Sorenson Arts and Education

SORENSON

Marco Di Piazza and Tomy Stankiewicz I ARCH 341 I Toker 09 I Fall 2020

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Site

The is project is located The project located betweenbetween Utah university and southernsouthern Utah university campus campus and downtown cedar city.

It is viewed as downtown cedar city. It is viewed as the threshold the southwest the threshold betweenbetween the southwest corner of campus and corner of campus and the city’sthe city’s downtown vernacular. downtown vernacular.

The site The is site is reacting to Cedar City’s temperate reacting to Cedar City’s temperate which contains climate,climate, which contains all four all four seasons.

The building seasons. The building needingneeding to react to react to the large in swings in temperature to the large swings temperature allows the building react and adapt allows the building to react to and adapt to the differing to the differing seasonsseasons and theirand their elements such as rain, intense elements such as pouring pouring rain, intense heat, high prevailing SouthernSouthern heat, and highand prevailing winds.

The building fairly off closed off winds. The building is fairly is closed on Face, its Easthowever, Face, however, on its East it opensit opens up to reveal the canyon-like up to reveal the canyon-like gesture gesture rest of the towards towards the westthe andwest the and rest the of the university.

The building provides a university. The building provides a largethat porch thatas serves as a for pocket for large porch serves a pocket the prevailing South-going winds the prevailing South-going winds which which for the building to be cooled. allow forallow the building to be cooled.

Brooks + Scarpa have also provided Brooks + Scarpa have also provided vegetation on theSide South Side of the vegetation on the South of the building that serves as both a shading building that serves as both a shading device and a transition to the entrance, device and a transition to the entrance, allowing the south facing to allowing the south facing windowswindows to not overheat.

The main element of not overheat.

The main element of this design is the roof, which collects this design is the roof, which collects therainfall heavy and rainfall and collects the heavy collects it within it within two storage tanks that are two storage tanks that are hidden hidden underground.

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Water: Water: in the southeast Great Basin and the northeastern -Located-Located in the southeast Great Basin and the northeastern of the Desert, Mojave Cedar Desert,City Cedar have access edge of edge the Mojave doesCity notdoes havenot access to an abundant water supply, with no nearby reservoirs.

The to an abundant water supply, with no nearby reservoirs. The and bythe extent thefor Center for the Arts, instead, City, andCity, by extent Center the Arts, instead, gets its gets its water from limited watersheds and aquifers. water from limited watersheds and aquifers.

-Rainwater by the roof structure used to water -Rainwater capturedcaptured by the roof structure is used tois water surrounding surrounding greenerygreenery Wastewater: Wastewater: - SUU waste water and to sewage Cedar City - SUU sends itssends wasteits water and sewage CedartoCity Wastewater Treatment Facility (CCRWWTF) RegionalRegional Wastewater Treatment Facility (CCRWWTF) Effluent plantdisposed is land disposed - Effluent- from thefrom plantthe is land to an to an approximately 2,400 acre site located next to the treatment approximately 2,400 acre site located next to the treatment facility. facility.

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Energy: Energy: -Today, most ofelectricity Utah’s electricity is generated from coal-fired -Today, most of Utah’s is generated from coal-fired powerbut plants, butMountain Rocky Mountain is increasing the power plants, Rocky Power is Power increasing the use of other energy sources like natural gas and renewables use of other energy sources like natural gas and renewables such and as wind and solar. such as wind solar.

-Photovoltaic Solar Array installations at Facilities -Photovoltaic Solar Array installations at Facilities Management Administration Building/Shops – 94.5kW Management Administration Building/Shops – 94.5kW -LEED certification in progress -LEED certification in progress

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Space

4’8’

Workshops

Storage

16’ 32’

Gallery

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Structure The main construction is light steel framing and open web steel joists.

The plywood sheets applied to the light steel framing resists the shear and lateral forces reacting on the structure. The open web steel joists are located at the roof, spanning the deep floor plate required for the gallery space. These joists are loaded onto a center truss that brings the loads into the walls and ultimately into the slab on grade which the museum sits on. Since the soils are fairly stable and the building is fairly low to the ground and light, there were no needs for piles or a depper foundation system. To create the curvature at the ends of the roof, wide flange beams were used in order to support the weird curvature needed to create the sculptural faces of the building. The roof is then covered with steel decking and then finished and the final exterior materials to waterproof and finish the building 8

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Circulation, Egress, and Fire Safety The Southern Utah Museum of Art is a one story building. Therefore, the Egress system works differently then its multi-story neighbors. Egress is more focused on the buildings ability to offer multiple options of egress when leaving the building with exit discharges set at the front and back of the building, allowing one to end up at the public way. The only forms in circulation overlap are in regards to having the main front entrance involved in the form of egress.

As for the Circulation of the building The main entrance of the space is placed in the large overhead cantilever at the face of the building. The overhang serves as creating a meeting place that is also cooled down by the summer breeze which then leads into the lovy and main exhibit area. The exterior of the building also slopes in order to work witht he exterior grade conditions of the sidewalk 10

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Radiant heated gallery space

The museum utilizes prevailing winds, form, and glazing studies in order to provide proper comfort from a passive point of view. As discussed earlier, a pocket is created at the face of the building that captures summer breezes during the hotter seasons in order to cool users while shading Northern windows from over exposure. The building is formed in order to take advantage of the buoyancy of hot air, allowing heat to travel up and out of the building. In terms of active mechanical systems, the SUMA utilizes a “trigeneration” system that controls ventilation, heating and cooling all at once in order to reduce carbon emissions and needed space. The space utilizes a combination of a radiant cooling and heating system paired with a constant low air volume system. The Building is also paired with sensors that identify what spaces need to have an increase in ventilation due to temperature and/or occupancy.

The systems are concealed beneath the building and work in concert with the building form, causing an overall reduction of heating and cooling loads by 45%.

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“Trigeneration” system

BASELINE ENERGY

Thermal, Ventilation , and Energy MECHANICAL ANATOMY

Main plant

Porch utilizes prevaling winds

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With the Museums focus on sustainablitiy, many green materials are used in the construction. The exterior cladding uses an integrated pigment, instead of paint, which will never require maintenece or re-finishing. Where possible, concrete slabs where left exposed. The panels are fiberglass reinforced concrete with a textured ceramic-like finish that helps draw water to hidden catch basins. The building is shaped to provide shading to its large western windows which maximize daylighting to the main gallery. The window to wall ratio is around forty percent with the majority being on the Western and Northern facade.

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REFLECTION

At the beginning of this study, it was expected that the SUMA was a building that only pursued a sculptural emphasis. A space that was meant to be spacious and yet also involve an eye-catching facade on the exterior.

However, this edifice proved us wrong.

The Southern University Museum of art truly exemplifies systems thinking.

Form orientation, Ventilation design, climate modifiers were all thought of in the creation of this building. The use of vegetation to cool the South side of the building while the northern breeze cools the opposing face creates a comfortable exterior. This is well paired with the buoyant form, combined with a radiant floor and a trigeneration system that constructs a reposeful interior.

Enough about human comfort though, this building also does justice to its surrounding environment both above and below grade. The materials used were meant to have a low-embodied energy while being low maintenance, mitigating the use of toxic and harmful materials. Furthermore, the roof system creates a natural rainfall collector that takes rainwater and replenishes the aquifer below the museum. The roof and facade are also colored to prevent heat gain and add to the heat island effect through it’s high albedo. Overall, the Southern Utah Museum of Art stands as the quintessence of forward thinking in comfort, health, and systems thinking.

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