Matthew B. Parks_Working Portfolio_2021 by Matthew Parks

Once you can accept the universe into nothing that is something, wear comes easy. Albert Einstein

as matter expanding ring stripes with plaid TABLE OF CONTENTS: BACKGROUND AND AWARDS LIST SOUTH STEM: 2021 CROSS KEYS HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 PLATO’S ALLEY: 2016 GREENHOUSE: 2018 SIGNAL MILL: 2018 MODERN BARN: 2014 SMILE STUDIO: 2011 URBAN DESIGN CHALLENGE: 2012 WILT RESIDENCE: 2012 DAVIS RESIDENCE: 2011 AREA 203: 2013 GLASS STREET: 2013 COLLEGEDALE: 2013 IVY ACADEMY: 2014

Contact:

Matthew Parks, AIA; NCARB e-mail: parks.mb@gmail.com address: 721 texas avenue, signal mountain, tn cell phone number: 423-618-1233

Working Experience:

University of Tennessee website: https://capitalprojects.tennessee.edu/fp timeline: 2021-present Cooper Carry | Global Architecture and Design website: www.coopercarry.com timeline: 2018-present Hefferlin & Kronenberg Architects, PLLC web site: www.hkarchitects.net time line: 2008-2018

Working Background:

• project manager servicing all the various university campuses throughout the state of Tennessee, including the management of capital outlay and capital maintenance projects regularly occurring from year to year. • project architect in k-12 studio with the responsibility of implementing various $40M-$100M+ school projects located in Atlanta, Georgia • associate level at a major architectural firm with involvement in developing strategies for firm growth and development • evolved from intern to associate principal prior to joining larger, corporate firm • previous responsibilities have included designer and project manager of multiple award-winning and published projects with various scales and budgets, including the production of multiple working drawing sets under extremely tight schedules, limited budgets and professional fees • a three-story office building design package was identified by local authorities as: ‘best set of working drawings in fifty years’ • became licensed in October of 2014 4

Design Awards & Publications:

project title: ivy academy-2014 achievements: selected by USDA as featured project 2014 publicized in: chattanooga times free press job role: designer, master planner, project manager

project title: smile studio-2011 achievements: LEED silver certified ASID first place specialty design award for tn case study by lumicor 2012 publicized in: architect magazine american society of interior designers chattanooga magazine job role: designer and project manager project title: urban design challenge-2012 achievements: chattanooga people’s choice award publicized in: chattanooga times free press job role: master planning as team member

project title: amanda pinson jewelry-2010 achievements: AIA, tennessee award of merit 2010 publicized in: chattanooga magazine job role: designer

project title: mary walker towers-green roof-2008 publicized in: nooga magazine job role: designer and project manager

project title: glass street, a better block-2013 publicized in: chattanooga times free press local news channel 9 local news channel 3 job role: volunteer, designer, builder, project manager

Educational Background:

harvard university, extension school: remotely pursuing a certificate in real estate investment via harvard’s online program university of tennessee: knoxville, tennessee bachelors degree in architecture magna cum laude 2002-2008 polk county high school: benton, tennessee graduated with honors 1999-2002

Awards in University Education:

fifth-year tau sigma delta project finalist 2008 zuckerman family scholarship 2007 foreign studies enrichment scholarship 2006 university of tennessee trustees scholarship 2002-2006 tennessee student assistant award 2006-2008 aia east tennessee art in transit design competition award of commendation 2005

University Organizations:

phi eta sigma national honor society tau sigma delta, beta alpha honor society of architecture and allied arts

Study Abroad Program:

bauhaus university: weimar, germany iaad program march 1-august 1: 2007

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South STEM Job Role:

Project Architect

Time of Completion: May 22, 2021 Location: Fairburn, Georgia Size:

147,037 SF

Project Description: South STEM school, also called Global Impact Academy, is located in Fairburn, Georgia. The school is one that focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM for short). It is designed to accommodate 900 students and includes a variety of CTAE spaces, such as Active Learning, Maker Space, Healthcare Labs, Engineering Labs, a Music Technology Lab, a Visual Arts Lab, and a Biotechnology Lab.

Site Description: The site is in Fairburn, Georgia, which is approximately thirty minutes south of downtown Atlanta. The property is 41 acres located off Broad Street, a main artery for the town. It is located amongst residential neighbors and an elementary school. It is flanked by trees on all sides, providing a buffer between the school and the surrounding properties.

