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TRAVIS COUNTYCOURTHOUSEAaron Rule & Lo Coudert
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3WALL SECTIONS/DETAILS 49 Detailed Wall Sections/ Detailed Callouts.......................... 50-57
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 29 Renderings.............................................................................. 30-39 Plans/Elevations......................................................................42-45 Diagrams/Sections................................................................. 46-47
DESIGN CONCEPT 25 Sketches.................................................................................. 26-27
PROJECT OVERVIEW 15 Site........................................................................................... 17 Site Conditions........................................................................ 18 Solar Study...............................................................................19 Phase 1.................................................................................... 20 Phase 2.................................................................................... 21 Program...................................................................................22
PATTERN 5 Leo........................................................................................... 6 Aaron...................................................................................... 10
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PATTERN
Timeless...Inevitability...Permanence
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1 Le Caravage, Narcissus (1597)2 Richard Serra - East West / West East (2014)3 Jimmie Durham, Pirogenetico, pirogenetico (2009)
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In Greek mythology, Narcissus is the son of the gods with exceptional beauty. When he went to the river he fell in love with himself and died of that love. When he died, his body turned into narcissus flowers. Narcissus flaw was the honesty of the reflection by his beauty which turned him to his death.
Richard Serras work seems that it is going to fall as dominoes whereas this 50 foot high steel panels are buried deep into the ground to be able to stand this way, and this makes it the most permanent of Serras work. It looks that it has existed for decades , because of the treatment of the steel which seems timeless.
Jimmie Durhams work is a diptych made of three obsidians and their molding in German silver. It represents a shortcut of his life from his Cherokee origins to his current life in Europe. He uses stone as a symbol of memory, permanence, and stability, whereas he is usually focused on using stone to destroy and present it as an anti-architectural element.
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I started working on the symmetry inspired by Narcissus and from that getting to work on the repetition seen in Durhams reference, and finally the rhythm. To understand the link between repetition and rhythm, I questioned the etymology. Rhythm came from the Greek word Rythmos which means ordering the movement. Also, Plato defined rhythm as a dancing body: the same idea of movement.
The idea of movement is something allowed by the presence of time. There is no movement if there is no time and so there is no rhythm if there is no time. My pattern tries to show this relationship between repetition and rhythm. The grid made of squares represent the endless repetition with the square as an impartial shape. The black circle represent the time (Kandinsky would always use the circle as the representation of the 4th dimension) and the idea that when time meets with repetition it reveals something new which is the rhythm; a countable space with a beginning and an end. A white strip on right side is part of the pattern and refers to the repetition of the square and suggest that this entire pattern is part of something bigger.
An optical illusion makes you see a black dot at every intersection. I used it to represent repetition in the model. Here the time is not a circle anymore but you, the person who holds the model, gets to understand the repetition only by manipulating the model.
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The Grand Canyon in Arizona is remarked as one of the greatest wonders of the natural world. Its form is generated from thousands of years of weathered erosion presenting itself with many layers of plateaus, valleys, and vibrant layers of color. It defines every element when seen as something that is timeless, inevitable, and permanent.
Denim Jeans are most famously invented by Levi Strauss in 1873 for miners and cowboys. The durability and strength of jeans makes them incredibly long-lasting and appealing. They have now become one of the most permanent and timeless pieces of textile fashion in not only America, but the entire world.
One of the worlds most important religious literary works, the Holy Bible, has been one of the largest drivers of Christianity for thousands of years. It becomes the definition of something that is timeless, inevitable, and permanence based on the belief ideology of the beholder.
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The three items I chose to be an example of timelessness, inevitability, and permanence included the Grand Canyon, denim blue jeans, and the Holy Bible. All three of these items have in some way maintained the values that bring upon the notion of timeless. I extracted the shape of the plateau (a trapezoid) from the Grand Canyon, the zoomed in stitch of the jeans pattern (an abstracted parallelogram), and the idea as God as the circle and square representing heaven and earth. These three shapes would become the fundamental idea behind my pattern.
