Terry McCormick
Architecture - Graphic Design - Research
Terry McCormick
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80K SF $72 M
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$65 M
Design technology has changed the face of the architecture and construction industry. I believe that the same database of information used to conceive a building concept can also be used to create construction documents, coordinate building systems, estimate project costs, and reduce problems in the field during construction. I have implemented BIM systems in design and construction projects for the past five years at EHDD in San Francisco. I love designing and detailing in a 3D model because of the visual and technical benefits it affords my projects.
40K SF
$24 M
49K SF
$39 M
The technical details of building projects tell the true story of the conceptual design of the architecture. Buildable, efficient details that are creative and water tight are essential to the success of any project. Elegant details lead to good design and are critical to sustainable architecture.
10K SF
$32 M
15K SF $11 M
$11 M
5K SF
$5 M
2002
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Terry McCormick, AIA LEED AP BD+C
$95 M
150K SF
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Each architectural design has unique challenges and must respond to specific attributes of the client’s culture, financial goals, and most importantly, the environmental factors of the site and daylight. No one solution will work for all building typologies or series of similar conditions.
$185 M
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y goal as an architect is continual development as a design and technical leader, always maintaining an awareness of the personal, social, and sustainable needs of the public in the built environment. I believe architecture carries the privilege and the burden of serving all sectors of society by providing functional space that is safe, beautiful, and does not harm the environment. My job is to serve all of these sectors and improve the lives of others.
210K SF
2012
The David and Lucile
PACKARD FOUNDATION
National Headquarters 343 Second Street Los Altos CA
Packard goes for Net Zero Energy The office building for the Packard Foundation will use PV panels, solar thermal water heaters, a high performance envelope, low plug loads, and chilled beam technology to achieve a Net Zero energy building that sets an example for the community. Along with the high tech office design, the design team and foundation staff have worked together to reduce staff car use, electricity use by staff, and have reduced the amount of paper used by the entire staff.
Project Title: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation - 343 Second Street Location: Los Altos, California Size: 49,000 SF New Construction Cost: $38 Million Date: Spring 2012 View of meeting room
Description: Ground floor plan
The Packard Foundation office building is the first of its size in the US to plan for Net Zero Energy use. A fully integrated design strategy that included the foundation staff, architects, engineering consultants, and contractor was required to achieve this goal. Using a thermally tight envelope, solar PV panels, and low energy systems, the foundation will achieve a 65% reduction in energy use from the current office building base line energy model. My role on the design team was project architect for the building exterior and BIM coordinator. The lateral structural system is a Buckling Restrained Braced Frame. A high level of 3D BIM detailing and coordination was required for both the MEP systems and low air infiltration skin systems.
View of work space
View of meeting hall
University of California at Santa Cruz
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PACKARD FOUNDATION The David and Lucile
Research Laboratory Santa Cruz , CA
National Headquarters 343 Second Street Los Altos CA
UC Santa Cruz in Search of Cures In the redwood hills of Santa Cruz California, the University of California Biomedical Sciences lab will attract the worlds best researchers looking for the cure for cancer, AIDS, and other degenerative diseases.
The 5 story lab is fully equipped with the latest in research equipment, has an animal research vivarium, contains a stem cell research lab, and will be a LEED Gold certified building.
UCSC received a large NIH grant to complete the stem cell lab within the building which will be completed in 2012.
Project Title: University of California at Santa Cruz Biomedical Sciences Building Location: Santa Cruz, California Size: 94,000 SF New Construction Cost: $78 Million Date: Summer 2012 Description: This Biomedical Laboratory for UCSC will provide specialized facilities for scientific work in Stem Cell research, Biochemistry, Environmental Toxicology, and Molecular Biology. The building site is located in the university’s campus hill and sits between the Science Library and the Physical Sciences Building. The project will be LEED Gold certified and was completed using an integrated BIM design and coordination process.
View of lab windows
View of entry bridge
View of entry
Ground floor plan
My project role for the Biomedical Sciences building was the job captain for the exterior shell and core, the Vivarium design and coordination, the REVIT BIM coordinator, and job captain during construction administration focusing on sub-contractor BIM review and shop drawings.
MBA Sets Bar for World Class Exhibit The original Outer Bay Wing (OBW) of the Monterey Bay Aquarium housed the world’s first open ocean shark tank with over 1 million gallons of sea water. The shark mountain exhibit had planned to attract visitors from across the globe with two new shark exhibits, the world’s largest eel tank, and an upgrade to their world class aquarium. The shark tank design was the first plan to use complex curves in acrylic to allow visitors to walk under a tank while standing next to it.
Shark Mountain Exhibit & Outerbay Wing Renovation
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
Monterey, California
Project Title: Monterey Bay Aquarium Outer Bay Wing - Shark Mountain Exhibit Location: Monterey, California Size: 92,290 SF - Renovation Cost: $60 Million Date - Fall 2012 Description: View of eel tanks
Tank Support Diagram
The original Monterey Bay Aquarium design and construction was completed by EHDD in the early 1980’s and the intent of this renovation was to ehance the visitor experience with a world class aquarium design and new exhibits. The project included over 1 million gallons of sea water in renovated and new tanks, multiple species of shark, sunfish, moray eel, tuna, sardines, coral and rays. The design also utilized new technology in acrylic tank geometry, exhibit rock work, and life support systems for the animals.
View of open ocean tank
View of shark mountain tank
My role on this project was job captain for the shark tanks, coordination of the concrete structure and vendor coordination with the acrylic tank fabricators.
The University of California at Merced
HOUSING 4 - THE SUMMITS
Merced, California
UC Merced Expands Student Housing The University of California at Merced is the newest campus in the UC system opening its doors in September 2005. UCM is a research focused institution that offers programs in the sciences and serves many first generation immigrant students in California’s Central Valley. Housing 4 - The Summits is the fourth student dorm on campus and offers 365 beds. The floors are organized around a central module of dorm rooms with a shared bathroom. The ground level contains a game room, multipurpose room, and offices. Each floor has three student lounges which will light the exterior facade at night.
Project Title: The University of California at Merced Student Housing 4 - The Summits Location: Merced, California Size: 110,000 SF New Construction Cost: $34.2 Million Date: Fall 2013 Description: UC Merced Housing 4 is a 365 bed, 5 story student dormitory building. The structural system is a steel frame with a dual moment frame and eccentric braced frame lateral system.
Courtyard plaza view Aerial perspective
There is one air handler per orientation of the building for optimum control and energy savings. The roof contains 10,000 SF of PV panels which produces energy for multiple buildings on campus. The exterior of the building is organized around the programmatic elements on the interior. The ground floor contains public spaces as well as exterior breeze ways that connect major circulation routes on campus.
West study view Plan diagram
Lobby view
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
CENTER FOR ADVANCED CARE Parkridge Illinois
ALGH Cancer Center Connects with Local Community The ALGH campus in Park Ridge IL, thirty minutes west of Chicago, was seeing a decline in patients in the early 2000’s. The campus was built in the early 1960’s with precast concrete construction and was behind in medical treatment technology. To make a better visual connection to the community and advertise their technology upgrades in cancer treatment, the hospital wanted a modern facility as it’s front door.
Project Title: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Center for Advanced Care Location: Park Ridge, Illinois Size: 150,000 SF Addition/ Renovation Cost: $24 Million Date: Spring, 2005 Description:
Evening view at entry
This is an addition to an existing Cancer Center that was built in the late 1960’s. The design challenge to this project was visually unifying 3 different cancer treatment departments in an addition with existing floor heights of 8’-8”. Atrium rendering
Section perspective at atrium
Site diagram
View at waiting room
The addition provided a curtain wall exterior and a public waiting and circulation area to connect the departments. The interior was a complete renovation of the Gyne Oncology, Radiology, Women’s Breast Center and Chemotherapy departments. My role on this project was to generate the design concepts, produce design visualization, work with user groups to develop the plans, detail the exterior curtain wall and assist with construction administration.
ALGH Bed Tower Redefines Parkridge The new Children’s Hospital and Patient Care Tower for the ALGH medical campus provides a new definition in technology and sustainability for Park Ridge IL. The new tower includes 200 new patient beds, a pediatric center, a labor and delivery unit, and a radiology department.
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL + TOWER Parkridge, Illinois
The tower is surrounded by gardens and has a green roof. The building collects all rainwater for on-site use. This project redefines the entrance into the city of Park Ridge.
Project Title: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Bed Tower Expansion Location: Park Ridge, Illinois Size: 600,000 SF Addition/ Renovation Cost: $240 Million Section at patient room
Date: Fall 2005 The ALGH Children’s Hospital and Patient Care Tower project will add over 200 patient beds to the hospital. The bed tower will contain a pediatric center, radiology department, birthing center, general surgery, cardiology department, registration and administration. This building is a LEED Silver certified project.
View at entry
View at patient room
View at ground floor lobby
Exterior facade view
View at roof terrace
Aspects for achieving the silver rating include a trombe wall heating system, recycled content for interior finishes, a light shelf in the curtain wall to reduce heat gain, a green roof and a cistern for rain water harvesting used for landscape irrigation. My role on this project was to assist the designer with the concept design, produce the digital design models, detail the exterior wall systems, and coordinate the documents.
LVHS Brings Education Excellence to Chicago’s South side Set in a traditionally hispanic neighborhood on Chicago’s south side, LVHS was conceived from a group of local parents who fasted for 13 days in protest over the low quality public schools in their neighborhood. LVHS brings the small school concept where 800 students can specialize in 1 of 4 areas of focus for all 4 years of their high school education. The school offers over 400,000 SF of classroom, auditorium, library, art and athletic spaces.
Chicago Public School System
LITTLE VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL
Chicago, Illinois
Project Title: Chicago Public Schools - Little Village High School Location: Chicago, Illinois Size: 410,000 SF - New Construction Cost: $65 Million Date: March, 2003
View at entry
Description:
View of student commons
This is one of the largest High Schools ever built for the Chicago Public School System. Little Village High School is on Chicago’s Southeast side in a traditionally hispanic neighborhood. The school system decided to build the school after a group of local mothers went on a hunger strike for 13 days. To pay respect to those mothers, there is a cone shaped lobby in the center of the school’s courtyard that has a sun calendar where the light disappears on the anniversary of the strike. LVHS also has a state of the art auditorium, gymnasium, pool, art department and cafeteria. My role on this project was design support and documentation of the interior.
View at entry
View at lobby
University of California at San Fransico - Mission Bay
NEUROSCIENCES BUILDING
San Francisco, California - Mission Bay Campus
UCSF Focuses Research Expansion to Mission Bay The UCSF Mission Bay Neurosciences building was an invited design competition to develop the most elegant architectural design for the lowest cost. EHDD and SKS investments teamed up with McCarthy construction to develop this proposal. The design of this 200,000 SF facility included general research laboratories, a penthouse Vivarium, and a clinic for the treatment of degenerative disease. The glass ribbon on the building defines the entry and resembles the shape of a neuron cell.
Project Title: UCSF Mission Bay Neurosciences Building 19A Location: San Francisco, CA - Mission Bay Size: 238,000 SF - New Construction Cost: Lease Rate $112 / SF Date: Fall 2011 Description:
View of laboratory
The UCSF Mission Bay Neurosciences Laboratory Building houses some of the most important research regarding degenerative brain diseases in North America. This design build competition challenged contractor lead teams to design a building that celebrated neurology research but also offered an aggressive construction schedule with a competitive lease rate for the university. The proposed design was a 5 story lab research building containing group meeting spaces, private offices, vivarium and a treatment clinic. The main entry lobby showcased a flowing glass ribbon that resembled the shape of a neuron.
Section perspective
View from quad