Senior Final Project with a little of everything

1. Owner Goals
The developer wants to provide a place for local design
education opportunities and for the public and the design
community/industry to have a place where open communication
can occur. She also plans on using the adaptive reuse of this
historic mill building as an example of sustainable design. She
believes that transparency in business practices and the
challenges of the economic downturn has opened up
opportunities for architects, designers and sales agents to
provide builders, contractors, and the general public with
product information and design solutions that will promote green
design and financial prosperity for all.
Design Concept
Type of Form: clustered form because each type of space will
be grouped together
Ordering Principles/Plan Arrangement: axis applies to the
spacial arrangement of the clustered types of spaces
Space Relationships: sharing a common space where all areas
will feed from a central location for security and convenience
Design Approach: decorative or applied design in the form of Recognition
materials and finishes
• Google for photos, Sketchup 7 Software
• McMillan, Pazdan, Smith for CAD drawings of building
• Manufacturers noted throughout for photos and product
information
• Asheville, NC http://www.ashevilledesigncenter.org/
• Memphis, TN http://www.mrdcinfo.org/events/,
http://www.cityofmemphis.org/
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Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
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2. Location Overview
• 7 Vance Avenue, City of Memphis (the South End)
Shelby County, Tennessee
• Region: Southern US, Southwestern Tennessee, adjacent to the Mississippi
River
• Global positioning of building: 35 08’16.81”N, 90 03’34.88”W Elevation 322 ft
Historical Data
Memphis was chartered, surveyed and designed in 1819 by General/President
Andrew Jackson, General James Winchester and Judge John Overton. The city
was incorporated in 1826.
Existing Conditions
• The site is the former Nylon Net Company warehouse and office building.
• It has 225,000 square feet of usable space. Each floor comprises
approximately 74,000sqft.
• The red brick exterior has large arched windows on all four sides of its exterior
façade.
• The building has 3 levels, a partial basement, full first and second levels. Program Congruence
Memphis is a city on the rise. There are multiple
organizations and programs in the city implementing
redevelopment, regeneration, and revitalization programs in
the communities, economic centers and landscape.
•“The mission of the Memphis Regional Chapter of the
USGBC is to educate the Memphis Metropolitan and
Greater MidSouth community in the art and science of
sustainable design and construction practices, and to guide
the community into the regular implementation of such
practices.” http://chapters.usgbc.org/memphis/
MDEC Location and Existing Conditions
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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3. Sketch of Adjacency Diagram Early Blocking -Spacial Relationships and size requirements
Blocking –Occupancy and Actual Sizes
Inspiration for Display Areas
MDEC Process
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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4. Education is the main focus of the
Design Center. Starting with the
Lecture Rooms and continuing into the
Display and Exhibit Spaces and in
every nook and cranny. The materials
,finishes, equipment and furnishings
all teach lessons in innovation,
sustainability, and universal design.
Neutral Brown Color Scheme to serve as
Floor Plan a backdrop for the applied finishes and
The Design Education Center has spaces for Design Offices for lease/rental, a Resource Room, Lecture Halls for displayed merchandise
education and informational meetings, Exhibition and Display spaces for building and interiors products and
equipment, and a Café space. The Center is designed to promote education in design practices thereby fostering
a healthy design community.
The developer wants this space to self support. This will be achieved through lease and rental fees from the
Designer Offices, Meeting Rooms. Café, and Display and Exhibit spaces.
Because the overall design concept is flexibility, the space has elements that can be disassembled easily and
relocated or recycled. Part of flexibility is the ability to adapt and reuse a space for another purpose with minimal
materials loss or change. This conserves and is more sustainable.
Accent Colors
Present in the column wraps,
upholstery, and finishes
MDEC Project Overview
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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5. Sherwin Williams
Throughout Low –VOC Porch and
Hardwood Flooring Existing Floor Enamel
tongue and groove flooring
repaired with reclaimed
lumber and painted for
uniformity.
Flooring Plan
The flooring in the space is an antique hardwood that should be
preserved due to its durability. It will be maintained under a
coat of low voc paint. No wall will cause damage and the floor
will be cut as little as possible in the construction process. All
of the restroom fixtures will be wall mounted.
Base boards
Lecture Hall
Formica Micro-Perf. Wet Areas
Milliken Modular Traction
Aluminum Veneer Spacia Access vinyl tile-Travertine
backed carpet tile -Persian
Baseboard set-in Allows the floor to be removed from the
Dynasty-Samovar
4”Hx1”D existing wood for future adaptation.
It has permanent conductive
fiber to reduce static
electricity.
MDEC Flooring and Surface Treatments
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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6. View from Entry to Design Education Center
Wall Panels-
FSC certified Wall Treatment
Armstrong Polished Plaster in
Decorative Wall Panel corridors by
Natural
behind the logo Armourcoat
Variations
Armourcoat Wall panel in Sand
Cherry veneer
Overhead view of Meeting Rooms on right, Reception/Business Core, and
Storage Room on left
MDEC Reception and Business Core
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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7. Exterior Views and Interior Comfort are important. Because the exterior is wrapped in windows, the views will be
maintained by using fire rated acoustical glass walls around the meeting rooms and lecture halls. The exterior wall
to the building corridor will also be a curtain wall to extend the views into the accessway. There are also windows
added to partition walls between around the display and exhibit areas and the design offices at 30-90” above
finished floor to allow daylight into the corridors.
