42nd Gold Key Awards Finalists Revealed


The winners have been announced for the 42nd Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design, the industry’s oldest awards program for hospitality interiors, sponsored by Boutique Design magazine. The 2022 Gold Key judges selected these standout projects from a competitive field of submissions from more than 100 design firms around the world.


20 Trends in Hotel Construction

“Changing guest and owner demands mean new normals in hotel construction. Here are some tips for what hoteliers should keep in mind when starting a construction project, whether it’s a new-build, an expansion or a gut renovation.”


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行业动态:最新招聘信息

“总部位于西雅图的建筑设计公司 MG2 已将 Shannon Suess、Terry Odle、Mai-Lee Lam 和 Mat Yeung 晋升为合伙人。”

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一箭双雕:我们能否同时解决城市最后一公里配送和住房难题?

2022 年 6 月 / 作者:Victor Malerba, Jr.

众所周知,随着时间的推移,美国城市的人口逐年增长。到2022年7月1日, usapopulation.org 据估计,纽约市人口将达到886.5万。随着人口密度的增加,发展面临诸多挑战。其中包括:为个人和家庭提供充足且便利的多户住宅,以及为服务于城市社区及其周边地区的公司提供“最后一公里”配送解决方案。

就两者的发展而言 多户住宅仓库或配送中心等商业地产尤其是在大都市环境中,每项发展都面临着各自的挑战和障碍。然而,最主要的挑战是空间。随着城市的不断发展, 开发商越来越难找到合适的房产。 对于这两个项目来说,而且将这些理论上一次性使用的建筑变为现实的成本也越来越高。

但是,如果像纽约这样的城市,我们能够同时解决这两个挑战呢?如果我们能够垂直优化建筑面积,从而——用一句俗语来说——一箭双雕呢?设计和建造一个既能容纳住宅租户又能满足商业需求的解决方案是否可行? 最后一公里配送中心的复杂运作方式,使得它们能够在同一栋楼内和谐共存,而两个世界又不会互相干扰或扰乱?

在海外,这些理念正逐渐成为现实。设计师们深谙这两个市场的复杂性,他们 MG2上海办事处 多年来,我们一直在韩国快速发展的城市中致力于混合用途、一体化解决方案。从高尺到平泽再到池竹, 亚洲的仓储设施 这些建筑的设计旨在与上方拔地而起的住宅和办公大楼和谐共存。然而,这些复杂的项目也带来了一系列需要考虑的因素,涵盖设计、运营、物流、地方政府法规,以及或许最为棘手的结构挑战。 

那么,对于像三州地区这样的城市扩张地区来说,这些考虑因素意味着什么?更重要的是,是否有可能克服这些因素,并为多户住宅和最后一公里配送创造我们自己的单一占地面积解决方案?

1. 获得所有利益相关者的支持至关重要。

如同所有优秀的项目一样,获得所有相关方的认可和批准对于任何房地产项目的成功都至关重要。对于一座集多户住宅和末端配送中心或仓库于一体的综合用途城市建筑而言,利益相关者可能包括市政府、相关机构、开发商、商业租户以及当地社区代表。 

社区居民和市政府对交通、噪音以及税收损失的担忧日益加剧,同时,他们认为“增加就业机会”的潜在好处可能并非适合他们所在地区的“正确”就业机会。

开发商或商业租户如果不想担心因与居民区如此接近而产生的敏感性、限制甚至潜在违规行为所带来的复杂问题,可能会认为这些缺点大于优点,并希望完全避免涉足这一领域。

这听起来确实是一场艰苦的战斗,但成功的关键在于对每个利益相关者的具体诉求、目标和愿望,以及各个市场的设计和物流细节都有着多方面的了解。有了这种专业知识的指导,最终产品就能兼顾到每一个环节,让所有问题都能得到解答、理解、解决。

虽然与参与和受这种独特发展类型影响的人们进行以人为本的对话是必要的第一步, 对可持续发展的投资 它还可以发挥作用,帮助改变利益相关者的接受程度。如今,许多开发商都在为其所有项目争取 LEED 认证,因此,将电动汽车功能进一步整合到商业设施中,以及其他惠及城市、企业和社区的可持续发展举措,可以在转变相关各方观点方面发挥巨大作用。

