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A+ Finalist Spotlight: Urban Transformation

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Transforming the city is easier said than done. Yet is there a greater imperative for architects and planners at the onset of a new, rapidly growing world? To survive, cities will have to accommodate fresh socioeconomic developments and multiplying populations, while negotiating the political currents of the time. Architects can play a large role in this urban metamorphosis if they are ready to actively engage these forces head on. To do this, they will need to propose bold—and yes, sometimes ironic, funny, but nevertheless critically sharp—projects that question the city and its functions at all levels.

The finalists for the A+ “Urban Transformation” award are indicative of the kind of work being done by architects who want to change their cities. Click through to see them all.

Spot a favorite? Make sure to vote for it over at the A+ Public Voting site!

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Urban Interventions for the Promotion, Management, and Planification of Public Space in Torre Pacheco
Martín Lejarraga arquitecto
Torre Pacheco, Spain

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Artsquest Center at Steelstacks
Spillman Farmer Architects
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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12:90 the dome/the whale, ubiquitous difference and emergency relief tents

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I’ve no excuses for my extended absences except to say there were a series of holidays, studio exhaustion and several excursions into the Southwest, which has some of the most breathtaking nature I’ve ever seen. I’d like to take credit for the photos below but its really Nature doing all the work… 

 

In my trips i like to document my travels through an informal mapping of the routes and incidences that occurred… 

LAST WE SPOKE

The last week of Fall quarter passed in a total blur. The final week was my first experience of a 3-day sleepless marathon, but I’ve learned to brace myself for many more.

A recap on the last project Bent Space, an intervention in the main atrium of the board Art Center with the design of a performance-based object. One requirement to derive our initial material tectonics and fabrication process from a quick one week case study project (Eames LCW, DCW, Toy Animals, Aalto’s Palmio Chair, Gehry’s High Sticking Chair, Summers Lounge Ch…

Kimball Art Center / Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

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Rather than trying to compete with the sublime landscape of Utah, City based Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chose to create a building that framed the views and contained a perspective from which to appreciate the alpine landscape.  This design is one of five proposals for the transformation of the Kimball Art Center in Park City.

More on this proposal after the break.

Courtesy of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

The programs are arranged to give the most outward views of the mountain and sky. The entry, located at Heber and Main Street, is raised above the sidewalk to create a porch. The galleries above, which flank the facade, are cut back to allow natural light into this entry and gathering space. The rooms within which the galleries are located – sky rooms on the second level – are surrounded by sheets of hammered and punctured copper.

Detail 01 – Courtesy of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

The ground floor has studios for both digital and manual production. A large garage door in the lobby controls access to these studios. A cafe, gift shop and restaurant is accessible directly from Main Street and from within the building lobby. The mezzanine has office space, bathrooms and a community gallery.

Model 02 – Courtesy of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Along the ground floor facade, hand glazed brick varying between green and copper greets the passersby. The colors were chosen in correlation to the existing tones of Park City. The old walls of the Kimball Art Center will be sandblasted to bring back their original color. New glazing along Heber Street will give the passersby visual access into the studios.

Detail 02 – Courtesy of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

The walls of the sky rooms and main galleries, located on the top level, are covered in a white scrim. Depending on the time of day, light can either be seen through the white scrim, punctuating through the cuts in the copper facade from within the gallery spaces to the street or vice versa. Two moveable copper panels are affixed to the corners of the building. They can be slid out of place to reveal the scrim surface, allowing fresh air and light to enter the space, or closed in severe weather but offer the community a look into the building. Movies can be projected on the surface – “a transmitter of light and shadow”.

Site Plan 01 – Courtesy of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

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Kimball Art Center / Will Bruder+PARTNERS

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Courtesy of Will Bruder and Partners

The Kimball Art Center design proposal by Will Bruder+PARTNERS focuses on the nature of “exhibition” in the context of history. Taking a cue from the “colorful prehistoric petroglyphs and pictographs” of ’s canyons along with its abundance of formally expressive Victorian architecture, the proposal takes on the role of expression and education through color and craft. This sensitivity to the history and propogation of exhibition is instantly understood with the facade walls of Main and Heber Streets.