Site Decisions: As sites go, this one was very amenable to receive a school of this size. Several schemes were explored, including a vertical-bar scheme. Ultimately, the district preferred more of a ‘pod’ scheme, which is what became built architecture. The general orientation of the building has a long axis in the east-west direction and short axis in the north-south. This orientation was analyzed, and with the aid of overhangs and louvers, proved to be the most energy efficient layout for the project. Staff parking was located to the West, student parking to the East, and bus drop-off toward the North. Courtyards were included at the Eastern and Western sides of the project, allowing natural light into a variety of interior spaces as well as student access for outdoor classes. 10

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Design Decisions: The building design concept is one this author has entitled, ‘The Reveal.’ In the spirit of STEM school ingredients, the design expresses the building technology and systems required to make it operate at every opportunity. It is a tool for learning as much as it is a place for learning. As a byproduct of this goal, the project is an example of one that is unafraid of layered textures as a general design aesthetic. Classrooms and labs are in a double level bar shape along the front of the project. Functionally, the more uniformly sized spaces work well and stack easily here. Each room includes large openings for optimal daylighting and views to the surrounding trees. A main thoroughfare splits the bar down the middle and connects to a rear bar containing the engineering wing, auditorium, cafeteria, and gymnasium. The thoroughfare is perhaps the most dynamic space, as it has several spaces that pierce it—monumental stair, media center, maker space pods. The rear bar contains more uniquely shaped spaces and creates its own undulating and varied experience. As mentioned in the site description, the two architectural bars create separate courtyards that flank the main thoroughfare. These can be thought of as outdoor classrooms, particularly the western courtyard that is adjacent to the engineering wing. The school intends to use this area to test robotics, fly drones, and teach several unique skills specific to an outdoor environment.

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Cross Keys High School Job Role:

Project Architect

Time of Completion: 2018 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Size:

370,000 SF

Project Description: Cross Keys high school is a five-story building design that accommodates 2600 students, including one floor designated for Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) spaces. Serving the greater Atlanta metro area, the school is to utilize the existing Adams stadium on site. The program includes 119 learning units with typical supporting program such as a theater, gymnasium, and media center.

Site Description: The project site is in North Atlanta off North Druid Hills Road, across from a Target shopping center and adjacent to a Quick Trip gas station. The approximate site area is 32 acres. The site was formerly home to a middle school that has been demolished in recent years. The existing football field and stadium seating remain along with Kittredge Park Road, which serves a community pool. The site topography has several existing trees around a large depression adjacent to North Druid Hills. The grade also drops off significantly along the southern edge of the property.

Site Decisions: A school this size would normally be located on a site twice as large as what Cross Keys High School was given. This attribute strongly influenced the footprint and character of the project. A primary driver was to separate the car traffic from bus traffic to promote safety and efficiency at peak times of any given school day. The car parking was ultimately located west of the school (537 spots in total) leaving bus traffic to que on the eastern side of the building (40 buses in total). Additional site influences were the inclusion of the existing Adams stadium and field as well as keeping as many trees as possible.

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Design Decisions: With primary parking located to the west, the existing stadium in the middle, and bus traffic to the east, Cross Keys weaves itself around each site feature. Assembly spaces are located to the east since they occupy the broadest footprint of the program. The classroom wings flow around Adams stadium, along the northern and western sides. Supplemental outdoor programs infill the margins. Spatially, the pre-function space serves as the spine of the project. It is the primary entry to the building, and its also a thoroughfare where students can socialize, study, and present group projects. A key feature implemented throughout the design is called 21st century learning. This ‘new’ way of teaching includes spaces that are conducive for student-to-student teaching, with such features and amenities as floor-to-floor marker boards, movable furniture and desks, flexible learning space and makerspace. The lower level of the project daylights along the field, offering students direct access to the sport amenities located toward the south, east and west ends of the property. CTAE spaces require extra depth and greater total area than standard classrooms. Many of these classes also require direct vehicular access. For these reasons, CTAE spaces are located on the lower level. In doing so, an exterior walkway is provided along the main level of the building. The walkway provides students and parents pedestrian access to the assembly spaces without requiring any visitor to access the classroom wing during afterhour events. The main level provides access to the two-story administration suite, the assembly spaces, the media center, and classrooms. The upper levels are a mixture of classrooms and labs. The third floor has a 9th grade academy in the western wing, which provides all the required core classes to 9th grade students specifically. Research has shown that separating ninth grade students from the remaining grades allow students to become adjusted to the academic transition of middle school to high school, as well as provide for sufficient time for students to develop and mature more fully before integrating into the overall high school population. 35

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Plato’s Alley Job Role:

Designer

Time of Completion: 2016 Location: Chattanooga, Size:

Tennessee

2000 SF

Project Description: Plato’s Alley is a response to an international design competition entitled ‘Passageways’. The focus of the competition was to highlight the urban fabric that exists between buildings. Designers were tasked with reimagining these often overlooked spaces as areas of purpose and place.