2. 确保运营、物流和日常生活和谐共存。

两套建筑系统共用同一地块,需要考虑诸多运营和物流因素,尤其是在城市环境中。末端配送设施通常需要全天候运转,仓库本身以及24小时运营的收货区产生的噪音,可能会严重影响楼上居民的生活。 

在可能复杂的多层停车系统中,协调送货卡车、设施员工与居民车辆的垂直运输和交通流至关重要。此外,仓库员工和居民租户还需考虑安全、安保、隐私、大堂区域、临街通道等问题。 

为了让这两个企业在同一栋楼内共存并和谐运营, 精通 不仅在商业设施和多户住宅的日常物流和流动中需要,而且在每种类型的建筑资产管理中也需要,以优化运营维护,这两个项目在哪些方面会有所不同,又在哪些方面会重叠。

3. 考虑并优化建筑设计和结构挑战的各个方面。

当然,这种新型混合用途建筑类型带来的运营障碍还包括将两种不同的建筑系统设计和建造到一个结构中的配置挑战。 

除了考虑如何优化商业、停车场和住宅网格的转换层等因素外,还需要明确并落实各种用途的组合、分隔方式以及城市针对每种建筑类型的严格规定。例如,多户住宅的紧急疏散路线、防火分隔和喷淋系统等要素的规定与商业设施的规定有所不同,但由于这些建筑类型都位于同一地块上,因此在建筑设计中必须同时考虑两者的要求。 

在韩国设计此类混合用途项目时,设计师们注意到,如果楼上是住宅,那么最后一公里配送仓库的柱间距和布局就会受到影响。这反过来又会影响到一些关键要素,例如柱子的尺寸和形状、工业钢架的位置和高度,以及叉车和人员操作所需的空间和交通优化。

随着城市地区人口密度增加, 对住房和最后一公里配送解决方案的需求将持续增长。这些例子只是众多挑战中的一小部分,即使不是数百个,也至少有几十个挑战需要经验丰富的专家来考虑,才能设计和建造成功的混合用途解决方案,以容纳两者。 多户住宅商业最后一公里仓储设施 在相同的占地面积内。

通过采用 跨市场专业知识 通过同时为这两种类型设计解决方案,开发人员有机会将这些全新的、极具吸引力的功能变为现实。 混合用途建筑类型 在城市环境中。在大都市中将这一概念变为现实 纽约 或其周边地区不仅有可能,而且对于公司、城市和城市社区的未来而言都是切实可行的。

MG2 在历史悠久的费尔蒙奥林匹克酒店翻新工程中发现水磨石宝藏

Brought in to renovate the historic Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, the contractors working with MG2 pulled up the carpeting on the main staircase and landings and were surprised to discover the hotel’s original terrazzo floors that had been hand-laid by artisans in 1924. “Replacement carpeting had already been ordered, but the unearthed terrazzo floors were too beautiful to cover up,” relates Shannon Suess, principal, MG2, Seattle. So instead, MG2 reached out to North American Terrazzo as they had experience with historic terrazzo restorations in the Pacific Northwest.

社区环境

鹿溪村

鹿溪村(Deer Creek Village)以其南侧边界的毗邻水道命名,服务于罗斯堡的特殊需求人群和患有创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)的退伍军人。该项目选址经过精心考量,充分考虑了覆盖地块大部分区域的湿地。建筑群围绕一个中央庭院而建,庭院俯瞰着毗邻鹿溪的湿地和林地。住户配套设施包括自行车存放室、中央洗衣房、青少年和成人户外游乐区以及带厨房的宽敞社区活动室。 


  • 项目细节

  • 地点 俄勒冈州罗斯堡
  • 客户 邻里互助组织(NeighborWorks)
  • 市场分类 ,
  • 规模 50,950 平方英尺
    68个单元
  • 设计服务
  • 资质认证 地球优势铂金
社区环境

德斯金公地

这个花园式开发项目包括七栋围绕现有历史建筑而建的新建木结构建筑。团队负责管理历史建筑修复和历史资源设计审查流程,确保建筑的翻新工程顺利完成。此外,保留俄勒冈白橡树不仅赋予建筑永恒感,更使其与周边环境自然融合。项目还设计了一套完善的现场雨水管理系统,以改善土壤渗透性。团队还准备了设计文件,用于向俄勒冈州住房社区服务机构申请资金,最终成功获得税收抵免。 


