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COFFEE SHOP - AUSTIN, TEXAS
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CONTENTS SHOWLAND Music Venue
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CAFE Concept Design
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PLANNING HOUSING Student Housing
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TY/PO Retail Renovation
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PLANNING - OFFICE Corporate Office
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COMMUNITY GARDEN Institutional
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MCKINNEY/HESTER Mixed Use Retail Residential
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URBAN INFILL Housing/Theory
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COMMUNITY TABLE LESSONS LEARNED Furniture Design
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PERSONAL Drawing, Painting
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SHOWLAND Spring 2014 Project Type: Commercial Retail Role on Project: Designer, Client Liasion Dallas, Texas Reclaiming its 1940’s, post-World War II night club charm, this music venue is located on the former Pappy’s Showland site at the corner of West Commerce and Pittman Street. The venue communicates with the neighboring Chicken Scratch restaurant by continuing the site frontage with a street facing marquee. Zoning and Project Delivery Serving as the retail portion of a larger multi-family complex, this music venue completed PD requirements for a mixed use development. Working directly with the theatrical consultant, client and construction manager, this project was developed as a 50% schematic package for pricing purposes.
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ISSUE 1 Theater Bar and Seating
Restaurant and Service Spaces Outdoor Dining Space
Structure and Context Utilizing the efficiency of pre-fabricated steel structures that sprinkle West Dallas, the music venue speaks histrocially to the shed form. The structure not only allows the project to be economical, but creates an active outdoor space. Program A music venue at heart, the establishment focuses on generating revenue from the bar and restaurant portion of the program and the modular nature of the pre-fab shed allows the whole form to deteriorate and the ability to save two existing mature pecans trees. The theater includes standing room, a first floor VIP section, and a second floor mezzanine. The VIP section has its own entrance from the main lobby space and is served beverages from the back of the kitchen. Materiality The material palette comes straight from the context of West Dallas. West Commerce is lined with metal siding shed buildings that use thin efficient steel structure. All exposed steel is installed on site without a finish to promote a natural rust.
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PLANNING - NJ STUDENT HOUSING
PLANNING - OFFICE
Fall 2013 Project Type: Student Housing Role on Project: Team Member, Planner Newbrunswick, NJ
Winter 2013 Project Type: Mixed Use Restaurant/ Corporate Office Role on Project: Team Member, Planner Dallas, Texas
Targeting Rudgers University in New Brunswick, this planning study fell in the center of town, half a bock east of the main railroad running through the city. For this particular site, two options were studied for feasibility. The client desired a 1,100 SF unit average with a unit mix of 15% 1-beds, 35% 2-beds, 15% 3-beds, and 35% 4-beds.
OPTION A
Lying in the heart of PD 193, a planned development created in the 1980’s, this office project abided by all PD restrictions except two. At 60,500 GSF (55,600 SF of office and 4,900 SF of restauarant), and , the building sits back at 10’ on two front yards up to 36’ in height, and 25’ above 36’ in height. The three story parking garage contains the required 200 parking spaces, 151 spaces for office (1 space per 366 SF), and 49 spaces for the restaurant (1 space per 100 SF).
Option A is a podium style apartment complex, five levels of Type IIIA wood construction over one story Type IA concrete construction. In this configuration, the site yielded 320,000 GSF with 231 units, 404 parking spaces in 2.5 levels (1.5 below grade). With a nominal 11’-8” floor to floor height, this option falls just under the category of high-rise.
Level one provides space for the required 13’ high, 35’ long loading space. The total lot coverage, at 81%, was the only requested variance from the requirement in the PD of 60%. The other requested variance was to have a 10’ setback to the plan-west right of way.
Option B is a 10-story, type IIA, metal frame building that yields 310,200 GSF with 235 units, and a 7.5 level above grade parking garage that holds 639 parking spaces.
Analysis Generally speaking, both options have economic pros and cons in multiple categories. The podium option has a cheaper construction type above the first level, but excavates a substantial amount more which can extend the construction time.
