Historic Preservation/Restoration

Education Session - Presentation Format

MON-C01 - The Ford Foundation: Restoring Dan Kiley's Design and the Challenges Met

1.5 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Presenter(s)

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  Annette Wilkus, FASLA

  Partner
  SiteWorks LLC

Co-Presenter(s)

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  Raymond Jungles

  Founder
  Raymond Jungles, Inc.
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  Andrew Lavallee, FASLA

  Partner
  SiteWorks LLC
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  Jorge Champin

  Senior Project Coordinator
  Raymond Jungles Inc.

The Ford Foundation headquarters major renovation is restoring Dan Kiley’s landmarked atrium. Challenges included plant selections adapted to the interior environment while sensitive to the historic design, acclimation procedures, steep slopes, and access. Innovative methods delivered the atrium on a tight schedule, requiring the contractor to accept nonstandard approaches.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how analysis of the design intent of a landmarked atrium provided the basis of restoration and in doing so allowed innovative methods of design delivery supported by the client.
• Understand how to restore a significant historic landscape using innovative methods of delivery including tree root preparation reducing tree weight, and size to conform to unusual spatial geometry for installation.
• See how the craft of implementation provides innovative solutions when construction does not go as anticipated.
• Understand how collaboration between several landscape architects , architects and engineers results in the restoration of an iconic Dan Kiley design.