a Mutually Enriching Exchange of Ideas and Practices to Benefit the Community as a Whole

Alexandria Center For Agtech 5 Laboratory Drive - Research Triangle Park, NC

Clark Nexsen

Greenhouses are the heart of ag-tech science but are often sequestered from view as utilitarian structures. 5 Laboratory Drive restores greenhouses to prominence as glowing objects in a garden. This renovation of an existing S+T building reorients the main entry bringing greenhouses into the foreground. Selective demolition untethers the greenhouses from the building creating a campus green framed by greenhouses on one side and the new building facade on the other. The core and shell renovation re-clad existing lab buildings with zinc and curtainwall. The result is a transformation of a singular anonymous building into a vibrant ag-tech research community.

Walters Addition - Raleigh, NC

In Situ Studio

The Walters asked us to make a significant addition to their 1920’s bungalow to accomodate their growing family. The new volume has a lofted den, two children’s bedrooms, a shared children’s bath, an office in the loft, a new primary bedroom suite, and an upperlevel deck, the location and elevation of which was selected to gather views of the city. Kitchen, living, and guest functions remain in the original house. The addition is different than the house, connected to it by a glass hall, but still crafted from real materials to communicate empathy for the old bungalow.

Gensler Raleigh - Raleigh, NC

Gensler

The client’s Raleigh office is a design studio in perpetual dialogue with its city. Located on the corner of a new Downtown high-rise, a dramatic double-height entry engages the street. Here, the Design Lab puts the design process on display, and creates a dynamic hub for client engagement. The organization pushes back-of-house functions to the rear demising walls while work and collaboration spaces are flooded with natural light from the north and west-facing glass. A brand story rooted in Raleigh history informs the use of color and linear graphics that make the space an active participant in the urban streetscape.

HUUS - Raleigh, NC

In Situ Studio

HUUS was designed for a Swiss couple, one an eccentric electrical engineer and the other a German teacher, who have lived in Raleigh for 30 years. Their children are older and live far away. The program includes a ground level guest suite to accomodate long stays they and other distant family make on a regular basis. The house is located between much smaller houses. To mitigate this mismatch, the supporting program, including the garage, is buried. The ground level is an attenuated “T” shape to further reduce perceived scale. The upper level volume recedes from the street.

Sycamore Hill Gateway Plaza - Greenville, NC

Perkins & Will

Sycamore Hill Gateway will create a commemorative space and tower to memorialize the historic African American downtown community and their landmark church, Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist. Both were removed during a 1960’s Urban Renewal project, displacing the families and businesses and leaving lasting scars on downtown Greenville and the community.

Woodland Classroom - Durham, NC

In Situ Studio

The woodland classroom is located at the edge of the woods by an outdoor gathering space shared by a cluster of other small museum buildings. The program is two separate classrooms joined by a large roof. The space between the classrooms is a breezeway that frames views of the woods. The roof is punctured by nine skylights that flood spaces beneath with natural light.

Clark Townhomes - Raleigh, NC

The Raleigh Architecture Company

Clark Townhomes is an 11-unit multi-family building peripherally located near Cameron Village, an urban retail center, in Raleigh, NC. The main mass is inserted into the site to satisfy regulatory height prescriptions, mitigate grade, and create entrance stoops. Utility and living program is split and differentiated by materiality, height, and depth generating rhythmic recesses to receive projecting entry stoops and canopies. Prioritizing light over area, an oversized four-story stair volume is utilized to harness light vertically. Large glazing at front and rear facades work in tandem with a sunken courtyard, balcony, and rooftop terrace to amplify the indoor/outdoor experience.

Joyner Park Community Center - Wake Forest, NC

Clark Nexsen

E. Carroll Joyner Park in the town of Wake Forest, NC is a pastoral landscape of forested hills and expansive rolling meadows. Once a working farm, the park maintains original agrarian structures dating back to late 1800’s. The new community center borrows from this practical and adaptable utilitarian tradition. A ubiquitous gabled-end building form addresses the site by extending its roof line to receive visitors and create a front porch. An interior wood- clad box contains programmatic spaces. Ample space is provided for community and wellness activities internally while views to the landscape are captured through strategically placed openings.

Community And Urban Food Processing Facility - Greensboro, North Carolina

Andre Johnson Architect, PLLC

The North Carolina A&T State University Community and Urban Food Processing Facility serves a unique and diverse range of programmatic functions. It is a catalyst in both its immediate physical context as well as in the larger geographic area. The project brings together educators, students, local farmers, and the public, in a mutually enriching exchange of ideas and practices to benefit the community as a whole.

Pleiades Modern - Durham, NC

The Raleigh Architecture Company

Pleiades Modern is a planned development of four houses and a shared pocket park fronting a pedestrian street that connects adjacent residential and commercial neighborhoods in Durham, NC. Easements and deed restrictions were carefully crafted to allow for shared amenities and increased density otherwise inhibited by conventional zoning regulations. Program elements on the ground floor are positioned to provide privacy between houses without diminishing the simultaneous visual connection to the front porch/street and the rear porch/pocket park. Two house types, each rigorous in execution, provide rhythm and diversity along the streetscape and volume, shadow, and light inside.

Destination Crenshaw - Los Angeles, CA

Perkins & Will

Destination Crenshaw is a 1.3-mile outdoor art and cultural experience based on the rich heritage of the Crenshaw neighborhood in South Los Angeles. The design was driven by a unifying theme – Grow Where You’re Planted and was inspired graphically by the African Giant Star Grass. Used by slave traders as bedding in their ships, the grass thrives in alien lands despite inhospitable conditions. Today, it remains a profoundly resonant reminder of African American history, the patterns of global dispersion, and black resilience in the face of violence and racism. Like the Giant Star Grass, the Black LA community has irrepressible roots that have flourished and spread across the globe. The urban interventions are organized by four thematic lenses that each correlate with a neighborhood node along Crenshaw Boulevard. Each focus area is anchored by unique experiences that celebrate Crenshaw’s creativity and perseverance. These experiences are connected by continuous design elements that reflect the Giant Star Grass and its dense and interconnected root network. The Boulevard showcases hundreds of new art opportunities, reinforced by a choreographed strategy of interpretive and exhibit content that will all combine to create a connective experience from south to north and east to west.

Division 8 Office Building - Carthage, North Carolina

Andre Johnson Architect, PLLC

The Division 8 Office for the North Carolina Department of Transportation is located in Carthage, North Carolina. The typical NC DOT office building is usually very inward focused with minimum daylighting and very limited architectural expression. While these buildings have their place, the design approach for the new building type expands the design palette. The infusion of natural light through welcoming entries, daylight corridors and solar orientation all provide an “upgrade” to the typical office building for the NC DOT. The shift in the design approach for the proposed new office building type was designed within the efficient project budget.

Mary Potter Cultural Complex - Oxford, NC

Evoke Studio Architecture

The dynamic renovation of the historic Industrial Arts building and Gym building capitalizes on the rich legacy of the Mary Potter School to reposition the campus as the cultural heart of Oxford. The renovations wipe away years of neglect to educate visitors about the School’s history and celebrate the craft of buildings constructed by students. In addition to modernizing each building by addressing envelope, accessibility, and MEP, the design weaves together the buildings through branding, exhibits, and a common, clear language. A variety of gathering spaces provide the programmatic flexibility to serve the community and achieve the School’s vision.