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Nashville-Based National Architecture Practice ABOUT THE COVER We asked ourselves where does learning happen and how does design bridge the gap? When Gould Turner Group takes on a project, we look at site opportunities to enhance the project. At Smith Springs Elementary, Metro Nashville Public Schools chose a beautiful site which allowed us to consider ways to bring children outdoors to have interactions outside of the classroom. The log cabin on the cover is a building remaining from the early-1800s that was intentionally preserved for families and children of the community. We believe the history of the region combined with period building techniques sets the stage for an enjoyable alternative learning environment.
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WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT Our Firm History
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WHO WE ARE Facts About Us
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OUR WORK - EDUCATION Smith Springs Elementary
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Park Avenue Elementary
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Cane Ridge Elementary
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Christiana Middle School
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MTSU - Lobby + Presidential Suite
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MTSU - Corlew and Cummings Hall
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Firm History and Culture Gould Turner Group, P.C. (GTG) is an architectural, planning, and interior design firm based in Nashville, Tennessee that was founded in 1980. Led by Linda Marzialo, AIA-President, ACHA, our team of architects and support staff work with facilities across the United States, on projects that range from renovations and additions to campus master plans and new facilities. Our office is a certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE) as defined by the State of Tennessee. Principals and Project Architects are responsible for the delivery of professional services and are actively involved with the delivery approach. Our process is a planned, systematic quality control process that involves the owner, users, occupants, operations and maintenance staff, design professionals, and contractors. We have found that the each project is unique and complex requiring diligence, knowledge, creativity, and a willingness to overcome challenges to ensure that the design is appropriate and can meet an array of project needs. Over time, the cost of erecting facilities is far less significant than the cost of operating them when personnel, maintenance, and energy costs are considered. Today, our design commitment remains the same as it did when the firm was founded which is ‘To design environments that people will thrive in that are functional, aesthetically compelling, economically constructed, durable and easily maintained.’ We hope this portfolio will provide you with useful insight. GOULDTURNER.com | 1
Designing for the future.
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Our Culture is Community.
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Rebuild Together Nashville Dragon Boat Festival + Race Light the Night Leukemia Walk N Barefoot Republic
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Who we are. Registered Architects As architects registered in 48 states, we are adept in learning how to collaborate with new project teams. Our full-service design firm works closely with clients to provide then with responsive solutions. Accolades
Our firm has received numerous industry and design related awards for our work and our projects have been showcased in many respectable publications.
Outstanding
Professionals Linda Marzialo is president of the AIA Middle Tennessee and Tiana Lemons is president of the IIDA Chapter for the State of Tennessee.
Sustainability We are committed to
sustainability as a concept and in our designs. Our team belongs to the AIA Architecture 2030 program, LEED accreditation is encouraged, and Gould Turner Group’s Laura Padgett is the chair of the Middle Tennessee AIA Committee on the Environment.
Location
With healthcare, education, commercial, and community projects in 48 states across the country, we are well suited to travel to better serve our clients, regardless of their location. Service to our clients is our number one priority. We operate from our home office in Nashville, TN.
Culture
We care about an office environment that shapes lives. We are accommodating and respectful of one another, and are receptive to each other’s thoughts and ideas.
Technology Our in-house visualization team
utilizes state-of-the art software to produce captivating digital rendering and animations. With our 3D printer, we strive to provide clients with a clear, precise vision of projects from initial concept to finished design.
Longevity
The average tenure at Gould Turner Group is in excess of 17 years. Some of us have been with the firm for 35+ years, and others have more recently joined us. We benefit from the blending of the wisdom and experience of our more seasoned employees with the enthusiasm and advanced technological skills of our younger associates.
Arts
Gould Turner Group and its employees support the arts in our community through donations to organizations, such as the Nashville Symphony, Cheekwood, and the Frist, and by actively participating in numerous art related charitable events, including Canstruction, Gingerbread, and the International Playhouses Design Competition at Cheekwood.
Digital Modeling
In the early 2000s, Gould Turner Group became one of the first firms in Nashville to adopt three-dimensional Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology. Today, all of our production team members are trained on Autodesk Revit Architecture. Advanced members of our team have developed a “Revit Tips-and-Tricks” program to assist others and to help standardize production throughout the office.
Workplace
Our firm is in a unique position – we are our own clients. Which means that we can rethink the future of our own workplace! As of 2016, we are in the process of designing and constructing open studio spaces which we feel will be more conducive to collaboration and to a free exchange of ideas and thoughts.
