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A I A N E W H A M P S H I R E
EMERGING PROFESSIONALS COMPETITION 2014
Emerging Professionals Competition - 2014Visitor and Community Center - New Castle, NH
Competition Overview:The AIANH Emerging Professionals Design Competition was created to provide an opportunity for interns and young architectural professionals to strengthen their design skills, gain recognition, and assist a community with their design challenges. It is open to all New England architectural interns and architects within five years of registration. Participants do not need to be members of AIA.
Design Problem:This year’s design competition centers around designing a visitor’s center for Great Island Common’s in New Castle, New Hampshire. The site has cultural and historical significance to the town, is a gathering place for locals and families throughout the year, and is a common destination for cyclists in the area.
Design Considerations:The program envisions the site as a gathering point for the town of New Castle, providing improved service elements, reflect the town’s military history, and public amenities with the consideration of the public realm. Proposals should create a multidimensional community environment. The building should reflect sustainable practices and design ideologies and principles. Review building orientation, renewable materials and resources, water management, façade technologies, heating, ventilation and cooling system efficiency, etc. There is no particular design style, but should be sympathetic to the coastal designs.
Location:Great Island Commons301 Wentworth RoadNew Castle, New Hampshire
Project Site:The site is at the entrance to the park, and is mostly flat. There are numerous picnic tables, children play areas, and pavilions throughout the park, and a pier walk and beach areas. Within the immediate site, there is an existing concrete foundation and slab from an unknown building from the army grounds, and should be maintained or integrated within the new building. There is a bathhouse located within the park with four toilets and one lavatory for each gender, which during peak activities is not sufficient for local use. The existing gatehouse is intended to become part of the new building, and may be removed. Parking is provided in different areas of the park, additional spaces are not required. For this competition, it is not necessary to consider zoning regulations. Facilities may include up to one full story below grade. Within the larger context of the site, designers have freedom to develop structures, public spaces, and landscapes as needed to encourage public interaction.
Program Requirements
Lobby/Entrance: Size: 250 SFMuseum/Exhibit/Gallery: Size: 900 SF Space be used to showcase New Caste military and cultural historyReception Space: Size: 500 SF Space be used to provide information about the park, and as a registration location for town events, such as the annual 5k raceGatehouse Office: Size: 100 SF Area will be relocated from existing gatehouse, and be used to check people into the park and sell park permitsOffice: Size: 150 SF Space be used for park coordinator and for scheduling eventsVending Area: Size: 300 SF Space will sell items for use in the park, such as small grocery, grilling supplies, sunscreen, bug spray, magazines, refreshments, magazines, etc.Vending Storage: Size: 200 SFAmenity Spaces: Size: 600 SF Showers, changing areas, lockers, restroomsBicycle Supply Station: Size: 100 SF Area contains wash and air suppliesBicycle Repair: Size: 250 SF This area must be accessible from the ground level and should contain a repair workspaceLoading/Unloading: Size: 250 SFRecycling/Trash: Size: 150 SF
Total Program Square Footage: 3,750 SFApproximate Net Factor Square Footage:(Spaces to be included: Stairs, hallways/circulation,mechanical, maintenance rooms, etc. - 20%) 750 SFTotal Building Square Footage: 4,500 SF
Note:No additional parking is required for this programAll square footages are approximateThe facility must be accessible according to ADA standards
Historical Background:Situated along the coast of New Castle Island, between Fort Constitution and Fort Stark, lays Great Island Commons, formerly the United States Army Camp Langdon. The original purpose of the site was to be an artillery post and as a center for the anti-aircraft intelligence service for Portsmouth Harbor. During the World War I era, it was known simply as New Reservation, two anti-aircraft guns were installed on the site, with limited ammunition shelter and officers quarters. After the war, the site was transformed into a training ground, and the two guns were removed by 1930. During World War II, the reservation was renamed to Camp Langdon, and several building were constructed, including an armory, barracks, hospital, training buildings, storehouses, warehouses, and a concrete jetty and pier. In 1948, the U.S. Army transferred the majority of the camp to the US Navy, which used the site as a retraining and rehabilitation center for courts-martial prisoners soon to be released. In 1963, the majority of the site was transferred to the Town of New Castle for park and recreation usage, and all military activity ceased at the post in 1964. Since its military period, the New Castle Public Library was constructed, the Town uses the former fire station as its motor pool and garage, and the majority of the other former structures were demolished, with their foundations still evident throughout the park. The site is also the location of the annual fireworks display, and the kick off point for the Great Island 5K, which involves more than a thousand runners annually.
Possible Evaluation Criteria:Submissions will be evaluated by the jury according to the following criteria: (Jury Selection to be announced)
• Strong organizing conceptual principle• Thoughtful consideration of site and context
and integration of cycling, pedestrian, automobile, and public activity
• Handling of program, from functional concerns to the poetics of experience
• Demonstration of tectonic expression and architectural image
• Ability to communicate ideas visually; quality, completion, clarity, effectiveness of presentation and production of high quality work including diagrams, orthographic drawings, three-dimensional renderings, and graphic layouts
• Inventiveness• Effective development of structure,
circulation and materials• Representation of a complete architectural
project, physically, spiritually and conceptually
Drawings/Photos Provided:The following information is available for download: Program, site photographs, and site plans.
Site Visit:A site visit will be scheduled for all interested parties to attend, and is highly encouraged to gain familiarity with the area and culture of New Castle. Visiting the site is not a prerequisite to complete the competition. Check the website for further details and updates.
