The structure serves as administrative offices, logistics center and public interface for a bus transit agency of a small city. It is to represent to the public an image of service through professionalism and efficiency. The users charge was simple; “Don’t let us look like a shop office stuck on a bus barn.” Overall, the building is treated as a machine of parts and purpose. The design encompasses queues of the bus, from the public “entry well” to the individual offices behind a streamlined series of apertures. Examples of efficiencies realized include the stacking of the program elements as well as the unique heating system that is supported by the captured waste heat of the nearby university power plant. The building serves as a radiator of a system larger than itself, a component that led to it earning the first municipal structure to achieve LEED Gold status in the State of Iowa. Location: Ames, IA Program: Office / Transportation Area: 10,000 SF Addition Client: Ames Transit Authority Photo Credits: Cameron Campbell Integrated Studio
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This project is replacement of an existing aircare hangar. It is composed of a hangar for medical helicopters with maintenance shop, office, lounge and sleeping quarters. Central to its design is its solutions to resistance to the elements, solar orientation and ease of access. It is also slated for LEED certification. The building is simple in program and form. It is composed of three types of metal panels and glass. The contrast of the horizontally and vertically oriented metal panels help to balance the height of the structure with the vast, flat surrounding landscape. This juxtaposition, along with the shed top creates a “hat” that shelters and protects from the elements. Clerestories above the hangar doors provide daylight to the space inside. Location: Iowa City, IA Program: Aviation Area: 6,326 SF Client: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Photo Credits: Cameron Campbell, Integrated Studio
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The client on this project is a feed ingredient supplier that is highly respected in its field. Always innovative in research and technology, it was important to the owner that the design of the building support the company’s corporate identity. The functionality of the warehouse and its parts depended on varying heights of spatial volumes. The interesting composition of the building’s form is created by careful organization of the program inside. Instances of color are used on both the exterior and interior. On the exterior, color is used to mark the entry as well as to create a rhythm on the façade. On the interior, the color is used to mark changes in program. The dynamic composition of this building in form, function and materiality follows the dynamic identity of the company it represents. Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Program: Office / Warehouse Area: 63,325 SF Client: Diamond V Photo Credits: ASK Studio
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