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Design Awards
2021-10-27 13:27:18
DESIGN AWARD
CROSS STREET MARKET
BCT DESIGN GROUP
Cross Street Market in Federal Hill has been a popular neighborhood hangout within a historic public market for years; however, it was in desperate need of redevelopment. Baltimore Development Corporation selected a team led by Caves Valley Partners, Cana Development, Mackenzie Construction and BCT Design Group to form a public-private partnership and bring more vibrancy and diversity of offerings to the market. An important part of the transformation was Phase Two, with the addition of a quality restaurant anchor complete with an activated rooftop. Atlas Restaurant Group envisioned Watershed, a Classic Maryland Seafood House, and engaged BCT to design the restaurant inside and out and manage the engineering of the new structure.
The overriding concept for the redevelopment of the 30,000-squarefoot market was to provide a great fresh and prepared food venue for the neighborhood, give existing vendors a chance to continue their business and upgrade their offering, and create an engaging community living room that is more permeable, accessible and complete with outdoor space.
The exterior branding of the building, the refurbishment of its original exterior materials (including concrete block), midcentury-inspired signage, and new openings (previously blocked up) create a very welcoming gesture to the neighborhood. A few parking spaces along Cross Street were removed to create outdoor sidewalks and seating.
Painted interior and exterior art and signage keep the old tradition of typography and hand-painted advertisements alive. Returning the market to its midcentury aesthetic creates a much greater sense of authenticity.
All of these architectural enhancements, including the rooftop, make the market very accessible and create a sense of place.
JURY COMMENTS
The jury loved the adaptive reuse and renovation of Cross Street market — how it revitalized and made the space more inviting with refined material choices. The exterior graphics are an attractive and engaging use of signage that breaks down this large building to a human scale. The design team succeeded in transforming the space into an open, accessible space for the community.
OWNER: Caves Valley Partners | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM: BCT Design Group – Bryce Turner, AIA, Principal; Chris Holler, AIA, Project Manager; Paul Evenson, Project Designer; Brian Hearn, Project Architect | GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Mackenzie Contracting | CIVIL ENGINEER: Kimley-Horn | STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Skarda & Associates | MECHANICAL ENGINEER: E&S Construction Engineers | ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Stern & Associates | PHOTOGRAPHY: BCT Design Group, Atlas Restaurant Group, Cana Dev
DESIGN AWARD
JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF NURSING
HORD COPLAN MACHT AND WILLIAM RAWN ASSOCIATES
The design team was challenged to change the function of the building by opening it up, literally and figuratively. Johns Hopkins has been a fixture in the physical landscape of East Baltimore since the original building was completed in 1886. To create a deeper feeling of connection between the school and the city, plans for the façade of the building included removing the existing heavy, dark precast panels and replacing them with a new transparent glass façade, integrating the renovated existing building seamlessly with the new addition. The building’s new transparent façade literally and figuratively invites the community into the school and gives the school a view out to the community.
The building was designed for a significantly smaller student population and at a time when the school offered undergraduate education. The project involves razing of the smaller, residential-scale buildings and the construction of a transformative $36 million, 40,000-square-foot addition and 26,000-square-foot renovation on the north end of the building. The goal of the project is to reinvigorate the existing building through innovative space planning to maximize space utilization, improve learning and research, accommodate expanded central student services, minimize long-term operating and maintenance expenses and increase overall efficiency within the school.
Through collaborative stakeholder engagement involving visioning and goal-setting exercises, staff interviews, student intercept activities, and 3D model play, the design team identified the following goals for the planning and design of the expanded School of Nursing:
• Provide significant new study/collaboration space
• Create an identifiable hub for the school
• Expand conferencing facilities
• Improve learning spaces
• Improve facilities for research
The design team supported school leadership’s desire to create a space that promoted health and wellness for faculty, students and visitors — in particular, mental and cardiovascular health. To promote mental health, the team created a holistic design focused on employing biophilic design strategies that are open and connected to the outdoors and utilize patterns from nature.
