Concepts for a Centennial Park Visitor Center

CENTENNIAL PARK VISITOR CENTER NASHVILLE URBAN DESIGN PROGRAM SUMMER 2014 University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Architecture and Design Nashville Civic Design Center Publication by Paul Bamson and Hayley Mull

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CREDITS FACULTY Thomas K. Davis Associate Professor, University of Tennessee Gary Gaston Design Director, NCDC Lecturer, University of Tennessee DESIGN REVIEW CRITICS PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEWERS Tara Armistead Principal, Tara Armistead Landscape Architect Keith Covington Principal, Third Coast Design Studio Tim Netsch Assistant Director, Metro Parks and Recreation Wesley Paine Director, The Parthenon Ron Yearwood Urban Designer, NCDC PENULTIMATE DESIGN REVIEWERS John Houghton Senior Planner, Gresham, Smith and Partners David Koellein Agent, Zeitlin and Company Realtors FINAL DESIGN REVIEWERS Eric McGinnis Intern Architect, EOA Architects Tim Netsch Assistant Director, Metro Parks and Recreation Adam Nicholson Designer, Gresham, Smith and Partners Wesley Paine Director, The Parthenon Cyril Stewart Cyril Stewart Architect STUDENTS Paul Bamson Fourth Year Architecture Student Dylan Buc Fifth Year Architecture Student Hayley Mull Fourth Year Architecture Student Josh Parsley Fourth Year Architecture Student Alex Pasley Fourth Year Architecture Student INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS The University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Architecture and Design Nashville Civic Design Center (NCDC)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 6-11 Nashville Urban Design Program Summer 2014 8-9 Centennial Park Visitor Center Problem Statement 10-11 MASTER PLAN 12-21 Centennial Park Legacy 14-15 Proposed Master Plan 16-17 Surrounding Site Elements 18-19 Proposed Park Circulation and Parking 20-21 PRECEDENTS 22-33 Acropolis Museum 24-25 Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center 26-27 French Gardens 28-29 Galileo Control Center 30-31 Paley Park 32-33 VISITOR CENTER 34-81 Project Introductions/ Program 36-57 Public Space 58-63 Terrace Space 64-69 Event Space 70-75 Private Space 76-81 APPENDIX 82-89 Bibliography 84-87 Acknowledgments 88-89

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INTRODUCTION

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NASHVILLE URBAN DESIGN PROGRAM PROGRAM OVERVIEW

During Summer 2014, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Architecture offered an urban design program based at the Nashville Civic Design Center (www.civicdesigncenter.org), to the synergy and mutual benefit of the College at the Center. This was an extension of the 13-year long partnership between the two entities.

The Nashville Urban Design Program utilized Metropolitan Nashville and Middle Tennessee as a laboratory to visit and experience the issues and opportunities confronting the region, including examples of its most interesting historic and contemporary architecture and public spaces.

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Founded in 2000, the Nashville Civic Design Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to elevate the quality of Nashville’s built environment and to promote public participation in the creation of a more beautiful and functional city for all. The NCDC promotes the Ten Principles and related goals of The Plan of Nashville, a vision for growth and development, created and endorsed by citizens of Nashville.

PROGRAM CURRICULUM

Summer Session One was comprised of five architecture students who addressed urban design projects responding to specific Greater Nashville conditions, and explored urban issues in understanding and making the architecture of the city. Their investigations analyzed cultural, physical, and environmental influences and precedents of community on architectural form, space, and structure in the civic realm.

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Summer Session Two was comprised of two of the five architecture students in directed research. These two students produced a publication documenting the studio’s work during the first session design studio. 02

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A VISITOR CENTER FOR CENTENNIAL PARK The problem addressed involved the design, as urban architecture, of a Visitor Center for historic Centennial Park in Nashville’s West End. Centennial Park was the site of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897, and in 2010 was the subject of a distinguished new master plan by world-class landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson. This master plan is the outcome of numerous public meetings over a two-year period.

Students focused on the proposed site for the Visitor Center which is at a highly strategic urban corner of the park. This Visitor Center, while located in the master plan, has not been designed. This studio presented the potential to get in on the ground floor and influence subsequent professional design services on its design and development as an advocacy.

