February 24-25, 2017Duluth, Minnesota

29 years ago, the Lake Superior Design Retreat began. An interdisciplinary event exploring ideas that push boundaries. An event that explores the corners of design. An event that

dazzles you with the unexpected. So plan to come out of your winter hibernation and join us on the edge

of the frozen Lake to experience theLake Superior Design Retreat 29.

REGISTRATION FEEThe registration fee covers the two-day program, Friday dinner, and Saturday breakfast. Lodging is extra. The optional Saturday tour is an additional $30 per person and includes a soup and sandwich buffet lunch and transportation. The optional digital sketching workshop is an additional $15 charge per person and includes a soup and sandwich buffet lunch. Others may sign up for the soup and sandwich buffet lunch for an additional $10 per person.

$220 Regular Registration$110 Spouse/Significant Other (limit one per each Regular Registration, please)$100 Children over 12 years$100 Students$30 pp Tour (includes lunch, bus, and tour)$15 pp Workshop (includes lunch and instruction)$10 pp Saturday lunch (soup and sandwich buffet)

CHILDRENChildren 12* and older are welcome to register and attend the entire design retreat weekend. Children under 12 years old are invited to join us for meals (see Additional Meal Costs). * Please respect our request to refrain from bringing children under 12 years of age into the auditorium during retreat lectures.

ADDITIONAL MEALS COSTSContact Deanna Christiansen atChristiansen@aia-mn.orgto order Friday dinner and/or Saturday breakfast for guests not registered for the Retreat:

Friday dinner: $35 per personSaturday breakfast: $15 per person

LODGINGWe have reserved rooms at Fitger’s Inn at a special rate if booked by February 6, 2017. Mention “AIA Minnesota Lake Superior Design Retreat” when you call.

Fitger’s Inn (888) 348-4377 (FITGERS) $124.99 Cityside$129.99 Lakeside$149.99 Suites

Visit duluthbandb.com for B&B options. Contact Deanna Christiansen or call 1.800.4.DULUTH for other lodging suggestions.

CONTINUING EDUCATIONAIA Minnesota is a registered provider with the AIA Continuing Education System. We anticipate up to 5.5 Learning Unit/Hourswill be approved for the 2017Lake Superior Design Retreat.

REGISTRATION DETAILS

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Noon Check-in

1:00 Welcome and Introductions

1:15 Interlude: Pedal Bear Project

1:30 Brent Kelley

3:15 Interlude: Pedal Bear Project

3:30 Mark Hansen

6:00 Bus leaves for Dinner

7:30 Dinner

9:00 Bus returns to Fitgers

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

7:45 Breakfast

9:00 Interlude: Pedal Bear Project

9:15 Lucie Amundsen

10:45 Interlude: Pedal Bear Project

11:00 Matthew Baldwin

12:15 Optional Lunch

1:30 Optional Tour: Maurices Headquarters

1:30 Optional Workshop: Digital Sketching

1:30 Optional Film: Tim’s Vermeer

3:45 Interlude: Pedal Bear Project

4:00 Diane Jones

5:30 Wrap-Up

6:00 Closing Reception

SPEAKERS

LSDR INTERLUDES

We regret to say that Patrick Shearn has had tocancel his participation in this year’s Design Retreat.

We are thrilled to announce thatMina Leierwood and Peter Schulze will participate and present stories fromThe Pedal Bear Art Shanty Project!

The Pedal Bear is a polar bear, built for the Art Shanty Project at White Bear Lake. A fantastic group of engineers, science teachers, welders, artists, the DNR, Will Steger, and people who live in White Bear Lake all worked together to build a giant, multi-person, bicycle-pedaling polar bear.

The Pedal Bear was 12-feet high, 25-feet long, with a mov-ing bobble head and flapping tail. The community helped “pelt it” at White Bear Center for the Arts, North High, and in people’s homes. The fur, and most of the metal compo-nents, are recycled or upcycled materials.

The purpose? To talk about climate change, threats to our water, and to articulate solutions.

People putting their heads together, putting their skills to-gether, to build something bigger than what anyone could imagine.

Mina Leierwood is an artist and art teacher in the Min-neapolis Public Schools. Her objective: to create innovative art projects for the community; to connect and nurture our collective abilities to dream, build, inhabit and share our visions for a sustainable future.

Peter Schulze is an artist and engineer. His objective: to work in a progressive, creative environment developing unique and innovative projects for community-based arts events, and to work with people dedicated to quality and sustainability.