JURY COMMENTS
This is an incredibly successful renovation, where both the exterior and interior are consistent in quality and design language. The jury felt the design teams worked cohesively to produce a successful building that was different enough from the old school, but was in a similar enough design language.
OWNER: Johns Hopkins University | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM: Hord Coplan Macht – Paul Lund, AIA; Scott M. Walters, AIA; Jeff Kreshtool, AIA; Esther Furman, Assoc. AIA; Chris Peterson, AIA; Leah Wettstein; Laura Lumadue; Hilary Zoretic, AIA; Sam Laskey, AIA; Cliff Galey | ARCHITECT OF RECORD: Hord Coplan Macht | CO-DESIGN ARCHITECT: William Rawn Associates, Hord Coplan Macht | GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Gilbane Construction | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Hord Coplan Macht | CIVIL ENGINEER: RK&K Civil Engineering | STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Hope Furrer Associates | MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: James Posey Associates | PHOTOGRAPHY: Robert Benson Photography | CONSULTANTS: MAG Lighting, Spexsys, Acoustical Design Collaborative, Koffel Associates, Affiliated Engineers
DESIGN AWARD
JOSIAH HENSON MUSEUM
ZIGER|SNEAD ARCHITECTS
The Josiah Henson Museum and Park is home to a portion of an original plantation where Rev. Josiah Henson lived and worked as a slave from 1795 to 1830. Henson’s 1849 autobiography is said to have inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
The project transforms the former plantation site to tell the story of Henson’s life, with a new visitor center and the only remaining historic structure rehabilitated as an interpretive exhibit. This museum plays an important role in educating the public on the unfolded story of enslavement and escape through an immersive and emotional journey to the past.
The new visitor center is the starting point for the visitor experience, with a media-rich orientation spoken from Henson’s point of view. The historic structure of the Riley/Bolten House, with an attached log kitchen, is preserved and restored to serve as an exhibit, representing the experiences of the past.
While the scale of the new building remains responsive to that of the historic house and the broader suburban context, the deliberate material choices produce a counterpart to the painted plantation house, challenging present-day audiences with a symbolic dialogue to face the past and engage in building a path forward.
JURY COMMENTS
The new Josiah Henson Museum is a well designed addition to the park. It’s a contemporary take on residential forms that is respectful to the existing structures. The jury appreciates the patience it took to create this project, which is the culmination of 15 years of the Parks Department working with the community. The new visitors center transforms the guest experience, and serves as a model to the importance of providing access to cultural resources associated with enslavement and the enslaved experience.
OWNER: Montgomery Parks, Maryland-National Capital Parks & Planning Commission | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM: Ziger|Snead Architects – Steve Ziger, FAIA; Will Rhode, AIA; Miharu Morimoto, AIA; Darragh Brady, AIA; Conor Brady; Travis Akiwowo; Katie Zaeh, AIA; Christopher Brown, AIA | GENERAL CONTRACTOR: CFI Construction Corp. | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Floura Teeter Landscape Architects | CIVIL ENGINEER: A. Morton Thomas | STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger | MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Mueller Associates | PHOTOGRAPHY: Karl Connolly | CONSULTANTS: Forella Group, FLUX Studios, Jensen Hughes, Watson & Henry, Wendy Jessup & Associates, Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates
DESIGN AWARD HONORABLE MENTION
GOOD DESIGN = GOOD BUSINESS HONORABLE MENTION
L ON LIBERTY
FILLAT+ ARCHITECTURE
L on Liberty is a 71-unit, LEED Gold, affordable housing apartment building located in the northeastern corner of downtown Baltimore’s West Side Commercial District. The district was once a thriving commercial center, and has been in decline for more than a generation.
