USC XED Summer 2012 Beyond Sustainability: Making the case for Regenerative Design by Bob Berkebile, BNIM, Peter Morris, Davis Langdon, Kathy Achepohl, BNIM

1. USC Architecture XED | June 08, 2012
BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY
Making the Case for Regenerative Design
Bob Berkebile FAIA, Founder and Principal, BNIM, Kansas City, MO
Kathy Achelpohl AIA LEED AP BD+C, Principal, BNIM, Kansas City, MO
Peter Morris, Director, Davis Langdon, Sacramento, CA

2. bnim.com

4. Some time during this century the Earth system will pass a threshold beyond
which it is committed to irreversible and mostly adverse change. Once we pass
this threshold set by the level of carbon dioxide in the air of somewhere between
400 and 500 parts per million, nothing the nations of the world do will alter the
outcome. We are in a sense like passengers on a small pleasure boat sailing
quietly down the River towards the Niagara Falls, not knowing that the engines are
about to fail.
-- James Lovelock

6. Boston Globe

8. Mudflats where the Colorado River once joined the sea

12. We shall require a substantially
new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
Albert Einstein

13. practice

14. (præktɪs) v
• Repeated performance or systematic exercise for the
purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency
• The exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation

15. (præktɪs) v
Licensees at all times shall recognize that their primary
obligation is to protect the safety, health, prosperity or welfare
of the public.
CSR 2030-2.010 Code of Professional Conduct

16. Buckminister Fuller Janine Benyus Eugene Odum
The Big Ideas
• Systems-based Approach
• Collaborative Dialogue of Discovery
• Feedback Loops

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

18. Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
ENERGY CYCLE MATERIAL CYCLE

19. Water Cycle
Material Cycle Energy Cycle

21. Increased productivity_5

22. BNIM: Firm Profile
Designing What’s Next
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

23. Benchmarking Sustainability
AIA COTE USGBC LEED REGEN =
Beyond LEED
AIA COTE
TOP 10
Impact
Founder AIA COTE, USGBC, LEED $35-49 Billion Green Building Market
140,000+ LEED Professionals 100+ Countries with LEED Projects
30,000+ LEED Projects

24. BNIM
Designing What’s Next
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
Kansas City Convention Center Joint Venture with HNTB

25. BNIM: 8 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Buildings
The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program celebrates ten projects each year that are the result of a
thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology.
School of Nursing
Omega Center for Sustainable Living / 2010 University of Texas Houston / 2006 IRS Support Center / 2008 IUB-OCA / 2012
Kansas City Zoo / 1999 CK Choi / 2000 Kiowa County Schools / 2011 Heifer International / 2007

26. Iowa Utilities Board/
Office of Consumer Advocate
Des Moines, Iowa

27. Lewis and Clark
State Office Building
Jefferson City, MO

29. “Upon seeing this, the only responsible thing I can do is instruct
you to make the greenest building possible.” — Dick Schlossberg, Former President, Packard Foundation
Packard Matrix
• First study about real cost and benefits of deep green
• Proved case for Living Building

30. USGBC | LEED Regenerative Design Tool

31. First Living Building
Net Zero: 0 Energy, 0 Water
LEED Platinum
AIA COTE Top Ten

33. Omega Institute of Sustainable Living
Rhinebeck New York

34. Omega Institute of Sustainable Living
Rhinebeck New York

35. Omega Center
for Sustainable Living
Rhinebeck, NY

38. 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

39. Community Transformation

40. Before
After

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

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

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

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

48. Streetscape slides

49. Kiowa County Schools (K-12) – Greensburg, Kansas

50. “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
INSERT COLOR RUBBLE IMAGE
HERE disaster image
EF5 Tornado First Platinum Community

51. “There is no power greater than a
community discovering what it cares
about.”
Margaret J Wheatley

55. Dockside Elephant & Castle Stockholm Royal Seaport
Green
Toronto Waterfront
Lower Don Lands
Albert Basin Magok Urban
Treasure Island Development
Redevelopment Project
Project
Oberlin
Green Arts
District
Mahindra
Destiny Florida World City
Jaipur
Godrej
Garden
City
Panama Pacifo
Victoria
Pedra Branca Menlyn Maine Harbour
Sustainable Docklands,
Urbanism Zonk’izizwe Town Center
Melbourne
Vicurban@Officer
Barangaro
o

56. Elephant and Castle Menlyn Maine
Albert Basin Toronto Waterfront

57. Ohio River Basin

58. Nutrient Cycle
Living
Machine
Farm Cafeteria

59. Regional Food | Slow Food Oberlin

63. 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

64. One Planet Living
Ten Principles
Zero Carbon Sustainable Water
Zero Waste Natural Habitats
And Wildlife
Sustainable Culture and Heritage
Transport
Local and Equity and Fair Trade
Sustainable
Materials
Health and Happiness
Local and
Sustainable Food

65. The Impact of Behavior
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!

66. One Planet Community

68. INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BIODIVERSITY, WITH THE PRESERVATION OF SIGNIFICANT EXISTING TREES, THE INTRODUCTION OF
LOCAL ECOLOGY THAT ENCOURAGES REPOPULATION OF NATIVE WILDLIFE AND HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS AND CONNECT THE
SITE WITH OTHER MONTRÉAL GREEN SPACES AS PART OF THE GREEN RIGHT OF WAY MOVEMENT.
Current Condition : Golf Course

69. INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BIODIVERSITY, WITH THE PRESERVATION OF SIGNIFICANT EXISTING TREES, THE INTRODUCTION OF
LOCAL ECOLOGY THAT ENCOURAGES REPOPULATION OF NATIVE WILDLIFE AND HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS AND CONNECT THE
SITE WITH OTHER MONTRÉAL GREEN SPACES AS PART OF THE GREEN RIGHT OF WAY MOVEMENT.
Colonisation – year 1 to 5

70. INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BIODIVERSITY, WITH THE PRESERVATION OF SIGNIFICANT EXISTING TREES, THE INTRODUCTION OF
LOCAL ECOLOGY THAT ENCOURAGES REPOPULATION OF NATIVE WILDLIFE AND HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS AND CONNECT THE
SITE WITH OTHER MONTRÉAL GREEN SPACES AS PART OF THE GREEN RIGHT OF WAY MOVEMENT.
Consolidation – year 5 to 25

71. Can nature teach the architect how to design more effectively?

73. “Life creates the
conditions that are
conducive to life.”
Janine Benyus

75. Regenerative Development
Prepared by:
BNIM Architects and the U.S. Green Building Council

76. LEED Regenerative Design Tool

77. LEED Regenerative Design Tool

78. LEED Regenerative Design Tool

79. LEED Regenerative Design Tool

80. LEED Regenerative Design Tool

81. A human being is part of a whole,
called by us the universe, a part
limited in time and space. He
experiences himself, his thoughts
and feelings, as something
separated from the rest—a kind of
optical delusion of his
consciousness. This delusion is a
kind of prison for us, restricting us
to our personal desires and to
affection for a few persons nearest
us.
Our task must be to free
ourselves from this prison by
widening our circles of
compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of
nature in its beauty.

87. What will she see in 2020?

88. revolution
You must be the
change you wish to
see in the world.
Gandhi

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