LSDR PRESENTATION

Friday 1:30Brent Kelleyhttp://www.corgan.com/person/brent-kelley-aia/

Brent Kelley, AIA, principal with the architectural firm of Corgan in Los Angeles, has over 27 years of experience in the planning and design with an emphasis specific to aviation facilities. Brent has been involved in the planning and design of airport terminal projects across the U.S.

including the recently opened Terminal 4 Connector that is the first secure connector to the international terminal. He is currently serving as the Design Director for the new Midfield Satellite Concourse, which is the newest terminal that will be constructed at LAX.

Solving the Puzzle of the Mega-ProjectAll designers are familiar with developing building programs and solving design problems. Any given scenario has its inherent complexities and while there are similarities regardless of the project type, the difficulty is exponentially increased when you are developing a mega-project – Think Airports. From the myriad stakeholders to the number of unique specialty consultants to the public input of a civic facility, the complexities are numerous and so inter-related that solving one without the other, can have dire consequences. This session will focus on:• Exploring the parameters of airport

terminal design• Complexity of the team• Rubik’s cube and airport terminals• How to recover when you encounter

turbulence

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LSDR PRESENTATION

Friday 3:30Mark Hansenhttp://www.northhouse.org/courses/courses/instructor.cfm?iid=43

I became a passionate builder around the age of 8 with the construction of an 8’ flat-bottomed punt, and have been building ever since. In over 50 years of making boats, homes, tools and items necessary for living, my interest in design and construction has remained. I have studied boat building in Greenland, Norway, and Northern Minnesota. I’ve designed and built 12 different homes of traditional influence and lived in them for periods of time. Since 1996, I have developed and taught 25 different courses at North House Folk School.

Presently I’m involved in two projects: a live-aboard catamaran of Polynesian and Chinese influence; and a 100 square-foot Greenland hut that can be easily disassembled and moved.

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LSDR PRESENTATION

Saturday 9:15Lucie Amundsenhttp://locallylaid.com/

“We’re a Northland family running a mission-based farm in Wrenshall, Minnesota. For us, it’s about getting people real food to local folks, while treating livestock and the planet well in the process.

And by sourcing & selling regionally, we’re championing Agriculture of the Middle and strengthening rural economies.”

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Lucie Amundsen is the co-owner of an award-winning egg farm in Wrenshall, Minnesota. Partnering with other locally-owned farms, eggs are sold regionally from hens that are pasture-raised, providing them with exercise and year round instinctual living.

Lucie is the author of Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-Changing Egg Farm — From Scratch, describing the highs and the lows of egg farming and the lessons learned in America’s food system.

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LSDR PRESENTATION

Saturday 11:00Matthew Baldwinhttp://mtthwbaldwin.com/illustration/

Matthew Baldwin is an illustrator who grew up in Greater Minnesota, moved to Brooklyn, to pursue painting. And then traded his brushes for digital tools, working now as manager/lead illustrator/photo retoucher for Advertising Arts, a NYC production house. Matthew continues to create art for world-class brands, including Mercedes, Tom Ford, Chanel, Estee Lauder, BMW, Nikon, Fila, David Yurman, Harvard, The Museum of Modern Art, among others.

Seafood - Digital Art, Illustration

La Croix Water - Advertising, Digital Art, Packaging

Lust - Digital Art, Fine Arts, Illustration

Ferris - Digital Art, Fine Arts

LSDR PRESENTATION

Saturday 4:00Diane Joneshttps://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2015/11/24/the-connector/#more-8206

Ecological Poetics: Equity as an Essential Part of Rebuilding Infrastructure

Diane Jones Allen, D. Eng., MLA, ASLA, RLA, has 30-years of experience in professional practice, research, and teaching, focusing on land planning, transportation planning, and park design projects, as well as community development work. Diane is currently principal landscape architect with DesignJones LLC in New Orleans, Louisiana. The firm is working on several community based projects in New Orleans, including assisting the Gordon Park Neighborhood in a plan for relocation of their homes from the Agricultural Dump on which they rest.

Diane’s research and practice is guided by the intersection of environmental justice, identity and sustainability in African-American cultural landscapes, including “Nomadic” responses to “Transit Deserts,” as discussed in her forthcoming book, Lost in the Transit Desert: Race, Transit Access, and Suburban Form. In 2015 Diane received a research fellowship from the University of Chicago based Black Metropolitan Research Consortium to undertake research on population shifts in Chicago, which she applied to the study of Transit Deserts for her book.

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Friday evening we’ll venture out a few blocks from Fitger’s to a new taproom on Superior Street for dinner - Blacklist Artisan Ales. The 5,700-square-foot building at 120 East Superior Street was built in 1908 as a hotel. The building is being restored to its former glory, salvaging and showcasing its unique and historic architectural features.

