Point of Departure | Sustainable Transit Shelter (2015)
Size:
2192.5 m²
23,600 ft² (site)
158 m²
1,700 ft² (hardscape)
65 m²
700 ft² (roof)
Design:
Jan 2014 -
Jul 2017
Construction:
TBD
Program:
A photovoltaic system, interactive video panel, seating, interactive lighting, occupiable landscape, bioswale, runoff water collection cistern
This project began as a cross-disciplinary research project at the University of Kentucky to design a single solar-powered bus stop. That narrow vision became our point of departure. Through an intensive, funded, multi-year research process we expanded the scope to articulate a new vision for a sustainable urban network as an outward expression of research, sustainability, design education, and our collective future.
Pedagogically, the design studio became a living laboratory to simulate professional practice within an academic context while also demonstrating architectural thinking to the broader campus and city community. For more about the ideas, research and team, follow the links below:
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Images:
View across South Limestone at dusk
View From Biological-Pharmaceutical Building looking South | Shelter visual extension of sustainable landscape while also an object in the landscape
View From the New "Quad" | Shelter visual extension of sustainable landscape while also an object in the landscape. Thin-film solar collecting energy in parallel to natural photosynthesis of landscape
View looking West | Thresholds and patterns eroding perceived edges of shelter and context
View looking South highlighting zones of occupation and the relationship of the roof form to these micro-climates
Drawings:
Campus Masterplan | City & Campus context
Campus Masterplan | Transportation networks and usage
Campus Masterplan | Early sites around campus with walkability and greenspace analysis
Campus Masterplan | Campus greenspace analysis showing active and passive conditions
Campus Masterplan | Campus growth over time maxing out space and now densifying Northern zones
Sketches:
Concept Sketch | Sectional study looking at shelter/quad form and views through, out and into
+SUM: (Behind the Scenes)
