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CBE's Integrated Design Lab to Thrive in Ultra Green Bullitt Center CBE's Integrated Design Lab to Thrive in “Ultra Green” Bullitt Center
Expected to be the greenest office building in the world, construction began this summer on Seattle’s Bullitt Center at 15th and Madison in Capitol Hill. The Miller Hull Partnership has orchestrated a collaborative design process to realize an urban office building that will radically transform expectations for building performance; a building that is resilient, durable, beautiful, and uses less than half the energy of the next most efficient office building currently out there. For nearly four years, the CBE’s Integrated Design Lab has worked with the Bullitt Foundation’s director, Denis Hayes, to address the challenges of creating a mid-rise urban building that generates as much electricity as it uses, meets its water needs with rainwater collected from its roof and sends no waste to the municipal sewer. When completed and occupied, all elements of the building’s performance will be monitored, from user satisfaction to the energy drawn from every outlet in the building. An interpretive center is under development by the IDL that will use the building as a living laboratory to draw lessons from its performance to inform the next generation of architects and builders worldwide. For more information, visit:
Landscape Architecture Design/Build: Monica's Village Place I Outdoor Living Room The 2011 Landscape Architecture Design/Build class, led by Prof. Daniel Winterbottom, developed an artful and therapeutic rooftop garden for the Catholic Community Services of Seattle. LA students worked in unison with Catholic Community Services representatives and Monica's Village Place I residents to synthesize initial concepts into an inspired final design titled, “Home.” The notion of “home” supported the various social and cultural concerns and needs of the residents, and transformed the rooftop into an outdoor living room that facilitates community, reflection, exploration and active play. Architecture's 2011 Neighborhood Design/Build Studio Crew at El Centro de la Raza The Department of Architecture's 2011 Neighborhood Design/Build Studio received a grant from the City of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods to construct a community gathering space at El Centro de la Raza, a community center serving a diverse population in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. The project was part of a larger effort to enhance the Santos Rodriguez Memorial Park, an area connected to the community center that honors the memory of a local victim of a social justice case. For photos of the project and more information, visit: http://courses.be.washington.edu/ARCH/hswdesignbuild/projects/2011sp/index.html
Co-taught by Assistant Professor Peter
Cohan (MArch ’84), the studio examined how architectural ideas can reinforce
the human scale of the city, and how
private and public spaces can work together to create new ways of experiencing
it. The quarter was
structured around two week-long design charrettes that occurred during
Tranberg's visits to Seattle. Analysis
for the project was approached at a variety of scales, based upon three traditional
genres of painting: landscape, still-life and portrait. This analysis at three scales
eventually led to individual proposals for the design project, which were also
investigated in the same way. Alumni might recognize the hallmarks of a productive studio in this photo. Another important aspect of the studio was an exploration of architectural character. The goal was to discover potential sources of inspiration that might lead to a richer, more nuanced and less "reasonable" approach to design. For this purpose each student was asked to choose a still-life painting that would serve as the source of inspiration for their project and influence its realization at every scale. At the conclusion of Lene's final visit students presented their work to a distinguished panel of reviewers including Patricia Patkau, Peter Cardew, Jay Deguchi, Jennifer Dee and department chair David Miller. The final projects varied widely in scope, scale and intention. Thanks to the inspiring provocations of Professor Tranberg, as well as the hard work and dedication of the students, they formed a rich and imaginative array of responses to the difficult questions posed by the studio brief. For more information, visit: http://arch.be.washington.edu/publications/views
Each spring, seniors in the Construction Management department are engaged in applying all of the knowledge they have acquired in the program through the department's Capstone Experience. This year’s Capstone presentations were held at the Pacific Northwest Center for Construction Research and Education, department's facility at Sand Point. The Center provided an excellent venue for the students’ presentations and also allowed the industry members to tour the department's new space.
The Capstone Experience program requires each student to identify a construction project that has been designed, but not yet constructed. The approximate construction cost for the projects are between $3 and $10 million. Each student independently develops a project proposal that contains a complete cost estimate, detailed construction schedule, and project management plan. In addition, the student must develop a 15-minute professional presentation made to a jury of industry leaders. A phenomenal number of industry professionals volunteer to be part of the juries; a total of 40-50 construction management professionals participate. Each of the 12 juries is composed of six to eight industry professionals. After the students make their presentations, the industry professionals test the students' knowledge base by asking probing questions about the projects.
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The College of Built
Environments’ 
Jennifer
Lail (MPA ’10), a current MUP candidate, received a Fulbright award to study
climate change within the Polar Law Program at the University of Akureyri in Iceland.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange
program sponsored by the US government, designed to increase mutual
understanding between the people of the US and the people of other countries. For
more information, visit: 
Danish architect 
CBE’s fifth annual Scholarship and Awards Luncheon was held
on May 25, 2011. The college acknowledges both its generous donors and
outstanding student scholarship and fellowship recipients at this fun and
highly anticipated event. Donors to endowed scholarships and fellowships (a $100
gift or more during the previous year) are invited to meet and mingle with
their scholarship and award recipients. For the 2011-2012 academic year, 105
CBE students received over $441,000 in support. Luncheon speakers included scholarship students Samuel Kraft and Eva Ringstrom. 
