l e a p pa r k + u r b a n i n t e g r at i o n FALL 2014
PROFESSOR: WILLIAM MARTELLA, AIA COLLABORATION: IRENE CHANG
CLIENT: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, LEAP COLLABORATIVE GROUP LOCATION: DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
NEED: LEAP Collaborative is a sustainable consulting firm consisting of architects, engineers, landscape architects, and city planners. The firm is relocating its headquarters to Knoxville, TN and the owners are asking for an environmentally-friendly design project that can best represent the discipline of the firm.
RESOLVE: The site plan identifies the opportunity for internal connectivity between adjacent streets, this urbanistic mentality translated into the building taking it’ s trapezoidal shape and creating a constant dialogue with inhabitants. Three elements the design achieves: create a space in which sustainable building methods are on display within the Knoxville community, a courtyard and kiosk that ties the pedestrians and office workers into a single community, and an exterior application of perforated metal sun shading and push out windows to capture and represent solar control.
COMPETITION: Middle Tennessee, AIA- Participant