  • 项目细节

  • 地点 俄勒冈州纽伯格
  • 客户 亚姆希尔县住房管理局
  • 市场分类 ,
  • 规模 53,940 平方英尺
    56个单元
  • 设计服务
  • 资质认证 地球优势金
社区环境

独立公寓

独立公寓 (Independence Apartments) 的落成标志着独立登陆 (Independence Landing) 项目的二期工程竣工,该项目是位于独立市中心的多期重建项目。该项目包括两栋楼,共 110 套市场价公寓和 14 套联排别墅。沿奥斯普雷巷 (Osprey Lane) 分布的联排别墅与历史悠久的市中心形成鲜明的都市景观。公寓楼坐拥威拉米特河 (Willamette River) 的壮丽景色,配套设施包括带室外游泳池和水疗中心的会所、配备厨房和休息室的社区活动室以及带更衣室的健身中心。


  • 项目细节

  • 地点 俄勒冈州独立市
  • 客户 托科拉地产
  • 市场分类
  • 规模 164,200 平方英尺
    110个单位
    14套联排别墅
  • 设计服务
社区环境

独立酒店

The Independence Hotel completes the first phase of Independence Landing, a multi-phased redevelopment in downtown Independence. The boutique hotel features a bar with wine tasting, spa, and roof-deck; all with extensive views of the Willamette River. The building responds to existing views and adjacent uses in a way that makes each room unique. The team crafted the building with acoustical separations and unit layouts that provide a home-like setting. This promises to be a catalyst for further downtown development and to activate a vibrant, multi-use, multimodal riverfront. This was a public-private partnership with the City and required close collaboration with City leadership as well as local business leaders.


  • 项目细节

  • 地点 俄勒冈州独立市
  • 客户 托科拉地产
  • 市场分类
  • 规模 49,440 SF
    75 keys
  • 设计服务
社区环境

杰西·奎因

作为这项分阶段重建项目的一部分,杰西·奎因大厦融合了阁楼式公寓和商住两用单元。为了激活临街立面,大厦的配套设施、零售空间以及商住两用单元均位于一层。这座T字形建筑的一侧略微内凹于街道,形成一个毗邻雨水花园的城市步行广场。建筑外立面材料与市中心的历史风貌相得益彰。配套设施包括健身房、自行车存放处、现场租赁办公室以及带儿童游乐设施的花园。顶层设有一个带宽敞户外露台的社区活动室,可饱览开阔的景色。


  • 项目细节

  • 地点 俄勒冈州森林格罗夫
  • 客户 托科拉地产
  • 市场分类
  • 规模 84,500 平方英尺
    78个单位
  • 设计服务
社区环境

奥克韦中心凯悦酒店


20 Ways Hotels are Using Outdoor Space

Even before COVID drove people out into the fresh air, hotels were finding innovative ways to get guests outside, making outdoor spaces into valuable revenue generators. Here are some examples of how hotels are leveraging outdoor venues to drive income and maximize value.  

加州尔湾最佳办公建筑师

When creating a new environment for a corporate client’s headquarters, it’s important to consider what makes the company stand out. Apart from establishing a unique voice for their brand, an architect who considers the experience this new space will create and how that will reflect the company’s mission statement and narrative is absolutely necessary.

To help you choose the right designer equipped to handle your building requirements, our team has listed the best office architects in Irvine, California. These firms were selected for their accreditations, certifications, and professional affiliations. We also considered the recognition each firm has received in the form of industry awards, client reviews, and press features. We have laid out the range of services the firms offer, their specializations, and the length of time they have been in the industry.

Flashy Amenities Or Home Offices? In High-Cost Environment, Apartment Developers Face Tough Choices

The effects of the pandemic have changed how developers are executing their plans for residential buildings: from adding video doorbells and new package systems to building bigger living spaces and home offices.

“It’s not just about the architecture anymore. You could design a nice space, the lobby could be fantastic, but what extras does it have?” MG2 Design associate principal Victor Malerba Jr. said at 比斯诺’s Tri-State Annual Multifamily Conference last week. “What’s the extra sauce?”

MG2 是 Apex 的室内设计师,Apex 是一个设施齐全的豪华大型综合体

Apex at CityPlace, Overland Park, Kan., spans 693,000 sf in 13 buildings, including two office buildings, 18,000 sf of retail, and 366 luxury apartments and penthouse units with gourmet kitchens, quartz countertops, deep soaking tubs, and covered balconies and patios.

Providing Opportunities: Mitch Smith

As one of the first 20 employees to join MG2, Smith quickly rose from project manager to CEO and chairman of the board by honing the craft of architecture. He perfectly balances delivery excellence with a design mindset, driving kinetic transformation long into the future.

“You can’t wait for a specific opportunity to arise to develop your staff,” Smith says. “You have to continually invest in and provide opportunities.”

MG2庆祝成立50周年,表彰其在建筑、设计、战略和品牌塑造方面屡获殊荣的成就

Perpetually guided by our vision to create transformative experiences that elevate everyday life, MG2 celebrated its fifty-year anniversary of delivering award-winning architecture and design projects across the globe.

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让MG2五十周年庆典重现生机

3 月 2022 / By Ellen Dulweber

In 2021, MG2 celebrated five decades of success. And true to our humble nature, we marked the occasion without much public fanfare. With the world still partially in lockdown, it was a challenge to truly celebrate how we’d originally intended. But the lavish parties we’d envisioned soon gave way to a whole host of virtual storytelling and celebratory experiences that were just as heartfelt and inclusive. And, in a way, it was more meaningful than we could have ever expected.

 

 

With everyone’s attention focused elsewhere the last year few years, it would have been easy to let this significant milestone pass by unnoticed. Instead, we decided to mark the occasion as much as the virtual nature of 2021 allowed: by documenting the big ideas of our leaders, elevating the perspectives of our diversifying employees, and putting it all out there, rough cuts, raw emotions, and real ideas.

To commemorate, we wanted to provide the firm with something new and unexpected. We curated numerous experiences and opportunities for staff to contribute throughout the year, with those compiled into a final physical and digital “zine” to encapsulate the past 50 years and look forward to the next 50. As a group of skilled visual designers and creative writers, our Creative Services and Marketing teams were uniquely positioned to bring the firm’s story to life through in-depth interviews, thought-provoking prompts, crowd-sourced ideas, and podcast-style conversations. We illuminated our people through photography, video, editorial design, and illustration. We shot for the moon.

It was important to us that this celebration have its own personality. We wanted it to have characteristics inspired by our past, but also have a cool new slant inspired by the future we envision for ourselves. In debating whether we should celebrate our past or nod to the future, we realized, why not both? Thus our 50 Anniversary theme of “looking both ways” was formed: by looking in the mirror and really asking, “who is MG2?” we can see the vision of our past refract into the future. 

We looked past the traditional to pay homage to the innovative trajectory of our firm while honoring the grit and sheer determination our foundation is built on.

On the Creative Services team at MG2 we love round robin design. It’s a true melting pot for everyone to collaborate and put forward their ideas for iteration and improvement. We leveraged the tactic when developing our 50 Anniversary logo: one of us started with a sketch, then passed it to the next person. They refined and then passed it on again. Rinse and repeat. Over time we started to tease out these amazing ideas that everyone had a hand in. And in the end, there’s no better feeling then when each of us looks at the final product and sees a little sliver of our original idea.

With so much incredible content to gather, we leaned into a physical format to feel like a time capsule and live on past our 50 Anniversary. Our goal was to immortalize what this anniversary meant to employees from all experiences and perspectives, and bring it to life through something that was unique, artful, and a little rough around the edges. Something cool and fun to display on our coffee tables amongst editions of Rizzoli and Phaidon.

The zine is comprised of three chapters, each depicting a certain time period of the firm. Each chapter features a distinct design personality; from color palette and typography to creative writing and voice, we wanted each element to feel like it belonged.

