Programming Development
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PHILOSOPHY
Service through water/In service to water.
DESIGN GOALS
Create a transit station that connects the visitor to the value of Austin’s waterways as a vital cultural, functional, and ecological resource.
STATEMENT OF INTENT
Design a radically accessible and highly transparent civic center to house transportation services, generous public sani tation, water sustainability offices, and public communal grathering spaces that engage the health of the community and protect Austin’s waterways through low impact development strategies.
SUSTAINABILITY
Integrate systems for responsible water use and filtration/bioretention as the dominant themes of the proj ect. Intent is to restore the building to last another 100 years, respect its history, and maintain its identity without imposing false history.
CLIENT OUTCOME
Provide a point of community and visitor outreach for a vital water organization like the Lower Colorado River Authority. Fill the need for widely accessible public sanitation services. To hold an investment that benefits the community and reflects positively on the client.
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300 BAYLOR, AUSTIN, TX
THE WELL : LOW IMPACT PUBLIC TRANSIT
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WATER RECHARGE ZONE
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INITIAL CONCEPT SKETCH OF BOUNDING ARCH
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KEY SOLAR PANELS
GLULAM INTERVENTION
SECTION 1 - NORTH/SOUTH
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TIMBER AS WAYFINDING RENDER 1- VIEW FROM THE TRAIN PLATFORM
1/8” = 1’
D1 ACCESS TILE
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HEPA FILTER HVAC RETURN
D2 HVAC SUPPLY
COURTYARD
DRIP PAN
SHOWERS 2,223 sq. ft.
LOCKERS
AUDITORIUM 2,366 sq. ft.
SINKS TOILETS 759sq. ft.
OFFICE
782 sq. ft.
370 sq. ft.
DETAIL 1 - ACCESS FLOORING HVAC RETURN AND SUPPLY
1/4 - 20 FASTENER
MECH.
MC SERIED CORNER LOCK PANEL
182 sq. ft.
SEATING
TICKET BOOTH
1,286 sq. ft.
487 sq. ft.
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GRAND HALL 5,001 sq. ft.
OFFICE 782 sq. ft.
SEATING
SEATING
487 sq. ft.
1,286 sq. ft.
3/8 DIAMETERS THREADED ROD
COFFEE SHOP 766 sq. ft.
DATE B4201 BASE 3/8 SQ. X 24 GA. GALV. STEEL TUBE WELDED TO BASE PLATE
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PLAN DIAGRAM - PROGRAMMING
4” SQUARE GALV. STEEL BASE PLATE 1/64” = 1’
DETAIL 2 - ACCESS FLOORING SIDE ELEVATION DETAIL
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STEEL AND GLASS SKYLIGHT
VAULTED WOOD CEILING
RENDER 3 - CABLE CEILING DAYTIME
24” X 11” GLULAM TIMBER
POSSIBLE CABLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY “STRING OF PEARLS”
1/4” ROUND STEEL CABLE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL
RENDER 4 - CABLE CEILING NIGHTTIME
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SW EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC SECTION - SKYLIGHT INTERVENTION ASSEMBLY
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FINAL PLAN AND FURNISHINGS
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RENDER 6 - VIEW INTO COFFEE AREA AND TRAIN PLATFORM DAYTIME
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POWDER-COATED STEEL
TEXTURED GLASS
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NATHAN CRAVEN EXTRUDED CERAMICS
OPEN PLAN FURNITURE STRATEGIES
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RENDER 6 - VIEW FROM EAST ENTRANCE
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RENDER 7 - VIEW FROM SW EXTERIOR ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS
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