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Masters Campus Master Plan
Phase I and II as selected for Construction 2011 through 2013 |
notes on the Phase I & II Presentationa and Preliminary drawings |
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| In a session at Master’s the 22nd through the 25th of March, 2011, the architectural components for Phase I and II were selected from several alternatives and their various combinations. A construction and opening for use schedule was also blocked out. The refinement of the chosen design, the project sequencing and cost model, is the subject of this web page. The compilation of this work will form the basis for a Presentation Document to be configured as required to communicate with a variety of stakeholders, existing and new, of the project. At the conclusion of this work, Design Development will begin. |
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| phase I & II functions... |
| It will take a number of moves before the spaces built for Phase I will be dedicated exclusively to their long term functions. At first the new spaces will mostly be used as temporary learning spaces until the Phase II work is well underway and opens up new learning space. |
| Nevertheless, Many intended Phase I and Phase III functions will find their way into this early building and the learning space function will never entirely leave these spaces as they convert to their primary roles of indoor recreation, dining and the hospitality function which is the Phase III use of the Bridge Building. However, these will always be “mixed-use” environments to some extent as this is a primary Program requirement as there will never be abrupt changes in use. A natural evolution will be the result of intend and design mixed with the knowledge of use over time. |
| Phase I will progress in the following stages: the building of the Art Studio in summer 2011. In Spring of 2012, the start of construction of foundations for Phase II work, the Steel Cube Building (see above) and the Bridge Building (see plan on right) with the goal of having both enclosed by start of school in September. These spaces will come into use as the interior finish work is completed. This work will consist of a structural system, Armature and an adjustable component wall and furniture system designed to provide decades of adaptive use. |
| As Phase I is being built, the Phase II work will, in parallel, be proceeding through Design Development, Contract Documents, permitting and fabrication so that construction can proceed in the Spring of 2013 with close in completed by the September school opening. Finishes will proceed on the second level addition and then, as the learning areas are occupied, the redoing and re purposing of the existing first level spaces. |
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| phase I & II development... |
| As a result of the 22nd through the 25th of March 2011 meetings at Master’s, the definition of Phases I and II have undergone a sight adjustment from that described in prior pages of this documentation of the Schematic Planning phase of design work. This is a normal and expected outcome of the first showing and discussion with Master’s of the schematic designs. As described here, this plan for the next three years of construction, will be the basis for the development of engineering, drawings and contracting starting now and into 2013. This will be a Fast Track process of continuous overlapping design, detailed development and building. |
| A series of careful moves are required to create the space to both house students in areas of class growth and also to create open space so that a longer term reconfiguration and upgrading of existing spaces can be achieved. |
| After classes open in September 2012, the Steel Cube will provide cafeteria service for the entire school with the exception of the High School which will operate their cafeteria until Phase II work opens up sufficient leaning spaces (allowing expansion of the cafeteria) and direct access in the Cube Building from the High School. As interior finishes progress, athletic facilities and temporary learning areas will be opened in the Cube Building then followed by a Restaurant and Commons, open to all students, faculty and parents, in the Bridge Building. As part of this phase I scope of work, the North East Entry into the school and corridor all the way to the Inner Court will be completely redone to Phase III requirements. |
| By early 2014, the Master’s facility will be transformed. A great deal of square footage will be added yet the student population will grow only by a small amount allowing functions and processes, and the space for them, that do not exist today. |
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| The Bridge Building is composed of two levels. On the first level is the entry into the Masters’s complex. By the completion of Phase III, this will be the main Entry and public access control point. The Entry leads North into the Steel Cube Building Cafeteria and upon completion of Phase III, the HUB. Westward, the Entry opens into the main East-West Axis of the school. The second level matches the floor level of the Phase II learning spaces and will connect into this area, leaving the new Art Studio intact, when Phase II construction is completed. |
| When opened, the Bridge Building will be a restaurant open to all as well as a Commons serving the entire Master’s ValueWeb. As Phase II work is completed and reorientation of function and services take place, the Bridge Building will expand its function to include the Phase III focus of Hospitality center for the larger enterprise. |
| The Bridge Building - literally a bridge - is the living example of a different kind of society with a focus on nourishment, dialog, engagement without the traditional barriers of age, roles, sex, position and affiliation between patrons. |
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| As Restaurant and gathering place, there will be soft seating, tables, WorkWalls, book-case/planter- partitions - all movable on demand. The venue will include formal and informal activities. This is an active social space, with implicit rules-of-engagement, open to all who can bring value to the discourse even by their presence in quite rest and contemplation - a mindful commons. |
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| Phase II happens on two levels. A new second story structure is constructed to span over the existing one story building creating a wide variety of leaning spaces. Then, the largely vacated existing first floor is rebuilt and turned into many new kinds of learning and work places. In addition to school activities, the Enterprise R&D, navCenter and mediaHUB will be incubated in these spaces until growth requires the building of the Phase III facilities. |
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a matrix of design/build and construction system criteria: |
design-build method |
components and systems |
technical systems |
| The design presented here evolved over a seven year period, numerous meetings, two DesignShop™ events and several sessions with administration, teachers, students, parents and design professionals. An idea has emerged that can now be tested with a larger user community. |
| involving designers and engineers |
| The tsmARCHITECTURE design-build method rejects the traditional “top down” process and goes well beyond the prevalent design charrette and cooperation model by employing the more robust M.G. Taylor tool kit and forging a true ValueWeb™ with all members of the D/B/U team. |
| To architecture, contractor-builder-craft persons have long been seen as the “enemy,” at best subordinate members of the team. |
| drawings and documentation |
| Pricing, scheduling, project management |
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SolutionBox
voice of this document:
VISION • STRATEGY
SCHEMATIC
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posted: March 26, 2011 • revised March 31, 2011 - 6:40 PM @ Elsewhere • © 2011 Matt Taylor, tsmARCHITECURE, Adam Mcintyre Architect |
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