When you read the first chapter, “Reflections,” you’ll feel the pride that our founder Doug Mulvanny felt when he started the firm from a small rented desk and a phone line. You’ll also observe the confident leadership transition to Jerry Lee and the impact he created on the firm and in the community. This chapter’s visual language consists of a magenta palette with coral accents and straightforward sans serif typography to pay homage to “what was.”  

“Looking Both Ways” gives a more in depth look at MG2 today, and how CEO Mitch Smith found his way to the firm, climbed the ranks, and intends to lead us into the next 50 years. Among stories from employees across the firm, President Russ Hazzard talks about his “take the bull by the horns” approach. This chapter’s color palette takes influence from our focus on sustainability with pops of teal and a rich grass green. Typography comes to life through our standard typefaces, but with a twist of something new.

Finally, you end in an experimental play land, “Refractions.” As our female leadership takes center stage with CCO MJ Munsell and COO Celeste Lenon, electric colors of blue and coral erupt from the page as our typography twists and turns energetically, refracting the possibilities for our future.

The small touches really allow the zine to shine. We’ve integrated our audio and video experiences via QR codes that launch you to our “Conversations” series podcasts and video interviews with our executive team. Photo spreads are punctuated with die cut paper pieces that pace your experience and add a touch of whimsy. Gate fold timelines expand our history past, present, and untold future to create something truly interactive. Even the paper choices have been carefully selected to evolve and shift with the eras of stories they tell. And finally the zine is wrapped in one final iteration of our logo, this time dissecting it with notes and key drawings reminiscent of architectural plans.

Compiling this zine was truly a passion project for us. A predominantly virtual world made for a complex challenge to solve in celebrating MG2’s 50 Anniversary. But our people and their stories made it worthwhile. We’re excited to bring this anthology along with us as 2022 ushers in year one of “the Next 50.” Cheers to a notable past, inspiring present, and very bright future for MG2.

100个值得庆祝的理由:MG2公布2022年全球促销活动

In the wake of yet another challenging year for our firm, our industry, and our world, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate the incredible accomplishments and achievements of our dedicated team. As we enter 2022—a journey toward both unlimited opportunities and possibilities unknown—we’re thrilled to recognize this dedication, resilience, and passion with the promotion of one hundred MG2 employees across our global offices.

Amongst our leadership, we’re excited to welcome four new Principals—Shannon Suess, Terry Odle, Mai-Lee Lam, and Mat Yeung—four new Associate Principals—Barbara Granados-Saldana, Amy Hart, Cheryl Usnick, and Ta-Ren Chyn—as well as two new Shareholders—Janelle Schneider and Jooyeol Oh.

See Terry’s promotion announcement in the Los Angeles Business Journal →

Beyond leadership, it is an honor and a privilege to nurture the careers of, recognize, and promote dozens of MG2 associates across every department, market, and level. There are no minor roles here; we would not be the firm we are today without all of our employees’ incredible talent and perseverance. We are grateful to have extraordinary individuals helping define and deliver a boundless future for MG2 and our clients, bringing your best to everything you do, and making our firm such a special place to be.

伊尔文

  • Christine Sa’d – Associate 2
  • Clara Gradinariu – Associate 2
  • Gustavo Montalvo – Associate 2
  • Jasmine Le – Associate 2
  • Katherine Graney – Associate 2
  • Ahmed Islamoglu – Associate 3
  • Jenny Nguyen – Associate 3
  • Garrett Honeycutt – Associate 4
  • Maribel Abrica – Associate 4
  • Meadow Pirigyi – Associate 4
  • Arturo Reina – Associate 5
  • Matthew McClellan – Associate 5
  • Renee Krause – Associate 5
  • Isaac Perez – Senior Associate 1
  • Terry Odle – Principal

明尼阿波利斯

  • Lorren Mueller – Associate 2
  • Sarah Cooper – Associate 2
  • Elle Reinhard – Associate 4

