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CPF Conference Tracts – Something for Everyone

This year’s conference is divided into a number of tracts designed to provide a variety of sessions on each individual topic. These tracts were selected to address topical issues today’s communities are facing. Each tract has a variety of sessions and a mobile workshop ranging from beginning through advanced practitioners. Garavaglia Architecture Inc., staff are active participants in tracts this year.

Tracts include:

Twenty-First Century Preservation: Cultivating Broader Perspectives

How do we recognize history not apparent in the bricks and mortar of our neighborhoods? How do we identify and engage new community partners? This track explores how professionals and communities can integrate new perspectives to address cultural and social heritage.

The Money Tree: Sowing the Seeds of Economic Development

The economic climate directly affects historic preservation. This track will examine the impact of emerging economic trends on historic properties and identify how preservationists can influence real estate development by knowing what makes public agencies and private developers tick.

Mike Garavaglia, Principal of Garavaglia Architecture, Inc. is serving as a moderator for the “What’s Next for Redevelopment Agencies in California” session under this tract. The session will explore the ramifications of and solution for the recent loss of redevelopment in California.
Dea Bacchetti, Marketing Manager at Garavaglia Architecture, Inc., head of the local conference steering committee, and board member for Oakland Heritage Alliance, is part of a panel that lead conference attendees on a tour of Oakland’s newly revitalized Uptown Arts District as a part of the mobile session “Rocking and Rolling in Uptown: How the Fox Theater Renovation Spurred Reinvestment”

Training New Growth: Planning for Change in Historic Contexts

This track examines the planning tools that are available for managing change in a historic context. Using examples ranging from individual projects to long-term planning efforts, speakers will highlight successful strategies for designing the built environment and its landscapes.

Tending to the Technical: Best Practices in Building Preservation

A range of technical topics for preservation professionals and clients are covered in this track, including alternative fire and life-safety compliance, facade and material investigation techniques, innovative seismic assessment and design, and interdisciplinary approaches to adaptive reuse.

New Shoots in Old Ground: Industrial Roots and Reuse

Oakland and the greater Bay Area have a commercial, manufacturing and military past that generated numerous significant structures and landscapes. This track examines the economic, technical, and social impacts associated with reuse of these commercial and industrial areas.

For more information on the conference, visit CPF’s website: www.californiapreservation.org

Don’t Miss CPF’s 37th Annual Conference in Oakland, CA 03-May through 06-May

California Preservation Foundation is gearing up for their 37th annual conference taking place on 03-May through 06-May in Oakland, California. Garavaglia Architecture Inc., staff has been involved in the planning of the conference for over a year and we are all excited about having an urban focused conference so close to our office. Titled Old Roots, New Growth: Cultivating Community this conference will offer more than 30 Sessions, Tours, and Workshops on issues facing California’s historic, cultural and natural resources. Some unique facets of this years conference include focusing on how to manage and reuse industrial resources, something Oakland has plentiful examples of. Over 100 expert speakers teach conference sessions, workshops and mobile sessions and continuing education units are available for AIA, ASLA, USGBC, MCLE, and AICP.

Special Events will be happening throughout the conference at some of Oakland’s most historic and architecturally significant venues such as the the Rotunda Building and the Unitarian Church – including CPF’s signature event, the Three-Minute Success Stories which will be at the beautiful Kaiser Theater, right along Lake Meritt.

There will be the annual Silent and Live Auction where you can buy something cool or donate an auction item while supporting a good cause! Items often include artwork, antiques, memorabilia, gift baskets, or gift certificates for restaurants, hotels, tours, museums, theater and much more.

Who Should Attend? Preservationists, city and county planners, architects, landscape architects, community leaders, landmark and historic resource commissioners, historians, archeologists, educators, attorneys, realtors, students, historic property owners, Main Street coordinators, members of Certified Local Governments, developers, contractors, craftsmen, advocates of historic preservation, heritage travelers, and involved citizens.

Garavaglia Architecture Inc. staff is an integral part of the conference this year serving as moderators, speakers, and assisting with mobile tours. Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting some of the sessions and tours Garavaglia Architecture, Inc., staff are working on and hope to entice you to come to this years conference where you too can learn why Oakland is ranked number 5 in the New York Times’ “45 Places to Go in 2012”.

Chris Lutjen Awarded Grant to Attend APT Conference

Searching for opportunities to expand his knowledge in historic preservation, Chris Lutjen, LEED AP BD+C, Garavaglia Architecture, Inc’s Job Captain, was awarded a Grant for Early Professionals in Preservation. The grant provided monetary assistance for emerging professionals to attend the Association of Preservation Technology (APT) Conference. He was one of five international recipients. As a condition of the grant, Chris was required to identify and plan a volunteer service project in his local community. His chosen community organization was the Victorian Preservation Center of Oakland; a non-profit organization that manage and preserve the National Register listed Cohen Bray House in Oakland, CA. This home is one of the best examples of the Victorian era’s high-style Aesthetic fashionable in the mid-1880s. Chris attended this year’s conference held in Victoria, BC in October 2011. The conference was held at the Historic Victoria Conference Center, Crystal Garden Building and the Empress Hotel located in the Inner Harbor.

Chris tells us he found many interesting tracks including seismic upgrades, materials treatment, and codes. One of the more interesting presentations he found was the review of the recently revised “Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings” presented by Jo Ellen Hensley, one of the coauthors.

To follow up on his grant stipulations, Chris will be providing assistance for the stabilization and accessibility upgrades of the Cohen-Bray House this fall. This service project is intended to make the Cohen Bray House more accessible to the local community, especially children, elderly, and visiting scholars. Chris will conduct multiple site visits, review existing documentation, and assist in pro

ject planning for the house museum. This project serves dual purposes for Chris as he can also use it to help complete the requirements for the intern development program, furthering him towards obtaining an architectural license. A post-project report, including the project highlights and accomplishments, will be published in APT’s online newsletter, the Communiqué.