Comprehensive Studio Austin Courthouse

Austin District Courthouse Caitlin Fitzgerald, Hayden Donaldson, Charlie Rotter John Trefry Spring 2016

Pre-Design

Precedents Repetition, Context, Tailoring - Charlie Mask-Head Repetition, Context, Tailoring - Hayden Mask-Head Repetition, Context, Tailoring - Caitlin Mask-Head Pre-Design Floor Plans Conceptual Massing Model

Design

Site Plan Diagrams Floor Plans Sections Renderings Conceptual Video Images

Systems

Egress Diagrams Mechanical Diagrams Wall Section Construction Details Reflected Ceiling Plans

Pre-Design

REPETITION in the physical manifestation of a civic identity, visually conveys a sense of order, hierarchy, and permanence reminiscent of the group that creates it. Repetitions together as a whole, form a message of strength in numbers. However, with the subtraction of just one iteration from the whole, the identity and meaning conveyed can be lost.

The CONTEXT surrounding a focus of civic identity has the ability to give or take a way signifigance to the subject. In the event the civic icon is a stand-alone or unrelatable enviornment, it must create its own signifigance within its surroundings.

TAILORING, when referencing clothing, refers to form-fitting a stock piece of material to the person who will eventually wear it. Tailoring a civic symbol takes the stock typology of the symbol nad then adaps and applies it to its communtiy's unique necessities or issues.

Repetition, Context, Tailoring Charlie Rotter

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The culmination of my interpretations on Repetition, Context, and Tailoring resulted in the above model. A puzzle board filled by a viarity of puzzle pieces of mutiple sizes and footprints. The model has the abilty to be rearranged to a persons specific desires at the time to depeict the variance in experience each person can have coming to a courthouse based on their reason for being there. As many different functions fill a courthouse with various ammounts of signifigance, different sized pieces fill the board. A unique piece, the largest, unhinges to reveal speical element inside to represent the concept that not every aspect of a building should be known immediatly.

Mask - Head

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Charlie Rotter

Repetition in reference to our everyday lives is an inherent aspect of our humanly reactions, interactions, and thoughts.

It manifests itself in the visual realm with patterns, layers, and in variations of those very patterns and layers. This could be through solely our surroundings in the organic beauty of nature, or even in the inanimate manmade objects that we surround ourselves with. When it comes to repetitiveness in the realm of what we as humans have direct control over though it seems that we ve cultivated almost a necessity for repetitiveness, because it is in the act of repeating that humans eventually find control and with control comes some sense of comfort. The comfort envelops every aspect of our lives from our relationships to our careers and even in the everyday creations we have some sort of an input in making.

This could relate directly to our impact as architects on the buildings we develop and our consciousness of aesthetic and sensitivity to the emotional evocation of the humans who interact with it.

Context in its relationship with civic identity is a product of the established life that is within the context. Context refers to how something is made, so by some sense of the definition, humans must play a major roll in defining the context of something. The context of a building or a piece of land may be a total reflection of what the surrounding life may seem essential or it may be the exact opposite and be what the building needs from its surroundings. Whatever the relationship may be, context is one of the more essential aspects of how place is defined.

The relationship between content and appearance isn t always clearly illustrated. The content of something can be a direct reflection of the appearance or it can be a verse of deception in which case the two contradict each other. Whatever it is from humans to courthouses, to businesses. Our perception and our ability to relate to something is first perceived by the external appearance and then solidified or altered by the knowledge of its content. In other words you could conceivably never dive deep enough understand the content of something but our nature as people is to judge and the only way to reasonably judge something is by having a full understanding of what content lies beneath the initial appearance.

Repetition, Context, Tailoring Hayden Donaldson

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My concept revolves around the many perspectives we can have in life even when we're looking at the same instance. The "mask" is a spalted maple frame that supports the entire piece and is reflective of those various windows that present themselves through our life progression. The center piece "head" which is a sphere of black walnut cut into several layers, is representative of the various layers and phases of life that people experience and sometimes categorize throughout their existence. These layers are ever changing and are subject to outside force but still form a whole. It's held with tension of four translucent strings in the center of the frame representing the center and balance that we as humans strive to achieve in life. The strings in tension could be representative of the particular outside elements in our lives that we are affected by and also somewhat defined by such as romance, and career. When they are all in harmony, your life achieves a particular equilibrium.

Mask - Head

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Hayden Donaldson

REPETITION in the physical manifestation of a civic identity, visually conveys a sense of order, hierarchy, and permanence reminiscent of the group that creates it. Repetitions together as a whole, form a message of strength in numbers. However, with the subtraction of just one iteration from the whole, the identity and meaning conveyed can be lost.

The CONTEXT surrounding a focus of civic identity has the ability to give or take a way signifigance to the subject. In the event the civic icon is a stand-alone or unrelatable enviornment, it must create its own signifigance within its surroundings.

TAILORING, when referencing clothing, refers to form-fitting a stock piece of material to the person who will eventually wear it. Tailoring a civic symbol takes the stock typology of the symbol nad then adaps and applies it to its communtiy's unique necessities or issues.

