Saving Wisconsin’s Sacred Places: Architectural Landmarks

October 25-26 | Taliesin, Spring Green | Laser Scanning and Historic Tax Credits


Join us at Taliesin in October!

Saving important Wisconsin architectural landmarks is a fundamental mission of the WTHP. Together with the HPI at UWM, the trust will be offering a two-day workshop on saving churches, temples, synagogues and other sacred places. Topics will be focused on the challenges of proper documentation along with strategies for retention and reuse of these landmark places in towns throughout Wisconsin.

Contact info@wipreservation.org with any questions.

AGENDA
The two-day workshop will include a combination of lectures and discussion groups. As a workshop, participants will engage in hands-on demonstrations of droning, building laser scanning, photogrammetry and object scanning. The Historic Tax Credit portion will include case studies of Wisconsin places that have effectively used tax credits for religious and nonprofit organizations.

The workshop will include an extensive exhibition of drawings and virtual reality devices for an advanced understanding of these landmarks. Site tours of local buildings and places will be included.

COSTS
This is intended to be a free workshop with drinks and some food provided. Participants can join for both days or only one with overnight accommodations independently. The purpose of this workshop, like the other WTHP workshops, is to bring together a variety of preservation-minded people who can share knowledge and success stories with others and continue to make Wisconsin one of the best states for architectural heritage stewardship.

AUDIENCE
This workshop is intended to bring together a wide range of people involved in the art and business of saving architectural landmarks in small and mid-size towns. This year’s workshop will focus on great sacred places.

Local, state, and national organizations will come together to offer the very latest information on a variety of issues. All of them will be related to the struggles that owners, developers, architects, contractors, craftsmen, city officials, and others have with these important landmarks.

 


Workshop Supporting Organizations

In addition to Daina Penkiunas, Paul Porter, Elizabeth Hilton, Lisa Kennedy, Chris Rute, Stacey Keller, Jennifer Lerhke, Matt Sadowski, Vickie Schnitzler, WM. Jason Flatt, William Krueger, Amanda Wagner, Kurt Meingast Gabriela Bustos, Lucille Sells, John Everitt, Shaun Griffith, Simon Leverett, Rob Nieweg, Renee Kuhlman, Mike Phillips, Jarob Ortiz, Paul Davidson, Mark Schara, and Mark Buechel.

 
 

Friday, October 25 Documentation – Laser Scanning and Drawings

7:00 - 9:00 AM

Sign up and Networking – Matthew Jarosz WTHP, HPI

Stuart Graff, President and CEO, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Emily Butler, Associate Vice President, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Ryan Hewson, Director of Preservation Taliesin FLW Foundation
Jennifer Gray, Vice President/Director, Taliesin Institute

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9:00 – 9:30 AM

Introduction – The Architecture of Sacred Places – Our Wisconsin Treasures

Daina Penkiunas, State Historic Preservation Officer, Wisconsin Historical Society
Lisa Kennedy FAIA, Executive Director, AIA Wisconsin
Stacey Keller AIA, Secretary/Treasurer, AIA Wisconsin

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Tools & Standards - Laser Scanning, Photogrammetry, Large Format Photography, Droning

Paul Davidson, Laser Scanning Director, Heritage Documentation Programs, NPS
Jarob J. Ortiz, Large Format Photographer, Heritage Documentation Programs, NPS

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Break - Coffee and snacks: Walk around - Drawing exhibition and building models

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10:30 – 11:15 AM

Building Scanning – FARO scanner with proper software for conversion to drawings

Vince Scalici, Engineering Director, TechRender Co – Projects: Scanning to drawings 
William Krueger, Director of Documentation, HPI – National & International scanning projects  Shaun Griffith, Architect, Laser scanning as a tool for professional offices

11:15 – 11:45 AM

Object Scanning – LEO scanner with Blender software and other computer tools 

Amanda Wagner, Visiting Scholar, HPI – Tools and process for recreating building objects  Felipe Baez, Andrea Mendoza, Tan Doruk Saral, Emily Leahy, Jack Kennedy, Isaac Ferguson

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12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch

Lunch Presentation - First Unitarian Universalist Church Addition, Madison, WI - FLW

Vince Micha, Project Architect, TKWA – An addition to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Sacred Place