Located at the corner of North Liberty Street and Clay Street, the structure occupies the entire city block, terminating at Park Avenue along its western edge. The existing site was a dilapidated surface parking lot, with remnants of the former buildings left as ruins along the southern edge. The building’s form is derived from a combination of a modernist superblock prototype and the traditional Baltimore townhouse fabric. The multifamily building’s ground-level units have individual unit entrances, creating a neighborhood feel to the redevelopment. A pedestrian right of way was created that links a series of smaller courtyards, thus separating the new building from the existing buildings along the southern edge and preserving the ruins.
The entry lobby is designed as an open, inviting space, encouraging community gatherings and work/study. The building also has a roof terrace overlooking the city skyline, while being surrounded by a living roof. The building contains one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units with no on-site vehicular parking. L on Liberty is located along the city’s main north/south bike trail and provides for 25 bicycle parking racks indoors. The project is designed to incorporate sustainable design principles and will be certified LEED Gold.
JURY COMMENTS
Good Design = Good Business Honorable Mention
The jury felt that L on Liberty is another great example of projects that need repeating throughout Baltimore. The subsidized housing takes advantage of the state program to transform a site that otherwise may have been difficult to develop. The building transforms that corner edge on Liberty and provides its tenants with great public amenities like being close to transportation, the public library and other cultural institutions.
Design Award Honorable Mention
The jury really appreciated the urbanistic qualities that L on Liberty provides its community. It is a great example of subsidized housing that is representative of good design and has the amenities to support living in a city. The jury noted the abstraction of the rowhouse design and masonry detailing, while fitting into the historic fabric of the surrounding buildings.**
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM: FILLAT+ Architecture – Peter Fillat, AIA, President and Lead Architect; Kevin Roycroft, Principal and Lead Architect; Sergio Martinez, Principal and Lead Architect; Austen Hesler, Associate Architect | GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Hamel Builders Inc. | CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Century Engineering | STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Mehta Consultants | PHOTOGRAPHY: Sam Oberter Photography
DESIGN AWARD HONORABLE MENTION
NORTH DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL
HORD COPLAN MACHT
The replacement of North Dorchester High School offers a tremendous opportunity for Dorchester County to advance learning and teaching to a new level. Following a feasibility study that recommended the replacement of the school, the design team partnered with the county to develop the educational specifications for the new facility. The community and county leadership helped define planning principles and other key drivers, which helped to influence the design of the new 117,150-square-foot school.
The challenge to the design team was twofold: create a hub for community amenities and public events, and provide an infrastructure for educational excellence that resonates with the community.
Architecturally, the high school must serve as a town hall and embrace the genius loci.
The new, predominantly two-story school is located on the northeast corner of the site. By doing this, the full site — high school and adjacent middle school — function as one large community asset. The two school buildings bracket a new and improved community athletic and recreation complex, complete with new or improved fields and a track facility. This also allowed the project to be built without the loss of any major site functions during construction.
The new building is configured in a modified “H” plan with two wings, each oriented with the long façades facing to the north and south, supporting energy efficiency. The two wings are connected by a two-story section of the building.
The southern portion contains the dining commons/food service, athletics and auditorium, all organized around a central gathering space that will serve as a pre-function space for these large public use spaces. During the day it will also provide general circulation and additional student dining space. It will also provide formal and informal learning spaces, highlighted by a learning stair.
The northern two-story wing contains academic classrooms organized in an “academy” layout with similar subject areas grouped together. English, history/social studies and foreign languages are grouped together to form a Humanities Academy on the first floor. Science, technology, engineering, arts and math disciplines are grouped together on the second floor to form a STEAM Academy.
The two wings are connected by a two-story section of the building that contains administration, a health clinic, a nurse’s suite, and guidance space on the ground floor, and learning commons, technology education, and art on the second floor.
JURY COMMENTS
The jury liked that the design of North Dorchester High School seemed to play off its rural surroundings and complement the vernacular architecture of the area. A favorite part of its design is the main central pathway, and the way its floor plan accommodates a range of classroom types. The central space can serve many functions for the school, and community at large after hours. There is a formal hierarchy to the architecture of the school connecting the user to the outside even when deep inside.
