name, the exhibition features the winning designs for 1,100-1,500 square-foot single-family homes that can serve as affordable, green prototypes for formerly vital, urban residential neighborhoods throughout the United States. “From the Ground Up: Innovative Green Homes” sought to produce modern, sustainable homes for no more than $150,000. Four winning teams were selected, and the homes are now under construction in Syracuse, NY. What made it possible to go from competition to fruition in this case? What can we learn from the Syracuse model about ways to develop well-designed affordable housing elsewhere in the country? Did the design competition, as a process, promote better design or a greater likelihood of development? Were new strategies used to overcome the complex forces that often stand in the way of innovation (be they market, cost, community, political or other)? What did the winning architects learn from participating in this venture? With stringent budget constraints and its reliance on public support, affordable housing is neither politically nor economically the most likely candidate to foster design innovation—or is it? The panel discussion brings the design competition winners together in conversation with moderator Karrie Jacobs, design critic and author of The Perfect $100,000 House. Panelists will include Mark Robbins, dean of the Syracuse School of Architecture; Rick Cook, Cook + Fox Architects; Jared Della Valle, Della Valle Bernheimer; Timothy McDonald, Onion Flats; and Adam Yarinsky, Architecture Research Office. Please join us for a lively evening of exploration into the design and construction of well-crafted and sustainable affordable homes. This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to [email protected] by 5:00pm on Monday, June 15. For more information, visit: http://www.vanalen.org/participate/programs/061709_InnovativeGreenHome. Van Alen Institute 30 W. 22nd St, 6th FL New York, NY 10010 212-924-7000