Section A View from Entry to Design Education Center
Glazing to maintain exterior Sliding Glass Doors
views with a privacy option- sandwiched between an
Scott LCD glass LCD panel and a single
Architectural Meeting Room AvantiSystems USA glass panel to create an
Lighting Pendants Ocasional Table Meeting Room Table accoustically sound partition
Chairs near the reception area wall.
for Front Corridor and business office will display Avantisystems USA
award winning commercial
chairs for guest seating
MDEC Reception and Business Core
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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8. LOGO panel
Shape to be repeated Aquamarine and White Glass Moz Designs Aluminum champagne
throughout the Center as back-painted and used as color panel for canopy
signage signage
Section B Indicating Wall Heights through the Business Core and Exhibit Display Areas
MDEC Reception and Business Core
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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9. Woodworks Acoustical Ceiling
System Armstrong Tegular
IdeaPaint
Pale Gray
Multimedia
Lectern and
Projection Acousti-Seal 911 (Fire Rated) Ultra-Seal
Leather Screen operable partitions used with the ceiling
Marmoleum Da-Lite Screen mounted Smart Track™ switch and
Surface Solutions Co. curve, suspension- The single panels
for GreenWorks of are stored in a remote pocket.
SurfaceWorksUS Modernfold panel systems
Linoleum-Walnut
Move Arc Table with flip-top, for table tops. also
optional data ports, and optional provides a
privacy screen. These tables formaldehyde free
nest. SurfaceWorks US plywood and PVC
free vinyl edge.
Fully Upholstered
Zii Chair Sliding Panel Board System
Magnatag-wall secured and not floor
mounted to be easily removed
MDEC Lecture Rooms
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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10. Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers - Spout Height and
Knee Clearance
27 inches (685 mm) minimum from the floor to the underside of
the fountain which extends 8 inches (205 mm) minimum
measured from the front edge underneath the fountain back
towards the wall; if a minimum 9 inches (230 mm) of toe All Doorways will be marked with signage
clearance is provided, a maximum of 6 inches (150 mm) of the that has the appropriate braille and
48 inches (1220 mm) of clear floor space required at the fixture picture symbols to indicate space
may extend into the toe space. (4.15.2, 4.15.5) AADG.org The side grab bar shall be 40-42 inches in length, beginning function. These are designed in back
12 inches maximum from the rear wall, 33-36 inches above painted glass to contrast with the wall
the finish floor color immediately surrounding.
MDEC Life Safety Plan and Universal Design
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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11. Halcyon Shades Fabric colorways MozDesigns
Design Solution for lighting and Canopy to house
solar control due to the large and direct downlighting
numerous exterior windows in this parabolics for the
space. Woven with color on one corridor
side and a metal reflective material .
to the window side for reflecting
heat and reducing glare while
maintaining excellent exterior views.
Light Meter to read
Scotopic (solar) and
Photopic lumens/lux.
Placed on the wall
near the windows and
near the interior wall to
show how much
daylight is near the
windows and how
much is reflected off
the light shelves into
the space. The exhibit
in this space is Hunter
Douglas Contract.
MDEC Display Area- Exhibit
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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12. The ASHRAE 90.1 2004
guidelines were used for
determining the amount of
wattage available* for use:
13,784.17802. The actual*
wattage used: 12,896.80.
* This does not include the kitchen LED strip lighting for Lightolier Expo Pendant
Business Office and
or café spaces accents in the corridors Juno track lighting for for accent lighting in the
Resource Room Lightolier
RSA Lighting Exhibits and Displays Business Office
Aleron Pendant
Video Conferencing
Lighting Columbia
Lighting
MozDesigns
Canopy
Inspiration
Luminance™Light Shelves incorporate a unique assembly process that
includes a tilt-down panel feature allowing easy maintenance of the light
reflecting surface and the glazing above it. This surface is highly reflective and
slightly textured, yielding a penetrating, diffused light deeper into the interior
space. Designed around “Design for Disassembly” principles. By YKK AP
America, Inc. Modular components simplify fabrication, installation and
replacement. The pivoting panel feature makes each modular panel component
very easy to clean.
MDEC Reflected Ceiling Plan with Lighting
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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13. Architex
Privacy Curtain
and Upholstery Healthcare equipment and Furniture could be
Fabric solution displayed in the space by various manufacturers
dyed nylon showcasing their newest and most innovative
400000 products.
Wyzenbeek
tested and
bleach
cleanable
View of a Permanent Display Area with focusing on
Healthcare Design Education
MOZDesigns Column wrap in Aluminum with perforated computer shelf for
more user interaction in these underutilized areas in the corridor. The column
areas also have directional signage, data ports, and emergency signage
Concept Drawing of work station
MDEC Display Area- Healthcare
Memphis Design
Education Center Erica Yvette Byrd
Senior Capstone Project 2010
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