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Technology Access Foundation
Miller Hull is working, as the prime design consultant, in collaboration with
Public
Architecture of San Francisco, to provide an administration and technology learning
center for the Technology Access
Foundation (TAF). TAF is a non-profit foundation with a mission "to prepare
underserved students of color for success in a technology-driven world by providing
technology and life skills training." Public Architecture is the founder of
the 1%, a program bringing pro bono practice to architecture. The combined team has
mutual core values in working toward the public good and providing strong community-based design.
The project is targeting LEED Gold, and consists of a 24,000 gsf administration and technology learning center to be located in White Center near Seattle, Washington. The site is in the Northeast corner of the Lakewood Park, a King County Park, and is conveniently bordered by multi-family and single family residences with easy access on foot, by bicycle, or bus. The facility will provide education outreach and act as a community center to the surrounding neighborhood. The building design and form responds to this community aspect as well as environmental conditions. Both the client and the design team are striving to create an efficient and sustainable building, taking cues from technology as well as the local climate and environment.
Salvage Materials:
Early in the design process the client identified a strong desire to utilize salvaged materials in new and unexpected ways, both as a method of reducing costs while rescuing material from the landfill, and as a method for bringing in physical elements from the community as in-kind donations of objects and labor. These objects are to be used for enclosure, exterior cladding, interior finishes, and one-of-a-kind art installations. Because these salvaged materials are to be integral to the building envelope, finishes, experience, etc. they had to be defined during the design process so they wouldn't become just tacked on objects.
Much of the impetus for the use of salvaged materials came from MillerHull’s working relationship with Public Architecture and inspired by their "ScrapHouse," a demonstration single-family house constructed entirely from salvaged materials.
The project is targeting LEED Gold, and consists of a 24,000 gsf administration and technology learning center to be located in White Center near Seattle, Washington. The site is in the Northeast corner of the Lakewood Park, a King County Park, and is conveniently bordered by multi-family and single family residences with easy access on foot, by bicycle, or bus. The facility will provide education outreach and act as a community center to the surrounding neighborhood. The building design and form responds to this community aspect as well as environmental conditions. Both the client and the design team are striving to create an efficient and sustainable building, taking cues from technology as well as the local climate and environment.
Salvage Materials:
Early in the design process the client identified a strong desire to utilize salvaged materials in new and unexpected ways, both as a method of reducing costs while rescuing material from the landfill, and as a method for bringing in physical elements from the community as in-kind donations of objects and labor. These objects are to be used for enclosure, exterior cladding, interior finishes, and one-of-a-kind art installations. Because these salvaged materials are to be integral to the building envelope, finishes, experience, etc. they had to be defined during the design process so they wouldn't become just tacked on objects.
Much of the impetus for the use of salvaged materials came from MillerHull’s working relationship with Public Architecture and inspired by their "ScrapHouse," a demonstration single-family house constructed entirely from salvaged materials.
Location
White Center, Washington