The Master Plan states “the Visitor Center will be a place where park users can go to orient themselves and to find out what is happening in Centennial Park. The building will create another venue for indoor events in addition to the fully booked Parthenon. The light/open structure will house a cafe space with a terrace that expands into the ornamental garden toward the Parthenon, The building will create a lovely vista from the Parthenon and (may) block the current view of the 31st Avenue traffic.” The Master Plan goes on to say “the new Visitor Center will be set on the west axis of the Parthenon near the intersection of Parthenon Avenue and 31st Avenue North. It will be designed to create a new park entry fronting onto a street-level arrival plaza with terraced hillside gardens to the north... and will include a small cafe, event rooms, and outdoor terraces with views eastward to the Parthenon, the park, and the downtown skyline.”

As a studio of five students, they periodically presented the five projects to a number of the most distinguished design and development professionals in the city, including many of University of Tennessee alumni, as well as key city officials.

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CENTENNIAL PARK LEGACY “Centennial Park holds a special place in the history of Nashville and in the hearts of our citizens. The park was first created to hold the Centennial Exposition of 1897, a six-month event that brought nearly 2 million visitors to Nashville at a time when the city’s population was barely 100,000. It was the start of not only Nashville’s municipal park system, but public park systems across the state. Since then, Centennial Park has been a place where the people of our city gather and celebrate. The events held here throughout the years - large and small - have reflected the changing culture and values of our city.

The Centennial Park Master Plan is the result of two years of effort by the Centennial Park Master Plan Committee. This dedicated group of volunteers spent long hours deliberating and focusing their efforts so that we would have a distinctive plan that honors the history of the park and also accommodates modern uses that will stand the test of time. The committee recruited world renowned landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, and worked closely with Design Partner Kathryn Gustafson and her team to articulate a shared vision. They sought input from

the community through a series of well-attended public sessions, and they made sure the vision and plan created reflected the users’ desires.

Centennial Park is already one of our busiest and most frequented parks in Nashville. This master plan looks into the future and lays out a blueprint for the park to become a showpiece for the city and our region. Also it envisions careful change that maintains the essential character that our citizens love while making it an even more vibrant and compelling park and destination for visitors.

Centennial Park has been an essential part of the city’s fabric for more than a century. It is my hope that this master plan will lay the course for Centennial Park to remain the crown jewel of our city’s park system for the next century and beyond. It will continue to be a place for fun, a place for music, a place for art, and a place for the community to gather.

Thank you to all of you that have been part of this process.” 04.2 Mayor Karl Dean

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Natchez Trace Monument Cockrill Spring West Musicians Corner Lake Katherine East Musicians Corner Gold Star Monument Shell Spring Gunboat TN Monument Bridge at Lick Branch Sewer Great Lawn Mowable Meadow Events Pavilion + Restrooms Robertson Monument TN Centennial Expo. Marker Lake Watauga Bridge Lake Watauga East Playground Interactive Water Feature CP Cafe East + Restrooms Sculpture + Installation Garden Art Center + Pool Area Garden North East Picnic Area Frist Memorial Garden Locomotive 576+N.C.& SL Railway Monument Rain Gardens Woman’s Monument

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Confederate Private Monument Lily Lake Concrete Bridge Cherry Blossom Walk Events Terrace Native Woodland Large Dog Park Small Dog Park Service Area + Shared Parking Flag Pole Hill Water Feature + Path Terrace Ramps + Gardens Winter Garden + Visitors Center Formal Gardens + Arrival Plaza Reflecting Pool Parthenon Marker Parthenon Victims of Violence, Children’s Memorial Garden Thomas Monument Rose Arbor + Gardens Centennial Park Arts + Activities Center Demonstration / Food Garden West Playground Cafe West + Restrooms Picnic Pavilion Parking Lots

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PROPOSED PARK CIRCULATION AND PARKING All Access Drive/ Loop/ Drop Off Occasional Access Drive

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ACROPOLIS MUSEUM Athens, Greece 2009 Bernard Tschumi Architects The Acropolis Museum is located in Makryianni, the historic district. Completed in 2009, it sits southeast of the Parthenon just 1,000 feet. The Museum has 90,000 square feet of space for exhibitions and amenities for visitors, entering it all on the pedestrian street, Dionysios Areopagitou. There is a 360-degree view of Athens and the Acropolis on the top level gallery. “The Acropolis Museum tells the story of life on the Athenian Acropolis and its surroundings by uniting collections formerly dispersed in multiple institutions, including the small Acropolis Museum built in the 19th century.”58

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Points of Inspiration 1. It’s Massing and Form 2. Exposure of Structure 3. Facade design 4. Directions of Views 5. Respect for Acropolis, Treatment and sensitivity Towards surrounding site

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BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN VISITOR CENTER

Brooklyn, New York 2012 WEISS / MANFREDI The Visitor Center designed by New York City’s WEISS / MANFREDI for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden opened May 16 of 2012. It lies on Washington Avenue on the corner of the garden on the northeast side. “The building is a fitting addition to the garden as Brooklyn Botanic Garden advances in its second century; It is a good precedent for building sustainably and for merging building and landscape.” 58

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1. Green roof blurs building and landscape 2. Glass facades open up building 3. Skylight pulls light into public spaces 4. Being set back from street draws people in 5. Building is integrated with site

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FRENCH GARDENS France 16th Century French gardens are often thought of as the tradition style of ‘formal bedding schemes’ in places like Chateau de Hautefort and Versailles. Though, there are much smaller types which consist of planting and bedding schemes that are more relaxed, and as a result, these schemes on smaller scales are becoming much more popular. French gardens range from very hot and dry to cool and wet climates choosing plants based on what is adaptable. 59

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1. Brings order and organization to nature 2. Spaces for relaxation and reflection

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GALILEO CONTROL CENTER Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 2008 Schultes Frank Architekten This building exists as two buildings built on top of one another rather than a single form.

The hierarchy of these buildings is based off of the security system. The bottom building occupies control rooms, laboratories, computer racks, etc. resting below ground. The main level, however, houses an auditorium, cafe, offices, visitors galleries, etc. behind the large curving facade. Everything is placed and built according to sheltering against interference.

The Control Center takes on a role past its program “with spacial suggestions of Galilean contradiction, a silent move, heavy in material, displaying the lightness of stone, cast stone, glowing in the light.� 60

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1. Correlation/ rhythm of solid and void 2. Correlation of heavy and light material 3. Complimenting curvature of the facade 4. Floor- ceiling glass creating hierarchy of spaces 5. Relationship of the ground and facade patterns 38

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NASHVILLE PUBLIC SQUARE Nashville, TN 2003 Tuck Hinton Architects “A central, oval-shaped lawn acts as a flexible space suitable for large gatherings. Participatory fountains, river overlooks, and memorials energize the surrounding streetspace, knitting the square into the larger urban context.” Below this lies an underground parking garage holding 1,200 parking spots for employees and visitors of the courthouse. This space acts as a place for activity to happen in every season and “celebrates the courthouse by providing a tree-lined frame, punctuated by civic monuments and gateways.” 61

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1. Towers frame gateway entry 2. Ground covering creates spacial hierarchy 3. Year round space open to the public 4. Parking moved to allow public dominance 5. Flexible space for any number of occupants

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New York City, NY 1967 Zion and Breen Associates “Paley Park is often cited as one of the finest urban spaces in the United States.� This 4,200 square feet pocket park on East 53rd Street allows the busy streets of Midtown Manhattan to fade away with the sound of a waterfall spanning the entire back wall. The other three walls are ivy-covered with airy honey locust trees gridded in the center and light movable furniture creating an urban oasis. Zion & Breen, the landscape architects, finished the pocket park 58 in 1967 opening on May 23rd of that year.

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1. Slightly raised to create private space 2. Honey locusts provide excellent shading 3. Integrated nature with green walls 4. Glowing water fall for soothing sound 5. Social atmosphere with nearby amenities

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CENTENNIAL PARK VISITOR CENTER

PROJECT INTRODUCTIONS These five projects aim to provide a hub of public and private spaces for learning about the Parthenon and Centennial Park. Each project tackles these design problems differently and takes a unique approach to program organization. A program was implemented as a reference based off of information gathered from Metro Parks and Recreactions Assistant Director, Tim Netsch, and the Director of the Parthenon, Wesley Paine. Each student added program elements and/or excluded them based off of individual goals and project intent.

