Contractor: TBD Architect: Katie Winter Architecture, Wolf Ackerman Design, LLC
exploratory sketches: A. STRYKER CENTER & PUBLIC PLAZA
2. THE ELBOW SCHEME • • • • • • • • • •
ALLOWS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION IF REQUIRED RESPONDS TO THE GEOMETRY OF THE LIBRARY DISTINGUISH THE CITY HALL BUILDING AS A FIGURAL OBJECT CAREFULLY PROGRAMMED AND DETAILED URBAN LANDSCAPE BREAKING THE RECTILINEAR GRID, THE STRYKER CENTER TAKES ON A HIERARCHAL IMPORTANCE BEFITTING A PROMINENT CIVIC BUILDING CRADLING THE CARLTON ABOTT DESIGNED PAVILION AND GREEN PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING LIBRARY SIMPLIFIES VISITOR AND EMPLOYEE ACCESS NEW PLAZA IS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND STRYKER CENTER TO FACILITATE IMPROVED ACCESS CREATES A NEW PEDESTRIAN SITE ACCESS POINT FROM ARMISTEAD AVENUE PARKING IS REWORKED; LOOP ROAD SURROUNDS GREEN
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exploratory sketches: A. STRYKER CENTER & PUBLIC PLAZA
3. THE BOOKEND SCHEME • • • • • • •
ALLOWS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION FRONTS ONTO LAFAYETTE ST AND A NEW LANDSCAPED GARDEN NEW BUILDING WORKS WITH POLICE STATION TO HOLD EDGE OF SITE BRACKETS MONUMENTAL PUBLIC SPACE WITH LIBRARY SINGULAR PROMONADE CONNECTS CULTURAL BUILDINGS W/ MEANDERING PATH AS COUNTERPOINT LARGE WATER FEATURE WITH FOUNTAINS LIMITED VEHICULAR ACCESS THROUGH LANDSCAPE; PEDESTRIAN EMPHASIS
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exploratory sketches: A. STRYKER CENTER & PUBLIC PLAZA
4. THE CLIP-ON SCHEME (ADAPTIVE REUSE / RENOVATION) • • • • •
MOVES COUNCIL CHAMBERS OUT OF EXISTING BUILDING GASKET LOBBY ALIGNS WITH ENTRY TO LIBRARY AND IS ON AXIS WITH CARLTON ABOTT DESIGNED PAVILION AND GREEN EXPLOITS PUBLIC FORUM OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS A SIGNATURE FOCAL POINT IN THE LANDSCAPE ORGANIC PATH STRUCTURE AND EDGE DEVELOPMENT REINFORCE COMMON TRAVEL ROUTES ACROSS THE SITE REQUIRES FURTHER ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING FACILITY CONDITION BASED ON 2002 DUE DILIGENCE REPORT
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exploratory sketches: B. PERSPECTIVE VIEWS
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