U. of South Florida
Communication Information Sciences Building, Tampa, Florida
individual experience: design, design development, production leadership (Woodroffe Architects, Architect of Record)
This teaching facility at the Tampa Campus of University of South Florida has been a driving force in the design of several follow up projects due to its acceptance and architectural significance. The facility designed by Jung Brannon of Boston, Massachusetts and Woodroffe Architects has received a design award from the American Institute of Architects.
The facility is the center of the Communication and Information Sciences Curriculum for USF Tampa and includes all supporting aspects to the syllabus, including lecture and classroom areas, IT and Studio and filming / broadcast facilities and training. The main atrium element is surrounded by glass walled offices and a gabled glass skylight.
The exterior is cladding of decorative patterned and colored cavity wall brick construction and Architectural Precast enhances its Frank Lloyd Wright design influence. There are copper cladding elements as well employed in the design. The mechanical support spaces are located above the stair towers that frame the building and atrium.
The facility was constructed in 1998 at a cost of $8.7M
Hillsborough County Schools,
Durant High School,
Plant City, Florida
individual experience: design, design development, production leadership + const administration
(FleischmanGarcia Architects, Architect of Record)
Durant High School was designed and constructed on an eighty-acre orange grove site in eastern Hillsborough County, Florida. The site and facility required complete self-sufficient water services infrastructure that employed two 14” diameter wells, one for domestic service and one for fire sprinklers, stand-alone water and wastewater treatment facilities and a landscape irrigation system and well. The facility design also included an underground Ice Storage Vault, Chillers, and Low-Temperature high velocity HVAC design.
The building design surrounds a common courtyard used for large student body gatherings, and a commons area providing a collective spirit. The facility also includes a main Gymnasium with separate Gymnastic and Weight training facilities; a 900 seat acoustically designed Auditorium with full performing arts stage; Food Service and Dining Hall, and academic classrooms and offices.
The facility was constructed in 1995 at a cost of $26.7M
Hillsborough County Schools,
G. F. Folsom Elementary School,
Thonotosassa, Florida
individual experience: design, design development, production leadership, const administration
(FleischmanGarcia Architects, Architect of Record)
G. F. Folsom Elementary School is located in
northeastern Hillsborough County, in
Thonotosassa, Florida. The Elementary K-6th
grade school was sited on a tree covered
triangular configured rural site that provided a
unique building layout concept, set on a diagonal
aspect providing a main avenue for student and pedestrian
traffic flows.
The site and facility required a self-sufficient
water services infrastructure that employed one
10” diameter well for domestic water service and
stand-alone water and wastewater treatment
facilities, and a landscape irrigation system and
well. The facility design also included an
underground Ice Storage Vault, Chillers, and
Low-Temperature high velocity HVAC design.
Due to the rural aspect of the site and area of the
school as well as the unique layout of the facility,
triangle open areas of the plan allowed for a student
and teacher open stage area to be incorporated
into the design, as indicated to the right below. This area
was enhanced by adding sod covered landscape
earthen berms for audience seating.
The facility design included food service and
dining facilities that doubled as a multi-purpose
area for student presentations, student covered
bus drop off, Principal office area, library,
and classroom functions. Due to the two-story
building design
an elevator was also added to
meet the function and code requirements.
The facility was constructed in 1992 at $8.5M