01 01 college of the built environment college of the built environment

this project was a proposal for a new college of the built environment for texas tech university. this new college includes architecture, landscape architecture, urban and community design, and urban and regional planning. the site is in downtown lubbock near urbantech (a ttu organization that serves as a lab for community needs) and across from the art district. this allows the new college to be incorporated into lubbock's first friday art trail (an art tour that takes place every first friday of the month) and will also allow students to be more engaged within the community. The use of green roofs is used as an environmental control system in order to help reduce the heat from entering the building. Throughout the entire college, a shading façade system is used to deal with the solar heat in hopes of increasing the building performance. there are two different ways that the facade system is used, one being a set system which stays in place, and another being a flexible system which offers the students the option of moving the system like a sliding door. since most of the buildings on the ttu campus are made from brick, this system mimics the same materiality.

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