Repetition, Context, Tailoring Caitlin Fitzgerald

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The culmination of my interpretations on Repetition, Context, and Tailoring resulted in the above model. A puzzle board filled by a viarity of puzzle pieces of mutiple sizes and footprints. The model has the abilty to be rearranged to a persons specific desires at the time as larger pieces dictate their signifiagnce.

Mask - Head

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Caitlin Fitzgerald

Initial Massing Model TExt Insert

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Initial Concept Drawings 11

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Design

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Massing Diagrams Progression of Massing

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D. Attorney and Clerk Sheriff and Secure

District Magistrate

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Secure Law Clerk

Judge Chamber

Work Room

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Public RR

Telep.

Elec.

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WC

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Storage

WC Attorney Conf.

Jury Conference

Closet

Jury Assembly

WC Holding Sallyport

Sndlck

Attorney Conf.

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Janitor

WC Sndlck

A/V Storage

Janitor

Security Station Mech.

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Floor Plan 1st FLoor: Entry Level

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Secure Storage/Wkrm Exec. Ast.

Ast. Def.

Ast. Def.

Ast. Def.

Ast. Def.

Ast. Def.

Reception

Ast. Def. Library

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Pretrial Offr.

Pretrial Offr.

Pretrial Offr.

Pretrial Offr.

Telep.

Public Lobby

Comp./Tel. Elec.

Ur. WC Urinalysis Lab

Paralegal

Inv.

Inv.

Staff Lounge

Long Term Records

WC

Strg.

WC

Equip. Storage Firearm Vault

Current Records

Paralegal

Jnr.

WC File Storage

Work Area

Offr. in Charge

Staff Lounge/Conf.

Sup. Defender

WC Reception Work Area

Public WC Public WC

UP DN

Conference

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2nd Floor: Pre-Trial Services

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Janitor

Sup. Clerk

WC Mngr.

Mngr.

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Storage

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Officer

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Officer

Officer

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Ur. WC

Cashier

Storage/Workroom

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Ur. Lab

Staff Lounge

Telep.

Work Space

Elec.

Officer

Public Lobby WC Long Term Records

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Officer

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Officer

Public WC

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Officer

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Officer

Supervisor

Public WC Mech.

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Officer Conference

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Supervisor

Officer Supervisor

Floor Plan 3rd Floor: Pubilc Defender

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Secure

Reception

Sndlck

Sallyport

A/V Stor.

District Judge Chambers

Telep.

Work Space

Holding Elec.

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Law Clerk

A/V Storage WC

Soundlock

Jury Conf.

Closet

Soundlock

Reception Kitchenette

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Cl. WC

Attorney Conf.

Jury Conf.

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A/V Storage

Public WC

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Work Space WC

District Courtroom

Soundlock

District Judge Chamber

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Floor Plan 4th Floor - 8th Floor: District Courtroom Layout

Public WC

AHU/Mech.

Law Clerk

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Vestibule Law Clerk WC

Holding

Sallyport Jury Conf.

WC

Janitor Sndlck

Closet

District Judge Chamber

Holding

District Courtroom

District Courtroom

Deputy

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Comp./Tel.

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Galley

Room

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Storage/Workroom

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System Admin.

Secure File Room

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Telep.

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Supervisor

Fitness Center

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Open Work Area

Firearm Vault

Security Command

Conference Room

Break Room

Court Security Officer Room

Floor Plan 9th Floor: Sherif

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Secure Law Clerk

Soundlock

Sallyport

Reception A/V Storage

Telep.

Magistrate Judge Chambers

Magistrate Judge Chambers

Holding AHU

Elec.

Soundlock

Work Space Jury Conf.

Holding

Magistrate Courtroom

Magistrate Courtroom

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AHU

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Janitor

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Soundlock

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A/V Storage

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Sndlck

A/V Storage

Reception AHU Law Clerk Soundlock

Work Space WC

Initial Floor Plan Layout 21

Public WC

Public WC WC

Attrn. Conf.

Jury Conf.

Magistrate Courtroom

Jury Conf.

Mechanical

Holding Soundlock

Magistrate Judge Chambers

Law Clerk

Soundlock Attorney Conf.

Sallyport Closet

Reception

Soundlock

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Work Space

10th Floor: Magistrate Courtroom Layout

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Section 23

North - South

Remdering Courtroom Daytime

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Rendering 25

Entry View

Rendering Atrium

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Rendering 27

Atrium Gathering Space (Above); Courtroom Night (Below_

Rendering Atrium

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Rendering 29

Night View

Video Stills Images from our conceptual vieo encompasing the moments defining our Austin experience

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Video Stills 31

Systems

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Level 1 (Above); Level 2 (Below)

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Initial Floor Plan Layout 35

Level 10 (Above); Level 9 (Below)

Mechanical RCP Level 1

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Mechanical RCP 37

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Level 14 250' - 0"

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Wall Section 38

Level 1 (Entry) 6' - 0"

Entry Level 4' - 0"

Section Detail 39

Clearstory Base Condition

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Section Detail Clearstory Head Condition

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Section Detail 41

Band Detail 1

Level 9 157' - 0"

Section Detail Band Detail 2

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Section Detail 43

Band Detail 3

Level 10 172' - 0"

Section Detail Band Detail 4

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Section Detail 45

Roof Parapet

Reflected Ceiling Plan Level 1

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Reflected Ceiling Plan 47

Level 4