PC Packet 09.12.19 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

7300 WEST 147TH STREETI SUITE 5041 APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124-75801 (952) 431-4433 September 05, 2019 Project Narrative: Architectural Character Fl - C VH cH��1s Through consultation with the City Planner, Rachel Juba, the architectural character of the building design has evolved in several important ways to meet the concerns expressed. Primarily, the overall expression has migrated away from a more modernist expression with floating geometric shaped box elements. The general architectural language was changed to one using more traditional elements, albeit simplified, and appropriate for this site and use. This architectural approach is more in keeping with some of the other commercial developments in the City of Hugo. To that end, the corner boxes at each end of the west elevation were redesigned as `towers'. This allowed for variation in parapet height, as well as allowed the fagades to step in an out. Strong corner elements are a common approach in traditional building, accenting the place where two sides of the building come together, and add depth, shadow, and three-dimensional expression. In addition, the bottom 4' of the wall has been changed to a corduroy pattern, cast into the panel at fabrication. Again, this is a common approach in traditional building, to make the lowest part of the wall of a rougher material or texture where the building touches the ground. This provides contrast and helps set off the upper parts of the wall as more refined. To match the existing buildings, the precast wall panels will be designed in consultation with the fabricator and the City Planner, to find a concrete, aggregate and pigment mix which approximates the field color of the rock faced block on the existing one-story buildings. The copper color of the existing roofs will also be matched in the wall parapet caps, to help integrate the two buildings for color and material. The proposed maroon colored horizontal metal panels will be added to the gable ends of the one-story buildings, to provide a better a match between the two buildings as well. And finally, the proposed darker accent color, a concrete stain, will be color -matched to the color of the horizontal band of rock faced block on the existing one-story buildings. In conclusion, the proposed Gopher State Storage climate -controlled building will use materials that are either match exactly, or are chosen in the same color palette to approximate the colors of the existing buildings. The Ownership team will continue to work with Staff to ensure the final color selections are appropriate for the site and its surrounding. Sincerely, a. in�SutsZ, AIA, LEED AP Principal CNH Architects, Inc.