Monroe County by SWBR

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Select Projects with Monroe County Master Facility Plan Clerk’s Office Legislative Chambers Ontario Beach Carousel Highland Park Warner Castle Hall of Justice and Courts Alterations Regional Traffic Operations Center Juvenile Justice Center Air Rescue Fire Facility Ebenezer Watts House Monroe County Data Center Seneca Park Zoo: • Main Zoo Building Evaluation Study • Meerkat Exhibit • White Rhino Enclosure Monroe Community College: • Wolk School for Excellence in Nursing • Building 9 Renovation and Addition • Campus Center New Construction • Master Planning Phases I & II • Administration Building Upgrades • Sciences Building Addition • Communications/Theatre Building Upgrades • Biology Laboratory Renovation • Biotechnology Laboratory Renovation • Microbiology Laboratory Renovation • Bookstore Expansion • Student Lounges • Library Structural Study

Monroe County Regional Transportation Operations Center

Owner: Monroe County Gross SF: 42,500 Location: Rochester, NY Completion Date: 2002 Winner of 2002 NYS Association of Consulting Engineers statewide competition Gold award for Special Projects. Winner of 2002 American Public Works Association Project of the Year Award for Transportation Projects over $10 million dollars. 2003 Citation of Merit Winner for the Rochester Chapter American Institute of Architects.

This facility is shared by four entities: The Greater Rochester International Airport, Monroe County Department of Transportation, New York State Department of Transportation, and the New York State Police. The operations center is designed in a way so that all of the work stations are focused on a large screen display that displays all traffic signal and flow information and is capable of displaying real time video images. Behind the large projection screen is the room for central communications and the computer center that links the NYS DOT, County DOT and the NYS Police. The facility and system serve to increase public safety on State and County roadways through monitoring traffic flow, signal problems, accidents, weather conditions and reacting to this information by dispatching police or maintenance vehicles, controlling signal frequency or other action. The MCDOT & NYSDOT Signals Maintenance Divisions occupy the central portion of the facility. The NYS Police Troop E, has relocated here as well; their Communications section has become an integral part of the final part of the project: creation of a Traffic Operations Center/Traffic Control Center.

Maintenance Garage

Emergency Response Center

South Facade

Truck Bay

Monroe County Hall of Justice

Owner: Monroe County Location: Rochester, NY Completion Date: 2004

A key landmark in the Rochester Government Center, the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s era Monroe County Courthouse encompasses 350,000 sq.ft. on a prominent downtown site. The existing courthouse was overcrowded, lacking basic security features and inefficient in space and staff utilization. Working with Ricci Associates, a justice planning specialist firm based in New York City, our work was organized in four phases: Space Needs Projections, Operations Analysis, Options and Implementation. The findings of the Analysis Phase were packaged together with the Space Program to create a series of strategic options. The implementation resulted in a courthouse with improved safety, greater staff efficiency, and more effective space utilization, while enhancing the dignity and stature of the courthouse in the Civic Center.

Public Entrance

Standard Courtroom

Monroe County Ebenezer Watts House

Owner: Monroe County Location: Rochester, NY Completion Date: 2000 Rochester Chapter AIA 2000 Design Award Winner

Estimated to have been built between 1825 and 1827, the structure is the oldest residence within the inner-loop of the City of Rochester still on its original foundations. Despite numerous owners and alterations, most notably a significant renovation in 1956, the structure remains an important example of early Rochester domestic architecture. Monroe County purchased the house to be used as a conference center, a compatible use for the building. Returning the Watts House to its original configuration entailed clarifying the circulation and removing walls to create reasonable spaces. The few details which were recreated were based on what currently exists. The grand, curved stairway of the entry hall is the focal point of the house. The wood balusters, which define the staircase's sweeping arc, were bending under the weight of the rail. Concealed strengthening devices were installed to give the rail stability. The project ensures the preservation of the historic and architectural value of the Ebenezer Watts House. SWBR worked in conjunction with the Landmark Society to review the rehabilitation process.

Press Conference/ Training Room

Renovated Waiting Area

Public Entry

Courtyard at Dusk

Renovated Entry

Monroe County Legislative Chambers

Owner: Monroe County Location: Rochester, NY Completion Date: 1989 Rochester A.I.A. Citation for Preservation The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Lighting Design Award

The Monroe County Legislative Chambers is housed in a building that was designed in 1891 by J. Foster Warner and was the first public building in the state to be modeled after an Italian palazzo. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in Washington D.C., as one of America’s important historical edifices. Despite the buildings original glory, “modernization” work and extensive water damage ultimately led to the facility’s decline. Much of its architectural integrity was lost. SWBR was charged with returning the Chambers to the character and elegance it once possessed. To achieve this goal the twenty-year old spline ceiling was removed to reveal the original ornate plaster ceiling. The ceiling moldings were repaired and the entire space received new lighting. The room’s acoustics were reworked to diminish noise from the existing heat pump system and to reduce excessive reverberation due to a profusion of hard surfaces. Finally the space was repainted in a color scheme reminiscent of the original. This was completed within the tight $175,000 budget and the construction work took place within a prerequisite three and a half months. The project won a Rochester Chapter of American Institute of Architects Design Award.

