TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
ARCH 5601 Integrative Design Studio

Project Description – Spring 2020

 
Project Description - International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies
Your task is to design a new building for the International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies on the Campus of Texas Tech University. The site is on the west side of the engineering key between Holden Hall to the south and the Civil Engineering Building to the north. You have two choices of foot prints and you must choose one after your individual site analysis. The center must facilitate research, meeting, auditorium, dining (social meeting) spaces for multiple uses (10,000 -14,000s. ft.) Living space for international and national researcher arid and semi-arid land studies. This will incorporate the following:

1) Entrance Hall/Lobby with Auditorium (120 seats) – Reception Café/Dining Facilities with Kitchen

2) Research Offices and Laboratory Spaces

3) 2 Conference Rooms with IT Communication one for 24 and for 8 people.

4) International Scholar/Visiting Scholars Residences Facilities. (10 to 12 units for National and/or International Scholars/Researchers).

5) Necessary secondary spaces:
Bathrooms
Staircases
Elevators
Technology Rooms - Heating/Cooling
Storage

The International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies was founded in 1966 with the primary concern for studying semi-arid and arid lands. Much has changed since 1966 and the instructor broaden the mission of the current center to ecology and resiliency of the environment at large. The changing climate over the recent years brought the concern and awareness of the environment – built or unbuilt across all disciplines. This center will allow scholars from all fields to perform cross disciplinary international scholarly collaboration.

Site Option A
Site Option B

Project Deliverables:

Group Research:
1) Site Plan(s) Scale: 1" = 40' (1:500 metric)
2) History of TTU Campus, Posters 36”x30” (Portrait)
3) Site Model Scale: 1’ – 0” = 1/8”
4) Context Model, Scale: 1" = 40' (1:500 metric)
5) Contemporary Research Precedents Facilities (Case Studies of Higher Learning Research B)
6) Site visits – photography and analysis, Posters 36”x30” (Portrait)

Student Individual Project Delivery:
1) Project Concept – written 500 – 1,500 words - Concept Sketches/Models
2) Site Plan, Scale: 1" = 40' (1:500 metric)
3) All floor plans including basement and roof. Scale: 1’ – 0” = 1/8”
4) Minimum 1 Cross – Longitudinal Section. Scale: 1’ – 0” = 1/8”
5) Facades/Elevations. Scale: 1’ – 0” = 1/8”
6) Energy Source/ H-VAC System (consider renewable energy sources) One Typical Plan - One Section 1’ – 0” = 1/8”
7) Façade Detail Section, Scale: 1’ – 0” = 1/2”
8) Axonometric Drawing
9) Exterior and Interior Rendering (at least one of each)
10) Due to the digital format of the Final Presentation the Final Presentation for May 1, 2020 in PowerPoint format and a Print version of your Final Presentaiton in PDF format.

Final Presentations - Format:
For the PDF format the drawn scale must be as listed above. For the digital Final Presentation in PowerPoint or Keynote the given scale is relative. Graphic quality such as proper image resolutions, readability of the drawings and legible font sizes in the PowerPoint format presentations take priority.