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Courtesy of Will Bruder and Partners

Covered in a ceramic tile, prominantly white and black but punctuated with bright tones, the walls add texture and color to the activity of the street, allowing the Kimball Art Center to contrast against its context.  The concept identifies the three aspects most poignant about the Kimball Art Center: education – a historical register and contemporary reflection of art, exhibition – observation and cultivation of resources, and event – the charging of a community through the process of making.

Courtesy of Will Bruder and Partners

“KAC as urban magnet”: With Bruder’s design, the center is accessible and comfortable to anyone approaching the building. Whether a visitor or passerby, the center offers “quality arts education, exhibition and events”. It “embraces flexiblity and flow” and “choreographs a logic of movement” through the topography of the urban site, creating hubs and centers that recreate a “Main Street” or town square.

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“KAC new meets old”: The proposal will preserve remnants of the old building such as the restored facades of the 1929 Eloy Motor Services/Kimball Garage that was originally housed in the soon to transformed Kimball Art Center. The original walls are to be preserved and used as a foundation for a 6000 square foot rooftop garden terrace. Seventeen foot ceilings and the public rooftop terrace will make the center feel lofty, well-lit and transparent, as its three levels will be visible and offer random apertures out into the city.

Section 01

“KAC an authentically sustainable approach”: This proposal allows the building to attain LEED Platinum certification; the reuse of materials and components of the original building, as well as recycling of the construction materials take care to be unintrusive to the urban fabric. The building’s envelope is also designed to comply with the highest performance standards. Photovoltaics, wind turbines and a living green roof terrace also contribute to the conservation and regeneration of energy.

See the full presentation here.

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Kimball Art Center / Sparano + Mooney Architecture

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The Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah is hosting a competition for a transformation of the “non-profit center for the arts in the heart of Park City’s historic and vibrant art community”. The list of architects competing to transform this cultural space is selective.  Among them is Sparano + Mooney Architecture, an internationally recognized firm with offices in Park City, Utah and Los Angeles, California.   The competition submissions for Stage II will be presented on February 2nd, but until then here is a preview of Sporano + Mooney’s Proposal!

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Courtesy of Sparano + Mooney Architecture

The design concept of Sparano + Mooney’s submission is the aspen tree, “one of the oldest (80,000 years) and largest (6,600) living organism on our planet”. Just as this tree nourishes the creatures of the Wasatch mountain range, so too, write Sparano + Mooney, will the Kimball Arts Center provide enrichment, support and growth for the “artists, arts educators, local residents and visitors within this transformed art center” of Park City. The transformation of the center within this proposal serves also to teach the community about sustainable practices, materials and the salvaging and recycling of our natural and unnatural habitat.

Courtesy of Sparano + Mooney Architecture

The program spaces grow out of the center’s foundation and are enveloped by a canopy of an etched high-performance glass photovoltaic screen that produces energy and gives the interior spaces a substantial amount of sunlight during the day. The screen is also a dynamic register that provides users with information, such as visualizations of the changing seasons or activity on the street. The interior surfaces of the programs are built out of aspen logs that have been killed by the bark beetles of Utah. The salvaging of these materials gives them a new use while serving as a memory of the log cabin and the connection to the Wasatch mountain range.

Section 01

With this proposal, the Kimball Art Center will be a flexible and constantly transforming space, directed by the active use of its spaces. Sparano + Mooney write:

It will serve as a cultural center, a community center, an educational facility, an exhibition space, an event space and world stage, a workplace and a memorable place to visit either daily, during festival season, or just once in a lifetime…. The building offers a balance of education, exhibition and event spaces while providing a dialog between these programs through the layering of spaces and through materials and light. The lower level houses vibrant education and support spaces that include art studios for the community.
[ via Kimball Art Center Companion Document / Sparano + Mooney Architects ]

The abundance of the different spaces allow for many events and programs to occur simultaneously, while also allowing studios and art spaces to transform, as needed into additional venues.

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Sparano + Mooney also incorporate urban design elements to engage the activity already on the street. An entry plaza, cafe and lobby serve as a welcome to the community: an “urban living room” that flows directly from the street. The design also challenges public and private spaces. Passersby can walk through outdoor studio spaces to watch artists at work or see their completed projects. A projection screen also provides information about future events and programs. Care is also taken in maintaining the memory of the building that is to be replaced; Sparano + Mooney combine the original brick wall with the aspen logs and etched glass in the lobby space.

See the full presentation here.