OWNER: Dorchester County Public Schools | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM: Hord Coplan Macht – Peter Winebrenner; Jeff Hagan, AIA; Sara Rineer; Adam MacDonald, AIA; Chris Peterson, AIA; Leah Wettstein; Laura Lumadue; Scott M. Walters, AIA | GENERAL CONTRACTOR: The Whiting Turner Contracting Company | CIVIL ENGINEER: DMS and Associates | STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Morabito Consultants Inc. | MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Gipe Associates Inc. | PHOTOGRAPHY: Patrick Ross | CONSULTANTS: Educational Systems Planning, Nyikos Associates, Acoustical Design Collaborative
DESIGN AWARD HONORABLE MENTION
WHITEHALL MILL
ALEXANDER DESIGN STUDIO
Whitehall Mill is a mixed-use adaptive reuse of a historic mill complex. Originally constructed in 1798 as a flour mill and later converted to a cotton mill, the Hampden development now houses 88,000 square feet of reimagined space including apartments, a restaurant, a vibrant market, public event space, offices and enclosed parking. Over the last two centuries, Whitehall has seen a variety of businesses, periods of vacancy and development struggles due to flood risk. Now, through innovative design and development, Whitehall is an anchor for its community — a home, a gathering place and a cultivation ground for local entrepreneurs.
JURY COMMENTS
“The jury really appreciated the adaptive reuse of Whitehall Mill and the work the design team put in to restore a building in a flood zone; it’s a project that also celebrates the historic fabric of the structure. The mill transformed and created a community within the building that also serves the larger Clipper Mill neighborhood.
OWNER: Terra Nova Ventures LLC | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM: Alexander Design Studio – Charles Alexander, AIA, LEED AP; Jessica Damseaux, AIA, LEED AP; Patrycja Hollis; Phyllis Cook | GENERAL CONTRACTOR: The Whiting Turner Contracting Company | CIVIL ENGINEER: Gower Thompson Inc. | STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Mincin Patel Milano | MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Henry Adams LLC | PHOTOGRAPHY: Karl Connolly, Andrew Nagl, Stacy Zarin Goldberg, Stephen Davis | CONSULTANTS: Hencken and Gaines, ONYX, Bob Tucker Consulting, Kate Giese, Ashton Design, Betty Bird, EVI Singer
DESIGN AWARD HONORABLE MENTION
TOKI TAKO
PI.KL STUDIO
Situated in the newly revived, mixed-use complex The Rotunda and located in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, Toki Tako is a 1,300-square-foot restaurant fit-out that seeks to bring a contemporary mix to the historic landmark.
Inspired by Korean streetwear culture, this project aims to provide an urban, contemporary space that matches the remix nature of the food being served — a mashup of authentic Korean meals served in a street food fashion with tacos and ssam.
Though a tightly knit front-of-house, the space utilizes a “graphic override” that visually splits the restaurant along an edge with a burst of pink overtones and varying material undertones. From custom wood and concrete furniture to light fixtures to dyed concrete, the project takes advantage of turning small moments into big events, similar to the impact of the flavor profiles offered by the food.
JURY COMMENTS
Toki Tako has an incredibly strong visual presence; it’s inviting and playful. The design blends Korean visual and street culture with Baltimore’s foodie culture. The economical use of color and texture transformed the space into something that stands out. The jury appreciated the use of local artisans, and what that does for the community of makers and designers.
OWNER: Toki Tako Inc. | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM: PI.KL Studio – Brian Baksa; Kuo Pao Lian; Pavlina Ilieva, AIA | GENERAL CONTRACTOR: J C Porter Construction | MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER: Thomas Foulkes LLC | PHOTOGRAPHY: Jennifer Hughes | CONSULTANTS: Luke Works, Goodwood Design
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