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OPTION B
Extending well past the high-rise limit of 75’-0”, Option B cost per square foot increase due to egress requirements. For this market, Option A is more feasible at this location. Level Two-Three
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MCKINNEY/HESTER Spring 2014 - Winter 2015 Project Type: Mixed Use, Retail/ Restaurant/Residential Role on Project: Project Coordinator Dallas, Texas Program At just over 200,000 gross square feet, this 182 unit multiple family mixed used development has five stories of residential over a three and a half levels of parking. Two and a half levels of parking below grade and space for up to three retail tenants and one large restaurant. Structure and Code Three and a half levels of type IA concrete structure supports five levels of type IIIA wood construction. With a “seventh” level of mezzanines in nine of the level six units, the highest level of occupancy comes within six inches of the maximum 75’ height before the building becomes a high-rise. Zoning The most interesting part of this project is the unconventional floor to floor height of 11’-4 7/8” in lieu of the standard 11’-7 7/8”. This is due, in part, to the agreed upon clear height in the retail spaces (16’-0” clear) and the maximum allowed height of the entire building (85’-0”). This called for an atypical floor to floor height for standard wood frame multi-family.
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Detailing The design called for recessed windows within a six inch wall that meets three materials on an inside corner The way that this water proofing issue was solved was by adding a 1x4 inch wood trim piece around the perimeter of each window. In the details to the right, the wood trim piece is shown in the header, jamb and sill detail. In the header detail the trim piece transitions the metal siding to the window. In the jamb detail, the trim piece transitions the brick in the same way as the sill detail. This allowed all materials to be sealed in the same way. The detail at every window standardized the way all windows,
regardless of surrounding material, are water proofed without added too much material or complicating the trades that will be working on site. The final product is a seamless sealant joint that bridges each material
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COMMUNTY TABLE: LESSONS LEARNED Fall 2014 Project Type: Furniture Design Role on Project: Designer Dallas, Texas Every year, TREC (The Real Estate Council)’s committee of Young Guns produces a community serving project. The 2014 annual project was a community garden for the StewPot and the United Methodist Church in downtown Dallas. The community table is the centerpiece of the garden and is intended to be the object around which all gather. The execution of the project was a huge success and the community loved the design. Design As a centerpiece for the garden, it was appropriate that table resemble a cutting board for a family to gather as they do in a kitchen. The table top is built from laminated 2x4s with the
corners rounded at a 3/4” radius. The steel legs, with clearance for accessibility, allow the user a leg rest. Lessons Learned Working with a volunteer group requires a light touch, but requires for executive decisions. The subcontractor that built the steel frame suggested enlarging the members in order to support the table. In hindsight, 2” square tubes were too large and a second opinion should have been sought out. A team member suggested the table top match the existing planter boxes, and a sample should have been produced.
STAINED LUMBER
STAINLESS STEEL
STEEL TUBING
CUTTING BOARD: THE COMMUNITY TABLE STEWPOT - DALLAS, TEXAS
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CAFE
Car Hoods Planters for seating
Summer 2014 Project Type: Commercial Restaurant Role on Project: Project Coordinator Austin, Texas As part of a larger multi-family complex, this cafe was an addition during the construction administration phase. The client desired something with an “Austinvibe�. The cafe was visualized as an existing building and carved away to create exterior space and to engage society in an uncomfortable way. The building is clad in car hoods and murals, while the exterior space is filled with raw concrete, rusted machine parts for sculptures and a gravel garden under
Painted Steel Canopy TPO Roofing the conopy with intersects the bick building. Mocking the trend of urban grunge, this concept design for a cafe breaks the standard grid created by the multi-family complex by rotating to engage both the public and private sidewalks.
