Magnolia Park Center - Tallahassee - Design Studio 4.2

Design 4.2 with Professor Robles - FAMU School of Architecture - Spring 2011
The site is currently shared by a grocery store with a small courtyard, surface parking, and a Burger King and is Located at the intersection of Park Avenue and Magnolia Drive in Tallahassee, Florida. The program was very flexible...calling for three 40,000 sq. ft. levels of mixed uses. Including 7,000 sq. ft. of clear floor space for a fitness center. Everything was up to the students. I installed a parking structure below grade and used a vegetated top to act as a local "park" with a playground and an outdoor performance stage. A 1/4 mile running track is provided for use in conjunction with the fitness center, and may be used by all building occupants and fitness center members. The f/c itself is a clear floor for flexible layouts and uses with a space frame supporting the roof. The roof systems were optimized for day-lighting, water catchment, photovoltaic + solar thermal, and natural ventilation. The wall system provides reveals at exterior columns to break up the long facade with vertical elements that provides a tempo for movement past the building and shows the modular dimensioned design. See the presentation boards at my flickr site. Thanks for watching.

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