Resources/References:
Town of New Castle – Great Island Common: http://www.newcastlenh.org/pages/newcastlenh_common/great
History of Camp Langdon:http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/New_Hampshire/Camp_Langdon/history.html
The Great Island 5K:http://www.greatisland5k.org
Submission Requirements:AIANH & the Emerging Professionals Network announces a design competition for a new Visitor Center and Museum for New Castle, New Hampshire. The competition is open to all architectural interns and architects within five years of registration living or working in New England. The winning entry will be announced at the AIANH Awards Banquet on January 10, 2014 at Labelle Winery in Amherst, New Hampshire. Top entries will be on display at the banquet. This is a key opportunity to strengthen/develop design skills, gain recognition and assist a community with their design challenges.
Registration:Register at aianh-epdc.weebly.com or email [email protected], indicating your intent to submit a design board with your name, address, firm you work for, year of registration if applicable, and a contact phone number.
Fee: Awards:None 1st place: $1,000 2nd place: $750 3rd place: $500
Questions:Submit questions at aianh-epdc.weebly.com or email [email protected]. All responses to questions will be posted to the question section of the website.
Eligibility:The competition is open to all architectural interns and architects within five years of registration currently living or working in New England.
Website:See the following website for site drawings/diagrams, photos, information, and for Questions and Answers:aianh-epdc.weebly.com
Calendar:Registration: Open until submission deadline
3 September 2013:Registration opens and programs are available for download at aianh-epdc.weebly.com or by e-mailing Matt Lawton at [email protected].
18 November 2013:Entries are due at 5:00pm atAIANH Office AG Architects TMS Architects310 Marlboro Street 634 Central Avenue 1 Cate Street2nd Floor 2nd Floor 4th FloorKeene, NH 03431 Dover, NH 03820 Portsmouth, NH 03087
Hand delivery arrangements must be made ahead of time, email [email protected].
December 2013:Jury proceedings administered by AIANH Board of Directors. Winners will be announced at the Awards Banquet and all of the top entries will be on display
10 January 2014:AIANH Awards Banquet at Labelle Winery, Amherst, New Hampshire
January-February 2014:Exhibition of entries, dates and locations to be announced
Submission Guidelines:Submissions must be mounted on one vertically oriented 24” x 36” (3/16”) foam core board. No models or projections from the boards are permitted, although model photographs or drawings may be mounted on boards. The jury has no preference for electronic representations or hand drawings and any media, drafting technique, letter type and size, type of paper, etc is also permitted. Submit board with the registration form found on the next page. AIANH reserves the right to use the drawings for publication.
Narrative:300-500 word narrative of the design concepts and considerations.
Diagrams: (all not required but would strengthen overall concept)• Circulation Diagram• Programmatic Diagram• Diagram describing Project Strategy/Disposition towards Town• Concept Diagrams
Drawings:All Drawings to scale (entrants should choose the scale and content of their board to best convey their design intent)
• Site plan with the proposed building (don’t forget north arrow)• All floor plan(s)• Elevation(s)• 1-2 Section(s) may incorporate into Site Section(s)• Possible other Drawings:• Aerial 3D view (isometric or perspective)• 2-3 eye-level building perspective• Interior perspective(s)
*Any additional information, drawings, or writing is permitted on the board.
Attach a sealed envelope to the back of the form containing your name, address, firm you work for, and phone number with the registration form found on the next page. Include a small piece of foam core with your name on it. Once the jury has selected winning entries all foam core name cards will be attached to the front of the design board. Design a location for the insertion/attachment of your name within the layout of the board.
Please include a CD containing a .pdf of your design board at a minimum of 144 dpi OR email your .pdf to [email protected]. Each email must be smaller than 10 MB. A return receipt will be provided for all entries.
Send/deliver completed board(s) to either: please make arrangements ahead of time for hand delivery, email [email protected]
AIANH Office AG Architects TMS Architects310 Marlboro Street 634 Central Avenue 1 Cate Street2nd Floor 2nd Floor 4th FloorKeene, New Hampshire 03431 Dover, New Hampshire 03820 Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03087
Submissions will not be returned.
Submission Guidelines:Submit with your Board
NAME:
FIRM:
STREET: APARTMENT #:
CITY: STATE: ZIP:
PHONE NUMBER:
EMAIL:
YEAR OF REGISTRATION IF APPLICABLE (leave blank if not licensed)
Sealed Envelope:Attach a sealed envelope to the back of the board. In the envelope include this submission form and a small piece of foam core with your name and firm name. Design the foam core piece to 2”(h) x 3” (w). Once the jury has selected winning entries all foam core name cards will be attached to the front of the design board.
Electronic Submission:Please include a CD containing a .pdf of your design board at a minimum of 144 dpi OR email your .pdf [email protected]. Each email must be smaller than 10 MB. To send your file you are welcome to use FTP services such as:www.yousendit.comwww.sendspace.comwww.dropsend.com
Due by 5:00pm on Monday, 18 November 2013 by Hand or Mail Delivery
Send/deliver completed board(s) to either: please make arrangements ahead of time for hand delivery, email [email protected]
AIANH Office AG Architects TMS Architects310 Marlboro Street 634 Central Avenue 1 Cate Street2nd Floor 2nd Floor 4th FloorKeene, New Hampshire 03431 Dover, New Hampshire 03820 Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03087
Submissions will not be returned.
2” x 3” with your name and firm name24” x 36” Board
Vertical Orientation
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