Site Description: Design solutions were to accommodate various alley types or auxiliary spaces in Chattanooga. Some of the selected sites are highly visible by the public and others are tucked away in isolated locations. Some sites are clean and well groomed, others are more of a true back ally atmosphere. This duality naturally presented a wide range of design parameters. Common elements observed between all the selected sites were walls along the long axis, at least a three to one ratio of height to width, and experientially the following limitations: ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

Dark at night with no artificial light sources Absence of visual interest or organization No elements to draw people through the void No distinguishing landmark to locate the void geographically No pedestrian scale

The items listed above directly informed the design, as they were seen as opportunities and challenges that can easily be answered by elements ubiquitous in the field of architecture. 44

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Design Decisions:

Conceptual thinking for the project began with two ideas: thoughts on what alleys have become in American culture- forgotten urbanscape; and Plato’s argument that every object has an ideal form that is non-physical – a universal understanding of the concept of each object. In his thinking, the objects that we encounter every day are but reflections of those true forms. These ideas led to three questions: what provokes positive urban memories, what urban forms are most iconic, and what has generated those forms? In an exploration of answers to these questions, the design reflects a remembered urbanscape as a deconstructed pocket park and what one can think of as a “shadowscape” mirrored above. The essence of “benchness” and “treeness” have been examined as to what defines them. The catalysts arguably causing alleys to be forgettable have been inverted: what is normally dark is light, normally frightening is inviting, and what is stagnant is energized. Positive urban memories are often associated with park settings. What is the DNA - the most basic elements of a park? The design answers with a bench, lighting, and greenery. When considering how to formalize and produce these park elements, the character of Chattanooga was integrated through partnering with local companies who represent the city’s unique blend of culture. Those partners included: ◊

3D printing company that has patented the world’s largest free- form robotic arm to make any shape imagined. Elements provided were suspended objects.

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Concrete fabricators who can shape and bend concrete into forms of custom sizes and designs. Elements provided were grounded objects.

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Artists with set design background in urban contexts. Elements provided were murals and colored plexi glass 45

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Landscape and Turf Management Job Role:

Project Architect

Time of Completion: Current Location: Chattanooga, Size:

Tennessee

10,000 SF

Project Description: The Landscape and Turf Management Facility is a head house, classroom space, equipment pad, and passively cooled greenhouse for the Tennessee College of Applied Technology located on the Chattanooga State Community College campus.

Site Description: The site is perhaps one that could have been easily overlooked. It is a wedge of property located between two primary streets on campus, what most would consider a large traffic island. However, since the campus is limited on available real estate, it was earmarked as the new home for the Landscape facility. It includes the following items: a large easement for a primary campus drainage pipe, a portion of the site that is below the 100 year flood plane. Despite the site’s very definitive boundaries, it is located at one of the most visible areas on campus. The wide end of the property faces the direction that most of the campus and public will see as the they enter by car. Traffic flow, campus connectivity, and orientation were carefully analyzed and informed many design decisions.

COLLEGE

Design Decisions:

There are three main components to the project: a passive greenhouse, classrooms, and equipment storage. The site’s complexity is used to arrange these components in a meaningful way. Two existing campus buildings flank the project site and are connected with a pedestrian path that traverses it. This path is treated as an edge condition with the classrooms to the south and equipment storage to the north. Existing campus geometry is respected in that the classroom’s orientation parallel’s the existing campus building to the east. Also, the equipment pad’s geometry matches the street edge on the west and parallels the classroom on the east. The greenhouse is oriented directly south. This doubles as a functional necessity, but also parallels the building west of the site. The architecture explores contrasting materials. The greenhouse, by its very nature, is transparent. This is heavily contrasted by the masonry classroom it adjoins. When juxtaposed, the two emphasize one another in a marriage of solid and void. The equipment pad is the sculptural piece that forms the spine of the project and connects all three elements.

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Signal Mill Job Role:

Project Architect

Time of Completion: 2018 Location: Chattanooga, Size:

Tennessee

43,000 SF

Project Description: Signal Mill is a renovation of an existing three story historic masonry building located in the Northshore district of Chattanooga. The building has sat mostly vacant for many years. The property was purchased by a developer from Atlanta, GA who wishes to convert the building into a mixed use development with: artist studios in the basement, retail on the first floor, and office space on the second floor.

Site Description: As Chattanooga has undergone a change in zoning regulations, this property now falls under what is called the Form Based Code, which has brought about many design elements that, otherwise, the property owner would not have wanted to do. These elements include: a tree every five parking spaces for new parking, a landscaping edge or screen around existing parking, and a landscape wall at the rear of the property. The project was the first to go before the FBC board, and perhaps represents conditions that reflect the exact opposite for what the FBC was meant to regulate (i.e. the building is existing with many non-conforming elements, whereas the FBC deals primarily with new buildings). Whenever there is room for interpretation to the rules, there are also opportunities and challenges that arise for the design to address and work through. As an example, the parking lot in front of the building is not allowed under FBC, so does that mean the owner should rip up the lot and landscape it? The code also desires zero lot line developments, so should the owner demolish the existing historic building and start over? As the project architect, these are just some of the questions that had to be addressed, argued, and defended with local authorities.

