ArchShowcase 
Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. Maier Hall in Port Angeles, Washington by Schacht Aslani ArchitectsJanuary 20th, 2012 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Schacht Aslani Architects Maier Hall is a multidisciplinary center for arts, humanities and instructional support programs located at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington. The building provides state-of-the-art instructional space for Math, English, Music and Fine Arts. It houses the College’s Learning Center and a 135-seat recital hall. Designed to create a place for students and faculty to engage in the College’s academic community, the facility serves the College’s mission of becoming a regional center for continuing and higher education.  Images Courtesy Doug Scott
 Images Courtesy Doug Scott
 Images Courtesy Doug Scott Woven between first growth trees and wetlands, the building connects the community spaces on campus to the natural environment and situates its occupants in a powerful relationship to the surrounding ecosystem. The building serves as an edge to the campus and as a gateway to the nature beyond. An open-air breezeway allows students to pass through the building from the campus to a virgin forest and leads them to a viewing platform at the wetland edge.
 Images Courtesy Doug Scott The building is designed for sustainability. All new plantings are native species requiring no permanent irrigation system. Rainwater is collected and directed to the wetland. An epiphytic roof of native mosses reduces heat island effect, while exterior sun screens reduce glare and unwanted solar heat gain. Heating is provided by geothermal well fields and ground-source heat pumps. The project is designed to meet or exceed the 2011 target of the Architecture 2030 Building Challenge for reducing energy use intensities and dependence on fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. The project anticipates LEED Gold certification.
 Images Courtesy Doug Scott  Images Courtesy Doug Scott  Images Courtesy Doug Scott  Images Courtesy Doug Scott  Images Courtesy Doug Scott  Images Courtesy Doug Scott  Images Courtesy Doug Scott  Images Courtesy Doug Scott
 Main Level Floor Plan
 Second Level Floor Plan
 Third Level Floor Plan
 Sections  Diagram  Images Courtesy Doug Scott
Contact Schacht Aslani Architects
Tags: Port Angeles, Washington Categories: Art Gallery, Autocad, Educational Center |
|
|
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
|||||
email
Facebook
Twitter
RSS Feed
