THE GOOGIE BUILDING
PROGRAM: EVENT AND MULTIPURPOSE
LOCATION: GARDEN CITY, ID
PROJECT ARCHITECT: JAMES MARSH
PROJECT DESIGNER: WESTON ELLERBRAKE
PROPOSAL:
At the entrance to Garden City stands an 1960’s Atomic Age relic, now a Japanese steak house. New ownership hopes to transform it into an event space. The proposed design highlights the building’s unique roof by using colorful zinc tiles and opening up the building facade. v
STEP 1: BUILDING ANALYSIS
The existing building, a Japanese steakhouse in disrepair, sits at a key intersection and currently serves as an unwelcoming gateway to Garden City.
STEP 3: INITIAL GRADIENT CONCEPT
Building off the precedent, I envisioned a roof-sized gradient fowing over the roof.
STEP 5: CODING ROOF TILES
Using Grasshopper, I scripted a tool to instantly place roof tiles of different shapes and colors, allowing rapid iteration of gradients, forms, and palettes.
STEP 7: DEFINE THE COLORS
Inspired by snake skin, I introduced raised diamond roof tiles to add texture. However, this obscured the roof’s form, so the design evolved to highlight its mass. At the same time the building itself has changed to include angular window systems that echo the roof’s shape and adding depth to the facade
Image: www.mercatdesantacaterina.com
STEP 2: INTEGRATE PRECEDENT SANTA CATERINA MARKET, BARCELONA
With the roof’s steep pitch and high visibility, our design focused on making it a feature. Inspired by the Santa Caterina Market, we explored how color and texture could transform a typical roof into a striking surface.
RIVER CITY MOUNTAINS
STEP 4: CITY SCAPE DENSITY MAP AND AERIAL DIAGRAM
Garden City is naturally split between three areas and this seperation defnes the area and will defne the design.
STEP 6: DEFINE THE COLORS
The tiles were then applied to the roof and rendered to where we began to choose the color calues and where the different colors would be placed on the design.
STEP 8: DECLARE THE WINNER
The fnal design uses colors tied to the site: blue for the river, orange for city activity, and yellow for the dry mountains. Sleek, low-profle tiles preserve the roof ’s form and the roof’s design is transfered across the site. The result is a dynamic event space and a striking gateway that elevates Garden City.
THE FIELD THEATER
PROGRAM: BLACK BOX THEATER
PROJECT TYPE: COMPETITION
LOCATION: BOISE, ID
PROPOSAL
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The Field Theater is designed with the idea of the building being secondary to the site and that site is the most important object within this situation. To explore that guests must walk through a feld of light columns and fnd their way upwards to a building above them.
EXTERIOR STREET RENDER
METAL PANEL ROOFING OVER INSULATION AND CLT SLAB
MASS TIMBER BEAM
LIGHT-GAUGE STEEL CHANNEL
GLASS PANEL RAILING
CURTAIN WALL MULLION
TPO ROOF MEMBRANE OVER RIGID INSULATION
VAPOR BARRIER SHOWN DASHED
CATWALK FLOOR WITH STEEL SUPPORT
STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMED WALL W/ ACOUSTIC INSULATION
STAINLESS STEEL WALL PANEL
TILE FLOOR
CONCRETE OVER 7-PLY CLT SLAB
HVAC DUCT
SUSPENDED CEILING BAFFLES
TRIPLE-PANE, LOW-E, INSULATED CURTAIN WALL CLEAR GLASS PANEL
VERTICAL SHADING FIN
CONTINOUS STEEL ANGLE
CURTAIN WALL SPIDER CLAMP
METAL PANEL SOFFIT
LIGHT-GAUGE INFILL FRAMING
HEAVY TIMBER BEAM
STEEL MOUNTING PLATE
MASS TIMBER COLUMN
SITE LIGHTING ELEMENT
SITE FLOOR, PER SITE PLAN, OVER GRAVEL FILL
CONCRETE FOOTING AND FOUNDATION
1/2" = 1'-0"
PUBLIC MURAL
PROGRAM: PUBLIC ART
LOCATION: 200 W 36, BOISE, ID 83714
DESIGNER: WESTON ELLERBRAKE
PAINTER: TRADEMARK DESIGN
PROPOSAL:
Outside Hatch Design Architecture’s headquarters once stood a blank CMU wall. HDA wanted a mural that spoke to the history and culture of the greater Boise/Garden City area. Left to right highlights the city’s evolution from an agriculture area to an outdoor recreation powerhouse.
MURAL AFTER/BEFORE
MURAL CLOSE-UP
KNOLL STUDY ROOM
PROGRAM: INTERIOR RENOVATION
LOCATION: LINCOLN, NE
PHASE: CONSTRUCTION
TEAM: ELIZA ELLERBRAKE, ARI OSTEN, DANIEL KRUEGER
PHOTOGRAPHER: CHRIS JOHNSON
PROPOSAL:
Three distinct study space arrangements are offered depending on the users’ preferred style of work. Subtle colors relax and calm guests, and natural materials seek to resolve issues in the students. It was voted the top study room on the University of Nebraska, Lincoln campus.
STUDY ROOM FLOOR PLAN & FURNITURE SELECTION DIAGRAM BY WESTON ELLERBRAKE