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Design Decisions:

There were three major phases to the project: demolition phase, site development, and building development. As with any renovation project, much of the process is deciding what to keep and what to throw away. The owner’s pro forma called for a rear bay of the building to be demolished and make way for a new surface parking lot. This portion of building was in a very unsafe condition and sat vacant for much of its life. However, there are elements of the building that still possess character and interest as well as provide functional solutions for the building. The project architect worked to keep the masonry party wall and flanking free standing masonry walls along the north of the project throughout the process. As those walls hold part of the history and story of the former bay, they also functionally make up a portion of the exterior wall of the existing building, provide a back drop for outdoor eating on the west end, provide a screen for a new cooling tower on the east side, and provide for an interesting walking experience for pedestrians along the rear parking lot. Site development was challenging for many reasons: the shared ingress had an intersection that local authorities deemed inadequate and ultimately forced the Signal Mill developer and adjoining Whole Foods developer to work together towards a solution; and as mentioned in the site description, this project was the first to go before a newly formed regulating body which admitted that this project was to set an example for projects to come thereafter. Building development included the addition of new exterior decks and porches, a new elevator and stair tower, a new west wall on two floors, renovation and tenant demising on the interior, and adding a new mechanical system and electrical service. There was careful consideration of how to treat new elements visible to the public on the building. In some instances, it was obvious to blend historically, in other cases the chosen solution was to contrast heavily between new and old. 65

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Modern Barn Job Role:

Project Architect

Time of Completion: Location: Size:

2014

Ooltewah, TN

6875 SF

Project Description: The client requested a barn that could serve a variety of functions on his family farm. The charge was to provide a structure that could house an airstream trailer, several vehicles, farm equipment, a workshop, wood storage and hay storage. Natural lighting was preferred throughout the building.

Site Description: The site is located in Ooltewah, TN on a family farm, which includes the client’s primary residence, an animal barn, and rolling acres of horse pasture. The project site is a level field adjoining the farm’s driveway, which circles the property.

Site Decisions: The modern barn needed to be located close to the existing animal barn for farmrelated functions. Orientation cues were based on the existing barn orientation as well as the existing driveway layout. The airstream requires a large turning radius to maneuver into and out of the modern barn, so sufficient real estate was designated for this operation. Additional clearances around the barn were required for various farm machinery.

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Building Design Decisions:

The modern barn was a fresh take on a traditional barn seen throughout the Tennessee landscape. Careful consideration was given to scale, proportion, color, and material. Each of these qualities needed to blend with the existing context, while utilizing modern building techniques and building systems. When utilizing the capabilities of these building systems, the modern character is evident in such elements as the long roof overhangs and thinness of assemblies. The project required a variety of materials for various functional purposes. However, a pure uniformity was achieved by painting almost all of the wooden material white and selecting a galvanized or clear anodized metal finish. The white finish is a nod to the whitewash that was once so common throughout the southern United States.

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Smile Studio Job Role:

Designer, Project Manager

Time of Completion: 2011 Location: Chattanooga,

Tennessee

Size: 872 SF Awards: ASID first place, Lumicor case study, LEED silver, publicized in: ASID, Architect, and Chattanooga magazines

Project Description: Dr. Marie Farrar, an orthodontist, and her husband, prosthodontist Dr. Mitch Baldree, purchased their building in 1998. Committed to urban renewal, adaptive renewal, and historic preservation, they were able to transform a dilapidated building into respectable professional offices. In 2011, Dr. Farrar moved her orthodontic practice, Smile Studio, into the space adjoining her husband’s practice.

Site Description: The site is located in the rapidly developing Southside of Chattanooga, and in the heart of developing activities, including: restaurants, bars, residences, and a variety of boutique shops. The existing design vernacular ranges from industrial to contemporary. The client’s desires were for the space to be complimentary to her husband’s space next door while maintaining individuality.

Site Decisions: The facade treatment was based on precedent analysis from the historic Memphis downtown area along with Savannah, Georgia where simple wooden style and rail windows systems painted in a classic white color contrast nicely with the masonry around them. The window treatment provides privacy functionally, but also identity at the street. The entire facade is similar to a title page of a book and illustrates the company and its location. The graphic smile over the existing window mullion creates an impression of a gap between teeth. The company address ‘204 West Main Street’ is a graphic gesture to an urban setting.

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Building Design Decisions:

Conceptually, an idea of visual layering explored during architecture school was applied as a concept to Smile Studio. Parallels are seen when viewing the front facade of Smile Studio to the concept only-Apple store from fifth year at the University (see images below). Spaces are arranged so that a foreground, middle ground, and background are apparent from the street, which are also spaces for visitors to occupy: waiting, mezzanine, and treatment areas. Material function reinforces the aforementioned concept: railings made of clear resin with a thin layer of embedded cherry, sliding doors made of translucent resin, a feature wall with a translucent resin panel recessed in a cherry frame with a raised aluminum overlay (an abstraction of Dr. Farrar’s logo), a spiral stair clad in corrugated steel as a solid connecting element from ground to mezzanine all balanced with a monolithic masonry fabric as the contrasting back drop to the lightness added. Other primary considerations: environmental impact of design decisions (LEED silver), light, texture, and movement through the space. At the time of completion, this project was the smallest project to receive a LEED certification in the city of Chattanooga, totaling eight hundred and seventy-two square feet.

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“I knew we would have to be incredibly Aubert who works directly on certification for ing in particular had to be energy efficient, cost efficient with the space in order to get four HK, her goals were achieved. efficient and still have enough wattage for “It is the smallest LEED project in performing dental work. The solution—nine treatment chairs from it,” says Farrar. She also wanted the facility to have an open, contem- Chattanooga, but we had enough points to luminous orbs floating above patients’ heads porary look. Matthew Parks, an architect for qualify for LEED Silver, instead of just certify- provide plenty of light and a bit of fantasy to HK made a number of suggestions, such as a ing,” says Parks. “And, Dr. Farrar was awesome the large, open treatment room. circular staircase and HK’s interior designer sliding interior doors Misty Moon also used that were hung on oversized images and barn-door-style rails. appealing colors to transEvery bit of the space form the former storage had to work. “It had space into what her client to be precise,” says feels is a delightful enviFarrar. ronment. Moon’s interior “It took awhile to even won an award from get everything into Lumicor for capturing the place,” she says. “We creative use of its synthetic weren’t so focused and translucent doors. on cost per squareBeth Rabon of Detail foot, because we Designs accesorized the knew we would be interior. condensing our The result is cheery and productive use of the refreshing. High ceilings space.” However, provide a sense of larger there were plenty of space. Bright coral doors other things to focus and neutral sofas splashed on. with lime-green accents Farrar wanted the pop against the deep russet space to be distincof old brick. A circular tively different from stairway climbs to a kids’ her husband’s and mezzanine where siblings she felt compelled to Smile Studio at 204 West Main Street is LEED® silver certified by the US Green Building Council. can relax while they wait be environmentally for family members. sensitive. In fact, she wanted to seek the US to work with.” Patients look through tall windows across the Other challenges included cost-driven street to Townsend Atelier and the Hot Green Building Council’s LEED® certification (Leadership in Energy & Environmental ones, such as obtaining the best prices when Chocolatier, where handmade chocolates or a Design). With the help of Parks and Jessica ordering materials on a small scale. The light- good cup of hot cocoa are special treats.

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Sketch right-rendering of treatment stations with images to lighten the experience of orthodontia for children, an acoustic cloud to reduce noise and diffuse light, and enormous Japanese lantern behind translucent panels to simulate a sunset. 104

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Sketch left-the initial design was for the entire rear wall to be composed of resin panels framed by cherry wood frames. Sketch right-metal enclosed the spiral stair to emphasize verticality, bounce light, and contrast materials. 106

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LUMICOR CASE STUDY: 2012

CASE STUDY

Published in Lumicor marketing material

SMILE STUDIO ORTHODONTICS

PROJECT LOCATION

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Smile Studio Orthodontics Office Chattanooga, TN

DESIGN FIRM

Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects, PLLC

APPLICATION

Railings, Barn Doors and Interior Window

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Cherry Woodribbon, Sienna, and Gold Ice

CHATTANOOGA MAGAZINE: April 2012

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Urban Design Challenge Job Role:

Master Planner Team Member

Time of Completion: Location: Size:

2012

Southside of Chattanooga, TN

23 city blocks

Awards:

People’s Choice Award

Project Description: The Urban Design Challenge was a master planning competition held by a nonprofit organization called River City. By invite only, teams were formed and composed of multiple architects from multiple firms as well as other representatives from various disciplines, including landscape architects, business owners, and facility managers. Each team was assigned a unique area and was tasked to address the current urban issues and propose solutions that the city of Chattanooga or the individual entrepreneur may implement.

Site Description: The site is at the intersection of Broad Street and Main Street, which has historically been classified as ‘the gateway’ to Chattanooga. However, over time the ‘gateway’ notion has diminished. Loose infrastructure, blurry edges, and no sense of place has caused the intersection to be devoid of people in the heart of the Southside.

Site Decisions: The assigned site parameters were expanded to include more of the Southside fabric. The district’s grid, infrastructure, vehicular and pedestrian connections, and economic generators were analyzed. The city image as a whole along with its available resources were considered. Several questions were asked such as: What makes Chattanooga unique? Where does Chattanooga want to be in 10 years, 20 years, 50 years? What are the hindrances to this area? What urban features are missing, and what features are present that are not reinforced? What lessons can we learn from those before us?

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URBAN

Urban Design Decisions:

The design responds to many of the questions generated from initial analysis. Chattanooga is historically a railroad city, and Chattanooga’s nickname is the ‘scenic city.’ The design redefines existing rail yards intended to be sold to the public as new railroad lines for public train transportation as well as a connection to the existing greenway northeast of the Southside. Areas that were once rail lines have already been converted into manufacturing blocks without consideration for future development. One manufacturing facility dominates a large portion of the area; a chicken processing and distribution center occupies several prominent blocks adjacent to what should be the ‘gateway’ to Chattanooga. The masterplan shows what could be possible if the chicken plant was relocated to an area more suitable for manufacturing. Since the chicken plant is currently surrounded by professional businesses, restaurants, bars, and residential communities, the area would be allowed to infill with similar establishments. The design illustrates what can occur after the chicken plant is taken out of the equation, such as: a node at the intersection of Main Street and Broad Street with buildings to define the edges, pedestrian connections from all sides, outdoor activities to draw people in, and an overall experience that would create lasting urban memories for those who go through the gateway.