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Use of shadows to create depth in facade
Strategically Placed Conference Rooms
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Suitable material treatment on the south orientation
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Shade trees to reduce the ‘heat-island effect’ + Stormwater reduction
Consistant proportions of durable material
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Table-talk: Our Vision Architecture . Campus Planning . Interior Design
Loving what we do.
Aided by research, evidence-based design, and expanding technology, our design firm’s philosophy is that a firm should guide its daily actions and process. These principles guide our design process.
Commitment to a sustainable vision
Creating distinctive architecture
We advocate that each project undertake an analysis to diminish the use of energy, reduce the use of nonrenewable resources and account for water, material, and environmental impacts within our projects. At Gould Turner Group, we endeavor to guide and inform the design process in an integrated and wholistic manner. Our vision promotes the use of the following:
With each of our designs, it is our intention to encourage responsible architecture. We feel it is important to investigate how buildings relate to their environment. We believe that each building can be designed so that it makes a positive contribution to its surroundings, including adjacent buildings, streets, and pedestrian ways.
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This design approach affords us of the opportunities we have to bring natural daylight into our buildings, develop views internally and externally, and to make connections that bridge the activities within a building to the life and activity of the streets and walks of the campus beyond.
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Use of appropriate technologies (natural ventilation, demand ventilation, daylighting, chilled beams, and other advanced engineering solutions. Use of landscape to create healthy and ecologically appropriate spaces Use Local materials and support adaptive reuse Minimize maintenance and operating costs. Encourage monitoring, measuring, and feedback systems to establish building performance.
We are knowledgeable in several assessment tools including LEED®, Green Globes, Sustainable Sites Initiative, GreenMark, Energy Star, Architecture 2030, Living Building Challenge, and more.
Building entrances are frequently places of meeting and gathering for people on the campus. They can be designed to welcome and encourage this interaction by being inviting, comfortable, highly visible, and well lit. Responsible architecture brings security and richness to people’s lives.
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Table-talk: Our Vision Architecture . Campus Planning . Interior Design
Adorning the canvas with deliberate textures and materials
Spaces that promote intellectual and social exchange
Many materials have been used on campuses over the years, and to good effect, for instance ashlar masonry, brick, stone, and more recently concrete and glass. In campuses in Tennessee and across the country, brick is often the material of choice to establish the campus image. Complementary materials can be used successfully, and in some cases, dramatically, to signal the different function of buildings and to take advantage of site opportunities.
The purpose of a campus is to bring together diverse people and their ideas in an environment that creates potential for intellectual and social exchange. While the physical character and quality of a campus is defined by its buildings and its open space, it is the open space which has the greatest potential for unifying and equalizing the shared space of the campus.
Our team is encouraged to explore and expand on the basic material vocabulary that has been established for the campus, and to find ways to contribute to the interplay of materials and textures. While there is no hard and fast rule, very often the existing buildings on campus will suggest the materials for new buildings. However, changes in the use of a building or other site opportunities might compel a departure from those materials.
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Designed open space can promote the sense of community derived from actively shared space, and provide for enriching experiences of both planned and chance encounters. Comprised of streets, walkways, greens, courtyards, plazas, gardens and playfields, open space has the potential to knit together the diverse elements of similar and dissimilar structures in a coherent way. Public spaces should be generous, provide places for conversations, and be visible to those using buildings and passing by them.
Designing from the sidewalk perspective
Honoring the building’s regional and campus setting
Each project should take responsibility to form lively and secure pedestrian ways that provide surveillance to occupants through the day and night. Structures can be sited to improve adjacent streetscapes.
Buildings located in a region or on a campus reflect many styles. The essential quality of architecture is buildings that speak in their own voice about their purposes and the era in which they were built. We view the landscape and public spaces as elements that integrate these buildings into a coherent whole.
A suitable palate of landscape materials, walkways, lighting, signage and street furniture should be used on all public spaces that are part of building projects. These elements should be used to create both active gathering and contemplative spaces, and to reinforce linkages and gateways within the campus and at its edge. Spaces that are interior to individual schools or buildings may depart from these recommendations to some extent, but only if it is necessary to achieve a special identity.
New buildings express the aesthetic ideas of our times. As we look back on them, they become a cultural record of ideas about architecture and place in campus life. Older buildings are admired for their contributions to campus design. We aspire to design each structure so that it suits its occupants and addresses its physical and historical context, but also contributes to innovative ways of thinking about buildings.
