Project Phase One Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge Observatory Entry Gajczak+Montgomery+Yue_McCown+Wall_Spring 2012
This project is located at Seven Island Wildlife Refuge in Knox County, East Tennessee. The design aims to create an interpretive entry building and site for the Seven Island Wildlife Refuge. This design incorporated the sun and wind by loading the building on the northwest side of the site, and water management by harvesting rainwater for use inside the building in both functional and aesthetic ways. The building and other structure attached operate as a ‘gateway’ to the site by leading people from the entry of the interpretive center, through the building, to the landscape field.
Sun and Wind
The design allows cross ventilation through nearly the entire building through the use of a light wooden screen around the entire structure. This same screen also acts to filter the sunlight into the building rather than allowing direct rays from the sun. 1
Spring Wind Pattern
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Summer Wind Pattern
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Fall Wind Pattern
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Winter Wind Pattern
Spring Morning
Summer Morning
Fall Morning
Winter Morning
Spring Evening
Summer Evening
Fall Evening
Winter Evening
HILL RUNOFF TO GUTTER TO RAIN GARDEN
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Water Collection Diagram— Plan
ROOF RUNOFF (gal per year) 110000
Water Collection Diagram— Section
Water One of the objectives for our design was creative ways to take care of water collection and runoff. To achieve this there is collection from the roof that drops down through an opening and drips down a stone wall into a trough-like cistern. This not only creates a water collection system, but allows people to experience the process. The collection for the runoff is similar. Water that runs off the hill is collected into a gutter built into the stone wall and from there runs around the building and down an exterior stone wall and eventually into a rain garden. The water also attracts birds to the area and helps create a bird viewing area near the parking. Section of Cistern Catchment
Section of Rain Wall
Parking Lot Section
Northeast Section
Construction Detail
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First Floor Plan
Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata
Bird of Paradise Strelitzia reginae
Boston Fern Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Bostoniensis’
Crab Apple Trees Malus baccata ‘Sentinel’
Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans
Southeast Elevation
Southeast Section