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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11712 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11712-bridgepoint-active-healthcare-in-toronto The new Bridgepoint Active Healthcare facility sits on manicured grounds adjacent to the historic Don Jail. Photo © Nic Lehoux The former jail has has been adapted as an administrative and educational center for the hospital. Photo © Tom Arban The building borders the city’s Riverdale Park and overlooks the Don Valley River System and Parkway, connecting staff and patients to nature and community. Photo © Jeff Greenville The hospital’s daylit therapy pool has broad views of the valley and park. Photo © Tom Arban A spacious rooftop garden provides an alfresco alternative for patient visits and impromptu staff meetings. Photo © Tom Arban Patient rooms feature generous glazing that allows occupants to see outside even while lying in bed. Photo © Tom Arban An exterior view of the new facilities and the former jail. Photo © Nic Lehoux The hospital's facades are primarily clad with dark-gray zinc panels and studded with tall bay windows, one for each patient room. Photo © Nic Lehoux The 680,000-square-foot campus, commissioned by the University of Toronto–affiliated health network Bridgepoint and the province of Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, breaks the mold by opening itself to the city and to nature. Photo © Nic Lehoux Combined with the spacious patient rooms, the public and communal spaces also invite engagement of family and friends, a key to Bridgepoint Active Health’s strategy to improve and accelerate healing outcomes. Photo © Nic Lehoux Combined with the spacious patient rooms, the public and communal spaces also invite engagement of family and friends, a key to Bridgepoint Active Health’s strategy to improve and accelerate healing outcomes. Photo © Tom Arban Section - spa stairs. Courtesy the architects 10th floor plan. Courtesy the architects Typical Patient Floor Plan. Courtesy the architects A coastal community ravaged by Hurricane Ike rebuilds one of its fire stations with an eye toward the next storm. Don't let the miles of seaside kitsch fool you: Galveston, Texas, is no ordinary beach town.

]]> 1503-galveston-fire-station-no4-hdr.asp Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:30:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7435-galveston-fire-station-4 Galveston Fire Station #4 Built with Hurricane Ike recovery funds, a new fire station in storm-prone Galveston, Texas, can withstand 125 mph winds and over 20 feet of flooding.   Photo © Andrew Pogue Galveston Fire Station #4 An ipe-wood balcony on the second floor wraps around three sides of the building, with views of the airport, beach, and residential developments beyond.   Photo © Andrew Pogue Galveston Fire Station #4 The fire station is sandwiched between an aviation tower and a private helicopter repair company.   Photo © Andrew Pogue Galveston Fire Station #4 HDR used neon green for graphics and other building features, including the emergency stair in back.   Photo © Andrew Pogue Galveston Fire Station #4 The ground floor can house up to three fire trucks (“fire apparatuses” is the official term), which will be moved inland in the event of a hurricane.   Photo © Andrew Pogue Galveston Fire Station #4 A mezzanine above the ground floor offers additional storage.   Photo © Andrew Pogue Galveston Fire Station #4 An industrial kitchen with stainless steel appliances has two refrigerators and ovens. “This is the heart of the home,” says HDR architect Jim Henry.   Photo © Andrew Pogue Galveston Fire Station #4 Image courtesy HDR Galveston Fire Station #4 Image courtesy HDR goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A multifaceted design team creates a 21st-century transportation hub for New York while preserving an important piece of the city's history.

]]> 1501-fulton-center-arup-grimshaw-page-ayers-cowley-hdr-daniel-frankfurt.asp Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7990-fulton-center-by-arup-grimshaw-page-ayres-cowley-and-hdr Fulton Center's key orientation element is the sky-reflector net, the product of a collaboration among James Carpenter, Grimshaw, and Arup. It consists of a skylight and 952 diamond-shaped perforated aluminum panels held in place by a doubly curved cable net.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center The sky-reflector net drives daylight into the station's lower levels and is animated by the sky's changing colors.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center Fulton Center comprises multiple pieces, including a glass-and-steel pavilion and the 125-year-old Corbin building.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center The Fulton Center project also included construction of a 350-foot-long tunnel that will connect to the World Trade Center site once a Santiago Calatrava'designed commuter rail station opens there later this year.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center One route to the subway platforms from the street takes commuters under the so-called 'doughnut'—two levels of commercial space wrapped in glass and lifted off the ground plane on V-shaped columns.   Photo © James Ewing Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Grimshaw Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Arup Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Arup Fulton Center Because the reflector net was conceived as part of Fulton's ventilation system, engineers analyzed the effects of air movement on the device, relying on computational fluid dynamics.   Image courtesy Arup Fulton Center To understand how commuters would circulate through Fulton Center, Arup examined the complex with a crowd simulation tool developed in-house. The software populates the digital model with 'agents,' or virtual people.   Image courtesy Arup Fulton Center Because clay shrinks when fired, molds for new terra cotta pieces for Corbin's facade could not be formed from the existing pieces. Instead, artisans had to sculpt new positives, roughly 10 percent larger than the originals, before forming the molds.   Photo © Ian Buckley Fulton Center A new set of escalators leads commuters through Corbin's foundations.   Photo © Ian Buckley Fulton Center Before retrofitting Corbin's lateral load-resisting system, engineers conducted various studies, including a structural analysis of the building's north wall.   Image courtesy Arup