In This Section Visitor Center Program Student Biographies Project Summaries Early Process Drawings Final Plan Drawings

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VISITOR CENTER PROGRAM PUBLIC

Ticketing / Information / Reception 840 net square feet Museum Store Orientation / Interpretation Space Cafe 1200 Multipurpose Meeting Space 1200

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Ballroom (300-500 people) 7500

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Ballroom expansion area Additional terrace open to public at all times Cafe seating Lounge seating / general public plaza Gather space for tours

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Conference Room (8 people) 240 Staff Restrooms 300 Break Room 150 Parks Staff 150 Private (1) 800 Open (8) Conservancy Staff Private (1) 150 Open (8) 800

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Storage (throughout) Public Restrooms (accessible after hours) Public Restrooms interior to building Custodial closets Mechanical Space Electrical Elevator(s) / Equipment

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Studying Centennial Park, I noticed that the park has three major zones; a park zone, a lake zone, and a garden zone. These three zones happen to meet at the site location and are defined by those components. The main concept is to reflect the concept of three major zones in the design of the building. The three zones being a public Zone, a Private Zone, and an Event Zone. Next, I studied the master plan and found that the gardens surrounding the site have a repetition which was mainly A-B-A-B. Using the regulating lines pulled from the repetition of the gardens, a 9 Square Grid was created defining the program organization of the building. The 9 square grid consists of 40’ and 10’ zones. The 40’s zones consist of program spaces and the 10’ zones consist of circulation, storage, and services spaces like restrooms and mechanical/ electrical rooms.

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Paul Bamson was born in Nigeria, but has lived in Nashville for most of his life. He attended Montgomery Bell Academy before attending the University of Tennessee for Architecture.

Math and art have always been a passion for him and architecture combines both. He hopes to someday start his own firm and better lives through design.

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Paul Bamson Fourth Year Architecture Student University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Architecture and Design

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THE AGORA Dylan Buc Fifth Year Architecture Student University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Architecture and Design Dylan Buc is a Nashville native and attended Hume-Fogg Academic High School in downtown Nashville. He is in his last semester before earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, and wishes to begin his professional career in the city that has been home to his family for four generations.

Project Summary

During the preliminary analysis of Centennial Park, I took notice of the many different elements and amenities that already existed-- many of which I did not know were present. This experience is similar to many who visit the park. One does not know what is actually in the park because it is not advertised well, nor are they aware of its significance in the history of Nashville. Thus, I sought to design a visitor’s center that not only addresses the Parthenon, but celebrates Centennial Park as a whole.

The design would incorporate a new way-finding system that promotes walkability, while actively engaging the visitor through education about the unique elements of Centennial Park.

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A GROWING VIEW Hayley Mull Fourth Year Architecture Student University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Architecture and Design Hayley Mull calls the Nashville area home, growing up just south in Franklin, Tennessee.

Graduating from Independence High School, she was heavily involved in community service and missionary organizations. Currently studying architecture at the University of Tennessee, she hopes to continue missionary work with her degree.

PROJECT SUMMARY

The Visitor Center rests in the heart of the formal gardens urging a dialogue with Centennial Park as a whole, while also being straight on axis with the Parthenon’s west facade. With its concave facade, the Visitor Center does not compete with the Parthenon’s, but rather embraces it. Using regulating lines from the surrounding formal gardens as well as vegetation itself, it creates a blur between the interiors and exteriors. This is displayed mainly with an open air atrium inhabiting 1/4 of the building’s footprint, living walls, and an ivy covered pergola spanning the roof. A viewing terrace on grade with 31st Avenue celebrates the views for the park as a whole and tucks away the building. Yet, the strong use of materiality and solid/ void lets it stand out.

Complimenting the strong presence of the Parthenon and making a statement within its site allows the Visitor Center to nestle itself gracefully into Centennial Park.

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THE BRIDGE TO CENTENNIAL Joshua Parsley Fourth Year Architecture Student University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Architecture and Design A native of Tennessee, Joshua Parsley attended Ravenwood High School as an active designer and athlete on the basketball team. Currently pursuing a double major in architecture and bio chemistry, he hopes to combine a gifted talent of design with a passion for the plant sciences.

