September 19, 2024 | 3:00 – 5:00pm
Northwest Shawmut Construction Entrance, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511
Tickets: $35 Members, Note this event is only open to BuildGreenCT or AIA CT/Allied Members
1 HSW/LU AIA Credits Available
Jason Jewhurst, FAIA (Partner and Principal at Boston-based Bruner/Cott Architects) will lead a site tour of the Living Village, Yale University’s first net-positive graduate housing facility at Yale Divinity School. The Living Village is designed to meet the rigorous guidelines of the Living Building Challenge, including regenerative design strategies to achieve net-positive performance for energy use, water consumption, waste management, and on-site ecological water treatment of stormwater. The Living Village will transform how colleges and universities pursue environmental leadership in campus residences.
Attendees will be able to:
- Gain a deeper understanding of design strategies utilized by the Yale Divinity School team to achieve high-performance, low embodied carbon construction and LBC Materials Petal.
- Explore how contemporary regenerative architecture can strengthen a dialogue between old and new, and complement historic structures through regional materials, ecological landscape, accessibility, and net-positive water design.
- Choose from a range of strategic approaches to equity, environmental justice, net-zero water, net-zero energy, accessibility, and identify the appropriate technical solutions to support the approach.
- Investigate the relationship between contemporary regenerative architecture and historic buildings and context, and explore how new buildings can encourage deeper connections and harmonize with historic settings.
Safety Requirements and Considerations:
- Proper Attire: Shorts, skirts, and dresses should not be worn on the job site. Long pants are appropriate and help mitigate the risk of injury from sharp or hot materials.
- Closed-toe Shoes: While steel-toe boots are not necessary for your tour, regular boots or other closed-toe shoes with a thick sole can prevent a stray nail from puncturing your skin. Heels should never be worn on-site, even if they are closed toe. Avoid slick leather shoes, as they are treacherous on wet surfaces.
- Safety vest: Will be provided
- Hard hat: Will be provided
Tour Guide:
Jason Jewhurst, FAIA | Bruner/Cott Architects
Jason leads design teams to explore possibilities inspired by a shared set of values and goals to create high-performance contemporary architecture, and transformative building reuse that is beautiful and inspiring. Jason’s passion for reconnecting with the natural environment informs all his work as a specialist in sustainable and high-performance building design. With a strong technical background in building systems, technology, and healthy materials; Jason is driven by a deep respect for craftsmanship and the art of making.
His work is widely published in articles, educational journals, environmental design textbooks, and publications, and he has received multiple awards at the national, regional, and local levels that include recognition by the AIA COTE Top Ten and The Architect’s Newspaper’s Building of the Year programs. He is a recipient of the ILFI 2017 Living Hero Award and was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2024.
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