We’ll gather at 6:00 to mix and mingle and tour the brewing floor.

A cash bar will be available throughout the evening. Wine will be served with dinner.

FRIDAY EVENING

Dinner is catered by the Duluth Grill.Fresh, local, homemade comfort food.http://www.duluthgrill.com

Cheese and Pepper Masca Bread….homemade, nutty Spanish bread Peruvian Cucumber and Red Onion Salad….cilantro and lime juiced salsa-like salad Aji de Gallina…Peruvian chicken stew over jasmine rice, with olives and hard-boiled egg garnishVegetarian Option - Fire roasted Vegetable Stew w/ curried polenta Farm Fresh Roasted Root Vegetables Lime Pie with Meringue Toppers Organic Fair Trade CoffeeWine will be served with dinner

A cash bar of the taproom’s beers will be available throughout the evening.

Blacklist Artisan Ales Dinner

YOUR CHOICE: Tour, Workshop, Film, or On Your Own

Here’s what you will need for the WORKSHOP:• iPad - iOS 9.3 or later (there is no Android version of

the software)• Procreate software ($5.99): https://itunes.apple.

com/us/app/procreate-sketch-paint-create./id425073498?mt=8

• Stylus of some sort - ideal but not required (Mathew uses the Apple Pencil which only works on the iPad Pro)

FILMTim’s VermeerA Penn & Teller FilmBegins at 1:30 in the Spirit of the North Theater1 hour, 20 minutesThe film is free.$10 pp additional for optional soup and sandwich buffet.

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (“Girl with a Pearl Earring”) manage to paint so photo-realistically -- 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. http://sonyclassics.com/timsvermeer/Minka

ON YOUR OWNHave a leisurely lunch. Shop. Walk the lake to Canal Park.Nap. Get a massage.Get a cup of coffee. Visit with friends.Get a book and read. Get a sketchpad and draw. Get a journal and write.Your choice. Enjoy!

Optional soup and sandwich buffet for $10 pp.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

TOURBiggest Downtown Development in Duluth History!Tour the headquarters for Maurices retail chain$30 pp, includes lunch, bus, and tour12:15 Soup & sandwich buffet1:30 Bus leaves Fitger’sLimited to the first 40 registrants Paul Crosby

In 1931, E. Maurice Labovitz opened a small women’s clothing store in Duluth. Now, the $80 million headquarters

of the Maurices retail chain is the largest downtown development in Duluth’s history. The 200,000 square feet of office space and 500 car parking ramp at 425 W. Superior St. spans an entire city block. Maurices includes many modern touches such as a fitness center, large glass windows, skyway connections, and an outdoor plaza that overlooks Lake Superior. This tour will be led by Terry Helland, AIA, LEED AP, principal, RSP Architects.

WORKSHOPDigital Sketching with Matthew BaldwinBegins at 1:30 in the August Fitger Room$15 pp, includes soup & sandwich buffet and workshopLimited to the first 40 registrants

Matthew Baldwin will lead an informal workshop on digital sketching. He will share how he uses the iPad to create digital art. Feel free to attend to simply observe; or participate using your own tablet.

REGISTRATION

Name

Spouse/Significant Other

Firm Name

Address

City, State, Zip

Phone

Email

Regular Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $220 x _____ = $

Spouse/Significant Other (limit one for each Regular Registration) . . . . . $110 x 1 = $

Children over 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 x _____ = $

Full time students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100 x _____ = $ Vegetarian mealsWould you like to request the vegetarian dinner for Friday? oYES — for how many?

Do you have other dietary restrictions? Please explain.

Optional Maurices Headquarters Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30 x _____ = $Includes Saturday lunch & transportation

Optional Digital Sketching Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 x _____ = $Includes lunch & materials

Saturday lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 x _____ = $Optional soup and sandwich lunch

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted. Make checks payable to AIA Minnesota.Checks must accompany registration form.

Check one:o Visa o MC o Discover o AmEx o Check

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QUESTIONS?Contact Deanna Christiansen at christiansen@aia-mn.org or (612) 338-6763

REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.AIA-MN.ORG/LSDR OR SEND THIS FORM TO: Lake Superior Design Retreat AIA Minnesota 275 Market Street, Suite 54 Minneapolis, MN 55405 Fax (612) 338-7981 (Credit Cards Only)

2017 SPONSORS

THANK YOU

CF Design

Gausman & Moore

Cedar Creek / Lake States Lumber, Inc.

Dennis J. Linder & Associates

Heritage Window & Door

Kraus-Anderson Construction

Leo A Daly