MDEC Memphis Design Education

Center Erica Yvette Byrd

Senior Capstone Project 2010

Concept and Inspiration

Owner Goals

The developer wants to provide a place for local design

education opportunities and for the public and the design

community/industry to have a place where open

communication can occur. He also plans on using the

adaptive reuse of this historic mill building as an example

of sustainable design. He believes that transparency in

business practices and the challenges of the economic

downturn has opened up opportunities for architects,

designers and sales agents to provide builders,

contractors, and the general public with product

information and design solutions that will promote green

design and financial prosperity for all.

Design Concept

Type of Form: clustered form because each type of space

will be grouped together

Ordering Principles/Plan Arrangement: axis applies to the

spacial arrangement of the clustered types of spaces

Space Relationships: sharing a common space where all

areas will feed from a central location for security and

convenience

Design Approach: decorative or applied design in the form

of materials and finishes

MDEC Memphis Design Education

Center Erica Yvette Byrd

Senior Capstone Project 2010

Building Location and Existing Conditions

Location Overview

• 7 Vance Avenue, City of Memphis (the South End)

Shelby County, Tennessee

• Region: Southern US, Southwestern Tennessee, adjacent to the Mississippi River

• Global positioning of building: 35 08’16.81”N, 90 03’34.88”W Elevation 322 ft

Historical Data

Memphis was chartered, surveyed and designed in 1819 by General/President

Andrew Jackson, General James Winchester and Judge John Overton. The city

was incorporated in 1826.

Existing Conditions

• The site is the former Nylon Net Company warehouse and office building.

• It has 225,000 square feet of usable space. Each floor comprises approximately

74,000sqft.

• The red brick exterior has large arched windows on all four sides of its exterior

façade.

• The building has 3 levels, a partial basement, full first and second levels.

Program Congruence

Memphis is a city on the rise. There are multiple organizations and

programs in the city implementing redevelopment, regeneration,

and revitalization programs in the communities, economic centers

and landscape.

•“The mission of the Memphis Regional Chapter of the USGBC is to

educate the Memphis Metropolitan and Greater MidSouth

community in the art and science of sustainable design and

construction practices, and to guide the community into the regular

implementation of such practices.”

http://chapters.usgbc.org/memphis/

MDEC Memphis Design Education

Center Erica Yvette Byrd

Senior Capstone Project 2010

Project Overview

Floor Plan The Design Education Center has spaces for Design Offices for lease/rental, a

Resource Room, Lecture Halls for education and informational meetings, Exhibition

and Display spaces for building and interiors products and equipment, and a Café

space. The Center is designed to promote education in design practices thereby

fostering a healthy design community.

The developer wants this space to self support. This will be achieved through lease

and rental fees from the Designer Offices, Meeting Rooms. Café, and Display and

Exhibit spaces.

Because the overall design concept is flexibility, the space has elements that can be

disassembled easily and relocated or recycled. Part of flexibility is the ability to adapt

and reuse a space for another purpose with minimal materials loss or change. This

conserves and is more sustainable.

Exterior Views and Interior Comfort are

important. Because the exterior is wrapped in

windows, the views will be maintained by using

fire rated acoustical glass walls around the

meeting rooms and lecture halls. The exterior

wall to the building corridor will also be a curtain

wall to extend the views into the accessway.

There are also windows added to walls between

30-90” to allow daylight into the corridors.

Neutral Brown

Color Scheme to

serve as a

backdrop for the

applied finishes

and displayed

merchandise

Accent Colors

Present in the

column wraps,

upholstery, and

Education is the main

focus of the Design

Center. Starting with the

Lecture Rooms and

continuing into the

Display and Exhibit

Spaces and in every

nook and cranny. The

materials ,finishes,

equipment and

furnishings all teach

lessons in innovation,

sustainability, and

universal design,

MDEC Memphis Design Education

Center Erica Yvette Byrd

Senior Capstone Project 2010

Flooring and Surface Treatments

Flooring Plan

Throughout

Hardwood Flooring

Existing tongue and

groove flooring

repaired with

reclaimed lumber and

painted for uniformity.

Lecture Hall

Milliken Modular

Traction backed

carpet tile -Persian

Dynasty-Samovar

It has permanent

conductive fiber to

reduce static

electricity.

Wet Areas

Spacia Access vinyl

tile-Travertine

Allows the floor to

be removed from

the existing wood

for future

adaptation.

Sherwin Williams

Low –VOC Porch and

Floor Enamel

Base boards

Formica Micro-

Perf. Aluminum

Veneer

Baseboard set-in

4”Hx1”D

The flooring in the space is an antique hardwood that should be preserved due to its

durability. It will be maintained under a coat of low voc paint. No wall will cause

damage and the floor will be cut as little as possible in the construction process. All

of the restroom fixtures will be wall mounted.