Monroe County County Clerk’s Office

Owner: Monroe County Location: Rochester, NY Completion Date: 1993 Rochester Chapter AIA Design Award Winner 1994 Citation of Merit from the Rochester Chapter of the Landmark Society

Modeled after an Italian renaissance palazzo, the Monroe County Courthouse included such modern features as electric lights, pneumatic tube delivery systems, and bronze office partitions of standardized parts, a forerunner of the office systems in use today. By 1992, the building was in use as the County Office Building and its main public space, the County Clerk’s Office, was suffering from neglect and the conditions imposed by an accumulation of well-intentioned, though sometimes misguided, renovations. The challenge of the renovation was to create in this 1894 space a working environment, incorporating a computer records system, while respecting the intentions of the original architecture. While the budget could not support a full restoration, available original artifacts were incorporated wherever possible. The project was completed in three phases which allowed the County Clerk’s Office to remain open throughout the renovation. Finished in 1993, the project received a Citation of Merit from the Rochester Chapter of the Landmark Society and an American Institute of Architects Certificate of Merit.

Employee Work Area

Monroe County Juvenile Justice Center

Owner: Monroe County Location: Rochester, NY Completion Date: N/A

SWBR in association with Ricci Associates developed a schematic design for a new Juvenile Justice Center for Monroe County. The project is a 120 bed juvenile placement and detention center with juvenile courts and probation offices on the second floor, with aftercare facilities planned on campus. Juveniles reside in secure 16-bed residential households, designed with clerestories and secure courtyards for ample daylight. Kitchen, dining rooms, classrooms, vocational training areas, and a gymnasium are part of the building. Courtrooms, judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chambers and attorney and probation offices are included on the second floor. Exterior elevations are sensitive to the historic district of the Rochester Psychiatric Center Campus and the adjacent Monroe Community Hospital. All internal detention spaces are designed as normative environments with architecture and furniture de-institutionalized as much as possible. The goal of the project was to balance the wants and needs of a variety of user groups with the design including detention staff, Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department, Office of Courts Administration, the Probation Department, American Corrections Association guidelines and regulations of the NYS Office of Children and Family Services.

Monroe County Air Rescue Fire Facility

Owner: Monroe County Contact: Mr. Robert Siegle, Chief, (585) 464-6036 Completion Date: 2002 Construction Cost: $3.5M including all site work

MCARFF is a 15,000 SF state-of-the-art fire fighting facility which houses around the clock services for specialized airport fire fighting personnel and rescue equipment. The building includes an operations training room, full service kitchen, bunk rooms, exercise facility, ready-rack storage room, hazardous materials clean-up, and an apparatus bay with exhaust-arresting system, radiant tube heating, and water fill lines which can pump 2,500 gallons of water in 3 seconds.

Monroe County Courts Rochester Government Center

Owner: Monroe County Location: Rochester, NY Square Footage: 350,000SF Completion Date: 1997

A key landmark in the Rochester Government Center, the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s era Monroe County Courthouse encompasses 350,000 SF on a prominent downtown site. The existing Courthouse is overcrowded, lacking basic security features and inefficient in space and staff utilization. Working with Ricci Associates, a justice planning specialist firm based in NYC, our study was organized in three phases: Space Needs Projections, Operations Analysis, and Options. The findings of the Analysis Phase were packaged together with the Space Program to create a series of Strategic Options, now being considered by the County. Implementation of the recommendations of the study will result in a Courthouse with improved safety, greater staff efficiency, and more effective space utilization, while enhancing the dignity and stature of the Courthouse in the Civic Center.

Monroe County Seneca Park Zoo Main Building Evaluation Study

Owner: Monroe County/Seneca Park Zoo Contact: Larry Sorel Location: Rochester, NY

The Main Zoo Building was built circa 1931 as a facility to exhibit zoological animals and was designed for the City of Rochester by the local Architectural firm of Arnold and Stern. The facility, the first substantial building on zoo property, was constructed of steel, cast-in-place concrete, and unit masonry. The main level of the building is 10,000 GSF in size and primarily houses the animal exhibits and public areas of the facility. The upper level is 2,500 GSF in size and houses staff functions including a large break area and kitchen area. The basement level is 1,000 GSF in size and accommodates the majority of the primary mechanical equipment for the facility.