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If chickens could cheer, they certainly clucked their approval Tuesday night at a plan to replace the smelly Pilgrim's Pride processing plant with 23 blocks of urban renewal.

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plant was neither the highest nor the best use for what he sees as prime property downtown. "It is the biggest impediment to development in that area that there is," he said. "It's been talked about for years but it's never been brought up in public. Now, we're bringing it up." Under his team's proposal, the renamed Pilgrim's Plaza mixed-use development would anchor a new indoor arena that could replace or complement UTC's McKenzie Arena. McKenzie, which sits on valuable land that could serve as student housing, isn't big enough for some SEC and NCAA games and is too small for some concerts, Hudson said. "Chattanooga is missing out," he said. "An arena here makes sense." The arena would lie just north of Finley Stadium, allowing the two to share parking and other facilities. But it only works if the chicken fumes from Pilgrim's Pride aren't wafting through the bleachers. "The chicken plant eventually has got to go if development is going to happen," Hudson argued. Designers also tackled the dour-looking intersection of Broad and Main, described by architect Heidi Hefferlin as "a place that is a nowhere place." Under the new plan, designers want to transform the area into an explosion of urban activity. New buildings and a light-rail station surround a remarkable plaza with emanating concentric brick waves. "In our design, the new buildings kind of cascade around the site," Hefferlin said. The proposed rail lines, some of which already exist, would connect commuters to the university district to the north, and to the U.S. Pipe site to the south. 2/13/2015 Southside planners replace chicken plant with arena, light rail | Business Around the Region | Times Free Press

Nearby greenways would link the Southside to the Riverwalk, St. Elmo and Lookout http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2012/jul/18/anewgateway/82746/ Mountain.

"It's very possible that something like this could happen," said Hudson, though he admitted that some elements of urban design are always a dream. "At some point, they said that we should put in an aquarium and everybody said they were crazy," Hudson said. "They were dreaming then, and we're dreaming now." Parking is handled through surface parking and underground parking garages beneath Pilgrim's Plaza, but ultimately through de-emphasizing the car's role in the reimagined Southside, said architect Matthew Parks. And, if possible, de-emphasizing the Pilgrim's Pride plant downtown. Pilgrim's Pride, which employs more than 1,500 workers at its two Chattanooga poultry processing plants, discussed with designers the possibility of consolidating its operations elsewhere, Parks said. "When we examined what we could put there instead, we said 'wow, look what we can do now,'" Parks said. "Something has to happen with that chicken plant." Follow the latest Chattanooga news on Facebook.

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Wilt Residence Job Role:

Project Manager, Tech Coordinator

Time of Completion: Location: Size:

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Ooltewah, TN

2500 SF

Project Description: Reminiscent of a cottage from ‘Lord of the Rings’ or perhaps a Grimm Brothers tale, the Wilt Residence is a cabin composed of massive, heavy timbers located on a wooded site in Ooltewah, TN. The client kept stating ‘bigger is better,’ and one can see this request was fulfilled when examining the 8x16” wood beams field cut with chain saws, twelve inch purlins, and 8x8 heavy timber columns.

Site Description: The site is located in Ooltewah, TN on a wooded site at the end of a neighborhood street. The slope descends for much of the property. Most of the views of a naturally forested area exist to the rear of the property, where the grade falls the greatest.

Site Decisions: A circle drive descends to the home and spurs off to a two-car garage. The house centers on the circle drive and merges with the hillside. A 12’-0” walk out basement allows for generous unfinished storage and allows for public space to rise above existing contours. Large steel supported decks jut out into the wooded lot on the rear providing for sensational views. Another spur from the drive descends around the home to provide vehicular access to the basement, but also bypassing much of the forested areas on the property.

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Notice how the massive fascia beam supports the roof eave. The dormers are framed so that the three heavy timber beams are exposed on the exterior, mimicking an aesthetic of the larger entry porch structure. As much structure as possible is exposed in the cabin, and as much hardware as possible is concealed in the heavy timber. Trusses march along the center of the home, where a stair winds up to the bedrooms. The truss adjacent to the catwalk matches the height needed for a guardrail so no additional barrier is needed other than the truss. Three inch decking spans between purlins, which supports an appropriately selected slate roof. Much consideration was given to how the house meets the topography. The foundation walls are twelve inch poured in place concrete walls that have a stepped four inch recess that staggers with grade and provides a masonry shelf for stone cladding support.

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Davis Residence Concept Design Job Role:

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Site Description: The site is located along a beautiful lake with expansive views and all the nature that Chattanooga has to offer. The existing grade slopes enough to provide a generous walk out basement and economic construction heights, while creating a primary entrance at grade to the floor above.