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Reception and Business Core

Armstrong Natural

Variations Cherry

veneer for wall

panels-FSC certified

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Armourcoat Wall panel in Sand

Glass Panel with Logo

Moz Designs Aluminum panel for canopy

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Reception and Business Core

Glazing to maintain exterior

views with a privacy option-

LCD glass

AvantiSystems USA

Polished Plaster by

Armourcoat in

Corridors

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Sliding Glass Doors

sandwiched between an

LCD panel and a single

glass panel to create an

accoustically sound

partition wall.

Avantisystems USA

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Lecture Rooms

Acousti-Seal 911 (Fire Rated)

Ultra-Seal operable partitions

used with the ceiling mounted

Smart Track™ switch and curve,

suspension- The single panels

are stored in a remote pocket.

Modernfold panel systems

Move Arc Table with flip-top, optional data

ports, and optional privacy screen. These

tables nest. Zii Chair folds and may be

fully upholstered. SurfaceWorks US

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Sliding Panel Board System

Magnatag-wall secured and not

floor mounted to be easily removed

IdeaPaint

Marmoleum Surface

Solutions for

SurfaceWorksUS

Linoleum-Walnut for

table tops

Garret Leather

Multimedia Lectern

and Projection Screen

Da-Lite Screen Co.

Woodworks Acoustical Ceiling

System Armstrong Tegular

Video

Conferencing

Lighting

Columbia

Lighting

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Life Safety Plan and Universal Design

Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers -

Spout Height and Knee Clearance

27 inches (685 mm) minimum from the floor to

the underside of the fountain which extends 8

inches (205 mm) minimum measured from the

front edge underneath the fountain back

towards the wall; if a minimum 9 inches (230

mm) of toe clearance is provided, a maximum

of 6 inches (150 mm) of the 48 inches (1220

mm) of clear floor space required at the fixture

may extend into the toe space. (4.15.2,

4.15.5) AADG.org

The side grab bar shall be 40-42 inches in

length, beginning 12 inches maximum from the

rear wall, 33-36 inches above the finish floor

Verge Sink by

BradleyCorp. has

36” clearance space

and saves space in

the lavatory by

combining 2-3 sinks

in one.

Advocate Sink by BradleyCorp. advocates for

universal design in restrooms by allowing the

units to be mounted at varying heights to

accommodate a variety of users, conveniently

placing all accessory areas within the wet area

keeping the floor slip free and reducing the use

of paper towels with its built-in hand dryer.

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Senior Capstone Project 2010

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Display Area- Exhibit

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Halcyon Shades Fabric colorways

Design Solution for lighting and solar

control due to the large and numerous

exterior windows in this space. Woven

with color on one side and a metal

reflective material to the window side for

reflecting heat and reducing glare while

maintaining excellent exterior views.

Light Meter to read

Scotopic (solar) and

Photopic lumens/lux.

Placed on the wall near

the windows and near

the interior wall to show

how much daylight is

near the windows and

how much is reflected off

the light shelves into the

space. The exhibit in this

space is Hunter Douglas

Contract.

MozDesigns Canopy to

house direct downlighting

parabolics for the corridor

.

MDEC Memphis Design Education

Center Erica Yvette Byrd

Senior Capstone Project 2010

Reflected Ceiling Plan with Lighting

Luminance™Light Shelves incorporate a unique assembly process that includes a tilt-down panel

feature allowing easy maintenance of the light reflecting surface and the glazing above it. This surface is

highly reflective and slightly textured, yielding a penetrating, diffused light deeper into the interior space.

Modular components simplify fabrication, installation

and replacement. The pivoting panel feature makes each modular panel component very easy to clean

Designed around “Design for Disassembly” principles.

Juno track lighting for

Exhibits and Displays Business Office and

Resource Room

Lightolier Aleron Pendant

Scott Architectural

Lighting Pendants

for Front Corridor

Lightolier Expo Pendant

for accent lighting in the

Business Office

MozDesigns Canopy Inspiration

LED strip

lighting for

accents in

the corridors

RSA Lighting

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Center Erica Yvette Byrd

Senior Capstone Project 2010

Healthcare equipment and Furniture will

be displayed in the space by various

manufacturers showcasing their newest

and most innovative products.

Display Area- Healthcare

Architex Privacy

Curtain and

Upholstery Fabric

solution dyed

nylon 400000

Wyzenbeek

tested and bleach

cleanable

MOZDesigns Column wrap in Aluminum with perforated computer

shelf for more user interaction. The column areas also have

directional signage, data ports, and emergency signage