The Facades+ conference series returns to South Florida on February 4. Hosted at the Le Meridien Dania Beach, the program features case studies of some of the most exciting projects in the region, as well as topical conversations related to climate resiliency, and coastal subsidence. AN collaborated with Margi Glavovic Nothard, founder and design director of Glavovic Studio, to assemble the symposium.Click here to find more information and register. Youth Sports Complex: A Community Porch for Pompano BeachThe day begins with a presentation of the Field House at the Youth Sports Complex in Pompano Beach, Florida. This small, 4,100-square-foot structure supports 10 acres of recreational facilities. Mason Millner, project designer at Brooks + Scarpa, will describe the envelope design of the new facility, which features a street-facing elevation formed from a yellow aluminum lattice while the remainder of the building is contained within a shell of board-formed concrete. Through its eclectic facade, the field house is unsubtle in its references to South Floridas tradition of colorful modernism. Coastal Subsidence on Miamis Barrier Islands from Satellite InSARNext, Falk Amelung, a professor of geophysics at the University of Miami, will share his teams discovery of coastal subsidence in South Florida, impacting the regions many hotel and condo high-rises. Amelung will explain the use of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), which identified displacement in the coastlines limestone bedrock, while also focusing on takeaways relevant to AEC professionals.Glavovic Studios reclad an existing brick building with green resin panels for the Girls Club headquarters. (Robin Hill)Girls Club: Materiality, Lightness, and Color for Adaptive ReuseIn the following session, Margi Nothard will present her design for the headquarters of Girls Club, an arts nonprofit based in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. Beginning with an existing 2-story masonry structure, Glavovic Studio completely transformed the appearance of the building, recladding the exterior with green resin panels. To create a sense of depth and visual complexity, the exterior is draped in fishing nets produced by local craftsman and illuminated from below. The result of these interventions is an aesthetically unique expression that reflects the artistic mission of the client.Grove Central is a mixed-use development located along Miamis Underline. (Robin Hill)Grove Central: Designing for Climate Resilience and Urban ConnectivityAfter lunch, Jacqueline Gonzalez Touzet, founding partner of Touzet Studio, will present Grove Central, a new transit-oriented and mixed-use development located in Miamis Coconut Grove neighborhood. Focusing on design strategies that respond to South Floridas increasingly volatile climate, Touzet will discuss how podium cladding can be used to combat flash flooding, and other storm related threats. In addition, she will share two of the firms in-progress projects that use a terra-cotta rainscreen across their podium as a means of storm water retention. Enclosure Strategies for Damaging Winds, Tropical Storms, and HurricanesConversations related to Floridas unique climate challenges continues in the next session, where Heather Anesta, founder of Anesta Consulting, and Dr. Jon Galsworthy, managing director of CPP Wind Engineering, take the stage to discuss envelope design strategies to combat high winds. Anesta, who regularly works with FEMA, will share images of cladding failures that have occurred during recent tropical storms, while Galsworthy will impart how these catastrophes can be avoided during the design process.garciastromberg were tasked with adding contextually sensitive additions to the historic Pier Sixty Six hotel in Fort Lauderdale. (Barry Grossman)Pier Sixty Six: Reinterpreting Iconic Mid-Century DesignIn the days final session, Jorge Garcia and Roger Grave de Peralta, CEO and vice president respectively at garciastromberg, will be joined on stage by Chris Gandolfo, senior vice president at Tavistock Development, to discuss the expansion of Pier Sixty Six in Fort Lauderdale. Because the resorts original midcentury tower has long been an architectural landmark in Fort Lauderdale, the project team set out to design new buildings that complement the tower stylistically. This was achieved primarily through the design of geometrically expressive balcony spaces which distinguish each of the new structures.