NEW YORK CITY

  • Joseph Schafran – Senior Project Manager II

西雅图

  • Casey Hopkins – Senior Communications Manager
  • Chris Schanz – Facilities & Multimedia Specialist
  • Emily Walker – Marketing Specialist
  • Hannah DeVriend – Human Resources Coordinator
  • Hannah Shugrue – Senior Project Accountant
  • Kristin Troxel – Human Resources Manager
  • Kendal Solak – Shared Services Specialist
  • Mike Johnson – Senior Financial Analyst
  • Natasha Windle – Associate Director, Program Management
  • Richard Bendix – CAD Manager
  • Tyler Wissenback – BIM Account Manager
  • Abigail Shane – Associate 2
  • Alex Breuer – Associate 2
  • Charles Abuel – Associate 2
  • Cori Concepcion – Associate 2
  • Erin Dillinger – Associate 2
  • Isabella Noet – Associate 2
  • Lauren Cebulla – Associate 2
  • McKenzie Aitkin – Associate 2
  • Peter Kim – Associate 2
  • Taylor Chadwick – Associate 2
  • Yanie Hung – Associate 2
  • Carmen Campbell – Associate 3
  • Justin Bise – Associate 3
  • Marina Sosner – Associate 3
  • Melissa Lorenc – Associate 3
  • Morgan Nestegard – Associate 3
  • Sarah Bertis – Associate 3
  • Stephanie Henschen – Associate 3
  • Tais Wagner – Associate 3
  • Connor Dimick – Associate 4
  • Darren Mobley – Associate 4
  • Paul Yoon – Associate 4
  • Scott Nicholson – Associate 4
  • Colby Chapman – Associate 4
  • Moon Choi – Associate 4
  • Negin Sharifi – Associate 4
  • Alison McClellan – Associate 5
  • Amy McCurdy – Associate 5
  • Christina Puzon – Associate 5
  • Darren Thies – Associate 5
  • Jared Bassetti – Associate 5
  • Marit Jensen – Associate 5
  • Craig Chapman – Senior Associate 1
  • Eli Hardi – Senior Associate 1
  • Joe Palmquist – Senior Associate 1
  • John Leuck – Senior Associate 1
  • Megumi Matsumura – Senior Associate 1
  • Angela Balmer – Senior Associate 2
  • Elisha Person – Senior Associate 2
  • Geir Mjelde – Senior Associate 2
  • Geoffrey Grice – Senior Associate 2
  • Hong Ho – Senior Associate 2
  • Jason Breyer – Senior Associate 2
  • Kendall Williams – Senior Associate 2
  • Shawn Ronning – Senior Associate 2
  • Stephen Bullock – Senior Associate 2
  • Amy Hart – Associate Principal
  • Barbara Granados-Saldana – Associate Principal
  • Cheryl Usnick – Associate Principal
  • Mai-Lee Lam – Principal
  • Shannon Suess – Principal

上海

  • Elva Qian – Administrative Assistant II
  • Flora Cheng – Operations Manager (no change in title)
  • Song Yan – Associate 3
  • Vicky Nie – Associate 3
  • Lily Peng – Associate 5
  • Hsin Cheng – Senior Associate 2
  • Ta-Ren Chyn – Associate Principal
  • Mat Yeung – Principal

华盛顿特区

  • Alveena Kamran – Associate 2
  • Gabrielle Metzger – Associate 2
  • Emily O’Loughlin – Associate 3
  • Gabriella Santostefano – Associate 3
  • Katy Siu – Associate 3
  • Rosalyn Roman Iglesias – Associate 3
  • Cesar Cruz – Associate 5
  • Kevin Richardson – Associate 5
  • Nils Jonsson – Senior Associate 1
  • Meridyth Cutler – Senior Associate 2
  • Jeremy Goeckeritz – Associate Director, Cost Management


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超越自我:以数据驱动,致力于可持续设计

2021 年 11 月 / 作者:Russ Hazzard,《超越与超越:数据驱动的可持续设计承诺》

建筑师兼 AIA 2030 创始人 Edward Mazria 曾说过:“当我们试图解决一个棘手的问题时,我们往往会急于求成,但在这种情况下,简单才是王道。更好的建筑、负责任的能源使用和可再生能源的选择,才是我们应对能源独立和气候变化所需的一切。”

直截了当、负责任的设计一直是 MG2 战略和理念的核心,我们始终将可持续的原则和应用融入到我们的每一个项目中。我们的三大可持续发展价值观——环境管理、目标效率和恢复性措施——既体现了公司创立之初的现状,也反映了我们未来的发展目标。MG2 一直致力于不断提升设计标准,不断改进,以达到并超越可持续认证和基准。