Project Summary

When creating a space intended for visitors to populate, direction and insight are paramount in its design. To successfully integrate these elements, the concept of exposure must be considered. The Visitor Center at Centennial Park focuses on this idea of exposure by acknowledging visitor intentions while discretely informing them of details and relative context. As the space is inhabited, qualities of the park such as views from the site and information on other events and properties of Centennial are exposed to the visitor. This may happen at the point of entry where a grand perspective of the Parthenon is framed by two towering volumes or on the bridge in which adjoins the forms, giving views to nearly the entire park. Exposing this vision to visitors not only educates their understanding and properties of the park, it orientates them in relation to their position. Exposure is critical in maintaining a successful visitor center, without it, Centennial Park risks a complete disregard to its beauty and qualities it possess.

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THE JEWEL IN THE CITY Alex Pasley Fourth Year Architecture Student University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Architecture and Design Alex Pasley was born in Franklin, Tennessee, and graduated from Page High School before attending the University of Tennessee. His hobbies and strengths like drawing, art, math, and community work helped pick his career path and combine his passionate goals to pursue architecture as his major.

PROJECT SUMMARY

The Visitor Center was designed to create a new parkway entrance on a street level plaza “The Jewel In The City”. The design is based architecturally off of the Parthenon’s form, scale, proportions, and elegance. I started by looking at the master plan and began pulling regulating lines from the public and rose gardens to create zones on the terrace and lower levels. The intersecting zones help create two glass boxes on the terrace level. The boxes disappear during the day and are lanterns at night that frame the Parthenon from a distance. The terrace level is an active space during the day and night for special events and a space for one to see Nashville in a new way. The lower level is based around the ballroom and is split into three zones.

The first zone is the private and public offices and lecture hall. The second zone is the lobby space and ballroom which is pulled out of the ground.

The third zone is the restrooms and the circulation zone. The ballroom is meant to mirror the Parthenon giving a 180 degree view of Centennial Park.

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PUBLIC SPACE Great public spaces enhances a visitor’s experience tremendously. The public spaces addressed in the Visitor Center include a cafe, gallery, multipurpose meeting room, orientation/ film room, museum store, reception area, and ticketing area.

In This Section Plans and Axons for orientation Perspectives showing Public Space Sections showing Public Space

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View from Formal Gardens into Courtyard

The two main public spaces are the outdoor terrace, where the exterior seating for the cafe is located, and the courtyard, which is an extension of the ballroom and event spaces.

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Longitudinal Section to Parthenon

There are three levels of public space shown in the section cut through the double height ballroom on the ground floor and viewing terrace above on grade with 31st Avenue.

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ABOVE IMAGE Level 2 Plan UPPER RIGHT IMAGE Aerial perspective of sunken outdoor atrium LOWER RIGHT IMAGE View from entry of mezzanine Large public areas face towards the gardens except the sunken atrium on the back side to allow light in on all sides.

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ABOVE IMAGE Level 2 Plan UPPER RIGHT IMAGE Night view of towers LOWER RIGHT IMAGE View of interior ballroom Exterior spaces dominate this design during all times of the day, but large interior spaces make their mark as well with its circulation through the Visitor Center.

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Level 2 Plan

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Longitudinal section through multipurpose and office space

Public terrace on-grade with 31st Avenue stays open during the day, whereas the interior larger ballroom makes a statement with its plunge out into the formal gardens.

TERRACE SPACE In the master plan by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, a terrace space was mentioned as a place for people to gather and have a great view of the Parthenon and Centennial Park. It is also a space for people to eat and hold outdoor events with a removable tent.

In This Section Plans and Axons for orientation Perspectives showing Terrace Space Sections showing Terrace Space Elevations showing Terrace Space

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View of terrace facing the Parthenon

The exterior seating for the cafe is shaded by a canopy with vines growing along it to filter light. The terrace is also a space where large tour groups can be dropped off by car and bus.

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Transverse section cutting through ballroom and upper terrace

The on-grade terrace spans the roof of the building and shows a removable tent for outdoor events on this level.

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The terrace level reflects the spaces in the floors below including the ballroom, the staircases, and even the atrium with a wooden pergola spanning the 200 feet.

