KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES: SPORTS COMPLEX

with Perkins & Will, Los Angeles

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Part of a 200,000 sq.m. (2,152,000 sq.ft.) master plan based in the Middle East for a Medical University campus. The 5,100 sq.m. (54,895 sq.ft.) Sports and Recreation Complex is comprised of two extruded volumes. The large, main volume contains the entrance/lobby and indoor basketball and volleyball courts. The smaller volume houses exercise/training rooms, squash courts, prayer rooms, and offices. A courtyard at the center of the main volume provides areas for outdoor sports as well as a lap/recreation pool, while connecting main progroammtic elements together.

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Master Plan

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Sports Complex - Computer Study Model

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Building Concept Diagram

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Ground Level Plan

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Site Plan

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Aerial View - Rendering

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Interior Pool View - Rendering

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Gymnasium View - Rendering

HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES

Pasadena, California

Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI), is an independent, nonprofit, public-benefit organization known internationally for its pioneering biomedical research and development. Operating primarily from several locations along South Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, HMRI and other local medical partners approached the City of Pasadena with the concept of creating a regional draw for medical research. This led to the formation of the South Fair Oaks Avenue Specific Plan, whose goals were incorporated into HMRI’s proposal for a new research and development facility along that street.

JBA was brought on during the initial stage of the project. The concept design for HMRI’s proposed new 36,874 sq. ft. biomedical research building combines the needs of a modern research facility with a sensitive understanding of its site. The proposed design is in compliance with the design guidelines set forth in the South Fair Oaks Specific Plan and takes full advantage of its solar orientation to protect the building from heat gain while providing mountain and cityscape views allowing natural light into interior workspaces.

The architecture of the building is clearly modern with lots of glass on the north elevation allowing a partial view of the interior from outside the building. The exterior elevations typically reflect the program it serves: floor to ceiling glass for offices and meeting rooms, clerestory window serving the lab spaces. The building’s main public entrance can be easily identified, and there is a distinct separation of public/private space.

The orientation of the building allows for internal site pedestrian circulation as called for in the South Fair Oaks Specific Plan. There is a tree filled landscape garden court separating/screening parking areas from Fair Oaks Ave. The garden court and composition of the building and western elevation in particular combined create the identity of the new building.

The proposed building is three stories of lab spaces and offices that serve the lab spaces. Labs spaces are not lending to expansive glazing. Labs are oriented as functional blocks of the building to the southern edge of the property. The southern elevation is a composition of clerestory windows with exterior shading. On the opposite side of the building is the north elevation where glazing is maximized for views and natural light. The roof slopes downward from the north to the southern elevation creating interest, scale, and a further articulation and emphasis on the general organization of the building.

A modern style of architecture is very appropriate and compatible with this neighborhood. The themes of light, views, public/private separation, wayfinding, landscape, sustainability, etc. are much more employed here in this design than in any nearby buildings, new or old. The context is very commercial, the buildings and district have become too commercial looking. This new building will have the look of an institute that is more academic. When you look at this design it is clearly not a speculative development, it is an architecture that is reflective of a new permanent home for HMRI and imbues the program and purpose of the building in its design. The elements of the architecture, the roof scape, windows, openings, entrance is synthesized into a composition of a calm, quiet repetition. The resulting building presents richly, poetically detailed, subtle variations in textures but an architecture that is calm, quiet, and collected.

Pasadena architecture always has a strong relationship with the landscape and an architecture that works with its climate and connecting the exterior and interior, City Hall building with its open dome, for example. The Myron Hunt designed library with entrance courtyard design is another example. These iconic Pasadena buildings have a strong connection with the landscape and climate of Pasadena. Laboratories and new construction tend to be hermetic and air conditioned, but a strong connection between architecture and landscape has been made through views, spatial continuum, and visually connecting the exterior and interior.

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View of Lobby

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View from Congress Street

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Section/Solar Orientation

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Site Plan

HEARST RANCH BEEF STORE

San Simeon, California

The Hearst Ranch Beef Store, located in San Simeon, Ca, is found within the State of California’s Visitor Center for Hearst Castle. Completed in 2008, the store is a retail kiosk for the promotion of Hearst Ranch products. The architecture is derived from agricultural buildings on the ranch, primarily the Dairy Barn located on the northern end of the property. Hearst Ranch products are displayed as well as many artifacts from telling the history of the ranch and Hearst Family.

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Concept Design - Computer Model

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Interior Perspective Study

HERB ALPERT EDUCATIONAL VILLAGE, MASTER PLAN

Santa Monica, California

In order to continue school operations on site during the projected phasing sequence for the Herb Alpert Educational Village, 13 ready-made classrooms are strategically positioned to allow for the construction of Phase One and Two of the trailers, with minimal inconvenience. Bland and stark in appearance “out of the box,” the modules are wrapped in an inexpensive composition of ivy and recycled wood slats over a chain link fence to create a layer of privacy for individual modules and a sense of place for children and faculty to enjoy outside of their learning environment.

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Master Plan - Site Plan

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Master Plan - Model

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Gymnasium Mezzanine Level View

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In order to continue school operations on site during the projected phasing sequence for the Herb Alpert Educational Village, 13 ready-made classrooms are strategically positioned to allow for the construction of Phase One and Two of the trailers, with minimal inconvenience. Bland and stark in appearance “out of the box,” the modules are wrapped in an inexpensive composition of ivy and recycled wood slats over a chain link fence to create a layer of privacy for individual modules and a sense of place for children and faculty to enjoy outside of their learning environment.

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Site Plan

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Elevation

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Architectural Photography - by Jarrad Rosson

DOUGLAS APARTMENTS

Echo Park, California

The study of a 10 unit apartment building located just outside of downtown Los Angeles in Echo Park focuses on maximizing views, light, and social space. Positioned on a sloped hillside, three different sized units are employed to form and compose the massing and orientation within tight spatial parameters. Strategically organizing the units to provide proper access to 'light and space,' presents four very distinct social zones - a covered breezeway, a public courtyard open to air, a semi-public courtyard open to air, and a roof deck overlooking greater Los Angeles.

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AIR FORCE VILLAGE CHAPEL

San Antonio, Texas

The proposal is a competition entry for an 11,000 sq. ft. Non-denominational Chapel addition to the existing Healthcare Center at the Air Force Village Retirement Community. Stipulations set forth by the competition brief stressed proximity, accessibility, and iconography. The proposal engages the existing building by utilizing the nave as the primary transition and the buffer to the chapel. In support of this transition - glazed courtyards, symbolizing life, reflection, remembrance, and peace, are inserted along the nave to enhance and inspire religious contemplation prior to ones entrance into the place of worship, while maintaining a constant visual connection with the Chapel.

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Site Plan

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View of Chapel Entrance

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Roof Study

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Interior Connection to Hospital

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Chapel Plan

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View from Lake

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