New City Properties office building in Old Fourth Ward.
Image Courtesy New City Properties

One Building Symposium 1
Defining a New Center - Fourth Ward, Atlanta

One Building Symposium 1
Defining a New Center - Fourth Ward, Atlanta

The Georgia Tech School of Architecture's ‘One Building’ symposia examines individual buildings or complex developments from the points of view of multiple disciplines and stakeholders. 

The first 'One Building' Symposium will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., in the Reinsch Pierce Auditorium. Attending architects can earn six HSW credits.

This initial symposium focuses on a significant new development in Atlanta’s Fourth Ward by New City Properties. We will investigate the ambitions of the developer within the site and context, the ideas behind the selection of the building design teams, and provide a forum for the developer, planner, architects, landscape architect, engineers, and contractor to discuss their work in depth. The result will be a discourse around the ideas and issues that are continuing to build a significant new urban center in Atlanta.

Know Before You Go

Parking map for One Building Symposium

Parking for the Symposium

We recommend parking at the Student Center Parking Deck: Visitor Area 3, 355 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30332

Enter the parking deck from the entrance on Ferst Dr. After parking, exit towards the John Lewis Student Center. Walk through the entrance that faces the parking lot, take the stairs down to the first floor and walk towards Tech Green. Turn left before the Price Gilbert Memorial Library and walk towards the large white Koan sculpture (bordered in green on the map). Pass the sculpture and take a right to approach the East Architecture building. Walk towards the open breezeway and enter the doors to your right to find the auditorium (entrance seen in photo with red border).

Transit map for One Building Symposium

Transit for the Symposium

We recommend using the North Ave MARTA Station: 713 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308 

Upon arrival to the station, take the stairs or the escalator to the exit facing North Ave. From here, take a right and begin walking towards the Georgia Tech campus, crossing the bridge over I-85. After crossing the bridge, walk one more block until you arrive at Techwood Dr NW. Take a right here, and walk one block towards Bobby Dodd Way NW. Once you get to this street, take a left and begin walking towards the library. Once you arrive at the Media Bridge (pictured with the purple border), take the stairs down and follow the path to the East and West Architecture buildings. Take a right and enter the breezeway of the East Architecture building, then enter the doors on the right. From here, you can enter the auditorium with an immediate left.

Lunch Options

Georgia Tech Student Center

Tech Square

Join Us for the Inaugural 'One Building' Symposium

Professor of the Practice Brian Bell welcomes AEC professionals to the School of Architecture's new symposium.

Our Presenters

Karrie Jacobs, Moderator
Design Critic, Faculty, SVA D-Crit
Jim Irwin, Developer
New City Properties
Cassie Branum, Urban Design
Perkins and Will
Tom Kundig, Architect
Olson Kundig Architects
Steve Rainville, Architect
Olson Kundig Architects
Morris Adjmi, Architect
Morris Adjmi Architects
David Seiter, Landscape Architect
Future Green
Rob Weilacher, Structural Engineer
Uzun and Case
Michael Keller, General Contractor
Brasfield and Gorrie
Frank Barkow, Architect
Barkow Leibinger
Maurice Cox, Closing Remarks
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Event Schedule: Saturday, October 26, 2024

9:00-9:30am Coffee / Croissants

9:30-9:50 Brian Bell / Georgia Tech / Introductions & Setting the Stage 

9:50-10:10 Jim Irwin / New City Properties (Development)

10:10-10:30 Cassie Branum / Perkins & Will (Planning)

10:30-10:50 Morris Adjmi / Morris Adjmi Architects

10:50-11:10 Tom Kundig & Steven Rainville / Olson Kundig Architects 

11:10-11:30 Break / Coffee

11:30-11:50 David Seiter / Future Green (Landscape Architect)

11:50-12:10 Rob Weilacher / Uzun + Case (Structural Engineer)

12:10-12:30 Michael Keller / Brasfield & Gorrie (General Contractor) 

12:30-12:50 Frank Barkow / Barkow Leibinger (Architect)

12:50-1:30 Break / Lunch (attendees on own for lunch)

1:30-2:00 Maurice Cox / Closing Remarks

2:00-3:00* Karrie Jacobs / Moderator, Round Table Discussion

3:00-3:20* Audience Q+A 

3:20pm Reception / Light Appetizers

*may run longer, discourse allowing