Architecture Workshops
Designing in Stainless Steeel
This new, comprehensive one-day workshop be leading architectural consultant
Catherine Houska will cover the range of technical information necessary to successfully execute designs in
stainless steel.
Sponsored by the Nickel Institute, The
Ornamental Institute of New York, and the International Molybdenum
Association (IMOA) the seven-hour program offers valuable training not only for designer and
specifiers, but also for fabricators and building owners.
Ms. Houska has organized the subject matter into eight well-defined sessions,
beginning with a look at the aesthetic, environmental and practical reasons for using stainless steel,
followed by tutorials on stainless steel design fundamentals and selection and maintenance considerations for
optimal life time appearance. Each session will discuss features of award-winning projects found world wide
that illustrate where knowledge of stainless steel design and fabrication methods helped achieve design
objectives and avoid costly, embarrassing mistakes.
Lunch is included in the registration fee. participants in the workshop with earn
7.0 AIA/CES (HSW) learning units.
The Workshop will cover eight important subject
areas:
1. Sustainable Stainless Steel Design
Understand why using stainless steel helps conserve resources, improve air
and water quality, and minimize construction waste and its need for landfill. Review the point benefits
attributable to stainless steel that are important in evaluating a building design for LEED
certification
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2. Design , Selection and Maintenance
Learn how to evaluate the corrosiveness of a site and select a
stainless steel that is appropriate for architectural applications. Become familiar with the mechanical
properties of stainless steel, and how to tighten specifications to avoid problems and facilitate
maintenance, including specifying stretcher or tension leveling to achieve flatness and installation
checklist items.
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3. Stainless Steel Finishes
Review the rules of specifying stainless steel finishes to obtain a uniform
appearance and select the right finish for the applications. Examples of all possible finishes - from
mill to the increasingly popular electrochemical, sputtered, terne-coated, embossed, coined, spangled, woven,
and vibration finishes - will be illustrated with photos of award-winning projects
worldwide.
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4. Fabrication
Watch a video and review the principles of forming, fabricating, machining
and welding stainless steel. Learn how to protect it from damage and contamination, preserve its corrosion
resistance, and maintain its optimum mechanical properties. Discover what tools should not be used
in fabricating stainless steel.
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5. Interior Applications
Learn how basic stainless steel and finish selection and design
principles were applied to achieve award-winning projects worldwide. Get to know the characteristics of
stainless steels that make them ideal for medical, transportation, and food preparation
applications.
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6. Exterior Applications
Elements of designs by Rem Koolhaus, Frank Gehry, Pei Cobb Freed,
Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Cesar Pelli and others are used to illustrate how proper detailing helps
ensure that stainless steel maintains its beauty and functionality over the life of the
building.
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7. Structural Applications
Find out how stainless steel's strength, fire and corrosion
resistance, and earthquake performance are used effectively in structural applications around the world. Case
study examples from Sydney, London, and Dublin, and by Helmut Jahn, Ian Ritchie Architects and others, are
used to demonstrate successful designs.
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8. Roofing Systems
Explore many of the exciting, new designs in stainless steel roofing from
around the world and become familiar with the issues of thermal expansion, finish, reflectivity, thickness,
and installation that were critical to their success. Lean about the advantages of stainless steel when
reusing roof runoff or when high winds or fire are a concern.
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Speaker
Catherine Houska is a leading international expert on the use of
stainless steel in architecture. As an architectural consultant for the Nickel Institute, the International
Molybdenum Association (IMOA), and Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA), she has assisted
designers in selecting the right stainless steel and finish for high profile projects around the world.
For More Information
For answers to questions about the technical content of the workshops, please contact:
Catherine Houska, Nickel Institute Consultant
Technical Marketing Resources Inc.
3209 McKnight East Drive
Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
15237
Tel: 412 369 0377
Fax: 412 367 2353
Email: chouska@tmr-inc.com
