Hilltop House, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 2009 — Bensonwood Homes
CEUs
1 LU/HSW
Cost
Free
Full-time students
$5
Associate AIA Members
$10
Members of AIA, 2030 District, ACI, APA, ASCE, ASHRE, ASID, ASLA, ASPE, Boyer Guild, CNU, CSI, Design LAB, Green Umbrella, IIDA, NAIOP, NAWIC, NOMA, SAME, SEGD, SMPS, ULI, or USGBC
$25
Non-Members
Location
Braxton - The Loft (second floor)
Program Overview
Tedd Benson will discuss custom homes and prefabrication, sustainable enclosures, and passive house design.
For 50 years, we have been charting a singular course toward developing a better way to build that consistently ensures a higher standard of building. Over time, that has come to include many objectives: primarily bio-based materials, energy miserly, healthy, inspiring, site-connected, upgradeable, and adaptable to the needs and wishes of its occupants. This presentation will tell that story and outline some of those principles and how we embed them in our design-build practice.
Lecture starts promptly at 6.
Presented by the AIA Cincinnati VISION program.
Learning Objectives
Learn about how connected principles drive practice to achieve higher levels of decarbonization: conservation, sufficiency, and reliance on bio-based building systems are key elements in achieving all-electric, zero energy ready buildings that can eliminate the reliance on carbon intense building materials and fossil fuel energy.
Learn why the essence of good architectural design is to intend to influence not just the physical health of the inhabitants, but also the emotional and spiritual well-being. Buildings play a role in who we are as human beings; therefore, our environment we inhabit for most of our hours should help to bring us to that place where we can find the best in ourselves. Also, why the Vitruvian Triad, which addresses the above, now needs to be a quadrangle.
Learn why the intent to create buildings with design and engineering durability is greatly dependent on adaptability, and why adaptability is entirely dependent on disentanglement of building layers and systems.
Learn why the fragmentation that has disconnected our industry into multiple silos, creating massive inefficiencies and inhibiting collaboration and innovation, can be easily knitted into cohesion by the adoption of some relatively straight-forward and non-threatening standards.
Keynote Speaker
Tedd Benson
Author, Building Pioneer, Founder and CEO of Bensonwood & Unity Homes
Tedd, founder of Bensonwood (1973) and Unity Homes (2012), has devoted his life to developing a better way to build. A key figure in the revival of timber framing in America, he was one of the founders of the Timber Framers Guild of North America (1984) and authored four books on the subject. Through the decades, Bensonwood established itself as a creative leader in timber frame design, engineering, craftsmanship, and CAD‐CAM technology. This work has taken the company to nearly every state in the U.S. (Oklahoma is a holdout), as well as Canada, England and Japan.
Today, Bensonwood continues that leadership, pioneering the use of Mass Timber and CLT’s in buildings large and small. After having spent many years with the Bensonwood team developing processes, systems, logistics, and technology, Tedd went on to found Unity Homes, now a sister company, with the objective to make high performance homes affordable and normal. Tedd is a nationally known speaker and presenter and is the recipient of many awards, including an honorary doctorate from Unity College, and The Granite State Award, given in recognition of his statewide and national influence on best building practices.
Continuing Education Details
Course Number: VL2023.f
Instructional Delivery Method: live
AIA CES Program Approval Expiration Date: 6/21/2026
Prerequisites: none
Program Level: beginner
Advance Learner Preparation: none
AIA CES Provider Statement
AIA Cincinnati is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number 088. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES (cessupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).
This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.