AIA Shanghai x AHEC - Fighting Climate Change: Biophilic Environmental Design with Wood
When: Thursday 9 June 2022 @ 07:30 (Eastern US Time)/ 19:30 (Shanghai time)
CES Credits - 1.5 LU/ HSW for AIA Members
Description
The AIA 2030 Commitment encourages architects and interior designers to design and specify materials with carbon reduction in mind. As wood is the most sustainable and versatile building material available, in this program, we will showcase the benefits of specifying wood to fight climate change. Two active practicing architects based in Shanghai, one with an international large practice and another with his private practice, will share with us their individual experiences through case studies that demonstrate specific benefits of wood for new construction, structures, renovation, and interiors, as well as its ability to improve the biophilic environment of their projects.
This is the second of three AIA seminars on the most sustainable building material sponsored by The American Hardwood Export Council during May and June 2022.
Speaker Bios
JAMES LU, RAIC, LEED AP
Principal, Managing Director of Perkins&Will
Born in Taiwan but grew up in Canada, James completed his education and began his career in North America before moving to Shanghai where he has resided for many years. This experience gave him a global perspective and the ability to merge values from Western and Chinese cultures in his work.
Since his school years, James believes that design has the power to transform people's lives and the planet. This belief is shown in his career and projects and is why he is passionate about his work.
FILIPPO GABBIANI
Founder, Principal Architect of Kokaistudios
Filippo Gabbiani, born in Venice Italy in 1968, is the co-founder and principal architect of Kokaistudios, an interdisciplinary studio that works at the boundaries of urban regeneration, architecture and interior design.
After graduating from IUAV, moved by his instinctive curiosity for different disciplines and other cultures he worked in several European and North American countries cooperating with prestigious firms of architecture, interior and industrial design before founding Kokaistudios together with Andrea Destefanis in 1999.
Inspired by the traditional vocation of Venitian traders and explorers Kokaistudios project started from Venice and become immediately international opening offices in Denmark, Hong Kong and finally establishing its headquarter in the multicultural global hub of Shanghai in 2002, from where the studio become a renewed award winning practice establishing an international identity with a wide variety of projects around the world.