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1:00 – 2:00 PM

REVIT Drawings and VR - Augmented Reality Box

Professor Lucille Sells, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Historic Preservation Institute, HPI
Sacred Place 1 owner group and the UWM HPI students

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Sacred Place 2 REVIT Drawings and VR - Augmented Reality Box  Professor Gabriel Bustos, Director of Extended Reality and Immersive Technology, HPI  Sacred Place 2 owner group and the UWM HPI students

3:00 – 4:00 PM

Coffee and snacks: Walk around - Drawing exhibition and building models

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4:00 – 5:00 PM

Sacred Place 3 REVIT Drawings and VR - Augmented Reality Box

Professor Kurt Meingast, Director of IT, Historic Preservation Institute, HPI  Sacred Place 3 owner group and the UWM HPI students

5:00 – 6:00 PM

Sacred Place 4 REVIT Drawings and VR - Augmented Reality Box

Professor John Everitt, Visiting Researcher, Historic Preservation Institute, HPI  Sacred Place 4 owner group and the UWM HPI students

 6:00 – 9:00
Dinner

BBQ outdoor with all the fixins 

Smoked Brisket – The Bond Company, West Milwaukee, Wisconsin  Grilled Trout – Bayfield Fish Hatchery, Bayfield, Wisconsin  Wine – Wollershein Winery and Distillery, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin   Music – Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Glenn Asch Trio

Saturday, October 26 Funding – Historic Tax Credits and more

7:00 – 9:00 AM

Sign up and Networking

Matthew Jarosz Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation, HPI
Kathryn Berger Historic Preservation Project Development Consultant
Chris Rute Building Code Consultant, CR Design
Jonathan Beck Wisconsin and Federal Historic Tax Credits specialist.

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9:00 – 9:30 AM

National Historic Tax Credit Program – Update of national success stories

Renee Kuhlman Senior Director, Preservation Services & Outreach NTHP
Rob Neiweg Senior Vice President, Preservation Services & Outreach NTHP

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Wisconsin Historic Tax Credit Program - Success stories from around the state

Paul Porter Tax Credit Reviewer, Wisconsin Historical Society Architect
Elizabeth Hilton National Register Coordinator, Wisconsin Historical Society Architect

10:00 – 11:00 AM Break

Coffee and snacks – Walk around – Drawing exhibition and building models

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11 AM – 12:00 PM

Adaptive reuse of Sacred Places – National and Statewide success stories

Erin Welty Senior Director of Downtown Development, WEDC
Mark Ernst Architect, Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation

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12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch

Lunch Presentation

Jon Beck – Soldiers Home – Ward Theatre, VA Chapel, Old Main

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1:00 – 2:00 PM

Development costs – Qualified Restoration Expenses vs non QRE’s

Kendall G Breunig Sunset Investors Company, Franklin, Wisconsin
Joshua Jeffers J. Jeffers & Company – Projects in Racine, Rockford, Milwaukee

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Case studies – Building reuse projects from around Wisconsin

Christopher Qualle Alexander Company, Madison, WI
Allyson Nemec Quorum Architects Inc, Milwaukee, WI

3:00 – 4:00 PM

Coffee and snacks – Walk around – Drawing exhibition and building models

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4:00 – 5:00 PM

Funding possibilities – Historic Tax Credits at work – For-profits vs nonprofits

Jon Beck Project Funding Advisor, Alexander Company
Kathryn Berger Project Development Advisor, WTHP

5:00 – 6:00 PM

Conclusions and Path Forward – Saving Wisconsin Treasures

Round table discussion – Lessons learned

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6:00 – 9:00 PM

Dinner – BBQ outdoor with all the fixins

Smoked Brisket – The Bond Company, West Milwaukee, WI
Grilled Trout – Bayfield Fish Hatchery, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Wine – Wollershein Winery and Distillery, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Music – Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Glenn Asch Trio

Revisit 2021’s Taliesin Workshop | Saving Wisconsin’s Historic Theatres

Saving Wisconsin’s Historic Theatres

Held September 17-18, 2021

Enjoy this photo colection from our 2021 workshop on Wisconsin’s Historic Theatres.

Watch full recorded sessions and access workshop materials on the workshop homepage.