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This book is a collection of work completed over the 2014 Fall semester at Roger Williams University, School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation. The work presented shows the process of creating the final design from start to finish, organized into three parts; Precedent, Design, & Final.

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“In the first half of the 19th century, New Bedford produced the advanced fuel of the age - whale oil - and became known as ‘the city that lit the world.’ Now, with this new terminal, and this first-in-the-nation project, New Bedford will once again begin to light the world, but this time with the clean, renewable energy resource of the 21st century - offshore wind.”

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New Bedford Harbor has an active freight seaport which provides a major connection for agricultural products entering the New England market. With highway connections and a port with deep water access, the city of New Bedford has the opportunity to effectively service the Cape Wind off shore wind farm. A newly developed terminal has been built to fix and transport wind turbine blades to and from Cape Wind and New Bedford. Currently, this terminal is simply a piece of land that stores shipping containers and blades.

The work being preformed on the blades occurs outside on the shore. There is no formal headquarter or place that identifies the terminals location or purpose. This lack of place became the basis of our semester project, and was developed into a full program that interacted with the terminal and emphasized its function.

The program chosen to relate to the terminal formed into a Wind Energy Research Facility. The facility is centered around wind energy.

There are labs and classrooms dedicated to the study of renewable energy and training components for workers going to Cape Wind. A Restaurant, Library, Stores, and Visitors center were added to create public integration into the facility.

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Energy Efficient precedents were studied to investigate, analyze and evaluate strategies used to design. Through the precedents we were able to understand the functional relationships between formal, performance, and tectonic architecture. The study of precedents led to the development of our projects.

The site of the facility was investigated and used as the starting point of design. The site was split in half by Blackmer Street, the main access road to the new terminal. We were allowed to build on both sides of the street, and it was suggested by the client that a “gateway” to the terminal was ideal. The final design would draw people into the site and allow them to interact with the terminal, the site and downtown New Bedford, all while incorporating energy efficient solutions and relating to New Bedford.

The design process was achieved through multiple plans, sections, elevations, enclosure, details, study models and sketches. Energy efficient Solutions including re-use of turbine towers, biomass heating and cooling, water collection, solar lighting, and natural ventilation were studied and incorporated into the final design. A strong concept of context, entry and approach were used to guide the design.

The New Bedford Wind Energy Research Facility is designed to revive the cities historical relationship with the harbor and re-establish New Bedford as a vital port for wind energy. This is acchieved through strong public interaction between the facility and the terminal, and the incorperation of renewable energy solutions within the facility.

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The NREL Research Support Facility is a pioneer in Net Zero Building Design. Unlike traditional design where architecture defines the form and impacts the function of a building, energy performance requirements drove the RSF. RNL designed with the entire building in mind, using multiple forms of renewable energy. The RSF is a prime example of how to design energy efficient buildings, and can be used to investigate solutions for our facility in New Bedford.

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The Design process started out by an investigation of the site. There was a need to draw visitors down Blackmer Street and into the facility. A multi-level training pool was also studied as a concept that allowed visual connections between visitors and divers in the pool. Structure was designed to reuse material and relate to wind energy, this was done by refurbishing old wind turbine towers and using them as the main column structural supports. The program was split into two separate buildings, one that contained industrial components including a wind tunnel and crane bay, and another building that contained public and educational services. Throughout the semester, several variations of the space between the two buildings and their physical and visual relationship were studied. The main design concepts became strong community interaction, use of renewable energy resources, emphasis of wind, and relation to New Bedford.

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The final design placed the two buildings on the same side of the site. The industrial building emerges from the ground allowing visitors, students, and employees to access the roof top and walk up into the 4th floor of the educational and public building. The sloped roof leads directly from the southern site up to the library and restaurant, which have views towards the center of New Bedford, the marine commerce terminal, and back onto the site. The walkway between the two buildings acts as a connection between the public and industrial work, allowing visitors to view the crane bay and wind tunnel. The Multi-leveled pool was simplified and placed next to the visitors center, with visual connections between the two.

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Site Plan Thomas Pentoney - Arch 413.01 Fall 2014 - SAAHP - Semester Project

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Visitor Center

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This facility is a first of its kind in America, making it a very exciting concept. The design process forced me to design for multiple conditions simultaneously, leading to interesting solutions and innovations. Though-out the semester I worked to develop the relationship between the buildings and ultimately finished with a design that reinforces the ideas of wind, renewable energy, community interaction, and New Bedford. I discovered that it is sometimes best to simplify concepts in order to achieve a clear and concise building. The experience to work with a real client and receive constant feed back was imperative to the semester and the final design, and provided a great amount of motivation to produce a high quailty faciltiy.

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