Architecture and Design
Electric Induction – Demo and Mockup
Our Project Progress – preparing for electric induction cooking.
Architecture and Design
Fiat Lux
Of course this is the motto of our alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley. But it also is applies to an initiative set around the essential nature of light. Through our explorations and projects, we will share our observations. We owe much of this to not only our own Read more…
Anchor Institutions
Collaboration at the TEAM Lab
Thanks to Steven Lucero for a tour of the TEAM (Translating Engineering Advancements to Medicine) Laboratory on the UCD campus in Davis. Binda Mangat of Quorumtech joined me as we explored the space and the tools that the lab provides. Our curiosity surrounds the question of what do successful research Read more…
Anchor Institutions
Anchor Institutions and Anchor Districts
Here is a little preview of upcoming series of posts as we have been collecting data from interviews from across the country regarding this phenomenon and the contribution to education, health and community. How are the Anchor Institutions, the “Eds and Meds” evolving in their relationship to their host community? Read more…
Architecture and Design
Electric Induction Cooking – From Why to How.
Republishing this link as it is germaine to this day. This pandemic may be waning but rethinking our assumptions remains – for the better of community and home. While it may seem unfathomable that we rethink our very source of fuel – natural gas in this instance – we must Read more…
Architecture and Design
Have you been in this room?
(I haven’t but Susan did on a visit this summer). Step Inside Six of the Chillest Rooms on Earth: https://www.gq.com/story/sick-rooms-on-earth “The late, great George Nakashima also had a vision for sustainable design—and a premonition, back in the ’70s, that nature would be much happier if we stopped extracting its fossil Read more…
Anchor Institutions
Campus Stewardship Part III
Looking back at my tiny window as steward of a campus, I feel we succeeded in avoiding the obvious pitfalls of changing everything without comprehension of the history, the resources, the culture and the values of a university and the community. There are many layers to a community’s history. Understanding Read more…
Anchor Institutions
Stewardship Part II
I admit that I am a bit of a university campus geek. I have spent almost my entire life living, learning and working in a university environment. And serving in the campus architect role, I have an elevated sense of stewardship. It has been a great pleasure to visit and Read more…
Anchor Institutions
Stewardship: Part I
Sharing this recognition from the Association of University Architects for work on the university long range plan as the anchor institution for Sacramento. Stewardship of an institution’s physical fabric is not individual – It is a team effort and recognition deserves to be shared accordingly…some of the team from this Read more…
Ultraclean Healthcare
Towards Zero Infections in Healthcare
In discussions centered on zero surgical infections, I had the distinct pleasure to visit two of the finest hospitals in the San Francisco Bay area with Peter Højerback from Avidicare and Kathy Wayre of Inspection Prevention Partners. A special thank you to our hosts at Sutter California Pacific Medical Center Read more…