GOOSE CREEK AMPHITHEATER

from Architectural Portfolio | MArch II | 2023

by Andrew Schick

STAR SAND BEACH RESORT

Focus: Schematic Design

Location: Goose Creek, SC

Function: Public Event Space

Size: 10,000 sf

Collaboration: Zach Carman & Blake Middleton

The City of Goose Creek envisioned a new bandshell and amphitheater seating to serve as a destination for residents and visitors to gather for shared cultural experiences such as concerts and other large events. Located adjacent to a lake and the Goose Creek City Hall, the amphitheater intends to be a new landmark for the fast-growing northern suburb community of North Charleston. The bandshell canopy features a unique structural suspension and fastening construction system. The steel wide flange beam running across the top of the roof is attached to a series of Knife Plates which connect to pipe hangers below, which secure into the Composite Wood Beams. The bandshell structure also utilizes steel cross-bracing members attached to the steel columns, strengthening the members by preventing sideways deflection. The roof assembly features a prefinished metal standing seam roof with a stained and sealed tongue & groove cypress plank ceiling on the underside of the canopy. Accompanying the bandshell and amphitheater, a new restroom facility will include a plaza space for food truck vendors and patrons.

Site Plan

BANDSHELL ELEVATION 01

Scale: 3/32” = 1’-0”

Treehouse Lookout

Focus: Single Family Residential

Location: Ponderosa, CA

Function: Weekend Retreat

Size: 2,500 sf

Treehouse Lookout is an exploration into materiality and space planning studies for a 2500 sf micro-cabin in Ponderosa, California. In the face of increasing temperatures and the worst mega-drought in 500 years due to human-caused climate change, destructive wildfires in the western United States have increased in frequency and intensity into ”The Pyrosene.” A retired yet adventurous couple seeks solitude within a shelter protected from nature’s harshest conditions while keeping physical and visual connections to the immediate site, which is home to mature ponderosa trees, exotic wildlife, and views beyond a steep bluff towards Slate Mountain peak. The site employs strategic clear landscaping techniques to properly ensure setbacks and reduce fuel for a potential encroaching wildfire. Instead of a garage, the elevated Treehouse on stilts protects from the elements with sliding doors that can enclose a vehicle. A protruding rectangular volume on the northwest corner of the Lookout Tower ground floor opens to the living room, which connects to an outdoor deck via a three-panel glass sliding door. A small bathroom and reading nook are also placed at this level. The kitchen, dining, and a second outdoor deck are upstairs on the Main Level. The third floor serves as both a study and an observation post. A bridge evokes a branch connecting the Lookout Voume to the Treehouse Volume, which contains the Primary Bedroom. The highest space in the Lookout volume features a loft with bunkbeds positioned under the roof’s peak, which offers users skylights with a view of the stars.

SITE PLAN

Scale: 1:500