Team EWO

ARCH 441: VA MEDICAL CENTER窶年EW RRTP BUILDING Fall 2015

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Our Vision Project Mission: The New Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Building will provide Perry Point VAMC Campus with a natural, sustainable, and welcoming space.

The new facility will create an environment conducive to physical

and mental healing; improving the overall quality of life for the patients, allowing them to transition to independent living.

Meet the Engineers Without Order Team:

Haley Bendis Lighting Design

Daniel Hirt Structural Design

Trevor Belz Construction Management

Mike Joaquino Mechanical Design

Johnathan Alles Mechanical Design

“The world is not to be put in order.

The world is order.

It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.�

- Henry Miller

Instructed by:

Professor Denson Groenendaal

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Table of Contents 1. Cover Page

14. Daylighting Features

2. Our Team

15. Daylighting Features

3. Table of Contents

16. Mechanical Plan

4. Project Brief

17. Mechanical Features

5. VA’s Project Program

18. Bedroom Layout

6. Our Vision

19. Bedroom (Mechanical)

7. Site Introduction

20. Site Analysis

8. Exterior Views

21. Program Analysis

9. Interior Views

22. Construction Scheduling

10.Interior Views

23. Site Layout & Estimation

11.Axonometric Floor Plan

24. Structural Analysis

12.Solar Exposure and Topography

25. Conclusion

13.Climate Control and Solar Analysis

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PROJECT BRIEF

Residential Rehabilitation Program

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Room Schedule

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Our Vision A natural, healing environment has been our mission from the start

PRECEDENTS

which is why we chose these precedents to draw inspiration from. The large bays of windows make the occupant feel more connected to the natural world as well as naturally lighting the spaces. The courtyard shown in the top left photo was a main draw of inspiration as it served to provide easy contact with nature while also providing control for the patients who require more supervision. Diffuse natural lighting as shown in the top right is an important feature as it makes for a more aesthetically pleasing environment and less institutionalized.

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Site Photos

Building Site

Historic Building

North West From Site

North East View From Site

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FINAL BUILDING DESIGN

Exterior Views

Building Faรงade

The building spans across the site, working with the natural

Each occupant is given a personal patio

topography, and creating occupant views of the bay.

overlooking the bay.

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Interior Views Social Space The lobby greats all who enter the building.

Reception is

located directly through the doorway, ready to direct all those with questions. Seating areas are arranged in small groups, accommodating all patient visitors and giving them a social setting, separate from patient quarters.

Reflective Space The lounge looks over to the dining hall, but is a quiet, carpeted area for more peaceful activities.

This gives

occupants a chance to observe what is around them, but reflect in a comfortable space.

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FINAL BUILDING DESIGN

Interior Views

Interior Views

Sec. A

Sec. B

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Axonometric Floor Plan Dining Room Mechanical Room

Serveries

Aquatic Center/Locker rooms Public Restrooms Reception Staff Lounge & Kitchenette Staff Entrance & Locker

Trash, Recycling, storage,

Office Space

& Housekeeping

Nurse’s Station Group

Lounge Nurse’s Station/ Specimen

Rooms

Restroom & Storage

Storage Cubicles Garden Courtyard

Exam & Consultation

Nurse’s Station Recreation Room

Patient Rooms & Bathrooms

Garden Storage

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SCHEMATIC DEVELOPEMENT

Solar Exposure & Topography

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Focusing on natural daylighting for the patients.

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Designing a natural shape based around the topography.

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Climate Control & Solar Analysis

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DAYLIGHTING FEATURES

Garden Courtyard Effects of involvement in gardening or community food growing projects: 

Improved social interactions and community



cohesion 

Reduce occurrence and severity of stress and

consumption 

depression 

Increase healthy fruit and vegetable

Creates a more peaceful, sociable, and enjoyable environment

Reduce reliance on medication and selfharming behavior

To allow patients to have a more natural healing experience, a garden courtyard was added to the program. This space houses a small garden plot where patients can get there hands in some dirt and grow produce that will be served in the dining hall, promoting local agriculture. Comfortable outdoor seating areas are places for patients and/or their guests.

The garden courtyard also allows natural light to penetrate the center of the building. A curtain wall surrounds the south and east side of the courtyard, allowing some direct light into the hall during the morning, and useful ambient light for the rest of the day. Staff offices and lounge have windows facing into the courtyard.

View of Garden Courtyard from Recreation Room

The recreation room is to the east of the

courtyard and separated , giving occupants inside a pleasant view, but allowing the two spaces to be separated.

Direction of Direct Sun Throughout the Day

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“Main Street” The residential wing flows through the building around one central hall. This space mimics the feel of a street, with high ceilings and an abundance of natural light, with the use of Kalwall© and the garden courtyard.

Effects of natural light on mental health: 

Increase occupant productivity and comfort

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Provide mental and visual

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Increase happiness of occupants

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View through a window may influence recovery from surgery

stimulation necessary to regulate circadian rhythms

The south side of the street

is lined with residential units, where

residents are given an inset room entry to promote further privacy.

The north side of the street has patient access to more public spaces, such as dining & lounge rooms, exam & consultation rooms, aquatic center, and nurses’ stations, as well as staff entries to offices and storage.

With the use of

Kalwall©

window systems, high levels of full-spectrum light without the heat envelope issues that come

with using regular two-pane glass. This material also has a diffuse nature, which reduces glare and fills the space with usable ambient light. This allows for lower electric light output and energy savings.

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MECHANICAL SYSTEM

Mechanical Plan Overview

AHU

The public areas will be served by an AHU with supply and

There will be to full-size AHU for redundancy. They will operate

return air. The bedrooms will be served by FCUs. The pool will

in alternating power cycles. This will increase efficiency

have a dehumidifier to handle the excess moisture.

keeping the AHU operating closer to their design load. There will be an enthalpy wheel to collect energy from the exhaust air.

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Mechanical Features Pool Dehumidifier Natural Ventilation

The Pool will have a refrigeration based dehumidifier. This will cool the pool air to dehumidify the air. Then if reheat is

The outdoor air will pass through the rooms into the hallway.

necessary it will pass the cool air over the condenser to reheat

The hot air will rise and then exit through vents at the top of the

it.

wall.

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BEDROOM DESIGN

Bedroom

Floor Plan

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ADA Accessible

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Every Room has a view of the bay

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Split Bathroom with individual sinks

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Outdoor porch for each room

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Room is adaptable giving patients ownership

Bedroom Section

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Bedroom Mechanical

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FCU for every two rooms

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Provides control to the individual rooms

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Exhaust and outdoor air intake on the roof to be concealed

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Exhaust both rooms through the bathroom

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Diffusers and registers positioned for maximum thermal comfort

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CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS

Site Analysis When

first

looking

at

The blue area represents

possible designs for our

where

site

would

building we attempted to

need to be filled

to an

contour the building to

even topography. The red

the site. We were able to

area represents an area

do that to an extent but

where cut and fill is used

then we realized that the

to create a steeper hill

topography of the site

side.

the

would need altering.

Preliminary Site

Preliminary Site w/ Cut and Fill

This graphic shows the final site topography. This design ensures that the site is structurally sound and is able to help with maintaining the drainage of water.

De-watering

Final Site

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Program Analysis Our Program Perry Point Program Difference Net Area

24096

21020

(+) 3076

Gross Area

41122

33632

(+) 7490

Gross Factor

1.7

1.6

(+) 0.1

This table represents the program area differences between the suggested program and our own program.

1) We decided that we needed bigger bathroom and bed-

Proposed

Our

Proposed

Our

Program

Program

Program

Program

Bathroom, Bariatric

180

240

Medication Room

90

126

Bathroom, Regular

1440

2614

Storage, Specimen

75

79

Bedroom, Bariatric

340

444

Bathroom, Speciman

80

61

Bedroom, Regular

4620

5297

Multipurpose Room/Kitchenette

400

170

Bathroom, Public

120

209

Office, Clinical Coordinator

100

Quiet Room

130

Office, Domiciliary Chief

120

Collection Room, Linen

110

91

Office, Provider

1200

Linen Room, Clean

65

61

Office, Section Coordinator

100

Laundry Room

130

121

Conference Room

180

180

Collection Room, Trash

65

52

File Room

70

79

Recycling Center

110

94

Toilet, Staff

65

65

Housekeeping Aides Closet

60

51

Consultation

240

240

80

94

1342

room areas, we felt as though the patients need more

Mechanical Room

1500

1409

Cubicle, Physical Therapist

personal space and shouldn't feel cramped.

Electrical Room

125

125

Aquatherapy Pavilion

4000

3771

Storage, Building Management

95

80

Locker Room, Patient

160

162

Storage, Management

180

142

Storage, Aquatherapy

60

60

area, the suggested program only had enough room for

Storage, General

300

292

Dining Room

350

1544

about 1/4 of the patients to be able to eat at a time

Storage, Patient

110

112

Exam/Treatment Room

250

249

and we wanted to be able to fit everyone.

Computer Room

130

121

Lounge, Patient

275

360

Cubicle, Clerical

160

204

Patient Grp Room

1000

889

Cubicle, Domiciliary Health Tech

250

512

Reception

220

301

Data and Telecom Room

50

51

Recreation/Therapy Room

400

467

Servery

225

239

Toilet, Public

100

209

Locker Room, Staff

105

107

Vending Area

50

50

Lounge, Staff

230

230

Waiting, Public

525

700

2) Another change is a drastic increase in our dining room

3) The courtyard added 4000 square feet to the gross area, we felt that the benefits of the courtyard outweighed the added cost and area.

The tables above show the full program area changes.

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CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS

Construction Scheduling

Gaant Chart

Scheduling was done using about 30 activities. Only the main construction activities were used but in reality there would be many more activities. Since

only the main activities were used they were all finish-start relationship, meaning that an activity could only start once the previous one was finished.

The total project length lasts 317 work days or about one year and two months including non-work days.

Activity Schedule

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Cost Estimate & Site Layout

Cost Breakdown

Area Breakdown

The cost estimate was done using a square foot estimate for three different zones, the patient area, the office area and the pool area. The closest thing that

modeled the patient zone in R.S. means was a nursing home. As expected the pool area is the most expensive in terms of cost per square foot. Our estimate was within budget which is favorable since our total area was so much larger than the program meaning we get a high ratio of area compared to cost.

Site Layout

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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Our Vision Lateral Force Resisting System The exterior walls of the building are all load bearing and made of 8� CMU which is tied into the foundation. Through preliminary investigation the winds effects on the building overall will be minimal due to its 1 story nature. Due to the shape of the building and how it affects wind interaction it was deemed easier to make the entire exterior wall a wind resisting element.

Beam, Joist, and Column Design The Buildings gravity design used a system of trusses to support the roof which framed into beams and then into columns which led to the foundation. The trusses seen are 8-12 K series for spans between 10 and 30 feet and for the larger spans such as the pool area and main entrance room LH-Series Joists were used to support the loads.

Most columns were designed as W8X31 and beams as W10X31

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Concluding Photos

WE DID IT!!!

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