LTL Architects - School of Architecture and Planning

Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies
Additions and Renovations Competition
School of Architecture and Planning
Catholic University
Washington, DC
Competition Presentation
January 18, 2012
Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis LTL Architects
227 W 29th Street, FL7
New York, NY 10001
www.LTLarchitects.com
t. 212.505.5955
f. 212.505.1648

LTL Architects
Formed: 1997
Office: 227 W. 29th Street New York, NY
Staff: 15 People
3 Partners
3 Associates
6 Project Designers
2 Support Staff
Paul Lewis Marc Tsurumaki David J. Lewis
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Catalyze Constraints
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Produce Multivalent Performance and Use
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Architecture Should Intensify the Social
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Architecture = Money
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Sustainability Is Not a Checklist
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

1919 Drill Hall
1950s Old Gym
1989 Crough Center Adaption
1989 Crough Center
1989-2012 Continual Activity
2005 Digital Design-Build
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

1. Optimize Building’s Qualities 2. Engage Site Conditions
3. Maximize Program Potential
4. Cultivate Building Stewardship
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

1. Optimize Building’s Qualities
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Symmetry Asymmetry
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Two Fronts
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Environmental Deficiencies
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2. Engage Site Conditions
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

3. Maximize Programmatic Potential
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Program Strategy
1. Selective Removal
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Program Strategy
2. Supplemental Support Spaces
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Program Strategy
3. Strategic Public Addition
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

Site Strategy
1. Reinforce Campus Circulation
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
TO BASILICA

Site Strategy
2. Design Through Section
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
TO SHOPS
TO STUDIOS

Site Strategy
3. Maximize Visual Alignments
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
TO SHOPS
TO STUDIOS

Site Strategy
4. Connect between Interior and Exterior
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
TO BASILICA

SITE STRATEGY
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

AERIAL PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTH EAST
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

AERIAL PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTH EAST
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

40 SF TOTAL
SITE PLAN
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PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTH EAST
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTH EAST
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

admin
archive
faculty offices
materials lab
shops
faculty offices
delivery and recycling
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
shops
seminar
public gateway
mechanical
storage
design technology
project room
GROUND FLOOR PLAN

ejuvenated public gateway communicating skylight atrium
existing studio on
staircase
mezzanine
fabrication workshop
SECTION AT SOUTH END OF EXISTING OLD GYM
existing support facility
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

admin
admin
support
crit space
faculty offices
studio
studio
studio
studio flex space
studio
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
studio
studio
studio flex space
studio flex space
entry plaza
atrium
entry lobby
exhibition
auditorium
public gateway
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
terraced lawn

ejuvenated public gateway faculty office studio
flex space
new studio mezzanine new skylight new studio space
SECTION AT NORTH END OF EXISTING OLD GYM
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

faculty offices
meeting
faculty offices
studio
studio
studio
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
studio
studio
seminar
seminar
atrium
multipurpose
classroom
auditorium
MEZZANINE PLAN

January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
seminar
multipurpose
classroom
seminar
3RD FLOOR PLAN

3RD FLOOR PLAN
MEZZANINE PLAN
1ST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
STUDIO
CLASSROOM/PIN-UP
AUDITORIUM
GALLERY/EXHIBITION
FACULTY OFFICES
ADMINISTRATION
FABRICATION LABS
SERVICES
NET SQUARE
FOOTAGE*
GROSS SQUARE
FOOTAGE
1,720
2,705 2,705 SF TOTAL
2,650 2,650 SF TOTAL
3,370 2,865 6,235 SF TOTAL
1,995 3,755 5,750 SF TOTAL
3,275 1,925 5,200 SF TOTAL
1,590 4,115 5,265 SF TOTAL
13,755 SF EXISTING
6,890 8,610 SF TOTAL
*Note: the net square footage is calculated by counting any changed program
within the existing build as new. This accounts for the larger percentage of
“new” net square footage in this bar in balance to the existing (untouched)
areas. The gross square footage counts provides an indication of new
construction square foot in addition to the existing square footage.
PROGRAM SUMMARY
12,335 SF NEW 26,090 sf TOTAL (434 STUDENTS @ 60 SF EACH)
25,265 37,240 62,505 NET SF TOTAL
48,735 28,515 SF
75,840 GROSS SF TOTAL
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PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTH WEST
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SECTION THROUGH NEW ADDITION
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SECTION PERSPECTIVE THROUGH ADDITION
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

SECTION PERSPECTIVE THROUGH ADDITION
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INTERIOR VIEW OF NEW ENTRANCE LOBBY
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SECTION PERSPECTIVE THROUGH MAIN AXIS
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INTERIOR VIEW OF NEW STUDIO MEZZANINE
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

3. Digital Design-Build Thermal Mediator
Environmental Logic and Phasing
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

ainwater cistern intensive green roof
solar tubes
mechanical
distribution
clearstory
daylight
fabric
ceiling ducts
MECHANICAL CONCEPT DIAGRAM
new skylight solar tubes
throughout space
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perimeter
heating
thermal
mediator

1. Addition as Thermal Insulation + Daylight
Environmental Logic and Phasing
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

2. Thicken Roof Mass
Environmental Logic and Phasing
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis

PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTH WEST
January 18, 2012 Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies: Additions and Renovations Competition Catholic University, Washington, DC LTL Architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis