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Gray’s Ferry Fire Station Project Proposal
November 14th, 2011 Capital Program Office ATTN: Gary Knappick, Program Director 1680 Market Street, Second Floor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
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Re: Proposal for Gray’s Ferry fire station. I am writing on behalf of STUD Architects in response to your RFP for a new Gray’s Ferry Fire Station. STUD prides itself in designing with the health, safety, and welfare of our users in mind, and as Philadelphians we welcome the opportunity to design a project that will enhance these for one of our city’s neighborhoods. As a firm focused on sustainable technologies and methods, we believe we can lower the operating costs of the fire station facility and simultaneously do less harm to our global environment as well as the neighborhood context. Our firm is committed as well to enhancing quality of life for all Philadelphians, and has worked with community groups in the Philadelphia area on projects with a community focus. We source local labor, keeping as much of our clients’ investment close to home as possible. STUD’s experience in working with neighborhood groups on past projects allows us to bring knowledgeable staff to serve the Fire Department on this community-centric project. As a local firm we are experienced in navigating the permitting process and we have a track record of sourcing local firms for construction and consulting. Our focus on sustainable buildings that sit will in their context has minimized operating costs for past clients such as the Camden Friends Meeting House, and we have also received grant money for development of projects such as the Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yards. STUD’s first priority in carrying out the project will be meeting the needs of the Fire Department. Acknowledging the technical and social complexities of the project, STUD will also engage in a collaborative process with Gray’s Ferry community groups, and our trusted consulting specialists for specific areas of the project to ensure the best possible performance . Representing our firm, I thank you for the opportunity to engage this building project. Sincerely,
Gary Carnevale FAIA LEED AP Principal Architect
Camden Meeting House
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Table of Contents Executive Summary
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Project Approach
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Team Profiles
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Project Experience
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Schedule
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“The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built. “ Frank Lloyd Wright
Executive Summary
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Team Overview & Design Philosophy The STUD Architects staff consists of architects, LEED Accredited Professionals, environmental engineers, city-dwellers, problem-solvers, community activists, and financial consultants. While this team is composed of diverse group of young designers, each person is driven by the same interest: lessening the impact of building construction on the environment to serve as a responsible contributor in the community. In order to transform current building construction, STUD architects focuses on a variety of conditions. One must consider the site as an active participant in the context of the whole, examining the different influences of the urban or rural condition, and how the conditions of sun, wind, water, and historical contexts inform the design. If such considerations are part of the conversation from the start, one can begin to define the project life beyond its completion and to recognize the project potential to transform the process with which buildings are constructed to accommodate environmental need. As a method of achieving such goals, sustainable technologies direct the design process rather than becoming avn additive component near the end of design development. While cost and availability of material and labor tend to deter potential clients from sustainable strategies, STUD Architects provides consultations for the client and community on the process of LEED to invite the client to be an active participant of the design team. STUD Architects insist on minimizing the impact on the environment and therefore facilitates fundraising for potential additional initial project costs. Environmentally responsible design needs to be readily available to anyone who seeks it, and it is the mission of STUD Architects to provide an approach and body of work that proves to the community that environmentally responsible design is feasible and the ideal method of construction.