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Kimball Art Center / Brooks + Scarpa Architects

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North View approach – Courtesy of

As we announced yesterday, Brooks + Scarpa Architects is one of the five finalists selected for the Kimball Art Center competition. Inspired by the “seemingly endless” blue skies and the unique blend of new and old within the historic , Brooks + Scarpa delicately weave the heavy mass of the existing 12,000 square foot Kimball Art Center with the new 22,000 square foot addition that has been referred to as the Kimball “Cloud”.

Main approach view – Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects

Capturing attention from a distance, the façade seeks to become a visual icon. The upper floors are composed of a conventional glazing system that is enclosed by a translucent honeycomb rain screen. The translucent faceted skin not only aides the buildings thermal performance, but transforms the Kimball Art Center into a glowing beacon within the streets of Park City.

Plaza Entry – Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects

Constructed of transparent glass, the ground level facade warmly welcomes visitors as it opens to the street. Spatially, the lower floor appears to be absorbed by the existing building and city, while the addition floats above, like a “cloud” levitating over the site as it is grounded by the existing structure. “All aspects of the building work in tandem and complement each other,” achieving a “collective strength” that would be unattainable on their own.

Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects

Consistent with the language of the exterior, the interior spaces knit together, offering a variety of spatial layouts that accommodate many types of activities. This type of flexibility allows the community to either view or participate in the artistic experience.

Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects

At the corner of Main Street and Heber Ave, a large exterior court links directly to the 20-foot high metalsmithing, welding and glass studios. The hardscape urban plaza creates a “negative entry point to the city” that contrasts the landscaped plaza across the street. This daily court will be used as an outdoor workspace for the artist studios. Large sliding panel doors opens the studios to the plaza, allowing artists to flow seamlessly from inside to out. Located midway between the existing Kimball ground floor and the basement levels, this court visually connecting most of the working studio spaces to the street. This configuration allows the existing basement to open up and connect to Main Street, joining the existing Kimball ground floor and new addition.

Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects

The proposal focuses on establishing strong connections with the Art Center and the public, expanding art into the broader community. As the working studio spaces are visually linked to the street corner, a passerby is not only directly connected to the art within the main exhibition space but they are exposed to the process in which art is made. 111210_View_North_Approach_a North View approach - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111214_View_PlazaEntry_Larry Plaza Entry - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111215_View_UnderStair_Larry Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111216_View_MainApproach_Larry Main approach view - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111217_Restaurant_a Restaurant - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111216_Kimball_Deck Roof Deck - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects URBAN PLAN Urban Plan - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects SITE PLAN Site Plan - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects FLOOR GROUND Ground Floor - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects FLOOR SECOND Second Floor - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects FLOOR THIRD Third Floor - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects FLOOR FOURTH Fourth Floor - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects FLOOR FIFTH Fifth Floor - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects FLOOR BASEMENT Basement Floor - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects Kimball_Section_001 Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects Kimball_Section_001_lighting Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects Kimball_Section_002a Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects Kimball_Section_002 Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects Kimball_Section_003 Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects Kimball_0220 Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects kimball_0208 Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects Kimball_0028 Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111216_Kimball Report-1 1 Super Structure - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111216_Kimball Report-1 2 Structural Floor Plans - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111216_Kimball Report-1 3 Deflection - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111216_Kimball Report-1 4 Facade - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111216_Kimball Report-1 5 Facade Details - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects 111207_Skin_Logics [Converted] Skin Logics - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa Architects


Kimball Art Center Shortlist presentations

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Proposal – Courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group

In 1976, art enthusiast Bill Kimball transformed the 1929 Kimball Bros automotive garage into a non-profit community center for the visual arts, now known as the Kimball Art Center. Located in the heart of downtown Park City, , the non-profit center serves as a gathering place for individuals to experience art through education, exhibitions and events. The aging historic building is in need of restoration and an addition that will allow the organization to increase their educational outreach and enhance the quality and scale of the exhibitions, while maintaining free admission to the public.

BIG, Brooks + Scarpa, Sparano + Mooney Architecture, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects, and Will Bruder + Partners LTD are the five architects selected to submit final proposals for the transformation of the Kimball Art Center.

Continue after the break to watch each firm’s presentation revealing their plans for the Kimball Art Center.

BIG: more information here

Brooks + Scarpa:

Sparano + Mooney Architecture:

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects:

Will Bruder + Partners LTD: