Exploring Pittsburgh (By Carnegie Mellon)

SATURDAY KEYNOTE
 


Martin Haas, Partner  [Behnisch Architects]
Martin Haas, (Freiburg , Germany, 1967) worked as a freelance filmmaker, making commercials 
and documentaries, before embarking on his architectural career. Haas is an avid film-goer who 
continues to film both privately and for the practice. 

Haas gained his Diploma from the University Stuttgart, Germany in 1995,  after having spent a
year at the London South Bank University. He worked for a number of German, Swiss and 
English based offices both during and after his studies, before joining the Behnisch Practice in 
1996. Acting as an Architectural Designer Martin Haas has worked on numerous competitions 
both in Germany and abroad, many of them award winning.

In 2005 Haas became Partner in Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart. Haas has lectured at the 
University of Hannover, Bauhaus Weimar, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA, 
Milano and Rome, Italy, and on the subject of sustainable building at numerous conferences.

Martin Haas will be leading the design team for Pittsburgh's Cultural District Riverfront Development,
a $460 million project that will be the country's first master-planned "green," mixed-use, 
arts/residential neighborhood (breaking ground 2007).

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Article
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Article 2

CONFERENCE LOCATIONS
Fallingwater, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
David H. Lawrence Convention Center
Preger Intelligent Workplace, Carnegie Mellon University

PITTSBURGH GREEN BUILDING LINKS
Green Building Alliance
Sustainable Pittsburgh
USGBC Heartland Region

PITTSBURGH ART, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN LINKS
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
1662: Design Zone
Pittsburgh Office of Public Art
AIA Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH MUSEUMS
Childrens' Museum (by Koenig/Eisenberg)
Carnegie Museum of Art (walking distance from CMU)
Andy Warhol Museum
Mattress Factory (Premier museum for installation art, nationally)

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

CARNEGIE MELLON LINKS
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University [Campus Map]
Carnegie Mellon University: School of Architecture

CITY OF PITTSBURGH LINKS
City of Pittsburgh
City of Pittsburgh: Conventions and Visitors