Hayden Tract Tour

Hayden Tract Tour

This is an in-person tour. Attendees will be required to show proof of vaccination along with proof of identification. Please read and check the agreement and safety boxes in the registration. Additional information regarding general event information and check-in process will be emailed directed to registrants 24 hours before the event.

AIA|LA Committee: Interior Architecture

CES Learning Units: 2 LU/HSW

Tour Stops:

UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios
Architect: Johnston Marklee
Lighting designer: HLB Lighting

Vespertine / Waffle Building
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
General Contractor, Building Core & Shell: Samitaur Constructs
General Contractor, Restaurant: Howard CDM

Omelet Headquarters at Pterodactyl
Building Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
General Contractor: Samitaur Constructs, Peter Brown, Tim Brown, Bo Brown

KFA Architecture
Architect: KFA Architecture
Lighting Designer: KGM Architectural Lighting

Erco Showroom
Breakfast and Lunch

Architects will guide us through “a tower which is not quite a regular box, nor a clear, spatial departure from the regular box”, a building “formed by the intersection of nine rectangular boxes, lifted one level above the garage roof, stacked either on top of, or adjacent to each other”, the interior of an architectural office and a “neighborhood of graduate art studios.” We will also get to know Erco Lighting, a leading international specialist in architectural lighting based in Germany.

Tour Guides:

Dolan Daggett – Project Director, EOMA
Daggett received his Bachelor of Architecture and Minor in Philosophy from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. As Project Director, Daggett guides projects through all phases of design and construction, and has led project teams on a variety of large scale projects. Daggett has been with EOMA for 25 years and is a licensed architect in the state of California.

Raul Garcia – Project Architect, EOMA
Garcia received his Bachelor of Architecture and Minor in Construction Management from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Garcia was the Project Architect for Pterodactyl and is a lead technical resource for the EOMA Office having overseen many projects from concept design through construction. Garcia has been with EOMA for 17 years and is a licensed architect in the state of California.

Hugo Ventura – Project Designer, EOMA
Ventura received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly, Pomona. Ventura has been integral in bringing a wide range of technically challenging projects to execution through detailed modeling, coordination, and hands on construction experience. Ventura oversaw design and construction of the Waffle and has been with EOMA for 14 years.

Lindsay Erickson – Senior Associate, Johnston Marklee
Lindsay Erickson is a Senior Associate at Johnston Marklee (JML). Since joining JML as a Project Designer in 2010, Lindsay has led the design development of numerous projects, including the UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios in Culver City, CA; the renovation of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Tisch Art Shed, a 4500-square foot private art gallery in Beverly Hills, CA; Solo House in Spain; Chile House / META in Chile; and a mixed retail development in the Miami Design District in Florida. Current projects include the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University in Orange, CA, and the renovation of the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center. She has been instrumental in a number of publication projects dedicated to the work of Johnston Marklee including 2G n.67, (2014), and a book entitled HOUSE IS A HOUSE IS A HOUSE IS A HOUSE IS A HOUSE (Birkhauser, 2016).

Monica Rodriguez, AIA – Senior Associate, KFA Architecture
Monica joined KFA in August of 2006. She has served as project manager for several multi-family housing and mixed-used projects including Ivy Station in Culver City. As Senior Project Manager on Ivy Station, she was involved in all aspects of the TOC project of the parking, residential and hotel buildings, and played a key role in the permit acquisition process for the three building permits in Culver City’s jurisdiction. As a native to East Los Angeles and first generation Mexican-American, Monica volunteers her time at a number of organizations to encourage and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams and shine their light. In 2021 she co-developed the new 10-week Architecture Program at the Santa Monica and Mar Vista Gardens Boys & Girls Club, in the hopes to inspire BIPOC kids to be LA’s future architects. Community involvement is also important to Monica; she is the newly appointed Board Architect of the Jefferson Park HPOZ. She enjoys exploring other forms of creative expression outside of work including pottery and stand-up comedy.

Erick Rodriguez, AIA – Associate, KFA Architecture
The unique intersection of social awareness, design, and innovation at KFA aligns fully with Erick’s aspirations for architecture. He is inspired by the team’s passion to bring quality housing to LA. Erick brings six years of experience as a design and community development professional. He previously worked for non-profit affordable housing developers in Cleveland, Ohio. His role focused on making sustainability an essential part of neighborhood planning, community organizing, and development. He has managed projects, from the schematic design phase through construction spanning housing, commercial, and greenspace development. Erick’s roots are in the San Fernando Valley. He is passionate about leveraging design as a way to inspire youth to make a difference in their community.

Olli Heller – Vice President Sales, ERCO
Olli Heller joined ERCO in January 2007 and is currently the Vice President of Sales where he is responsible for all the sales efforts in North America. In his role, Olli leads the strategic direction of the Sales Team, and builds the bridge between our customers and the internal departments. Prior to his current role, Olli moved to California from New Jersey in 2015 to become the Director of Sales West Coast where he led ERCO’s expansion to the western sales regions and Mexico and was an integral part in opening ERCO’s Los Angeles showroom. Olli received his diploma from the Georg-August-University in Germany. His studies allowed him to spend some time in Spain and Japan, before finding his way to the US.

Tour Conceived By:

Janani Kannan, AIA
Jan Kannan is a graduate of Cornell University and a fearless advocate of sustainable design practice. Prior to working at Corgan as a Senior Associate, Jan practiced interior architecture in India and Singapore. She is a self-professed avid anthropological history buff who loves cooking, a bit of beer and a lot of Bollywood musicals. For her inspiration, motivation and creativity, she looks to her ever-inquisitive and growing son.

Learning Objectives:
+ Participants will be able to describe how this ongoing architectural experiment has transformed a group of decaying industrial warehouses into radically contemporary buildings, collectively known as Conjunctive Points.
+ Participants will understand the principles of lighting with an emphasis on daylighting in the context of creating comfortable spaces for the occupants while keeping to the original design intent of the architect.
+ Participants will be able to explain the influence and interaction between the architecture of the Waffle building and the function of a restaurant and the careful curation of the experience of a guest including deliberate stacking of spaces all the way to what is served and how it is served.
+ Participants will be able to describe through experience the multi-layered complexities in the design and construction of the Pterodactyl building that includes challenges to all construction trades. Participants will also be able to describe the quality of the interior spaces created by such a building and the efficient use of one such space through effective design.

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