Ongoing event:
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Green in the Loop 1910-2010: an architectural tour through time
Dave Hampton
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While Chicago makes strides toward the future to become a green city, what did green mean a century ago?
In the early 20th century, architects and engineers took advantage of newer advances such as electric lighting, elevators, and high-strength steel, but still relied heavily on tried and true engineering, design, and planning principles - locally-sourced materials, balancing structural redundancy with efficiency, on-site or local power generation, naturally lit and ventilated spaces, and civic responsibility.
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ARCHITECTURE TOURS?
This 2-hour architectural walking tour, which spans from the late 19th century to the present day, lets visitors experience America’s greatest (and some of its lesser-known) buildings in their context.
Facts, figures, and dates are fun, but this is not a test.
You will not be quizzed.
You WILL leave this tour with a greater appreciation for the fundamentals of what make our buildings relevant by experiencing how they are used, how they have been adapted over time, and how they once were and might be again in the future.
Past events:
5. Passive Houses for Active People: How to Plan for Energy-Efficient Buildings
Lecturer: Dave Hampton President, Board of Directors Urban Habitat Chicago
Date/time: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 6:30pm
Location: J. Merlo Branch of the Chicago Public Library
644 W. Belmont Avenue, 60657 (map)
Cost: FREE
Lecture summary
It’s not necessarily passive, and not just for houses.
Passive House is a high-performance energy-efficient design standard from Germany that grew out of superinsulated homes built in the Midwest from the early 1980’s. Useful for new construction and retrofits alike, projects large and small, this standard is fast gaining ground in the United States as the most realistic way to plan and implement energy-independent buildings.
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Truman College Third Annual Leadership Conference: Education and Environment
Green Movement Panel Discussion
Dave Hampton, panelist
April 30, 2010 2:00pm, Student Center, Room 1623
Deconstruction: Why, How, Now
U.S Green Building Council - Chicago Chapter
February 23, 2010
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Walsh Construction, 940 W. Adams, Chicago, IL 60607
Deconstruction, the process of carefully dismantling a building in order to salvage components for reuse, results in products for sale, a trained labor force, and improved environmental quality by keeping air and water cleaner while diverting thousands of tons of material from overtaxed landfills. This panel discussion will cover deconstruction in various aspects, from WHY it is important to utilize methods of deconstruction over a traditional demolition process, HOW it is done, and NOW covering projects and resources available to facilitate deconstruction.
Speakers:
Dave Hampton, Principal - Hampton Avery Architects; President - Urban Habitat Chicago Nathan Benjamin, Principal and Founder - PlanetReuse
Meegan Czop - Delta Institute / Rebuilding Exchange
“The Red Line Green Roofs Initiative”
Dec. 8. 2009
12:15-1:00pm
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Lunchtime Sustainable Lecture Series, in association with Chicago Department on Environment
224 S. Michigan Ave.
Speakers: Dave Hampton, Hampton Avery Architects; Michael Repkin, Repkin Biosystems Inc.
The goal of the pilot Red Line Green Roofs Initiative is to re-imagine a considerable portion of the urban environment as a diverse, robust, productive, and beautiful constructed rooftop ecosystem, using a major public transit artery as an organizing element to increase visibility by the public.
Download the presentation (PDF format, 2.2 MB)
“Burnham Smackdown”
Urban Habitat Chicago Panel Discussion Featuring Richard Avery, Nicholas Petty, Rashmi Ramaswamy, Mike Newman, Lesley Roth, Zoka Zola, and Samuel Assefa. Moderated by Lynn Becker
November 4, 2009
Schuba’s Tavern (upstairs)
3159 N. Southport Ave,
Chicago, IL 60657
773.525.2508
Suggested donation: $5
“Rethinking the Life of Buildings”
Chicago 2175: Creating the Change
August 13, 2009
Northside College Preparatory High School
5501 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL 60625
“Reuse, Reclaim, Rebuild”
Dave Hampton to speak about the Coleman garage at the following event:
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
5:30 pm
The ReBuilding Exchange
The Delta Institute is providing a new and exciting resource for architects to obtain building materials in the Chicago area. The ReBuilding Exchange diverts building materials from the waste stream and makes them accessible to the public for reuse, protecting community health, creating jobs, and saving resources. This is accomplished through sustainable deconstruction practices, making used building materials available for purchase at a low cost. Come tour the facility and learn about how the ReBuilding Exchange came to be and how it is a resource for the architectural community. Case studies will be presented to illustrate how materials have been reused in building construction. (1 AIA/CES)
Urban Habitat Chicago Lecture Series 2009– “Flip-a-Strip: Reimagining One of America’s Least Loved Suburban Building Typologies”
Richard Avery and Jess Giffin
Chicago-based architect Richard Avery and industrial designer Jess TerMeer discuss The Genetically Modified Strip, their response to the Flip-a-Strip design competition sponsored by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art that targets for architectural remediation one of America’s least loved suburban building typologies - the Strip Mall.
Date/time: Wednesday, May 6, 7:00pm.
Location: Graham Foundation, 4 West Burton Place (and State Street). See a map
“Deconstruction and Rebuilding”
Dave Hampton
Deconstruction is quickly gaining ground as a viable alternative to building demolition in the Chicago area.
In collaboration with partners Elise Zelechowski, who spearheaded the creation of the ReBuilding Exchange, and Ken Ortiz of OBI Deconstruction, who has completed over 30 residential and commercial projects since 2007, this talk will present deconstruction within the broader context of a U.S. economy increasingly based upon conservation, reuse, and planned high-efficiency.
Green Festival-Chicago 2009, Green Home Pavillion
Saturday, May 16th, 4:00pm
Green in the Loop 1909-2009 architecture walking tour
Dave Hampton
Daley Plaza, Washington St & Dearborn St (meet at Picasso sculpture)
Friday, May 1, 2009 | 9:00 AM | 11:00 AM | 3:00 PM
Saturday, May 2, 2009 | 9:00 AM | 11:00 AM | 3:00 PM
Sunday, May 3, 2009 | 10:00 AM | 2:00 AM
Tickets Available–for more information about the tour, pricing, availability and group options contact dave@hampton-avery.com
“Rooftop Ecosystems and Other Sustainable Strategies for Higher Education”
Dave Hampton
The NEIU Campus Green Fee Committee promotes energy saving and sustainable practices. Using a $3 yearly fee charged to students, Green Fee has has completed several projects such as installation of bike racks and motion sensors, and are considering green roof retrofits and renewable energy systems.
Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), Student Union SU-214
Wednesday, April 22 at 2:30pm
“Sustainable Strategies for Neighborhoods”
Dave Hampton
presentation to West Andersonville Neighbors Together (WANT)
Ravenswood Pub
5455 N. Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30pm
Free to the public
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Past events
“High-Performance Residential Rehab: Challenging Assumptions of Sustainability on Two Recent Chicago Homes”
Dave Hampton
Organization: Urban Habitat Chicago
Curriculum: UHC Lecture Series 2008
Date/time: Wednesday, August 6 at 6:30pm
Location: LivingRoom Realty
1530 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL (map)
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Lecture summary
Rehabilitating and renovating existing buildings for very different clients - a family and a speculative residential developer - required rethinking preconceived notions of sustainability. Through a collaborative design and construction administration process and close attention to detailing the thermal envelope, cost-effective choices brought energy high-performance into the realm of possibility for the average homeowner or developer.
A brief discussion of the merits of various green building standards such as Energy Star and LEED for Homes was also be included.
A question and answer session and discussion followed the lecture.
Downloadable content
Download a copy of the presentation in PDF format (8.1 MB).