MG2 总裁 Russ Hazzard 表示:“我们一直在审查我们的规范,寻找机会向客户推荐可持续产品和方法,在我们刚开始时,这些只是从地点和‘对环境更好’的角度来看的更好的选择。”

如今,这些可持续供应商和材料推荐不仅带来便利,更是我们DNA和设计流程中不可或缺的一部分。因此,曾经可能不愿接受替代方案的客户如今将我们视为专家和倡导者,我们拥有合适的解决方案,能够帮助他们走上更可持续的未来之路。

Costco 批发总部园区——华盛顿州伊萨夸

作为建筑环境的建筑师和设计师,我们所做的每一件事、我们承接的每一个项目,其意义都是显而易见的。AIA 的 2030 挑战概述了承诺公司必须努力实现的两个具体目标:

  1. 到 2025 年,建筑环境运行能源系统减少 90%。
  2. 到 2025 年,建筑环境中的碳排放量将减少 45%(这是我们团队规定的百分比)。

“减少温室气体排放是整个行业本世纪面临的挑战。”MG2 建筑性能分析师 Johnny Klemke 表示,“我们如何在不断建造更多建筑的同时,减少对自然环境的影响?这正是 MG2 正在努力解决的问题。通过帮助各团队找到更高效、碳排放更低的设计方案,我们也向客户证明了可持续性并不一定成为项目的成本负担。”

通过帮助团队为他们的设计提出更高效、碳排放更少的解决方案,我们向客户表明可持续性不必成为成本负担。

建筑性能分析师 Johnny Klemke

“我们最大的障碍是让整个行业与我们一起努力,”MG2 的设计师 Jon Guerechit 说道,他负责领导我们的运营能源计划,“一个好处是,无可争议的数据让我们更容易说服客户,一项节省成本的措施可以 服务环境。但数据并不总是对我们有利。拥抱环境守护者的心态更加困难,因为它迫使利益相关者以不同的思维方式投资于长远的未来。我们正在全力倡导这种心态。

今天,随着我们继续评估和发展公司的可持续发展行动计划,我们致力于超越友邦保险 2030 年挑战所概述的目标,增加我们自己的两个目标

  1. 严格致力于与具有前瞻性的供应商合作并使用 可持续材料 遵守尽可能高的标准。
  2. 减少 用水量到 2030 年,所有项目室内水管均达到 30% 至 45%,室外饮用水管达到 50%
PCC社区市场——华盛顿州西雅图

添加材料到混合物中。

从改善室内空气质量到减少建筑垃圾,我们的建筑师和设计师指定的材料至关重要。我们的选择代表着改善地球及其居民健康的巨大机遇。

除了自豪地签署 AIA 材料承诺之外,MG2 还创建了我们自己严格的材料评估系统。我们的专家采用红绿灯结构,对我们使用的每一家供应商、产品和材料进行分析和排名,以确保我们尽可能地遵守最高的可持续发展标准,共创更美好的未来。

PCC社区超市——美国最大的食品杂货合作社——多年来一直与 MG2 合作,致力于改进其门店的材料,并争取获得 LBC Petal 认证。其巴拉德门店是全球首家获得该认证的食品杂货合作社,其超过 40% 的材料(略低于 $1.4M)均来自可持续来源,其中 9.2% 的材料来自 100 英里以内。此外,该店 100% 的木材获得 FSC 认证,其中 10% 的材料经过回收或再利用。

“有一种误解,认为我们需要追求绿色建筑认证来推动可持续材料的使用,或者我们必须 仅有的 使用可持续材料来改变世界。这两种说法都不正确。

Candon Michelle Murphy,材料专家

MG2 的数据驱动材料系统带来了丰富的知识和洞察力,但持续的教育以克服误解并帮助我们的客户和合作伙伴了解财务和环境投资仍然至关重要。

“选择可持续材料的最大挑战是对其相关成本的误解。”MG2 的材料管理员 Candon Michelle Murphy 提到,“如果要选择可持续材料,市场上确实有一些特定类别的材料需要很高的成本,但也有相当多的材料类别不需要或只需支付很少的费用,就能实现更加环保的最终安装。