Monroe County Seneca Park Zoo White Rhino Enclosure

Owner: Monroe County/Seneca Park Zoo Contact: Larry Sorel Location: Rochester, NY

The Seneca Park Zoo modified the former elephant enclosure to house two male White Rhinos. The design team began its work in March 2006. SWBR Architects worked closely with the owner representatives to understand the unique nature of the work, design the specialty components necessary to contain the animals, and administer the construction of the enclosure modifications. These modifications include the construction of a cast-inplace concrete stall separation wall, the associated sliding doors, and a public guard rail assembly.

Monroe County Seneca Park Zoo Meerkat Exhibit

Owner: Monroe County/Seneca Park Zoo Contact: Larry Sorel Location: Rochester, NY

SWBR Architects undertook a concept development analysis to convert the existing Tortoise Exhibit into an exhibit area to house Meerkats. • Removal of the existing vegetation and topsoil fill to reveal the extents of the sea lion pool. • Fill in the remaining void and provide a concrete slab to act as a substrate for the finished exhibit topsoil floor. • Provide a concrete block diving wall to designate a separate cages denning/keeper area from the primary exhibit space. This divider wall will be configured with pass through openings to allow for animal access. • Provide and exhibit floor elevation that is raised to allow for better public viewing of the animals. • Provide overhead wire mesh for the containment of the animals. • Reconfigure the glazing at the public viewing wall to reuse pre-existing glass panels in the Zoo’s possession, and provide full height separation required for animal containment.

Monroe Community College Gleason College of Science and Technology Building 9 Phase 1 and 2 Renovations

Owner: Monroe County / Monroe Community College Contact: Robert Cunningham, Director of Academic Learning Environments Phone: (585) 292-2169 Location: Rochester, NY Construction Cost: Ph. I $4.5M, Ph. II $7.4M (within budget) Completion Date: August 2011 (on schedule) Firm Role: Architect of Record (Programming through Construction)

Upon completion of the Wolk Center for Excellence in Nursing addition to Building 9, the College began improvements to one of the last remaining buildings on its Brighton Campus that had not been significantly renovated since its construction in the mid1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Phase I of the renovations consisted of replacement of the primary mechanical and electrical system infrastructure for the building (setting it up for Phase II), and the renovation of a 5,000 SF stateof-the-art electronic technology laboratory classroom and support space. Phase II consisted of six sub-phases of construction that essentially gutted and replaced the balance of the interior areas of the building (77,000 SF), while keeping at least 50% of the building occupied and functional as classroom space at any one time. Strategic planning of the phases of construction was the key to success in this project. The project increased the number of general classrooms and specialty lab spaces in the facility by eliminating redundant circulation and by better utilizing the remaining spaces. These instructional spaces provide modern technology infrastructure, durable finishes, and improved acoustical performance. A sky-lit student collaboration space was developed in the interior of the building using part of the footprint of an unused 2-story lecture hall. A second floor deck was built in the remaining parts of the old lecture hall to provide new classroom space.

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Atrium

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Classroom

Monroe Community College Louis S. and Molly B. Wolk Center for Excellence in Nursing

The Wolk Center is a 20,000 GSF addition to the existing twostory Building 9 on Monroe Community Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Brighton, NY campus. It opened in August 2008, and is home to MCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expanding nursing program. The first floor of the addition provides 10,000 GSF of nursing instructional space and includes, a nursing center, patient simulator/tutorial lab, four nursing/ medical/surgical/maternity labs, and storage. The second floor of the addition provides 10,000 GSF of classroom and office space, and a nursing lounge for students and faculty to relax and interact.

Building 9

Monroe Community College R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center

Owner: Monroe Community College/Monroe County Phone: Robert Cunningham, Director of Academic Learning Environments, (585) 292-2169 Location: Rochester, NY Construction Cost: $24.5M Completion Date: 2001

“The new Campus Center is nothing short of remarkable.” - Mark Pastorella from the MCC Foundations newsletter

Construction is complete for the first Phase of the new 130,000 GSF, $24,500,000 Campus Center for Monroe Community College. The project completes the College’s 1995 Comprehensive Master Plan which called for the overdue revamping of Campus Student Services. Enrollment growth from 6,000 to 11,000 students in the past 25 years has driven the need for expansion and reconsolidation of student related services. The project meets the Campus’s expanded needs by providing centrally located student services, a consolidated and upgraded food service and cyber café, a meeting and conferencing center, as well as a modernized and expanded campus retail and book store. The integrated campus technology infrastructure included wireless and direct connections to the campus network, streamlining video and merging of campus related activities, streamlined connectivity to student and academic services, facility -wide distribution of communication and data, and a book store inventory control and facilitated distribution system. A major two-story atrium houses the core of the Campus Center. Key program areas are located around the atrium bringing an active community and retail atmosphere to the student service facility.

Cafe

Atrium

Bookstore

Seating Area