The pattern itself was based on rhythm and repetition of shape. The layering of color was based on the different colors that are seen in the erosion pattern of the rock of the Grand Canyon. Using different line-weights, I was able to get the illusion of different heights and valleys like the plateaus of the Grand Canyon. The way it is cropped off gives the illusion of it continuing into infinity. The pattern itself has the circle and square at the center of the piece representing heaven and earth.
The object is displaying a systematic relationship of the different plateau heights going in different directions. The different layers of pieces show how there is a system of controlled rhythm and repetition as well as layering up or down below the main plane located in the middle of the piece.
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:OVERVIEW:
This project was to focus on the aspects of a courthouse in a very compact location. We were to develop a harbinger courthouse for Travis County in downtown Austin, Texas. We were to develop a master plan that would allow the vehicular access, parking for staff, public, and prisoner transport on top of many other functions. This master plan would set the standard for the phase two construction of the Travis County Courthouse which would include a twenty-two courtroom addition (approx. 400,000 square feet) and a 1,000,000 square foot mixed use residential/commercial high rise on the same site.
SITE:
Our site was full of many potential uses. The US Federal Courthouse located north west of the site is a defined building of the are. Republic Square Park located north of the site has three key oaks that were the trees on which the city of Austin was founded. They become a focal entity to the city and the area. The city is trying to make the area around the site part of a government center with the addition of the recent Federal Courthouse. The Travis County Courthouse would be another recent addition to this master plan the city has in the works. Located directly east of the site is the William P. Hobby Building housing the Department of Insurance by Robert Venturi. To the south east is the recently added Austin City Hall designed by famous architect Antoine Predock. All of these government buildings are part of a new city initiative to be close to each other in a government center.
VEHICULAR:
Also located around the site are very important vehicular nodes and events that take place. There is a large bus stop on the east side of Republic Square Park as well as a bike share station. Guadalupe Street and 5th Street are two huge throughways that runs north to south and west to east through the city and involves a great deal of vehicular traffic.
CULTURE:
When it comes to cultural events, there is the Sustainable Food Center farmers market that happens on Saturday morning where the community comes to sell their produce, meals, and other crafts. It is a very vibrant atmosphere that runs from the front of the Federal Courthouse to 4th and Guadalupe.
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SAN
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LUPE STREET
5TH STREET
3RD STREET
4TH STREET
2ND STREET
REPUBLIC SQUARE PARK
US FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
WILLIAM P. HOBBY BUILDINGSTATE OFFICE BUILDING
CITY HALL
TRAVIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Sustainable Food Center Farmers Market
William P. Hobby Building Austin City Hall
US Federal Courthouse Republic Square Park
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SITE CONDITIONS:
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SPRING SUMMER FALLSOLAR STUDY:
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PHASE 1 N
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PROGRAM:
Ceremonial:
Ceremonial Courtroom Courtroom 24 2400 1 2400 Sound-lock .8 80 1 80 A/V Storage .3 100 1 100 Attorney Conf. Rm. 3 150 2 300 Public Waiting Area 180 900 1 900 Holding Cells - 120 2 240 Sally Port - 120 1 120 Secure Sound-lock - 60 1 60Jury Facilities Sound-lock - 50 1 50 WC 1 100 2 200 Closet .1 40 1 40 Chambers Judges Office 7 700 1 700 Judges WC .25 50 1 50 Judges Closet .03 10 1 10 Reception 1 100 1 100 Shared Work Area 1.25 250 1 250 Law ClerkDistrict:
District Courtroom Courtroom 36 1800 2 3600 Sound-lock .52 80 2 140 A/V Storage .66 100 2 200 Attorney Conf. Rm. 3 150 2 300 Public Waiting Area 240 600 2 1200 Holding Cells - 120 4 480 Sally Port - 120 2 240 Secure Sound-lock - 60 2 120Jury Facilities Sound-lock - 50 2 100 Water-closet 2 100 4 400 Jury Room 4 200 2 400 Closet .26 40 2 80Chambers Judges Office 14 700 2 1400 Judges WC .5 50 2 100 Judges Closet .06 10 2 20 Reception 2 100 2 200 Shared Work Area 2.5 250 2 500 Law Clerk 3 250 2 500District Clerk:
Public Lobby 50 250 1 250 Cashier Room .45 45 1 45 Open Work Areas 2.5 250 1 250 Managers Office 1.75 175 1 175 Admin. Offices 3 150 2 300 Staff Lounge 3.5 350 1 350 Records Storage 1 300 1 300 High-Volume Mail .6 200 1 200 Storage/Workroom .5 150 1 150 Staff WC .6 60 2 120
SPACE: OCCUPANT LOAD:
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SPACE: OCCUPANT LOAD:
SIZE: #: NSF:
Sheriff/Secure:
Public Lobby 40 200 1 200 Open Work Areas 3 300 1 300 Staff WC .6 60 2 120 Supervisor Office 1.5 150 1 150 Officer Office 7.2 120 6 720 Vehicle Sallyport - 800 1 800 Holding Cells - 120 20 2400 Prisoner Processing - 200 1 200 Prisoner Galley - 120 1 120 Security Command 3 300 1 300 Firearm Vault .16 50 1 50 Break Room 7 400 1 400
Jury Assembly:
Jury Assembly Room 214 1500 1 1500 Jury Water Closet 1.25 125 1 125 Jury Service 1 100 1 100 Jury Check-in .8 80 1 80 Clerks Station .45 45 1 45
Pretrial Services: Public Lobby 40 200 1 200 Reception Work Area 1.25 125 1 125 Staff Lounge 2 200 1 200 Staff WC .3 60 2 120 Additional: Public Supplement - 2000 1 2000 Loading/Services - 2000 1 2000
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DESIGN CONCEPT
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The overall concept of the building is derived from our combined patterns. This includes the systems of rhythm in a general sense and rhythm in a layering sense. Other concepts include a programmatic detachment of the building from the ground using the reflecting pool yet still anchoring and the building as it is protected through a labyrinth of layers. The layering system begins in 2D form starting with the trees in the plaza. Next, the layer the reflecting pool, the facade, and then the penetration into the lobby. Whenever the layering system enters the lobby of the courthouse, a new series of rhythmic layering occurs; a 3D layer. This 3D layering includes the panels overhead underneath the balconies, the louvers stemming from the roof, and the system of beams running from the columns in the lobby. The columns in the lobby create a rhythm in the way as a car drives down the street. A person sees different moments when there are breaks from tree to tree as they move down a path. The final layer of the courthouse ends in the courtroom itself. This layer becomes a forth dimension. In this forth dimension, the grid wraps around the space and creates a framed view of the judge himself: the ultimate decider of the accused fate. This becomes a place of timelessness, inevitability, and permanence.
CONCEPT:
TREES PLAZA REFLECTING POOL
FACADE LOBBY COURTROOM
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
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PLAZA VIEW
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FRONT VIEW
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LOBBY VIEW
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2ND LEVEL VIEW
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JUDICIAL COURTROOM
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Security Command
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Public Lobby
Managers OfficeAdministration Office
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Administration Office
Records/Exhibit Storage
Staff Lounge
Copying and Mailing
Open Work Area
Public WC
Public WC
Pretrial Office
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Public Lobby
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Officer
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Public Lobby
Break Room
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Jury WC
Jury WC
Sound Lock
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Open Office
Judges Closet
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Officer
Judge WC
KITCHEN
Electrical Closet
Judges Office
AV Storage
Attorney Room
Attorney Room
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Public Lobby
Managers OfficeAdministration Office
Cashier Room
WCWC
Administration Office
Records/Exhibit Storage
Staff Lounge
Copying and Mailing
Open Work Areas
Public WC
Public WC
Pretrial Office
Pretrial Office
Pretrial Office
Public Lobby
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Pretrial WC
Electrical Closet
Storage Workroom
Staff Lounge
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Court Reporter
Court Reporter
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Structural Axonometric
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WALL SECTIONS/DETAILS
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