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Table-talk: Our Vision Architecture . Campus Planning . Interior Design
Art and architecture inspires We care about honoring creative minds history through design Gould Turner Group believes in supporting the arts and encourages clients to consider establishing a program for works of art as part of the design of the building. We are believers that art can be integral to the building and inspire learning. By using architecture, murals, sculpture, finishes, or displays our team substantially believes that art advances the way students can learn outside of a textbook and engage the world we inhabit.
Applying 3D technologies for the entire design process Our entire project team routinely embraces multiple visual design platforms, collaborative model-based drafting programs, and digital printing instruments through the entire architectural process. For example, we are able to test the look and feel of spaces, print a test model to visualize components of a building, and translate complex Building Information Modeling (BIM) information to our project engineers and consultants. Beyond the core design and production abilities of our digital modeling platforms, the method of design improves team coordination, attention to details, and reduces project schedules. 14 |
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We designed the Croft Elementary School to go handin-hand with the Nashville Zoo and encouraged Smith Springs Elementary to preserve a historic cottage for use as a outdoor learning space. As we undertake each project, we are determined to understand the campus and its regional history to determine important features that might deserve special consideration. Honoring attributes that have local, regional, or national historic significant can extend the boundary of the classroom and help to foster a sense of community while encouraging students to appreciate their surroundings.
Energy Efficiency and Conservation We are Architects accustomed to working together with our Engineers and Contracting team to arrive at solutions that provide an efficient use of energy that conserves natural and financial resources. Components such as demand controlled ventilation, chilled beams, exterior shading to redirect light, building orientation, advanced building controls, enthalpy recovery wheels, and other passive and active systems may be considered. All of these components can contribute to a healthy building, enhance the learning value of the structure, and reduce the energy costs over the lifespan of the building.
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Education enhanced by design. “We consider the educational goals of every room, space, and wall looking for ways to cultivate student development while remaining focused on design efficiency and budget.� Dane Danielson, Director of Education
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Our Work Architecture . Campus Planning . Interior Design
Smith Springs Elementary Smith Springs is a state-of-the art building that is currently pending LEED Certification. It incorporates locally sourced materials, lighting controls, high-efficiency windows, indigenous landscaping, and bioswales for filtering groundwater. Community meetings were conducted throughout the project to achieve continuity with a historically scenic area know for its nature and wildlife. PROJECT TYPE Elementary, Architecture + Interiors
CLIENT Metro Nashville Public Schools
LOCATION Antioch, TN
PROJECT AREA 98,000 GSF
PROJECT TEAM Barge Cauthen, EMS, IC Thommasson, Bell Construction
PROGRAM Multi-purpose gym, community room, resource center, kitchen, play area, classrooms, administrative areas
OTHER PROJECTS Park Avenue Elementary School
Photo Credit: Terry Wier Photography
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Our Work Architecture . Campus Planning . Interior Design
Park Avenue Elementary The ‘Enhanced School Design’ concept embraced a low teacher/ student ratio, several specific and changing programs, and shared use with the local community, including a police precinct. The open, twostory common area is configured so that areas can be zoned between student and community services. The challenge was separating entrances while properly integrating the school within the existing sloped site. Gould Turner Group is honored to provide this project for Park Avenue Elementary; who has been actively involved in the West Nashville community for more than 50 years.
PROJECT TYPE Architecture + Interiors
CLIENT Metro Nashville Public Schools
LOCATION Nashville, TN
PROJECT SIZE 103,000 GSF
PROJECT COST $6,696,000
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Administrative
Pre-Kindergarten
Community
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Recognized for Education Design Excellence in American School and University - 2000
Photo Credit: Rion Rizzo / Creative Sources
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PROJECT TYPE High School, Architecture + Interiors
CLIENT Metro Nashville Public Schools
LOCATION Antioch, TN
PROJECT SIZE 318,000 GSF
PROGRAM Classroom Clusters, Wet BioLaboratory, Bi-level Atrium, Technical Education Areas, Library, Media Center, Cafeteria, Gymnasium, Auditorium, Clock Tower, Student-Art Courtyard, Dance Room, Weight Room, Music Room
Cane Ridge Comprehensive High School Skills and knowledge needed to prosper require students to communicate, socialize, gather information, and accommodate the evolving needs of students. Instead of a one-size-ďŹ ts all schoolhouse, the design looked past the routine layouts and provided a two-story atrium that offered efďŹ cient access and encouraged positive interaction between faculty and students. Active group learning areas such as the media center, library and guidance center are linked from the central atrium. Credit: Henry Ambrose Photography, GTG Edits
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Our Work Architecture . Campus Planning . Interior Design
Christiana Middle School Christiana Middle School is an adaptation of a Gould Turner Group middle school design prototype. This project is located on an expansive sixty four acre site in Christiana, TN. Housing grades four though six and planned for a core enrollment of 1,000 students, the school is organized in a ‘mini school” concept of grade appropriate academic pods, each with its own student lounge, administration and counseling office. Easy circulation and clear way finding are strengths of the design. All departments - music, athletics, food service, art, etc., connect to a central “student mall”, which is a wide central spine that makes access to these departments convenient and easy, as well as creates a sense of spaciousness within the school. The cafeteria, too, is a bright and stimulating environment that features a modified scramble serving line and the option of an enclosed and secure outside dining court.
PROJECT TYPE Middle School, Architecture + Interiors
CLIENT Rutherford County Schools
LOCATION Christiana, TN
PROGRAM Auditorium, Music Room, Arts, Classrooms, Commons, Meeting Places, Cafeteria
“ THE OVERALL SUCCESS AT CHRISTIANA MIDDLE SCHOOL CAN BE ATTRIBUTED IN LARGE PART TO SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIVE TEAMS ” 2015 Advance Education Report, Notable Achievements, Mr. Robert C. Horne, Administrator
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MTSU - Lobby and Presidential Suite Gould Turner Group was honored to provide new life to the 51 year old Cope Administration Building. The $3 million dollar project contributes to a better working environment through a renovation of administrative offices, support staff work areas, operational support, in addition to space planning that allows for the Provost to be closer to his core administrative group. OFFICE 217B
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CONFERENCE ROOM 217A
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MECHANICAL 211
MECHANICAL 2B STAIR
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OFFICE SUITE 211
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STORAGE/FILE ROOM 205C OFFICE 209A
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Waiting
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The renovations and repairs follow the move of Admissions, Records, Financial Aid, Registrar and Bursar offices from Cope in March into the new Student Services and Admissions Center and the MT One Stop, said Patti Miller, Assistant Vice President and University Architect. The renovation will allow MTSU to address other operations while address needed improvements for safety, access, and the workplace environment. PROJECT TYPE Higher Education, Architecture + Interiors
CLIENT Middle Tennessee State Univ., Tennessee Board of Regents
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Kitchen
Support
Office
Office
Public Meeting
Office
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Public / Mechanical
Meeting Space
Waiting
Workspace Support Offices
PROGRAM Offices and Board Room, Main Entrance Lobby, Presidential Suite Area (Graphic material of this area is confidential)
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Our Work Architecture . Campus Planning . Interior Design
Croft Middle School Croft Middle School is an renowned building that is used by students and community groups. Designed with the partnership of the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, Metro Public Schools, and Gould Turner Group, the building emphasizes themes of zoology and continents. The spaces are organized to take advantage of a sloped site by providing a view to the zoo from the dining hall, an interior ďŹ lled with daylight, and a demonstration area that welcomes zoo animals. The lobby contains a live exhibit representing two ecosystems. Each academic corridor reinforces the themes. Animals are used graphically for wayďŹ nding, colors within the corridors represent countries, murals reinforce the connection with the zoo, and playful use of colors represent different spaces of the building. PROJECT TYPE New Elementary School, Interiors
CLIENT Metro Nashville Pubic Schools
LOCATION Nashville, TN
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MTSU Corlew and Cummings Hall Renovation At seven stories, Corlew and Jim Cummings Hall are the tallest buildings at MTSU and are located on either side of the Business and Aerospace Building and near the Keathley University Center. Both towers play host to the Freshmen First year experience. Both buildings are freshman student only buildings that provide services speciďŹ c to ďŹ rst time students. PROJECT TYPE Residence Hall, Interiors
CLIENT Middle Tennessee State University
LOCATION Murfreesboro, TN
PROJECT AREA Corlew Hall
101,084 SF
Cummings Hall
95,200 SF
PROGRAM Computer Labs, classrooms, tutoring center, freshmen help desk, kitchen and laundry room, residences
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Thank you. We look forward to partnering with you soon. GOULD TURNER GROUP
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Our path is a shared endeavor and our successes come from individual employees, our region, clients, and partners. We’d love to keep the conversation alive. Thank you, please contact us soon. Linda Marzialo, AIA Principal and CEO lmarzialo@gouldturner.com
Dane Danielson, Assoc. AIA, Director of Education ddanielson@gouldturner.com