Mural Brick Gravel Garden
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TY/PO Summer 2013 - Fall 2014 Project Type: Retail Renovation Role on Project: Project Coorindator Dallas, Texas
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The building at Tyler Street and Davis Street, now owned by The exterior walls are built of three wythes of brick and is zoned Good Space, in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas, used to be a hodgcommercial and business. The property falls in the conservation podge of of function ranging from a clothing store to a meat district and allows for grandfathered parking credits. market. Keeping the diverse nature of this building is the main S604 AND S602: OPTION 2 concept of the renovation. The idea is to create a weekend Good SpaceAbove - Tyler and Davis is a quick layout for a cafe at the corner in 602 and 604 Dallas, Texas destination for families. Tyler Street. The kitchen has a semi open concept to revive the 1950s diner feel. The space has an existing mezzanine that Groups will be able to start a late morning with a coffe and a can be reused and plumbing from the plan-north exterior wall. snack at a cafe, then move on to lunch at a diner after window shopping, and ending the day with a smoothie at the frozen yogurt shop while listening to music from the record shop and watch others try a fresh new set of wheels at the bike shop. Job #: 13195.00
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COMMUNITY GARDEN Summer 2014 Project Type: Institutional Role on Project: Volunteer Architectural Services Dallas, Texas Casa View Haven Neighborhood Association meets monthly for neighborhood updates, scheduled events, volunteer opportunities, crime reports, etc. Recently, a few of its nieghbors have put together a use planning study for the neighborhood and its adjacent properties. One of its main assets is Harry Stone Recreation Center. As part of the use planning study, it was pointed out that Harry Stone’s property has potential for expansion to accomodate the neighborhood’s growing population. During the monthly meetings, the neighborhood expressed an interest in sustainability through compost piles, recycling and gardening. One option for the expansion that would reinforce the neighborhood’s green thumb is a community garden. Above and to the right and upper right are the Harry Stone Recreation Expansion: Community Garden.
The structure has two parts: the learning center and the green house. The learning center has a simple program, a large gathering space, rotating gallery space, and permanent community bulletin board. The saw tooth roof is a compliement to the single family houses in the neighborhood, and the wood siding responds to trraditional materiality of the houses used in an unconventional way so as to set it apart. The green house has an indoor private space that retains the necessary humidity and heat for spcific plant types, and also has an outdoor public planter box program. The planter boxes would be rented out to raise money for the community garden center general maintenance.
Along the 3/4 mile winding path that circles the property, the community garden would be walking distance from the rec center and adjacent to the parking areas.
Community Garden
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URBAN INFILL Summer 2013 Project Type: Housing/Theory Role on Project: Designer Dallas, Texas
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As cities grow, space becomes more valuable as an asset. In an evergrowing world, underutilized space cannot be overlooked. The spaces in between urban infrastructure can be given function to. Structure The only applied function in between two advertising billboards is housing its own structure. If it were to be filled, it could house an individual, or even two individuals at a very low cost. The superstructure for the home is already existing, only a shell is needed. Program and User The main living space is reduced to a 3’-4’ wide corridor with ends that widen for kitchen, dining and sleeping areas. The home would only be suitable for a single, urban professional that works more than he sleeps. In this space, the definition of home is redefined to be less aesthetic and comfortable, and more cost effective, efficient, and functional.
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PERSONAL
Facade Study - Deep Ellum, Texas Spring 2014 Photoshop, 11”x17”
Elevation Study - Alma, Kansas Spring 2010 Photoshop, 11”x22.5”
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Architecture Series Spring 2014 Photoshop, 11”x17”
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Figure Drawing Series Fall 2012 Charcoal on Newsprint
Figure Drawing Series Fall 2012 Charcoal on Newsprint
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Nonsense Series Spring 2011 Ink on Paper, 6”x4”
Nonsense Series Spring 2011 Ink on Paper, 6”x4”
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Zachary L Farrell is an architectural intern. A machine, logically driven to produce. A maker, constantly producing drawings, models, sculptures, diagrams in order to fully embrace an idea and work through a problem. A dreamer, pulling ideas from the sky. A visionary, always looking at the larger picture. A team member, communicating and helping others to achieve a goal. A leader, by ethics, morals and behavior. zacharyfarrell1@gmail.com zacharyfarrell.com