Garth Newel Music Center: Vastness and Intimacy The Office Plaza
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Understandings of Sense of Place
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ARTS & AESTHETICS ANALYSIS: PRESERVING VIEWS: - DUNN’S GAPP - THE KNOLL RIDGE - ENTRANCE VIEW OF MANOR ARCHITECTUAL CHARACTER: - WOOD CONSTRUCTION - BOARD AND BATTEN STYLE - FIELD STONE LAID WALLS - SIMPLE AND CLEAN NATIVE ELEMENTS: - FIELD STONE AND BOULDERS - NATURAL FOREST EDGE - SOUNDS OF THE WILD
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS: NATIVE FOREST: - RED OAKS - WHITE OAKS - HEMLOCK - LOCUST - PINE SOIL QUALITIES: - TYPICAL 15-35% SLOPE - COBBLY LOAM - HIGH SHRINK SWELL CLIMATIC QUALITIES: - LOW WIND SPEEDS - UNDERSTORY CAMPUS - EXTREMELY DRY OR WET
SOCIAL ANALYSIS: MANOR HOUSE: - INTIMATE SPACE - HISTORIC - ACCOMMODATING HERTER HALL: - SOCIOECONOMIC CORE - CELEBRATORY - GATHERING SPACE USE GROUPS: - MAINTENANCE CREW - OFFICE WORKERS - STUDENT GROUPS - VISITING GUESTS
Site Analysis
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1 - The Knoll - Accentuate views - Heighten intimacy of space 2 - The Court - Create an outdoor room - Create a welcome place of community gathering 3 - The Terrace
5 - The Corridor
- Resolve hydrological issues - Restore historical value - Create place out of space for small social gatherings
- Refine steps by regulating the rise and tread - Create a pleasurable experience of arrival at herter hall
4 - The Concourse
6 - The Veranda
- Increase safety - Optimize experience - Establish a stronger connection between the Manor House and Herter Hall
- Solve major hydrologic issues - Allow for more frequent outdoor social activities 7 - The Pit - Reorganize utilities - Allow for maintenance functions - Guide visitors through to main parking
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10 - The Deck
8 - The Cottage
9 - The Quad
- Re-mediate water issues on-site - Formalizing entranceway
- Establish further connection between buildings - Extend social function from the Veranda to allow for greater quality community space - Creating an outdoor room for recreation
Concept Design
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Goals And Objectives: + Create A More Unified Campus - By Establishing Heter Hall As The Center - By Re-evaluating Existing Pathways and Connections - By Enhancing Contextual Relationships - By Maintaining Aesthetic And Historic Character
+ Mitigate Existing Environmental Issues - By Redirecting, Retaining, and Mitigating Water Flow And Infiltration -By Protecting Karst Terrain -By Managing Excessive Site Gradients
+ Connect Users With Garth Newel - By Enhancing Waiting Areas, Seating, and ‘Third Places’ - By Accentuating Views - By Allowing Ease Of Flow Between Areas
MASTER PLAN WATER STRATEGY
Master Plan and Water Management Strategy
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UTILITY GROUP
THE GILES GARDEN
ANGLED PARKING 15 SPACES
THE PLAZA
Goals And Objectives: + Connect Herter Hall and Giles Cottage - Retaining Walls Link Areas - Patio Connects SpaceS - Similar Aesthetic
+ Create A Greater Sense Of Place - By Using Native Plantings That Blends With The Mountain - Material And Texture Retain Rustic Feel - Enhance Existing Views And Frame Prominent Views
Retaining Wall Texture
Shelter Elevation & Perspective
SITE PLAN WATER STRATEGY
Safety Railing & Fencing
Stairway & Wall Illustration
Site Plan - Design, Water Strategy, & Features
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- Flowering Dogwood - Redbuds - Willow Oak - Witchhazel - Spicebush - Encore Azalea - Mountain Juniper
- Inkberry Holly - Bottlebrush Grass - Sweet Fern - Eastern Bluestar - Shrubby St. Johnswort - Scarlett Beebalm - Shallow Sedge - Eastern Purple Coneflower
Planting Pallette and Aesthetic
- Firewheel - SUndial Lupine - Buckbrush - Blue Wild Indigo - Great Blue Lobelia - Alpine Mountain Thyme -Heather
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Bursts of Color and Texture Flowing Through the Rolling Hillsides
The Patio: Adding Views, Openness, Character, and Life
The Giles Garden: Natives Plantings That Serve Stormwater Function
Connecting Spaces to Create Places in Garth Newel
Preserving Views and Managing Stormwater
The Garth Newel Office Plaza: Before and After
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