Frank Ernest DeBolt IV AIA, CDT, LEED AP BD+C
2018 AIA Orlando Award of Merit - Built 2016 AIA Orlando Award of Merit - Unbuilt
Fairwinds Federal Credit Union Orlando, Florida Role: Project Architect / Designer Firm: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
FAIRWINDS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ORLANDO, FL
NORTHWEST CORNER
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
ALAFAYA TRAIL
FAIRWINDS
CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH PARK
FAIRWINDS Federal Credit Union consistently ranks as one of Central Florida’s best employers and continues to flourish as a locally focused bank. The property assets held by FAIRWINDS had not kept pace with the success of the brand. In February of 2014, our design team was approached by FAIRWINDS to reposition and modernize their East Orlando Campus. The strategically positioned site represents a gateway to the campus of University of Central Florida and offers a high degree of visibility to the heavily-traveled Alafaya Trail. Despite its premier location, the two existing buildings were approaching obsalescence and were becoming maintenance and fiscal liabilities. EXISTING BUILDING A
EXISTING CONDITIONS
SCIENCE DRIVE
(TO RESEARCH PARK)
SITE LOCATION
ALAFAYA TRAIL (45 mph)
BUILDING B
FAIRWINDS CREDIT UNION
The charge to the architects was clear: unify the two buildings into a holistic campus worthy of the FAIRWINDS brand. The design team began by connecting the two buildings with a continuous, light-filled glass atrium, providing a single point of entry for all employees and visitors. A simple, folded plane simultaneously shades the building from the intense Florida sun, unites the two existing masses, and creates a unique entry procession through a series of lush garden spaces.
EXISTING BUILDING UNIFYING MASSES FOLDED PLANE
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
BRISE SOLEIL
CURTAINWALL SYSTEM
SHADING FINS
STEEL STRUCTURE
ENTRY
GARDEN OFFICE
COMMUNITY ENTRY
INDOOR PUBLIC ZONE EXISTING BUILDINGS
INDOOR PUBLIC ZONE OFFICE
OUTDOOR PUBLIC ZONE
GARDEN
ENTRY
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
The delicate brise-soleil filters Western light and enables the expanse of a taut glazed skin. Perforated metal vertical shading fins suspended off of the long East and West-facing facades help to reduce glare and solar heat gain. The modern exo-skeleton slips over the retained slabs and structure of the original building to completely transform the project.
TECHTONIC LAYERING
BENEATH THE BRISE-SOLEIL
METAL RAINSCREEN
EAST ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
METAL SCREEN WALL
GLASS FRIT
GLASS FRIT DETAIL
PERFORATED METAL
CONNECTIONS
SOUTHWEST CORNER
NORTHWEST CORNER