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ABOVE IMAGE Roof Plan UPPER RIGHT IMAGE View of Lookout on axis with Parthenon LOWER RIGHT IMAGE Aerial perspective of courtyards and gardens to the Parthenon The terrace spaces exist on different levels with one spanning between the two circulation towers and others gradually making the way down the sloping site.

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Elevation from 31st Avenue

This area is elevated above the ground enough to define the space as a terrace and sits between the only two structures on the roof level.

EVENT SPACE The Ballroom is a major part of all of the projects. It is the largest of the program elements and is a great space for parties, dinners, weddings, and conventions.

Some spaces can be split in two for multiple events to take place. All projects have a great view of the Parthenon and Centennial Park as a whole.

In This Section Plans and Axons for orientation Perspectives showing Event Space Sections showing Event Space Elevations showing Event Space

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Level 1 Plan

MIDDLE IMAGE Transverse section through ballroom BOTTOM IMAGE View from Ballroom towards the Parthenon and formal gardens Level 1 is devoted to the ballroom and event spaces. The ballroom is on the north side of the building directly under the outdoor terrace. The event rooms are on the east side of the building and can be split into two spaces for additional events.

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Level 1 Plan

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View from ballroom towards the Parthenon and formal gardens

The ballroom exposes the truss system above as well as showing large views of the formal gardens beyond and is wrapped by a mezzanine level.

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MIDDLE IMAGE Elevation from formal gardens BOTTOM IMAGE Night view from 31st Avenue The interior event space is a double height space wrapping all other spaces around it, and the exterior event space is reflected directly above this on the terrace level where a removable tent rests.

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View from lowest courtyard towards Parthenon and formal gardens

The lowest courtyard is directly outside from the interior ballroom allowing the interior events to spill out into this space where a removable tent is set up.

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MIDDLE IMAGE Longitudinal night section showing jutted out ballroom BOTTOM IMAGE View from interior ballroom towards Pathenon and formal gardens The ballroom is the only space punching into the formal gardens and is glass enclosed on three of its sides.

PRIVATE SPACE The private spaces in most schemes still allow views to the outside without compromising the privacy of offices for the Visitor Center. Offices may be split between the Metro Parks Staff and Conservancy Staff.

There are 16 open cubicals and 2 director offices with private restrooms, conference rooms, and break rooms.

In This Section Plans for Orientation Sections Showing Private Space

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Longitudinal section through core

Level 2 holds the offices for the staff. It allows for great views of the park as well as views from the conference room and break room. Private restrooms are also available for the staff.

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Northeast elevation from the gardens

The private spaces are on the south side of the building on Level 1 where sunlight can still reach offices but do not take away from the more dominant public aspects of the building.

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Level 1 Plan

MIDDLE IMAGE Longitudinal section through atrium and office space BOTTOM IMAGE Transverse section through office space and ballroom The private spaces all wrap around the back of the ballroom space on level 1 giving offices, conference rooms, and break rooms natural light through the sunken atrium space.

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Transverse section through gallery and private space

The spaces along each side tucked behind the larger areas like the gallery and ballroom house the private spaces such as restrooms, mechanical, and storage

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Transverse section through office spaces

The office spaces flank the ballroom on either side, having the best views as well as most sunlight, creating the full facade facing the gardens

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Cover Photo Gustafson Guthrie Nichol. Centennial Park Master Plan. December 2010. http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Planning-and-Development/Park-Plans-and-Projects/Centennial-Park.aspx Introduction Photo

Photo courtesy of Paul Bamson

Master Plan Photo Gustafson Guthrie Nichol. Centennial Park Master Plan. December 2010. http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Planning-and-Development/Park-Plans-and-Projects/Centennial-Park.aspx

Precedent Photos

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SPECIAL THANKS TO Thomas K Davis

Associate Professor, University of Tennessee

Gary Gaston Design Director, Nashville Civic Design Center Lecturer, University of Tennessee Julia Landstreet

Executive Director, Nashville Civic Design Center

Tim Netsch

Assistant Director, Metro Parks and Recreation

Wesley Paine

Director, The Parthenon

Ron Yearwood

Urban Designer, Nashville Civic Design Center

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