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Compass Montessori Secondary School Faith Lutheran Church Addition & Remodel Myers Bradley Devitt & Arp Law Office Lowell Whiteman School Master Plan Lowell Whiteman School Boy's Dormitory Historic Downtown Golden Facade Transformation Sustainable Renovation of Historic Office
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After Ewers Architecture completed the Master Plan for this independent high school, the most pressing need was to replace the dilapidated Bunkhouse with a new dormitory for the younger male students. The demands for the building were simple – provide sleeping quarters for 20 boys with adult supervision that is indestructible as well as sustainable with a limited budget. Starting with our typical charrette (group design exercises where all the stakeholders are involved in the design), and many iterations of the design afterward, we arrived at a unique conclusion that could meet all these requirements. Some of the unique characteristics that define this building are: · Broken into three major segments, the faculty residences at each end of the building are angled to reflect the change from the dormitory spaces in the center of the building. · Built into the side of a hill, the building is one-sided with generous amounts of glass absorbing the south sun. This also allows the north side to be protected from the harsh weather and benefit from the constant ground temperature. · Concrete floors absorb the energy from the south sun and radiate the heat at night, reducing the effects of the daytime high and nighttime low temperatures. · Photovoltaic panels not only produce electricity from the sun, but also are designed to be a part of the architecture. · High efficiency systems such as radiant floor heating, LED lighting, and low-flow water fixtures all ensure this building uses a minimal amount of the earth’s resources. · Sustainable materials abound throughout the project, such as Wyoming snow fence exterior siding, locally harvested beetle-kill pine for interior trim, and hardened dirt exterior patios. · Rugged materials and construction are built boy-tough, such as exposed concrete floor (lower floor), fir floors upstairs will look better as the building ages, corrugated metal panel toilet wall finishes, and beetle-kill pine corner boards. · On-site water collection as well as on-site sewage treatment allows the water to flow in and out of the site at virtually the same rate. |
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Total Building Area: 7,000 square feet Construction Cost: $1,600,000 Cost per Square Foot: $230/sf Date Completed: Under Construction Location: 42605 Routt County Road 36 Steamboat Springs, Colorado Engineers: Structural: KL&A Inc. Mech/Elec: Shaffer Baucom Eng. Civil: Baseline Engineering Landscape: Saarinen Assoc. Contractor: TCD Steamboat |
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