“还有一种误解,认为我们需要追求绿色建筑认证才能推动可持续和健康的材料,或者认为我们只有采用可持续材料才能改变世界。然而,这两种说法都不正确:任何能够减少隐含碳排放、减少室内空间挥发性有机化合物 (VOC) 排放量、实现材料回收或避免填埋的选择,仍然具有重要意义。”

通过减少用水产生根本性影响。

水是地球上最宝贵的资源之一。虽然我们许多人在日常生活中将清洁新鲜的水视为理所当然,但在水资源匮乏的地区建造建筑环境的建筑师们,始终将水的保护、减少和可回收性放在首位。

MG2 的节水目标(我们的第四个也是最雄心勃勃的可持续发展计划)是到 2030 年底,在我们的每一个项目中,将马桶和水龙头等设备的室内用水量减少 30% 至 45%,将园林绿化和灌溉中的室外饮用水消耗量减少 50%。

“在我们的项目中,减少用水量有几十个原因,其中很重要的一点是,这样可以降低从当地水源取水量,”MG2 水资源保护目标设计师兼联合负责人 Maribel Barba 说道,“这使我们能够更好地与当地环境协调,增加所有人的可用水量,并改善社区关系。”

Costco Santa Fe——墨西哥

虽然我们的节水目标对 MG2 的许多客户来说可能比较陌生,但有些客户多年来一直致力于在其建筑环境中率先采用创新技术和节水策略。例如,长期合作伙伴 Costco 多年来一直与 MG2 合作,在其位于墨西哥和美国西南部的仓库中实施节水方案,这项计划使其每年节水量达到 20%。

这家批发巨头最近在其圣达菲门店,向节水的未来迈出了更重要的一步。圣达菲门店拥有独一无二的绿色屋顶,作为墨西哥公园的自然延伸,并采用了多项节水技术,包括利用再生水的厕所和景观灌溉系统,以及公园湖的雨水收集系统。根据基准数据,安装的卫生间设备用水量减少了50%。

“即使节水流程已经实施多年,我认为企业要让合作伙伴接受这一理念仍然颇具挑战性。”MG2节水目标设计师兼联合负责人克里斯蒂安·拉佐 (Christian Razo) 表示,“许多人并没有意识到可以节约多少水,甚至不知道不节水的后果。我们竭尽全力让每一位客户了解实施这些流程的益处,包括知道自己所做的事正在造福子孙后代所带来的满足感。”

Costco Santa Fe——墨西哥

我们在可持续设计实践方面取得了长足进步,并为众多项目和合作伙伴所取得的成绩感到无比自豪。但事实上,MG2 才刚刚起步。 

“当我们着手创建 MG2 的可持续发展正式框架时,我们知道它需要引起所有员工的共鸣,并融入公司的文化。”MG2 可持续发展负责人马克·泰勒 (Mark Taylor) 表示,“我们以数据为导向的方法直接体现了公司以结果为导向的本质,并将成为我们继续前进的成功支柱。”

MG2的可持续发展行动计划

详细了解我们对地球未来的卓越承诺,请访问我们的 AIA 2030承诺可持续发展行动计划, 或通过 联系我们的可持续发展团队.

我们的团队

维克多·马勒巴二世 美国建筑师协会 (AIA)、美国国家建筑注册委员会 (NCARB)、LEED GA

董事

Victor拥有超过20年的丰富经验,并持有包括NCARB、AIA和LEED GA在内的多项权威认证,具备卓越的沟通能力和对设计的无限热情。从概念构思到最终竣工,Victor以其独特的视角,既能把握全局,又能确保每个细节都尽善尽美。

Victor 的专长涵盖综合用途建筑、多户住宅、酒店和医疗保健等领域,他拥有 LEED GA 认证,并始终以面向未来的视角审视每个项目的设计。他参与项目各个阶段(从概念到施工)的实时经验,使他能够以独特的视角把握全局,同时确保不遗漏任何细节。

当他不在带领项目团队制作精确的 3D 模型或监督新体验的设计和管理时,你会发现 Victor 沉浸在纽约街头丰富的灵感中,观看儿子打棒球,或者和女儿一起画画。