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The client provided one single image of a home they found attractive; however, they left the conceptual analysis open for investigation. Inspiration was taken from the apparent volumes the image provided, such as a large volume that slices through a smaller volume and at the same time provides for poche space to occur at primary bearing walls. Ease of construction is achieved with modulated framed bays with load bearing walls. Poche space is used to create a variety of functions and interest to the design including: fireplaces, media walls, sleeping nooks, and plumbing recesses. The house’s fenestration is a diagram of openness juxtaposed against privacy. The front of the house, excluding the public volume, is treated with punched openings while the rear opens up to nature and views.

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Area 203 Tech Office Job Role:

Project Manager, Designer

Time of Completion: Location: Size:

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Chattanooga, TN

22,000 SF

Project Description: Area 203 Digital specializes in visual graphics and business marketing strategies and sought a creative space to encompass their existing size as well as provide for future growth. There are multiple departments within Area 203 including: creative team, analytic team, account management, and a media team. Area 203’s project mission was to create a calm, simple, and elegant space that is conducive for the work of creative types.

Site Description: The site is located in an office building along Riverfront Parkway in the first floor. Area 203 occupies multiple tenant spaces along the western side. The building has an existing exposed concrete floor structure in part and steel bar joists in the executive office division. Views are of Lookout Mountain and Raccoon mountain in the distance.

Site Decisions: Sensitivity to natural lighting is dealt with in open office areas with operable shades that can be raised or lowered as the sun passes overhead. Executive offices are located in the building wing that has many exterior windows with excellent views of Lookout Mountain beyond. A large conference room is located off of the building’s primary common corridor with large frameless glass panels that invite people to be visually engaged with Area 203’s marketing activities.

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Area 203’s project mission is met by leaving the existing building infrastructure exposed and unifying walls and ceiling with a shade of white. The work stations are located around existing windows to receive full benefit of natural indirect light when available. The offices maintain a sense of openness by using long spans of tall glass in a frameless design. The flooring material is a thick and comfortable carpet with charcoal color where Area 203’s employees have been spotted sitting and relaxing on as much as someone might enjoy a sofa. The furniture and workstation materials are light and soft colors that continue the same logic implemented in the architecture, and their layout is such that an open team atmosphere is promoted. The pure planes of the space provides the client much opportunity to do what they do best--be creative. Many graphics and slogans flow through the space and unify the client’s identity with the architecture that surrounds them.

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Glass Street, A Better Block Job Role:

Volunteer, Designer, Builder

Time of Completion: Location: Size:

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Glass Street, Chattanooga, TN

5300 SF

Project Description: A non-profit organization titled ‘Glass House Collective’ was seeking volunteers to assist in a ‘Better Block’ initiative for an area in Chattanooga, Tennessee that has great promise, but little public attention. Part of the initiative was to plan and develop a community space on a vacant corner. The development was to include a modest structure to define the street edge, plans for an outdoor stage, and some basic lighting for nighttime activities.

Site Description: The site is located at the intersection of North Chamberlain Street and Glass Street. It is flanked on two sides by buildings that angle back toward the site, creating a wedge shape of site opportunity. The street intersection is a primary one for this initiative, and the community center design was to serve as a gateway for the initiative.

Site and Structure Design Decisions: The natural wedge shape is perfect for a stage at the rear; it opens up the entire site for large gatherings and events and the shape naturally provides focus on the stage. The street edge is preserved by a heavy timber structure clad with donated canvas. The existing buildings serve as artistic canvases and as a back drop to the community space. A plexi element that curves at the same radius as the street intersection denotes the ‘entrance’ and has a wider column spacing to allow for vehicular access. The rear horizontal bars at the rear of the heavy timber structure will receive pieces from local artists. The column bases will receive glass with embedded lights.

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PAR The Glass Street community space is located at the intersection of North Chamberlain and Glass Street. The space is defined by a 80’ long shade structure made of wood, steel, and canvass and an earthen stage for public performances.

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The idea for a new public space on Glass Street was developed through a series of visioning meetings. With the support of Hefferlin+Kronenberg Architects, local designer Matthew Parks created and tested designs for the space with people from the neighborhood. Is it functional? Is it beautiful? What resources do we need to make this happen? This learning process continued into the construction phase of the project as well. Onsite problemsolving was led by local designer Joshua Jorgensen, Chattanoogabased artist Rondell Crier, and resident Travis Yeagley. A plaque thanking all those involved was unveiled at a ribbon cutting ceremony with local elected officials and neighborhood association leadership. Now, our neighbors have a new and beautiful space for interaction and enjoyment on Glass Street – built by and for the community. Outcomes:

25 people engaged $2,600 worth of donated materials 230 hours of volunteered time

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Collegedale Commons Job Role:

Designer

Time of Completion: Location: Size:

2013

Collegedale, TN

231, 860 SF of Building Area

Project Description: Collegedale Commons is a master plan, conceptual building designs, and construction cost estimation for a non-profit organization titled Collegedale Tomorrow. Building program includes: an amphitheater with attached meeting rooms, two farmers markets, a series of mixed use buildings that included retail on the bottom floors and office on the second, a clock tower, an audio tower, and supporting amenities such as a lake and boat house.

