The AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) presents the first of its summer 2024 additions to the Beyond the Boards event series. Leadership at REX will profile the firm and its design process before focusing on two current projects: The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University and Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC). The presentation will take an in-depth look at design strategies as well as some of the unique challenges faced during the projects. Guests will have the opportunity to view the new REX office following the presentation. The event will be followed by a site tour of PAC on the following day.
Speakers:
Alysen Hiller Fiore, Associate Principal, REX
Davis Richardson, NCARB, Project Leader & Architect, REX
About the Speakers:
Alysen Hiller Fiore is an Associate Principal at REX, co-managing the office with Joshua Ramus. She currently serves as project leader for Domino Site B, a pair of 50-story residential towers on the Brooklyn waterfront that will complete the redevelopment of the Domino Sugar Factory site. Preceding Domino, Hiller Fiore led the design team for the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center (PAC NYC) since its competition stage in 2014. Hiller Fiore was also a project leader on the re-cladding and renovation of Five Manhattan West, a Brutalist landmark straddling New York Penn Station’s rail yard; the Necklace Residence on New York’s Long Island; and the Wakefield School Performing Arts Center in Virginia. Hiller Fiore currently sits on the Industry Advisory Group of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations. She holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Design, with honors, and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, both from the University of Iowa.
Davis Richardson is a Project Leader at REX and a licensed architect in Texas. He holds an M.Arch from the University of Texas at Austin and has served as faculty at NJIT and the Architectural Association.
AIANY Emerging New York Architects Committee
