The
semester project will involve a comprehensive central business district (mixed
use development) located in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City. The idea is to
create a business district which include office building, residential towers,
and retail facilities (shopping mall) in lower and underground levels. All these
components should be grouped around an architectural landscape open public space,
connected by pedestrian walkways, roads, vehicular tunnels, and underground and
on surface structured parking. The most spectacular component of this business
district is a sixty story skyscraper (office building). This is the only part
of the project which has functional design requirements and the other parts will
be designed in a conceptual massing in order to create a new urban central business
complex integrated with downtown OKC. Functional Design Specifications
The
following functional design requirements must be met:
1. The maximum gross
square footage is to be 1,400,000 square feet. 2. The minimum efficiency is to
be 75%; that is, 75% of the total gross square footage must be usable net square
footage.
3. The minimum floor plate size of the office space is to be 18,000
square feet. The maximum floor plate size is to be 24,000 square feet.
4.
Provide office parking for 1,400 cars.
5. No height limitation exists; however,
because of economic constrains, all floor to floor heights, except the lobby,
must be less than 15'-0''.
6. Security features must be provided to insure
a safe environment. 7. The building must confirm to the latest BOCA Building Code.
The building core, structural system, and mechanical services are important considerations.
The building core is to contain elevator banks, stairways, a freight elevator,
toilets, duct space, janitor closet, electrical room and a communication room.
Most importantly, the building core must be extremely space efficient.The structural
system must be logical and appropriate. Consideration must be given to wind-bracing.
The mechanical system shall be a four-pipe VAV system with air-handling units
on each floor. Non-aligned piping and duct stacks and excessive duct runs must
be avoided. As in all high-rise buildings, the elevator system must be studied.
Passenger elevators are to be in banks. The freight elevator is to have an enclosed
alcove and is to be accessible only to authorized users. The office tower will
require 10-12 traction elevators. Semester Schedule Walking Tour, Downtown OKC
There will be a walking tour of downtown OKC on Wednesday 08/22/01 starting
@ 1:30pm.
Phase One: Preparation Studio will participate in team in the
following project preparation work.
1. Site model. This team will be responsible
for construction of a site model (the area included in this model and its scale
will be determined).
2. CAD drawings (section/elevation) of the urban context.
3. Site analysis.
4. Context analysis.
5. Analysis of precedents.
This team will select recent mixed-use development projects designed by distinguished
architects for analysis. Each student on this team must prepare 20"x30" graphic
illustrations.
Phase One Review will be on Friday 09/14/01 @ 1:30pm in
Studio.
Phase Two: Conceptual Design Each individual will prepare an architectural/urban
design concept for the business district center including office building (tower),
residential towers, and retail facilities (shopping mall) in lower and underground
levels of the project. The following are required for this phase:
1. Mass
model of the of proposed new business district (same scale as site model) which
to be examined against the site model.
2. Drawings to show site access, building
access (vehicular, pedestrian, and service).
3. Vertical and horizontal access.
4. Block drawings (combining together surrounding downtown commercial buildings
and the proposed new business complex representing floor plans, sections and elevations.
Phase Two Review will be on Friday 10/05/01 @ 1:30pm in the Gallery.
Phase
Three: Preliminary Schematic Design The following are required for this phase:
1. Study model of the entire business complex (same scale as site model) by
focusing on the sixty story office building which will be developed according
to the functional design specifications.
2. Floor plans.
3. Cross sections.
4. Wall sections.
5. Elevations
Phase Three Review will be on
Friday 11/02/01 in Studio.
Final Phase: Schematic Design The following
are required for final phase (a completed project manual):
1. Site plan.
2.
Model
3. Character perspective rendering as appropriate.
4. Floor plans.
Identify all spaces and show furniture arrangement, where appropriate, to aid
in the communication of the design.
5. Cross sections showing major spaces
with the existing downtown in background.
6. Elevations integrated with the
existing downtown in background. 7. Wall sections representing floor to floor
building height and the connection of skin to the main building structure.
8. Framing plan.
9. Axonometric of building systems showing structure, HVAC
integration, and elevators.
Final Phase Presentation will be on Monday
12/03/01 @ 1:30pm in the Galley.
Evaluation Criteria " Organizational
concept. " Functional adjacencies including circulation logic. " Responsiveness
to issues of environment, codes, handicapped and energy conservation. " Logic
of HVAC, structural, and elevator layout. " Project management. " Completeness
" Communication skill (modeling, graphics, verbal, written, etc.).
OKC
Studio Arch5595/5505+F2001/S2002
College
of Architecture, The University of Oklahoma
Studio Professor: Dr. Khosrow Bozorgi
kbozorgi@ou.edu...............................................................................................Link
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