Site Description: The site is located behind an existing town hall building, in close proximity to an existing church and shares a border with an existing creek and greenway. Property to the west is an existing vacant, sunken area of underutilized space. East of the site is a donated parcel of property owned by a local investor and donated for additional parking. North of the site is a major artery of Collegedale that runs through the city’s center.

Site Decisions: Creating edges along existing streets, establishing pedestrian connections to the existing greenway, and creating a strong axis to the existing church are some guiding principles in the design. The amphitheater and lawn are essential to the development. The large lawn is ideal for any anticipated amphitheater function and centers on an amphitheater large enough for the Chattanooga orchestra. Parking is located along the Eastern side which connects to overflow parking across the creek. A lake and boathouse infill the area subject to flooding. Additional streets are proposed to connect the new uses with one another and back to the main feeder of the property, Swinyar Drive. Landscaping reinforces edges and important axes. 158

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The building designs were assigned to different team members on the project to provide some conceptual, functional, and visual variation. For the purposes of this document, focus is on the three buildings forming the Southeast wing of the development, and the audio visual tower illustrated as a glass volume that flanks the clock tower. Modern Craftsman style was the only guideline given by the client. For the three Southeast buildings listed above, the following design principles are illustrated: three and twelve hipped and gabled truss roofs supported by heavy timber columns; diagonal braces, and beams that act as large trusses; cantilevered corners at the ends of buildings; a stone or brick base; large punched openings at retail locations contrasted with continuous glass along the second floor and at end conditions; exterior balconies at second level offices; and an eroded trellis at the primary property axis. The audio/visual tower’s structure is also designed to be heavy timber with geometry that relates back to the three buildings described above. To contrast the bulk of the structure, the occupiable volume is a glass cube that floats out of the wooden structure.

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Ivy Academy Master Plan and Building Design Job Role:

Designer, Master Planner, Project Manager

Time of Completion: 2014 Location: Soddy Daisy, Size:

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Awards: USDA featured project, publicized in Chattanooga Times Free Press Project Description: Ivy Academy is a charter school located in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee for grades 9-12. They sought a design in 2014 with intentions of converting an existing office shell adjacent to North Chickamauga Creek into a high school building. One of the school’s foci is to incorporate the outdoor environment as much as possible into their curriculum. With a shoe string budget of only $80/sf, problem solving was a key ingredient.

Site Description: Ivy Academy also requested a master plan for their new campus that included a two story secondary school building, a single story recycling center, several gardens, a hydroponic center, an amphitheater, a touch football field, and an observation deck adjacent to the creek. The new building is a provision for the school’s attendance to double in size within the next few years, and the amenities all support many of the school’s main academic agendas.

Site Decisions: Two items added to the site program through the design process were: 1) a Zen garden to the middle of the site which provides sand, boulders, bamboo, and the sounds of the creek beyond and 2) an interconnected trail system that integrates building circulation and each site amenity with one another. The garden provides an area for teachers to lead students through a focused quite time; functionally, the sand quickly sheds water which is advantageous for this site; and the trails provide a layered experience through the entire campus. This same concept was admired by another local college when reviewing company work; and they intend to adopt a similar outdoor program.

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The school layout includes classrooms ringing the exterior of the building, with the cafeteria/auditorium in the middle, and this allows for each classroom to have large windows and doors that connect students directly to the exterior. A main architectural element and concept is a curving circulation zone with a lowered ceiling juxtaposed against double height spaces. The shape is an abstraction of the adjacent creek which highlights the site in which it is located as well as reinforces the school’s core emphasis: nature. With such a tight budget, a big move such as this one that adds interest as well as serves purpose was critical in elevating basic function to something architectural. The restrooms are treated as an object in double height space, with their ceilings kept at 9’-0”. This design move allows the auditorium space to feel continuous and provide tall display walls along areas of movement. Finishes are modest, but they maintain the school’s colors and identity in a fun way. The public space lighting is Japanese lanterns at $0.98 per light. They are arranged in a pattern that imitates celestial bodies in outer space.

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Ivy Academy’s curving corridor’s geometry was an abstraction of the adjacent Chickamauga Creek. Functionally, it connected a public entrance to a student entrance. Architecturally, it has become the image of the school and has reinforced the school’s the validity to the public.

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Image of the cafeteria/auditorium fully occupied, with Japanese lanterns spaced for uniform lighting, but alternating in height and maintaining a seemingly random pattern. The large fan in the middle of the room was a key solution in keeping the verticality. Forced air was designed to ventilate the room, and the fan propels and circulates the air to occupants below. The green and curving soffit is intended to receive the school’s logo. 179

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