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Working Relationships CONTRACTOR
COMMUNITY Gray’s Ferry Neighborhood
OWNER: GRAY’S FERRY FIRE STATION Gary Knappick, Program Director
PROJECT TEAM LEAD TECHNOLOGY/ MATERIALS RESEARCH ARCHITECT
PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE Gary Carnevale FAIA, LEED AP
Daniel Russoniello
LEAD SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING ARCHITECT Ryan “Chuck” Brown LEED AP
FINANCE MANAGER Roxanne Dinger, MBA
LEAD ARCHITECT/ DESIGNER Michael Louison AIA LEED AP
MANAGING PRINCIPAL Bonnie Netel AIA, LEED AP
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CIVIL ENGINEER
LANDSCAPE
Van De Kamp Engineering
Schmidt_Designers
Nick Teshima Lead Engineer
Sara Schmidt Lead Designer
CODE SPECIALIST
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Mcrib & Associates
Anderson Engineering
Christina Marchesani Contact Consultant
Christopher Anderson Lead Engineer
Project Approach STUD Architect consists of a select team of consultants that specialize in the execution of sustainable projects. A Sustainable Engineer and Materials Architect are kept on hand to provide guidance on the project from its start to its completion. In this sense, the firm keeps majority of its sustainably focused staff in house. STUD Architects works with a General Contractor from the beginning of the project to ensure a quick and efficient execution of the project. Work that is consulted out varies by project for the best possible outcome; it is important to note, however, that STUD Architects only contracts work to local consultants. We stress the use of sustainable “technologies,” not just the implementation of sustainable “strategies.” A sustainable strategy refers to a process already proven to effectively incorporate methods such as passive cooling and heating as well as technologies such as geothermal. Sustainable “technologies” refers to energy modeling programs such as Ecotect that allow STUD Architects to push the limit and effectiveness of sustainable strategies prior to their implementation. We can predict, therefore, how the building will respond to specific conditions; it is not only our goal to respond to the environment as it exists but to plan for its evolution over time. To offer an effective long-term response, every solution must be designed to fit the specific conditions that surround a project’s users. The means, culture and traditions of each community must be uncovered, analyzed, and reapplied so as to create new strategies that are neither a replication of existing local methods, nor an imposition of foreign solutions.1 Each project is site specific and cannot be replicated anywhere else. For instance, STUD Architects utilizes technologies such as Ecotect and Revit to predict the sun intensity and angles on site at any particular time of day and year. Therefore, STUD Architects ensure that the building envelope is sensitive to such conditions in order to effectively manage building heat gain and light absorption. In addition, materials specifically are found from the local community to creatively enhance the project as well as contribute to local economy. Some of our recent projects include Camden Meeting House and Zero Energy Social Hall, Berks County Community Foundation Headquarters, and the Volunteer Hose Company. On each project we worked with administration and community leaders to achieve solutions satisfying all parties’ demands.
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International Design Clinic, http://www.internationaldesignclinic.org/think/
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Team Profiles Gary Carnevale FAIA, LEED AP Director_ Principal in Charge
Profile Gary Carnevale, founder and Principle of STUD Architects, was awarded the Philadelphia Young Architect Award in 2008 and is known throughout the east coast for several of his sustainably innovative works. He began his work with adaptive re-use projects and became interested in the effect a design has on its surroundings and the life that a building can develop after the project is considered completed. STUD was founded in 2004, with Gary and several of his contacts in the field who were unhappy with the development of design projects within their past employment. Gary is largely responsible for bringing new projects into the office. He leads all of the projects the firm receives by working with the head architect of each project and collaborating with all other Associates to ensure that there is fluidity though-out the process in order to minimize surprises. Gary will attend all meetings throughout the design phase of the project and discuss contracts, bidding and design ideas.
Education Gary studied architecture at Philadelphia University and graduated in 1999 and was awarded the thesis prize for his efforts on a porous Mexican American border project. He then went on to receive a Masters of Business Administration at the same University in 2000. After his stay at Philadelphia University he graduated from University of Pennsylvania with his Master’s of Architecture in 2001.
Teaching He is currently an adjunct professor at Temple University, and gives lectures on responsible design throughout the east coast.
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Philadelphia University Thesis Award Philadelphia Young Architect Award
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Team Profiles Bonnie Netel AIA, LEED AP Managing Principal
Profile Bonnie is the co-founder and managing Principal of STUD Architects. She regulates the firm’s employees, the quality and the sustainable mission. Bonnie has been recognized by Leadership Philadelphia as one of the top 100 Connectors in the region and by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council as one of the top 40 under 40 Environmental Leaders in Pennsylvania. She is responsible for a great portion of the firm’s success. Bonnie will act as the Project Manager for the projects and will be the sustainable design reviewer for quality assurance. She will attend every meeting throughout the entirety of the project and will be your “go-to” person for inquiries.
Education Bonnie has been a leader starting during her education. She was a founder of the Philadelphia University Freedom By Design chapter where she graduated in 1992. She has always given a lot the unfortunate; in grad school at Colombia University she turned her attention to the unfortunate environment we build in.
Teaching Prior to joining STUD Bonnie was a Professor at Columbia University, where she researched and developed sustainable techniques within building systems.
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Pennsylvania Environment Council’s Sustainability Award Pennsylvania Resources Council Leadership in Sustainable Design Award
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Michael Louison AIA LEED AP Lead Architect/designer
Profile Michael Louison will serve as the lead designer on the project. He has five years of experience in the field of being the lead designer of projects. He has designed several LEED projects throughout the tri-state area and select parts of Natori, Japan in hopes of revitalizing the area. Michael has been taken on as a consultant on several different public works projects, because of his great reputation throughout the city for beautifying the communities his projects inhabit. Micheal is the head designer on the Firehouse project. He will be in direct contact; emailing sketches and drawings in order to obtain feedback in-between meetings. This will allow the meeting between both parties to be as successful as possible. He will also be presenting the project to the public and fire department with Gary Carnevale and will address their responses to it. Also, he will be helping to develop and integrate the technology and materials of the final product.
Education After graduating at the top of his class at Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku, in 2001, Michael moved to the United States, where he continued his education at Philadelphia University’s Masters of Interior Architecture program.
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Team Profiles Ryan”Chuck” Brown LEED AP
Lead Sustainable Engineering Architect
Profile Working directly under Bonnie Netel, Ryan develops the metrics that ensure design goals are accomplished. Ryan has an innate ability to develop building systems and is widely recognized throughout Philadelphia for his knowledge of passive systems. His work will be represented by Bonnie Netel at any meetings throughout the project. This work includes lighting design, LEED documentation, energy analysis, and mechanical systems layout.
Education Ryan studied architecture at Drexel University and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 2000. After beginning work in the field he became interested in the “organs” of a building and returned to Drexel for a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, graduating in 2005.
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Daniel Russoniello
Lead Technology/Materials Research Architect
Profile Daniel holds perhaps the most unique role within the firm. He will work side by side with Michael Louison throughout the design process, but will be more in touch with the research side of the design. He will most active in the beginning of the design project, researching the site and program and at the end helping to develop some of the technology and material that will be seen in the final product. Daniel’s research and work in several different countries, focuses on the use and lifespan of materials, has successfully increased the understanding of aging in the projects he has influenced. His work started in Europe where he traveled after college.
Education Daniel holds a Master’s degree in Materials Science from MIT and received his Bachelor of Architecture degree at Yale in 1997. He has traveled through several different countries giving lectures on many different topics.
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Leaf award: Best Structural Design of the Year 2006 Leaf Award: Young Architect of the year 2006 “Weathered: Faces of Architecture over time”. Architectural Record, December 2003 “Material life: Ecology of the surface”. Perspecta 37
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Consultants Roxanne Dinger Finance Manager
Roxanne has been with the company since it started back in 2004. Her work in fundraising and development for the project will be represented by Bonnie Netel throughout the project.
Schmidt_Designers
(Landscape consultant) Philadelphia, PA Because of the need to improve the site beyond the footprint of the building, STUD will bring in a landscape consultant to allow the greatest use of the extra space for the program and the public. STUD Architects have been affiliated with Schmidt_Designers since they began. We have worked effectively together on dozens of projects and have a great architect and consultant relationship. By bringing the landscape architect in early in the process, we can ensure a cohesive union between the building and the surrounding public urban space, that suits the vision developed between the Fire Department, architects, and community members.
Van De Kamp Engineering
(Civil Engineering) Philadelphia, PA
The firm has decided to bring on a civil engineering consultant, this will ensure that the project’s landscape design works with the large vehicles and other programmatic elements that are part of a firehouse.
Anderson Engineering
(Structural Consultant) Philadelphia, PA
Using a structural engineering firm that is affiliated with Philadelphia and its institutions is very important to creating a smooth running project, and is why Anderson and sons is chosen for this cast in place concrete bearing wall construction project.
Mcrib and Associate
(Code Consulting) Philadelphia, PA STUD has work with Mcrib for all of its public works projects. Mcrib and Associates Anderson not only has great experience with cast in place concrete structures but most of their experience is in the heart of Philadelphia, giving them expertise in navigating Philadelphia’s code and zoning processes that streamlines the building process 12
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Camden Meeting House + Zero Energy Social Hall
Project Experience Camden Meeting House and Zero Energy Social Hall Project Type: Institutional Size: 2,864 sf Program: Meeting House and Social Hall Location: Camden, DE
The project illustrates an intermixing between green design and technologies with historic restoration. The project revitalized a Meeting House built in 1805 and added a multi-purpose conference and social center. Administrative, archival and community outreach spaces were added to the program. Additional special features include an outdoor worship space with a glass core that provides a critical view through to the historic Meeting House. The project utilizes an array of efficient and passive systems. The building is heated using closed loop geothermal heating and cooling systems, includes high-efficiency exterior walls with soy-based foam insulation, and a high-efficiency structurally insulated panel roof. The roof panels have an R-value of 48. The building includes superior day-lighting and passive solar design, as well as 12 kW photovoltaic array. Salvaged wood flooring and salvaged eastern cedar siding are used in a rain screen cladding system. All building runoff water is collected into a 2000 gallon cistern and is used as grey water to service the toilets, urinals and water an exterior garden. In total, the building uses less than half of the energy needed to service a comparable building. The new social hall generates 1.5 times the energy that it consumes, feeding excess back to the rest of the complex. When taking into account the energy usages of both buildings, only 188kW is needed from the local utility company for the entire complex. Energy savings to this extent in the Fire Station would mean huge long-term savings to the city government and ultimately the tax payers. Many of these technologies and strategies would be considered in order to effectively create and condition the space in a way that also cuts on cost and total detrimental waste.
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Project Experience Berks County Community Foundation Headquarters Project Type: Institutional Program: Administrative Location: Reading, PA
The Berks County Community Foundation’s (BCCF’s) Headquarters creates increased visibility for the foundation, symbolizes the permanence of the foundation in the area, and demonstrates green building principals. The program includes community conference spaces, the Foundation’s offices, and other expansion and support spaces. The building was designed to be economically feasible to build and efficient to operate. Most of the sustainable strategies either did not cost more than typical construction, or have an economic return within a 10 year period of completion. The building is slightly skewed off of the street good in order to face directly south to optimize passive solar heat gain. 95 percent of the occupied spaces are day lit and incorporate operable windows to provide thermal comfort control. Displays showing data from sensors tell occupants when windows need to be closed to maximize humidity control. A sloping roof provides optimal orientation for future photovoltaic panels and sheds rain water to one collection cistern for re-use as grey water in toilets. Glazing is optimized on the north and south elevations to better control day lighting and heat gain. Metal structurally insulated panels and SuperiorWall foundations were placed on the walls and roof planes for their high insulation and low infiltration values. Radiant cooling and heating is used throughout the building as well as a displaced ventilation system, keeping blown particulates to a minimum. In an effort to reduce storm water impacts and to minimize the heat island effect, green roof terraces were added on a series of visible locations. Other material choices included carpet made from 60 percent recycled plastic, concrete using fly ash and slag, and wood salvaged from the Coney Island pier; there were no additional price increases needed use recycled and reused materials. The building uses 43 percent less energy than a comparable building of similar type and size. This project was an infill project, using the existing infrastructure already present on site. The building is able to use the constraints of its urban context to improve its design; its location on a corner lot allows more flexibility in improving the performance of the building. STUD proposes designing the fire house under the same standard of a 10 year economic return.
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Project Experience Volunteer Hose Company Project Type – Institutional Program: Fire Station Location: Middletown, DE
The Volunteer hose company building is a blend of its time referencing back to the architectural heritage and craftsmanship of Middletown’s past and surrounding context, while also acting as a model for future medium to large scale projects in the area. The Grey’s Ferry fire station beckons to be designed with similar intentions. Placed on an empty lot surrounded by a series of row homes on all sides, the station will respond to its contextual condition without hindering its function to serve the community. The station includes eight apparatus bays with six of them drive through bays. Administrative, living, recreation, and sleeping facilities fill the building coupled with a museum displaying the early equipment and memorabilia of the Volunteer Hose Company. The building also includes a Meeting Hall capable of seating 300 people for community gatherings including dinners and dancing. Because the station is staffed on a volunteer basis, the community’s comfortable relationship with the station is critical to its long-term success. The building is just as much a fire station as it is a central hub for the community as a main social center. The Gray’s Ferry fire station looks to include a similar aspect of community building due to the density of residents living in the area. This will prove to be particularly beneficial for those involved in the section 9 housing community complexes that are placed into these homes potentially without knowing anyone in the area. With many vacant lots and riddled with crime, the area is in desperate need of a community center that this building can provide.
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Innovation Hub at the Philadel[phia Navy Yard Clean Energy Campus
Project Experience Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Clean Energy Campus Project Type: Institutional Program: Energy Research Labs Location: Philadelphia, PA
STUD has received a $130 million grant from the Department of Energy for its current retrofitting of a historic building at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Currently STUD is performing spatial programming and conceptual cost estimates closely with researchers and public and private partners to develop a vision that suits all of the different user groups of the facilities. The facility will include offices, educational facilities and high-tech. research labs to house Greater Philadelphia Innovation Campus personnel. The building intends to inspire collaborative development and utilize new technologies, policies, building models and process integration methods to heavily reduce the energy usage of the building. The living laboratory, which looks to serve these functions, will provide continuous feedback regarding the buildings energy performance, informing future projects based on analysis of the implemented technologies. Heating and cooling systems to be tested include solar thermal, chilled beams, ground source heat pumps and high-efficiency rooftop units. The building looks to harvest rainwater to use as grey water for its toilets and urinals. The building looks to utilize passive ventilation strategies and have underfloor air distribution. The building looks to cut down on its energy needs through the use of a high performance envelope system, thermal shutters, adjustable shading devices and an emphasis on proper day lighting. The building also looks to gain energy using bio-swale water catchment. The building blends the old industrial style of its historic shell with the most current and up to date technologies to form a building that both performs extremely well and fits seamlessly into the Philadelphia context—in many ways the fire station needs to accomplish the same goals. The station needs to technically function for extreme efficiency for the user in times of emergency, while also fitting into the context well.
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Schedule 2012
02.03
Contract Finalized
02.03 - 06.08 02.10 02.16
Conceptual Design Fire Department Workshop Community Workshop
04.20 04.21
Community Review 1 Fire Department Review
05.20
Community Review 2
06.25
Schematic Design Approved
08.30
Construction Documents Complete Send for Bidding
09.20
Begin Construction
09.20
Site Work
11.16
Foundations
12.28
Structure
02.13
Cladding
04.16
Systems
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Work Complete
2013
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12.23
02.12
04.15
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Appendix Fee Proposal
STUD is proposing a fee at ten percent of the construction cost expressed in the RFP. Expected Construction Cost: $4,100,000 Ten Percent Fee: $410,000 The fee will be broken down in hourly rates for the employees assigned to the project and the individual consultants to be hired. STUD Architects Executive Architect, Philadelphia, PA Principals: $160/hr Senior Associates: $100/hr Associates: $70/hr Interns: $40/hr
x15/wk x50weeks = 90,000 x25/wk x50weeks = 100,000 x40/wk x50weeks = 100,000 x40/wk x50weeks = 40,000
Firm Total: Consultants: Anderson Engineering (Structual): Van De Kamp Engineering (Civil): Schmidt Designers (Landscape): Mcrib and Associates (Code Consulting):
= $210,000 = $200,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 20,000
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Project References Volunteer Hose Company Lead Designer: Michael Louison Technical Review: Bonnie Netel Associate in Charge: Dan Russoniello Daniel P Burris, Sr.: Chair Building Maintenance Committee Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown (Station 27) 27 W. Green St. Middletown, DE 19709 Phone: 302-378-7799
Berks County Community Foundation Headquarters Lead Designer: Michael Louison Technical Review: Bonnie Netel Associate in Charge: Ryan “Chuck” Brown Frances A. Aitken CPA: Vice President for Finance and Operations 237 Court Street Reading, PA 19601 Phone: 610-685-2223 Fax: 610-685-2240 Email: info@bccf.org
Camden Meeting House and Zero Energy Social Hall Lead Designer: Bonnie Netel Technical Review: Dan Russoniello Associate in Charge: Ryan “Chuck” Brown Linda Simpson, Clerk 122 E. Camden-Wyoming Avenue Camden, DE 19934 Phone: 302-698-3324
Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Clean Energy Campus Lead Designer: Gary Carnevale Technical Review: Bonnie Netel Associate in Charge: Michael Louison Cushman & Wakefield Phone: 215-218-9750 email: lshrader@cushman-navyyard.com email: navyyardKIZ@pidc-pa.org 23